Wedding Weekend!

Wow what a great weekend! The three of us headed to Holman Ranch in Carmel Valley on Friday afternoon. The ranch that we stayed at (and that the wedding was at) was absolutely incredible. It was kind of like camping because we were all together but we each had our own room and bathrooms! After unloading and getting a tour, we all got ready and headed down to a local steakhouse for some grub (with a group of about 15 others). When we headed back to the ranch we hung out in the gameroom which was fully equipped with a pool table, food, drinks, etc. We stayed up way too late playing games with everyone and having a great time!

One set of the rooms we stayed in

Mom and Dad relaxing in front of our rooms:)

The next morning about 15 of us headed out to Monterey to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, it was crazy busy but worth going, Avery absolutely loved all that she got to see! Later that night was rehearsal and dinner back at the ranch, it rained so we had to move everything into the "carriage house" but it was still a glorious night!

Me and my eshmay before heading to the aquarium

Avery and Daddy gearing up for the busy day:)

The cute couple!

She wanted to be with anybody BUT mommy and daddy...here she's learning about stingrays!

With Daddy "inside" a wave!

Later that night at rehearsal...the whole wedding party!

Practicing the first kiss:)

The girls

the boys

The whole pratt clan!

We started getting ready about 10am the day of the wedding, us girls got our hair done (and some got their makeup done) and we just hung out until it was our turn to take pictures. The day was a complete success! Kaitlin and Chas had a ton of fun and were such a beautiful couple! We were pretty nervous about Avery being the flower girl, but our brother in law Brian was her "handler" and he was so good with her...when it was her turn to walk down the aisle she ran behind the guests to the right, then the left, then finally down the aisle (oh and thanks to Kathy she looked amazing)! So she did great, during the ceremony she just walked around and sat with various people, we couldn't have asked for her to do better! Unfortunately I only have pictures of before the wedding so I don't have any of the happy couple (because between the baby and her stuff we weren't exactly carrying around a camera:) but when I get some I'll post them. Avery stayed up dancing the night away with us until we all went to bed around 10pm...AND she slept in a big girl bed for the first time! She's getting just a little too big for that pack and play, she did great!

So beautiful!

Avery practicing her walk (she wouldn't practice unless she was holding flowers:)

The cutest flowergirl in the whole world! (and no, she didn't wear these shoes for the wedding:)

The Konings all dressed up!

So great!

She kept telling daddy to smell her flowers:)

at the reception, they're officially married!

p.s.... 14 weeks today!

That's a doosy...

Well...you thought our update was a big one when we told you that in two days we found out Andy got a job AND that we got a place to live; the reality is within those two days we also found out WE'RE PREGNANT!!! wow wow wow! some have been requesting details so here's what we know: we're currently 13 weeks pregnant, thank goodness we're through that first trimester! It's been a rough go full of nausea, but unlike last time around, i'm taking a lot of zofran:) (an anti-nausea medication). I keep telling myself that every day it's getting better, but I'm not sure we're there yet. So being 13 weeks means we're due Nov. 28th, a Thanksgiving baby! We will definitely be finding out the sex of the baby, right around the week of july 4th. Avery is really excited, we've already had 2 ultrasounds, the 2nd one Avery got to go and the baby was waving to her, it was so cute!

So that we avoid calling the baby "it", the fetus' name is currently "Mary Lou"...it has nothing to do with what the baby's name will actually be so don't start getting any ideas:)

I think that those are pretty much all of the details we know for now, but we'll definitely keep you updated. As for this week, we're going to Monterey for a wedding, woohooo! We'll post pictures as soon as we have them!

A Very adventurous Mother's Day

Due to the fact that CHO (Children's Hospital) went on strike for 5 days, I had a good long chunk of time off! Mom and Dad asked if the babes and I wanted to join them for a little trip to Winnemucca, NV (where Connie's parents live) as a special Mother's day surprise. We of course did not hesitate in saying yes to this adventure, so we packed up our stuff and headed out Friday afternoon. Mom and Dad picked us up, then we drove to Sacramento where we packed up the motorhome and hit the road. Avery LOVED the motorhome, she was so good! She colored for a while (coloring being her new favorite activity), and then just sat with her Nana (my Mom) and cuddled as we went through the mountains. We stayed the night in Sparks, NV where we over-indulged ourselves at a steakhouse for dinner and then all 4 of us slept in the "bus", Avery and I haven't been in the same room while sleeping for a long time (she cries a lot in her sleep, poor thing!) We got up and hit the road again early Saturday and surprised Grandma right as she was pulling her car out to hit up the pharmacy, she was so surprised, she cried. That made the trip worth it:)

The weekend included a lot of hanging out in the house hearing Grandpa tell stories (which always ended with how the world now is so terrible:) and watching Grandma Bea just smile as Avery ran around their house. Mom cooked an amazing meal Saturday night for all of us, Avery's belly got so big we had to take her clothes off:) Sunday morning Grandma Bea said we had to go to the Winnemucca Inn for brunch, all of us were expecting breakfast, it was definitely lunch. A few hours later Grandma finally decided we could leave and after we all took naps, we headed to my mom's cousin's ranch where the babes got to help feed a goat and a calf from a bottle, as well as hold puppies and moo and cows. She LOVED it! Can't wait until she gets older and we can send her to stay at their house:) We had Round Table for dinner then watched a movie, it was a great time.

We left Monday morning and drove through all kinds of snow on the way home, again, Avery did amazingly. If she wasn't coloring or eating, she just snuggled. I put her on the queen size bed in the back for her nap time and she was out, her first time on a big girl bed, it was too cute! Despite the fact that we missed Andy terribly, all in all it was a great trip and we're so very glad that we went. Here are some highlight picture style:):

Just hanging out with Grandpa

Torturing Rascal (their dog) with a duster...

G and G's tenant Mary stopped by 5 different times with presents for Avery, the first present was a ring pop, she loved it but I didn't love the sticky mess that it made:)

After eating a big meal Avery sticks her belly out, grabs it, and attempts to say, "unbelievable" (I can tell you the back story some day:), Grandpa didn't know what to think of this habit!!!

But they were both pretty happy!

4 generations on Mother's Day!

At the ranch...Mom is demonstrating how big the bottles were! And they were warm...

Feeding the goat, I think his name is Homer.

Then feeding the calf, don't remember his name, but he has a lot of issues, one of them is that he thinks he has to be in a head lock to be fed, as evidenced above:)

Avery kisses any and everything, here she is kissing one of the puppies (mommy wanted one soooo bad!)

Cuddling with Grandpa and Rascal watching TV, she sat there forever!

She wasn't allowed in the front seat unless the roads were super flat...Here she is with Nana enjoying her last presents from mary, bracelets, necklaces, and cute hair ties!

Andy had cookies made for us when we got home...yummy! The strike is over, we're just waiting for results and hopefully more negotiations...more updates to come!