Monday, September 27, 2010

Houston: A wedding, a baby shower, and an 87th birthday!

I am now 32 weeks pregnant! I had many discussions about what exactly this means this weekend--am I eight months pregnant (32 weeks/4 weeks = 8 months) or seven months pregnant (because I am due in two months)? All I know is that Baby Frank is coming soon! I have been feeling some lower back pain the last couple of days, and my doctor thinks it is due to pressure on the sciatic nerve. I am going to try to take it easy for the next few days and hope that it subsides. Other than that, I am still feeling great and getting very excited for my baby boy!

We had a fabulous weekend in Houston! On Saturday night, we attended Erin McCrory's wedding at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. It was a gorgeous wedding, and Frank and I agreed that it was the most unique and cool wedding venue we had ever been to. It was great to see Erin and to catch up with my childhood friend Amy Hays, who I had not seen since her own wedding seven years ago! Here are a few pictures from the reception:

Me & the beautiful bride
me & Frank, all dressed up and ready to go!
reception among the dinosaurs--so cool
first dance
me & Amy
On Sunday, Corey, Brooke, Katie, and Lindsey hosted a wonderful baby shower for all of my Houston friends. They did an absolutely fabulous job hosting, from the beautiful decorations to the awesome food. Brooke's husband Mason cooked omelets made-to-order and served us all breakfast! It was so creative and intimate, and I am truly blessed to have such great friends. We played some fun games and Baby Frank got a TON of adorable clothes and other fun gifts. I love all of you and am so grateful for your kindness and generosity! Here are a bunch of pictures from the baby shower:

me & all of my girlfriends who made it to the shower
me & the lovely hostesses
opening gifts



aw, my drink tag says "Mommy"
adorable banner that Katie made for baby Frank
yummy dessert
guessing who brought which onesie
measuring the bump
with the Price is Right basket of goodies (I won!)
me & Diana
me & Jennifer
me & Grandma, Allison, and Mom
beautiful hydrangea centerpiece
place setting & menu card
gorgeous table set up
adorable monkey diaper cake that Corey made
all the loot!
cute candy favors on entry table
baby bottle candy favors
On Sunday after the shower we celebrated Grandpa's 87th birthday with dinner and cake at Mom and Dad's house. It was great to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa, who we had not seen since we announced that I was pregnant back in April. Here are a couple of pictures from the birthday celebration:

blowing out the candles
me, Frank, Al, Tyler, and Grandpa
the entire Proesch fam!

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Baby Shower!

This weekend we had our first Texas baby shower! Allison & Steve and my mom & dad hosted the shower at our house, and we had a bunch of great friends come celebrate with us. The shower was absolutely wonderful, with plenty of delicious food, a super cute and yummy cake, and of course, plenty of alcohol and cigars for the boys. We are so blessed and grateful to the hosts and hostesses for putting everything together! I am really happy that we had a coed shower so that Frank could experience opening gifts with me. We got a bunch of wonderful gifts for Baby Frank--he is already a very loved little baby. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the shower:

proud parents-to-be
me & allisonallison & steve
me & the lovely party planners
me & my dad
the spread
check out the cute candy wrappers!
yummy monkey cake
diaper cake
opening gifts
first Aggie outfit, gig em!
adorable monkey wall letters
cute rocking lamb

me & the beautiful newlywed Mrs. Reeves
Frank, me, Mom, & Al
mama's-to-be at 31 weeks
me & Steve
great friends