*** Congrats to Mr and Mrs Claver *** :]

What a great weekend we had! First of all- CONGRATS to Molly and Aaron!!! The three of us were in their wedding on Sat July 3rd and it was a beautiful wedding with a gorgeous bride!!!! I will have more pics to come later… the day was so busy that I didn’t have time for pictures so Noah’s Mom and sister Emily took pics for me and I am going to get the pics from them sometime soon :] I was a bridesmaid, Noah was an usher, and Eli was a ring bearer! There were 2 ring bearers and 1 flower girl! Of course any Mommy is going to worry about how their child does as a ring bearer or flower girl no matter how old they are. I was hoping Eli did good- but if not- he is almost 18 months old so he doesn’t understand entirely what is going on to begin with!! Noah was an usher so he was able to stand in line with Eli before he came out. He told Eli before he walked out and was holding the flower girl’s hand to take a rose petal to me. Eli walked down the whole aisle holding on to the flower girl’s hand and walked all the way to me and handed me the rose petal! It was the sweetest darn thing ever- and I stood there and cried and cried to see my baby boy be such a big boy and do this! I know I am a sap… he is just everything to me and it was so entirely amazing to see him walk down the aisle!

It worked out so good too because then he stood by me and went to Noah who sat in the front row once he was able to sit down! He ate puffs literally the whole service too haha and was a great boy! We had a very long weekend, but a good weekend and Eli went on basically no naps at all. He did so good for bein in a tux all day, and everything that goes on for a wedding! We never once had to get on him for anything and at times my preggo butt would sit in the nursery with him and play with the toys! I tell you- this back pressure I am starting to have is kinda painful- but not when you can sit in a nursery with your lil man and play haha! He was not a big fan of pictures- so Molly had me stand in pics with him haha! He was such a good boy though- very very good! We are so very happy for Molly and Aaron- the wedding was soooo good and pretty!!! They are now off on their honeymoon to Hawaii for a week- soooo awesome and so happy for them!!!

We flew home from our long weekend on Sunday because Noah had to go into work for a bit today! Eli had a big meltdown on the plane from no nap for 2 days. It was soooo sad and he screamed and cried and cried! I then rocked him and he went to sleep for the rest of the plane ride. He broke down again at dinner last night too. Poor lil guy- we let him nap for a bit before we headed out to watch fireworks so he felt better. He did indeed love the fireworks too. We sat in the middle of no where and watched them over a lake. It was so much fun and so pretty! Eli kept saying “oooooo” hahaha! He just makes my days in the smallest ways and I absolutely love being a Mommy. I know I say that a million times- but it’s the gosh darn truth :] Today we had a family lazy day and just did whatever the heck we wanted. We did go to lunch at a Chinese place and was able to have Noah go with us too! Noah then wanted to golf and Eli and I took a 3 hour nap!!!! We were both so tired!!

It was so much fun to be with family and friends this weekend. Our trips home are always so special with living so far away now and it is always good to see them so much! Eli is now starting to say Grandpa now too. He calls Noah's dad and Noah's grandpa it and it is cute! That was our last time home until Thanksgiving. I can’t fly any longer in the pregnancy. However- we are taking a trip to see my sister on her birthday in Carbondale at the end of July and then taking a Tennessee trip with our great friend the MALONES the first week of August and then we are in another wedding at the end of August in St Louis- so we do have some driving to do for some fun fun adventures :] Hard to believe the next time we fly home we will have 2 kiddos :] I am almost 28 weeks preggo and go to the Dr this week!!! I will fill you in on how my appointment goes. I feel like an enormous barn! BUT Zacary is the good prize out of it- I can’t wait to be a Mommy again and for Eli to be a big brother :]

P to the S - one more short story! Eli and the flower girl, Mallory, fell in love! Eli wanted on the rocking chair so I put him up there and Mallory came over and I said give her hugs Eli and they leaned in to each other and kissed!!! Hahaha toooooo cute :]:]:] The picture is absolutely priceless and hilarious! (See below) :]