It's simultaneously hard to believe and a total relief that one month of 2014 is already behind us! The last month has been both eventful and uneventful at the same time! Starting 2 days after Christmas, we've traveled to Sea Island, Georgia for my good friend Jessi's wedding, to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for our "babymoon" and (Taylor and I separately) to New York City for work (me) and fun (him, go figure:). We have had 14 days with low temperatures below zero (many of them -10+ below zero!) and have gotten over 34" of snow, easily beating the record of 29.6"set by the "Blizzard of '78" that I've heard so much about my whole life! The University of Michigan even cancelled classes 2 days ago for the first time since said Blizzard because of -30 degree windchills. BRRRR.
On top of all of that, I have been sick with a variety of ailments, most of them unrelated to my advancing pregnancy (29 weeks, 11 to go!), but certainly not helped by it. It started with a cough around Christmas that got really bad on our babymoon (bummer). I also got motion sickness on a scuba/snorkel trip on our babymoon and was sick on NYE and had a slight fever the next day. The cough was persistent for a couple of weeks after we got back and then early last week, either from coughing or possibly from a combination of trying to get active and prenatal yoga, I pulled a muscle in my chest. Turns out it's VERY PAINFUL to pull a muscle in your chest, especially when you have a cough! That lasted a few days and has now migrated right-middle side of my back where it's more of a sharp pain whenever I move or cough the wrong way. The good news is that all of these seem to be clearing up, and it's a good thing too, because tomorrow we leave for Las Vegas! That's right, this is actually my second trip to Vegas during this pregnancy. We planned the trip around a friend's 30th birthday, but coincidentally, my company also planned an event there early next week, so I will be staying Friday - Wednesday. I'm just excited to get home because when I do, it will be February 5, only 10 weeks left in my pregnancy, 10 days until my mom comes to visit, 2 weeks until my shower, and 2 weeks until we get a new car! Lots to look forward to, oh, in addition to that little thing they call a BABY!!!
So here are some photos from the events I've described here (just the ones that are photo-worthy because a lot of them are not!)
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| At Jessi's wedding. All the girls (except the bride). The twinkling is something Google adds when you upload, crazy right? |
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| The beautiful bride and the groom! |
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| All the ladies with the bride |
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| The MOH, Kelly, was pregnant too :) |
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| View from our room in Punta Cana, DR. |
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| Celebrating New Year's Eve (trying not to look sick) |
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| Taylor eating some good-luck grapes with a conveniently placed firework in the background! |
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| Beautiful beach |
And here's a belly photo in case you're interested. This was taken on Monday (I think), when I was 28 weeks and 5 days pregnant.
