St. Simon's Girls Trip!

I'm actually going to start with the weekend before my fun girls trip because Meg was in town!  She came for a Dartmouth admitted students weekend - I still can't believe she will be up here for good soon!  Meg wasn't able to spend too much time in VT with all her new student socializing but we did take a few pics when we went shopping downtown...

It's growing...

Meg will be back in just 2 weekends for my baby shower - lucky me :)

OK - on to St. Simon's....

I have an amazing group of girlfriends from college and the 9 or so of us try to get together as often as we can. We all met last July in DC to celebrate the 3 babies that were due to arrive in the fall. I can't believe those babies are about 7 months old now!!! At that time, we decided to plan another trip for April - my requirement was that it be somewhere warm so we settled on St. Simon's Island where we had a place to stay! I'm so glad we planned it ahead of time so that most of us could make it. We missed you Sarah, Isabel, and Elizabeth!

I flew down on Thursday and arrived in Jacksonville a few hours ahead of everyone else. I took the time to drive the 20 minutes up to Amelia island and visit the beach.

You can drive on the beach there!

The downtown where I ate lunch and did some shopping was so cute!

After lunch I spent a little bit of time on the quiet part of the beach...I didn't stay long...my outfit was WAY too hot for the 80+ weather :)

If I lean over I can still see my feet...

When Cabba and Lizzie arrived, I picked them up in our awesome rental car and we headed to the house!

Ah. It was amazing.

The first night Lizzie, Cabba, and I stayed up waiting for the other girls to get in...We had an amazing sunset every night!

Friday we were super spoiled and spent the day at the Sea Island beach club.

I have a pic of a big pregnant belly in a tankini but I'm going to spare you that :) I think I scared the people on the beach enough!

Friday night we ate at home....and had our first photo shoot :)  No group shot Friday night...we saved the timer action for Saturday.

I was feeling tan after a day on the beach but you sure can't tell in these pics.  Oh well. At least it's still only 60 degree here in VT. 

Lizzie perfected this pose by the end of the weekend...not a bad spot to practice.

I think this dress hides the bump a bit - it wasn't intentional! Thanks to my mom for sending me this from Target. Oh, Target. I miss it even more now that the only places I have to shop are Motherhood Maternity and expensive baby boutiques.

Hm. You don't want to know what happened to this poor alligator the following night.  I'll just say he did lots of swimming...

OK back with more later!

xo!

Baby Bump Weeks 28-30

Hello third trimester! The bump is growing! I'm at 32 weeks now and it's hard to believe that there are only 8 weeks left!

So lots of pregnant women complain about unwelcome belly touching by this point in pregnancy but I haven't had much of that! It doesn't bother me at all and to be honest I would rather have that than some of the belly comments I've received. I've also gotten some funny ones too - here you go:

Man at Lowe's:
"Well don't you look just like you swallowed a basketball!"

Woman at gas station in Maine:
"When are you due?" "Oh really?  11 more weeks? You look like you could go ANY day!"

Other hotel guests in Maine (strangers, not guests I had met previously):
"Well how are YOU feeling?"

Co-workers:
"YOU must be getting ready!"  "When are you due again?"

Kiddos at school:
"Do you have a baby in your belly?"
"Are you pregnant?"
(To friend) "Hey! It looks like Miss Chelsea might have a egg in her belly but there's really a baby in there."
"What's that in your belly?"
My favorite......"Can I see it?"

Happy Friday!

xo!

Hiking

Hello friends...I owe you nursery pics and pics from my most recent trip down South but am still recovering from getting in late on Sunday and can't fit in editing pics with working (and birth class...more to come on that) this week! I promise those posts are coming soon. I've had this post written for a while. It doesn't look like it here (these pics were taken a while ago) but it's FINALLY spring in VT! The trees are starting to bloom and the grass is green. It has been pretty dry this mud season (unlike last year) so we've been doing more spring hiking this year. I thought I'd share these pics while you wait!

Mt. Philo a few weeks ago (when the temps were in the 80s!)....



Snake Mountain - a little colder this day....











Family pic :)



One more that isn't hiking but doesn't fit anywhere else....



OK be back soon!

xo!

Maine Part 2!

After our bike adventure we stopped for lunch at this cute place and I fell in love with this hut and wall.

 

I made Matt check out one of the many antique stores before we left...this one was featured in a magazine article my mom sent to me. We found a treasure for above the mantle - I'll share pics of it at some point!  This type of store isn't Matt's favorite but he was a good sport because he knows just how much I love them...

I mean - how cool?!

I didn't get any pics of Matt's family birthday dessert night...but did get a few of his mini-birthday celebration with our friends!  Thanks to Sarah and Joe for the Ben and Jerry's cake - yum.

That night Willow got some practice using her big sister skills :)  Jackson didn't mind at all!  I think it's because he has a big brother who looks very similar at home!

Happy Wednesday!

 

xo!