The Life of a Newly Wed

I know I know! I have been a bad blogger! Mark and I are in Texas this week and my Internet access is limited to say the least. His parents don't have wireless and while mine do, my Dad is very nosey about what I'm doing on the computer.

We got here around 8:45 on Friday night after leaving Washington at 3am. It was a long drive, but a good drive. Mark and I talked more than we have talked in a long time! It was great to have that time together with no distractions.

Saturday I went shopping and my mom bought me some amazing Calphalon pots and pans! I'm so excited to go home and use them. Pots and pans were the one thing that we wanted for the wedding that we didn't get and so my mom bought them for us for Christmas!

Saturday night we played Guitar Hero for several hours at my parents house with my whole family and James. I was hoping that if Mark played guitar hero and really like it then he would want to buy me a wii. Guess what? It worked! Now he wants a wii! My plan went off without a hitch!

Sunday we had a very special baby shower to go to. Some really good family friends of ours daughter has been trying to get pregnant for 5 years without any luck. Her husband and her decided to adopt a baby from Vietnam and they got back at the end of November with their baby boy Simon. The shower was very special because the baby actually got to be at the shower.
I know personally it was special for me because I think my mom and I were the only ones who really grasped the whole adoption thing since we have been through it. The baby was a trooper and didn't cry once! It was amazing.

I have been doing a lot of "errands" for my mom. It never fails. She always has a honey do list for me. Ugh. It's so stinking annoying! I think I might go over to their house and put up Christmas lights. My parents live in a really swanky neighborhood where people pay a lot of money to have their Christmas lights done and my parents think it's foolish to spend thousands of dollars on Christmas lights but their house looks so grumpy!

I will try and update later on this week.

Have a great day!

*Okay, this is not the best picture of Texas, but a funny one! That place is crazy*

This is the perk of not working and being a "housewife"

Check out my travel schedule for December.

December 5th-13th- Dallas
December 14th-18th- Pittsburgh
December 19th-21st- St. Louis
December 22nd-Pittsburgh
December 23rd-January3rd-Dallas

I was really sad though that Mark has been sick or I would have been in NYC yesterday for the tree lighting. Dang him being sick!

I didn't even carry out suitcases upstairs from our trip from Thanksgiving. What's the point? I have to pack them tonight!

So when people ask me what's been the hardest thing to adjust to with this massive move that Mark and I undertook.....I must say, it's the rain/snow! It rains or snows everyday. And when I saw everyday, I mean almost an inch. It's really crazy. I know why so many people are depressed here in the area and it's because the weather just plain sucks. The sun was out yesterday and it was great!

I found this great jewel tone shirt to wear to the baby shower on Sunday! I got it 50% off at Macy's! It was a small which made me so excited! I've been trying to loose weight and I am 6lbs away from my goal weight! I hope to reach that before we come home for Christmas. It wont have that large of an effect on people since we are coming next week also. Oh well, at least I feel better about myself.

I refuse to be one of those girls who gets married and blows up like a whale! I've seen it time and time again and that will not be me! I will also not be one of those ladies who gains 90lbs when I'm pregnant. Unless I pop out a five year old, that's not gonna happen! I've seen that also, the 90lbs that is, and it's a long road back to "normal." No thank you.

Speaking of TTC, I've decided to stay on BCP for one more month. My amazing doctor whom I love more than anything, wanted me to try these new BCP for 3 months and then come in for a sonogram if things weren't better. October was bad. November was great. We shall see what December has in store for us! I'm kinda bummed but in the end I know what will be, will be.

I bought several gifts for the baby shower yesterday at my favorite store, Target! Unfortunately, she hadn't registered for anything super cute so I ended up getting feeding items. Although they are not "cute" I guess they are practical. It will be good to see lots of our good friends at the baby shower on Sunday. The hostesses are the same ones that threw me an amazing bridal shower! The shower will be different though because the baby is already born and is 6 months old. Strange you think? Well not really, they had infertility problems and ended up adopting a sweet baby boy from Vietnam and they just got back with him a few weeks ago. Only one person at the baby shower knows Mark and I are starting to TTC so I hope she keeps the cat in the bag! She better!

Have a great day!

Poor Mark is still sick. I don't know what else to do to help him. He coughed all night long and had a hard time getting to sleep. He had to get up much earlier than usual because he had a meeting at the yard (about 20 minutes away) to meet with some big shots.

On my list of things to do today.....Go to Target to get a baby shower gift, Go to Macy's for fun, Go to Giant Eagle.......Sounds fun right? Actually, yes because the sun is out today! This is the first time I've seen the sun in a while!

We still haven't decided what day we are leaving for Texas. It will depend on when Mark gets off work on Friday.

On Wednesday I'm going to be meeting my regular happy hour group and I could not be more excited!! Yea for Chuys and some good Mexican food!!

Have a great day!

Mark came home tonight with a wonderful surprise! He has training all next week in Ft. Worth. What does that mean you ask? That means that WE are coming to Texas. Since it's very expensive to fly we have decided to drive, and bring the whole family! Yes, all three dogs.

Our parents are so excited to see us and we keep telling Three Putt that he's going to see Grandma, of course, he doesn't get it.

We are going to be in Texas from Saturday to Saturday! I hope I can see as many people as possible. I know for a fact that I have a baby shower on Sunday, which will be weird because this will be the first shower since Mark and I have started TTC. Interesting! This just gives me a great excuse to go to Babies R Us this week! Yea!

We have a sick household. Poor Mark coughed his head up last night. In the 5 years that we have been together, he has never been sick. Never, not once. I must say though, he's milking it. You would have thought that he was going to die last night. So on my life of things to do today, get Mark some medicine! Good thing I had to go to Wally World today anyways. I HATE WALLY WORLD! The one here in Washington has a thing against opening more than 5 checkouts. Ugh. It takes forever to checkout. Not to mention it's always snowing or raining which makes the trip hell.

I have to clean this house also! I cleaned it like crazy a week ago but with the hustle of trying to get out of the house for Thanksgiving it got dirty. Ick. Not to mention, Mark has no sense of clean. Ha.

Oh well, off to start my day! Have a good one!