Bed Rest??

Apparently I had too much fun in Amelia Island and proceeded to work to hard when we returned. Somehow I managed to pull one of my stomach muscles, I mean I have heard of people doing this later in pregnancy when you get really big but this early? The doctor put me on bed rest for the weekend and told me to stay put so I could heal. I didn't think it would be too bad of a deal but we had a lot of parties to go to and I didn't want to miss out. So where ever we went I found a chair and sat and hoped people would come to talk to me :) Lucky for me I have great friends who are happy to wait on me and sit and chat. Today, Monday, I am feeling much better and just about healed up. Wednesday we go back to the doctors for that follow up ultrasound. I am excited to see the baby again and hopefully everything is fine. Remember us on your prayer list!

Traumatized

I am so sad about all that I have read online lately about Jon and Kate plus 8. I have been secretly hoping that it is just some kind of media ploy but every day it seems to get worse. When John and I first got married I used to watch A LOT of TLC because I didn't have a job that first month in Alexandria and we didn't have many friends (day time television is rough!) I was instantly drawn to the precious little kids, the older ones, Maddie and Cara, annoy me, but the little ones were so cute and you never knew what was going to happen. The whole idea of multiples is very interesting in general, don't you think? Anyway, Kate is a major hag and yells at her poor husband all the time. My husband John said he didn't like me watching it because he was worried I would model her behavior, men! But I liked how even though they fought, they were real and made it work for them.

Now I am reading that it is NOT working and apparently she is even worse than she is portrayed on the show. Her amazing friends and family would often take all of the kids (I cannot imagine, I can't even handle 2 of my brother's kids at the same time, let alone 8) and I guess TLC thought they should get paid when they were on the show. So Kate had them cut so they wouldn't get paid. That is just mean. I am very intrigued to see where this goes. Thoughts?

Update: Baby at 20 weeks

Last week I went to the doctor for my 20 week checkup and ultrasound. Everything seems to be going well and it was finally confirmed that we are having a Cliff after all. No, we don't know the baby's sex but the baby was eating the ENTIRE time! It was really funny to watch and of course John and Mom missed it, but I am very perceptive. We had to keep our eyes closed for a while when they were checking out what the baby is...John totally caught my mom cheating! But she forgot to bring her glasses so she said she couldn't see anything. I guess if she had seen anything we would know by now :) I have to go back next week for a follow up ultrasound because they needed to see something about the kidneys so if you are the praying type, add us to your list! Enjoy the pictures, the baby is much more "baby-looking" now.

Brad and Katie's Wedding Weekend

We had the best time in Amelia Island, FL for Brad and Katie's wedding! Highlights from the weekend include:

*Charlie "making it rain" at multiple times during the weekend - no one has explained to me what this means but it is funny bc he looks like Frankenstein
*Getting my hair did for the wedding and friday night party
*finding the hospitality room
*frozen mojitos
*Showing the bridesmaids that you don't take on Virginia Beach women when it comes to dominating the dance floor
*Maria single handedly taking on the "bad speech" bridesmaid on stage
*My husband being possessed during the wedding reception and dancing his face off
*Realizing that my boobs are finally bigger than Claire's (a life-long ambition)
*John telling everyone about my blog and being harassed about it all weekend
*the classy couple "doing it" on their balcony during the middle of the friday night luau

Feel free to add anything I am missing under the comments section.

Enjoy the pics!

Charlie and John on the way home from the rehearsal - John didn't get enough to eat

John, Dougie, and Michael at the cocktail party before the rehearsal dinner

You have to sit down so the bugs don't bite your bottom

Charlie "making it rain"

Uh oh Katie, Brad REALLY likes babies!

The bride and groom at the Luau

Me and Liz at the Luau

Blair, Mike, Dougie and Brooke at the Luau - Dougie looks like a different nationality in this photo

Me and John before the wedding

Brooke after the wedding

Me and John after the wedding - you can't even see the bump, great dress from "Now Showing"

Bride and groom's first dance

Anne Marie and Maria on the dance floor

Claire and Cart scheming on how to push out the bridesmaids

Best picture of the weekend!

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You're in the Dog House Watson!

I can already tell that thanks to John my readership has more than doubled. This makes me very nervous to say the least. So, I will do my best to keep it interesting but I can't make any promises. I am working VERY hard to edit all of my photos from the wedding this weekend, I have 120 so it might be a while.

Coop turns 2!

This weekend my niece, Cooper, turns 2. Since John, Mom, Dad and I will all be in Amelia Island for Brad and Katie's wedding, we celebrated a week early at Mom and Dad's house. They have been working extra hard to turn their house and backyard into Wally's World, now complete with: a pool, a putting green, a slide/swing/climbing wall contraption and a bounce house!
Here are some cute pictures from the party:

Cooper enjoying her birthday cupcake, very careful not to be messy

Coop on her new pink Rody Horse I gave her, here she is shouting no to me, her favorite response to me trying to take her picture :)

Three good looking men: Vaughan, John and Dad

Cooper in her new bounce house - weight limit 250lbs...needless to say none of the adults were brave enough to try out the limits of this one

Sweet Vaughanie trying out the putting green

How cute is my husband?

Cville Visit

Sunday we went up to Charlottesville for Cliff's king of the dorks ceremony. It was actually a really nice drive up there, I drove mom's suburban and had John, Bucky (my grandmother) and her sister, Kathy, in the car with me. In true Allison form I talked the whole way there and loved being able to catch up with the two of them since I really don't get to see them all that often. Enjoy the pictures below:

Me and John in front of the Rotunda on the lawn

Mom, Cliff and Me on the lawn

Yay Cliffie, you're the man!!

Me and John in the garden outside of Farmington

Me, Cliff and Aunt Kathy in front of the Farmington

It was so much fun to go up to Charlottesville and walk around after Cliff's ceremony. UVA is so pretty year round, with every season being so different. It was over 95degrees and we were melting. I think I got a nice preview of what the summer entails for this pregnant lady and I am nervous.