Wedding of the Year

What an awesome weekend! For those who don't know, I got to be the matron of honor at my friend Alicia's amazing wedding in Austin. Since I haven't seen her in awhile (she lives in Chicago) I decided to fly there on Thursday night sans Greg so she and I could spend some quality time catching up. We had a blast! We did SO much: made signs for parking, stuffed gift bags, wrapped bridal party gifts, got take-out, ran errands, and even got to go to the mall for some cinnamon pretzel sticks and new clothes. I also got to see the couple practice their first dance which turned out to be so good--I couldn't believe they choreographed it themselves.

I was so nervous initially about leaving the kids with my in-laws for 3 nights (I had never left Lauren overnight before), however, the kids did great and I was comfortable the whole time. Yes, I called like 4 times a day, but overall I knew they would be well taken care of and quite spoiled with their grandparents!

Here are lots of pictures to document the occasion. Enjoy!

Alicia and me at the rehearsal. She looked like she walked out of a magazine the whole weekend.


Greg and me at the rehearsal.


Alicia got us these ultra soft, plush robes with our names embroidered on them as bridal party gifts. I love it, and since my previous robe has been way overused and is covered with makeup smears on the insides of both sleeves... I'm pretty excited. Anyway, great gift idea!


I love this dress. I swear I'm not being vain; I wanted a shot of the dress and one of my new (very) short haircut...

The first dance. I wish I had taken video; it really was so good!

Cuttin' the rug. No, I'm not pregnant--bad swing in the dress. :)

Me and Greg at the reception after partaking in cocktails and appetizers, a full buffet, personalized cupcakes and cookies, and two kinds of cake. Mmmmm.

The beautiful and happy couple. Congratulations!

Don't you want to get married all over again?

Bend It Like Beckham

We took Lauren to her first MLS game last night, and what a game it was! It was a charity match between FC Dallas and the LA Galaxy, and we got to see my favorite player-- Landon Donovan (whose actual home jersey I am wearing). Guess who else made his Dallas debut at last night's game? That's right: the one and only David Beckham. I've never seen the stadium packed out for a soccer game before, and have never seen so many camera flashes in my life. He's hot on TV and in magazines, and yes, he's quite the eye-candy in person...especially from 100 feet away.

Lauren was focused and intense. Good thing since she only has two years until she will start playing...


Beckham (#23) and Donovan (#10). If I've ever wanted to be sandwiched between two people...


Side view of Landon, who is looking at and chatting casually with his new good friend and teammate David.


One can only wonder if Posh and The TomKat were in attendance? I failed to look around; my eyes were pretty much glued to the field.

Like Brother, Like Sister...

Other than noticing that we apparently don't buy any new toys around here, notice how freakishly similar my kids look. It's getting to the point where every picture I take of Lauren, I can distinctly remember having a replica of the same photo except with Noah at that age!

Noah at 3mos:


Lauren at 3 mos:


In other news, Lauren's backpack just arrived! It's been on backorder at PB for several months, but I'm so excited to finally have it. I've never been a "diaper bag" kind of gal, so this is especially exciting for me... Noah has already fully examined it, and determined that he still likes his better because he can identify all the letters.

How 'Bout That Weather?

Monday night, March 3rd, we were letting Kona out in the backyard before turning in for the night, and we were met with something strange. Yes, a white, powdery substance was falling from the sky! It was cold, it was damp, alas -- it was snow! Though I've seen it before (from growing up in the midwest and from visiting Colorado), it is a novelty rarely experienced in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. True to Dallas form, by late afternoon the next day it was 55 degrees and sunny, and there was no evidence that would prove snow had ever graced us with it's flurries of winter wonder. But I have my proof...

Poor Noah. He was obsessed with playing in the snow for as long as it was on the ground (about 4 hours before melting) but his hands were so cold! He doesn't own any mittens because he's never needed them before. I finally put socks on his hands, but of course they just got soggy and wet.

Kona turned into some kind of demon dog, tearing around the backyard all morning.

Notice the sock on his hand? Don't ever say I can't adapt to a situation...

It was fun while it lasted.