friday cant come soon enuf!!

mid friday we will be heading to green bay for easter! so lauren has a big weekend coming up! it'll be her first trip to green bay and a long one at that (5hrs!). so hopefully she'll sleep most of it and we'll only have to stop two times at the most.

but i am excited to be home! yes ive seen my family a good amount, but i havent been home since november!!! the main reason for being home will be celebrating easter (we'll be there fri night thru sun night), but itll be nice to relax and hopefully see some friends too! my hs friend stephanie who currently lives in englad is home (and i'm hoping to see her quick); and then my friend heather who has a one year old and our friend laura. wehopefully will see them on sat evening, but with a baby, we have to be flexible! oh, and hopefully the weather will be nice!!

after returning to mn sun night, on mon morn we'll get up and head to brewster to see heath's family (primarily his grandparents) until tuesday afternoon. so when i say a big weekend for lauren, i mean it! lots of travel time and new people/places to see. i hope she does well! she usually does, but i can tell she gets tired and overstimulated. she's a trooper, but i understand she just needs quite time... especially w/ mom and dad!

i had my "6wk check-up" this past monday. everything looks good! the doc said i was lucky b/c i didnt have any stitches or damage "down there"... i guess that is rare for first babies, so i am lucky!!! i am just glad to be back to normal (even tho i felt that way since week 4ish). i will be going on "the mini pill" b/c, though we want more kids, we def dont want another baby too soon!!!! oh, and i got the OK to start exercising & stuff. so hopefully i can start running again soon :) i did find out i weigh 141lbs (which is already 30lbs less than what i weighed before lauren was born)...so that means i only have about 15lbs (which would put me at 126lbs) to lose before november, which i think is do-able. i can do it!!!!! :) :)

this past sunday heath and i went to the wedding expo. it was pretty quick but we got three things checked off our list. it was fun to walk around, enter our names in for prizes and just "do the wedding thing"... i mean its the only time we'll do it!
but, for an update, here is what we have done:
- date and church reserved
- reception hall booked
- catering compnay figured out
- dj and photographer booked
- great deal on tuxes via men's warehouse
- i made a wedding website
things we have to do:
- figure out flowers/center pieces
- cake? yes/no? what else could we do?
- dresses (me & bridesmaids)
- figure out invitations, etc
- transportation (limo, coach bus?)
- schedule of the day and ceremony particulars

....other than that, it'll just be little things here and there. we 220 days or just over 7 months, so for most of it we've got time. im not worried, but at the same time i think the time will fly by.... so then again, maybe i should be?!

ok well thats all i have for now. heath left for work early and lauren is sleeping (knock on wood) so im gonna enjoy some alone time :)

xoxo
- jkh