Thursday, June 12, 2008
Belly Pics!!!!
HOOORRAY...they are finally up! My belly pics are a sight to see. How exciting it is to see them all together now that I am HUGE>>>hhhahahha... I don't mind a bit! I am now 34 weeks pregnant and these pictures go from 8 weeks up to 32 weeks. They are 8, 12, 16, 20, 28 and 32 weeks... I will add 2 more soon before sweet little Jack comes!! A little over a month and we will finally meet our sweet baby boy!!
Birmingham Baby Shower!!
Our second baby shower was in Bham on June 7th. I had such a fantastic time and had so much fun seeing my family and best friends. Everyone gave Jack such sweet things and I can't wait to see him use all of his new things! Thank you everyone for making it so special, I will never forget it.
Columbia Baby Shower
Over the last month, we've been the grateful recipients of two baby showers. I'm especially grateful that I only had to be present at one of them. J.K. But seriously, guys at a baby shower are like ants in a swimming pool. They stand around, toe the dirt, and try to make conversations about parenting sound manly. Not a pretty sight.
That said, the coed shower our Columbia friends threw for us was far, far better than most such events. One of my office mates, Casey Boyle, and his wife Tracey are due for their first a week behind us, so the gang at the USC English Department chipped in and treated us to an end of the semester, baby-themed barbeque. We didn't want to show up without a gift for the hosts (I'm learning these rules slowly) so Leslie put together some big flower pots. They was right nice, too. Way to go Les!
At the party itself, there was keg beer, bocci, skewers, homemade bread, a jack terrier named cricket, cookies, and a host of little pre-k boogers going nutz in my friend's backyard. This rasing kids thing may prove to be more taxing than I thought.
Thanks to Steve and Wendi Spratt for offering up their place for the shendig, and thanks to Kevin and Nevie Trumpeter (a good 'ol Chattaboogie couple) for co-hosting. Incidentally, that's Steve "The Ecocrit Crusha" on my left and Kevin "I'm not Earl from TV" Trumpeter on my right).
If I hadn't drunk too much and revealed to everyone that Dead Poet's Society was one of my favorite movies, it would have been a perfect evening (NOTE: don't show sentimental weakness to a crowd of English teachers off the clock... they'll eat you alive!)
That said, the coed shower our Columbia friends threw for us was far, far better than most such events. One of my office mates, Casey Boyle, and his wife Tracey are due for their first a week behind us, so the gang at the USC English Department chipped in and treated us to an end of the semester, baby-themed barbeque. We didn't want to show up without a gift for the hosts (I'm learning these rules slowly) so Leslie put together some big flower pots. They was right nice, too. Way to go Les! 
At the party itself, there was keg beer, bocci, skewers, homemade bread, a jack terrier named cricket, cookies, and a host of little pre-k boogers going nutz in my friend's backyard. This rasing kids thing may prove to be more taxing than I thought.Thanks to Steve and Wendi Spratt for offering up their place for the shendig, and thanks to Kevin and Nevie Trumpeter (a good 'ol Chattaboogie couple) for co-hosting. Incidentally, that's Steve "The Ecocrit Crusha" on my left and Kevin "I'm not Earl from TV" Trumpeter on my right).If I hadn't drunk too much and revealed to everyone that Dead Poet's Society was one of my favorite movies, it would have been a perfect evening (NOTE: don't show sentimental weakness to a crowd of English teachers off the clock... they'll eat you alive!)
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Return to Vulcan
On May 10th, Les and I returned for the first time to the site of our nuptials. It was May 10th, and we were there to see our good friends Marcel Vargas and Melissa Lowry tie their own knot.
The weekend was a blast. It started off with a rehearsal dinner at the Cahaba Pumping Station, a first for us and many other long-term Birminghamians, too. Lots of good soul food, plenty of toasts (Leslie gave one that lasted longer than thirty seconds!)
On Saturday, the ceremony itself was at Vulcan. Pretty cool to see those two gettin' hitched with all of downtown Birmingham as a scenic backdrop. Plenty of good food that night, too - in fact, it was the same catering company that had done our wedding a year beforehand. The guy who had kept a drink in my hand last year was for some reason unwilling to continue the tradition. Something about being busy with Marcel, my day had passed, etc.
Thought the rains might get us, but it proved to be a beautiful night. We danced under the big man, and when the rumbia hit the speakers, the entire Vargas clan descended on the dance floor. I got some lessons in moving my hips from Ms. Vargas; even Leslie was livin la vida loca.
Congrats to Marcel and Melissa, who are probably returning from Mexico tonight. May your first year married be as enjoyable as ours has been. We love you.
~Matt and Leslie
The weekend was a blast. It started off with a rehearsal dinner at the Cahaba Pumping Station, a first for us and many other long-term Birminghamians, too. Lots of good soul food, plenty of toasts (Leslie gave one that lasted longer than thirty seconds!) 
On Saturday, the ceremony itself was at Vulcan. Pretty cool to see those two gettin' hitched with all of downtown Birmingham as a scenic backdrop. Plenty of good food that night, too - in fact, it was the same catering company that had done our wedding a year beforehand. The guy who had kept a drink in my hand last year was for some reason unwilling to continue the tradition. Something about being busy with Marcel, my day had passed, etc.
Thought the rains might get us, but it proved to be a beautiful night. We danced under the big man, and when the rumbia hit the speakers, the entire Vargas clan descended on the dance floor. I got some lessons in moving my hips from Ms. Vargas; even Leslie was livin la vida loca. 
Congrats to Marcel and Melissa, who are probably returning from Mexico tonight. May your first year married be as enjoyable as ours has been. We love you.
~Matt and Leslie
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