Memorial Day weekend in Memphis!

We headed to Memphis on Thursday, both of us needing a break with work. The ride there wasn't as bad as I thought since I sat on a pillow the whole time.

When we got there, Isaiah was having a rough day. Mom, dad, Jason, and I kept him while Chris & Lesley were at a dinner for her medical school graduation. He got a bit fuzzy at times when he was tired, so he took two little naps. Uncle Mike came over too after he got off work, which was nice! We ate some pizza.

Here the first video of mom feeding him sweet potatoes that evening. He doesn't like green beans very much, but loves sweet potatoes!

Friday was Lesley's graduation ceremonies. The first one was just the medical school at a church. The most interesting thing I learned was that a German intern in 1929 performed the first human heart catherization on himself! He did it to prove that it could be done safely on humans and much of the modern heart knowledge stems from this guy. The point that the speaker made was that even as interns/residents, one person can make a difference.

After that, we went to this cute restaurant downtown to eat lunch. We got to spend time with Lesley's side of the which was great! The ceremony in the afternoon had the medical, pharmacy, dentistry, physical therapy, nursing, and allied health all together, so it was a long ceremony, but good! Isaiah sat with mom in the afternoon and he didn't make any crying or noisy sounds during the ceremony!

We got to walk up Beale street after that on our way back to the car, so Jason got to see all the excitement of that! That evening, everyone headed to Chris and Lesley's for bbq and then we had a men vs. women trivial pursuit. The men ended up winning, but we had a nice time with everyone!

Here is a video of Isaiah playing in him jumper; Jason made him smile!

Saturday, we went mid morning to Chris and Lesley's, then mom, dad, Jason, and I went to eat lunch at the Neelys restaurant. We all cleaned our plates, as it was one of the best restaurants I think we've been to in Memphis! We'll definitely have to go back!

That afternoon, we just chilled at their house. Mom got him this UNC t-shirt that we put him in for awhile. For dinner, everyone came over to eat some Chinese takeout! Then, we headed to our hotel near Nashville, so the ride home was not as long! Here he is with Jason!

We have the crib!

24 weeks (I think now). Been feeling more movements, I think. It seems each ultrasound that the kid is pretty much content staying still so maybe it's started to see the benefits to moving.

Our crib came in and we've got it set up in the room now! We put the bed on the other side of the room. The blanket from our jungle thing is drapped on the bed.

Work's been a blur for us both this past week. Thursday, we had a cookout at some of our friend's house with some other young couples. The only bad thing about it is that I think I sat too much and my left sciatic nerve really hurt the next two days. It started about 2 weeks ago and co mes on and off. I guess I'll just have to deal with it!

Friday, Jason went to a men's retreat and I went to our friend's Abigail & Greg's house for their son's one year old birthday party. They dropped a bomb on everyone announcing that they are having twins! I guess God really dropped the bomb on them! But it was fun and quite surreal to see how their parents reacted and also how shocked they are still! It was weird too because when I sat beside Abigail when we got there, I thought: "I wonder if she's pregnant." I don't normally think that about people, so I blew it off as a crazy thought!

Saturday, I worked on the online newsletter for the women's ministry all morning and helped Liz bake some cookies in the afternoon. I got a cute picture of the cats sitting on a chair in the sunroom. I've never seen them sit in the same chair before; they're usually in the same room together, but have their space.

That night, when Jason got back, we went with Liz to the Crawdads game. It was a nice evening, but we were very tired.

Sunday, I went with mom, Abigail and Kelly to see "South Pacific". It worked out that mom's neighbor gave her their season tickets so we all got in for free! Then, we headed to Wes & Tiffany's for another cookout!

Busy Two Weeks!

Here's my 22/23 week baby bump picture!

We've had a very busy last 2 weeks! Last week (3rd to 7th) we both had hard days at work: Jason with air conditioning problems and Melissa with just an overwhelming work load. Thankfully we weren't monsters to one another, even though I felt like one!

Last Tuesday evening (4th), we got to see my college friends Jen and Charles, who had their third son early that morning! We were glad to see them!

Last Thursday, we went to our friend Emily's pinning ceremony for nursing. Thursday had been the worst day for me and they had a good speaker who talked about the harms of complaining and critizing.

Last Friday, our chapter in the marriage book was realizing that your spouse cannot make you happy and even facing the disappointments in your marriage. We realized how important it is for us to communicate our feelings, especially when we've had those hard days at work! Otherwise, we might take something personally when it has nothing to do with us!

Last Saturday, we had dinner with the Holcomb side for Mother's Day. Rebecca commented that I ate a lot (which I did)

Last Sunday, we had lunch with Linda, Gary, Lee, and Aida. We ordered Village Inn pizza and enjoyed the entertainment from Aida. She pretended to fish off of Lee's boat (in the driveway). We had a nice TNT discussion with Wes & Tiffany, finishing up the lesson on forgiveness.

Monday, we had dinner with my mom at Donatos. Then, we headed to Babies R Us to order our crib and began our registry! It's not got too much stuff on it yet, but we're working on it! Our nursery theme is a Jungle theme, so we're rearranged the first bedroom to prepare for the new furniture!

Tuesday, we had nothing to do thankfully (except watch "Lost" which was an annoying episode...)

Thursday, we visited Grandma in the hospital because she had gotten sick and they figured out it was her galbladder. She had it taken out on Friday and is now recovering.

Friday, we had life group on finding a mission for your marriage and also making sure it has an adventure quality to it, by finding things in common to do, etc. It really has made us think a lot about what we want to accomplish together as a couple, a part from raising kids. The chapter did make a great point that raising kids is an adventure and mission of it's own, but it shouldn't be the sole purpose of the marriage, since kids will eventually go. I heard someone say once, "Kids will leave, spouses will stay."

Saturday, we had a date day! We went shopping in the afternoon: to Kohls, Lowes to pick out paint samples for the nursery, and Goodwill for me to get more clothes! They're starting to get tigher! Then, we made breakfast for dinner (eggs and bacon), eating on the sunroom, and made chocolate chip cookies for the church picnic the next day! It was fun for us to work together and really hard for me NOT to eat the raw cookie dough!

Sunday, we had a church picnic for lunch that the Women's Ministry did (which I'm a part of since I do the electronic newsletter). We profiled two non profits and had the kids decorate these paper sacks with goodies for children that are sick. I got some good pictures to put in the June newsletter!

Then, we headed to Statesville and while Jason hung out with his dad and grandparents at the hospital, I went to a bridal shower for Karen's future daughter in law! It was at Karen's house with a Hawaii theme! I had a great time talking to Melissa (not myself, the future bride's name is Melissa too) since we never have gotten a chance to talk before! We're looking forward to their wedding in June!

After that, we went to Lonestar since Karen's birthday was the 15th. I was completely stuffed from munching on all the good bridal shower food (fruit, cake, and these awesome sausage balls!)

We were so tired last night we went to bed early!