Babymoon

Dave & I went to Orlando, Florida this past long weekend for New Year's Eve! Dave left to go to Orlando on Wednesday and I joined him late on Thursday evening. I wish we could have stayed longer but I only had 1 personal day left to use since we went on 2 vacations this summer. Oh well. Dave enjoyed going golfing on Thursday with Josh and they went out on the town on Wednesday and Thursday evening.


On Friday, we spent the whole day in Epcot. We went to the liquor store to pick up some hard alcohol to sneak in :) Then we headed over to the park. Josh said the parking lot was really really crowded and that he hadn't seen it this crowded. I picked up our tickets at will-call and then we 'drank around the world'... only thing is I couldn't really drink. But the boys did. Josh's wife Stacie and lil Zack were going to meet up with us a little bit later once they were done getting ready.  In addition to not drinking it really was not okay for me to go on some rides. I wish I could have gone on Race Track since I missed it when we were there in June. You would not believe the crowds. I took pix of it...

Me in front of the big ball... front of Epcot

Week 22! technically 21 weeks 6 days... but who's counting ;) <3 the tree!

Holy crowds... in front of the English Pub, in England

So Dave and I got there in the morning, and started off walking towards England. We popped into the pub for a drink and to get out of the heat. It was like 78 degrees.. haha!! We are not used to the sunshine and heat since it's been like 13-18 degrees this winter. Burr!! We caught up and heard some stories from Josh and his travelin' days with Stacie. :) Of course we talked about Zack and how different he is at 8 1/2 months, from our visit in June when he was probably 10 weeks. :) He's a cutie pie. We then went on over to Moracco and Italy :) to get more drinks.

Josh & Dave as we walk around Epcot

Me in front of Moracco, in Epcot

I was really excited to be in Italy. lol.

I wanted to document my clammy hands care-of FLORIDA humidity

Dave & I on the bridge, in Italy. :) This is as close as we'll get to Italy until we go there. :)

I needed a 'sit down' break so Josh & Dave were chilling and talking on the bridge, in Italy

Stacie, her sister Laurie, and lil Zack came in for the fun.. we went to Mexico for some food and we also went France for food. I ate like a mad woman at Epcot. I ate a pretzel in Germany, an ice cream cone near France, chips/salsa in Mexico, a ham/cheese on French baguette in France, and funnel cake in America. YUM!!! SO much food! LOL.  I have to say the funnel cake was the best :) I recommend. Here are some pix of Zack once he came...

little Zack, 8 1/2 months

Me & Zack getting in line at Mexico, for dinner

Stacie's sister, Christie and her roomie, Tom met up with us at France so we had dinner and chit chatted while the guys got us food and waited in line. It was so crowded so most of the food/drinks lines were rather long. Oh well. :) It was fun to people watch in their NYE get ups. After France we walked over to Italy to find a spot for fireworks. We didn't know if we wanted to go to China for the fireworks or watch them at Italy. We decided to watch them at Italy. Stacie's parents Lyle & Carol were there and her younger sister Tammi and brother Timmy also came. So there was a nice crowd. I really need to learn how to put videos up on this blogger because I took so much more video than I did pictures of Epcot. I videotaped the entire fireworks! Here are some pix though from the NYE night...

Now we found our way to Italy for fireworks! Here in Italy they have a lot of house music, lasers, and young people having fun!

Dave was jamming to the music... lol. A few drinks in ;)

Partying for NYE 2011

Holy crowds!

Crazy glowing sticks, necklaces, swords, & everything came out for sale in Epcot

Josh accompanied me for my sit-down break, hahaha.  My feet were so sore after walking around for 10 hours!

Christie, Josh, Tom, and Dave

The rest of the weekend we really just relaxed with the Busbys. We watched football and bowl games the entire day of Saturday. Josh and Dave hit up the grocery store and Josh prepared ribs for us. The Busbys were very giving and gracious hosts. We enjoyed our stay. We slept in until about 11:00 a.m. as between Epcot and me DDing' the boys to the Waffle House for drunk food. LOL. I was so tired, I even took a nap next to Dave on the couch while we were watching football.  Here are some pix from our Saturday together relaxin'. Overall the babymoon was a lot of fun and restful!!!! Epcot was everything I thought it'd be and I enjoyed the fireworks and company very much. I did not feel baby very much while I was there but I'm not sick, tired, and had 0 side effects of traveling at 22 weeks pregnant. :) So I'll be the first to put a stamp of approval on traveling in your 2nd trimester. 

Recuperating from NYE 2011, lol.  Having dinner! mac'n'cheese!

Zack cuddling with Dave for his afternoon nap.

Zack getting burped by mom. Zack has 3 teeth

Jewels being cute

Mommy loves Zack :)

Georgie's first Christmas

We woke up... to a winter wonderland Christmas! :)

Me & Georgie woke up at 7:00 a.m. and tidy'ed up the downstairs in preperation for the camcorder :). I did the dishes. I did a load of laundry and cleared off the coffee tables. I then did the most important thing of the day, I snuck out to my trunk, got the 6 pack of Smirnoff Ice.. and prepared Dave's stocking. :) :) I iced my husband on Christmas Day in his stocking. I've been thinking of this since this summer! :) :) Finally the day arrived.  So Dave came downstairs aroun 8:00ish with the dogs. We fed them and walked them! Then, we did the traditional Nash Christmas  and opend up stockings first! Muhauauau!

Dave and I walked Bert Christmas morning and made tea & hot chocolate

Santa came

Christmas Story on!

Bert & Ernie all bundled up from their snowy walk this morning

Bert, Ernie, and me :)

Dave said he couldn't have alcohol on Christmas morning so he wouldn't complete the ICING ritual. So he didn't 'take it down'... instead he said "let's ICE Brandon (his brother)". I wasn't about to ruin Christmas morning my making Dave, man up, but it was hilarious nonetheless.

So we opened our presents... Dave and I had a lovely Christmas morning with the dogs and videotaped the whole thing to show Georgie down the road. :) Our lil babe got some goodies too! Georgie got, from us, a winter coat(size 9-12 mo), a 3-pk Dwell Studio flannel receiving blanket set, a Sassy teething ring, a Thanksgiving outfit (6-9mo), 2 fleece throws for the stroller, 2 thanksgiving bibs, 1 halloween bib, and some DVDs from us (Beauty & the Beast, UP!, Wall-E,... and the Hangover! LOL). Georgie also got a Santa-style winter hat! So soft. I bought Dave and Georgie matching Bears tee shirts! I also bought Georgie a blackhawks tee shirt!  Georgie also got a 3 piece lattice set as well.. probably going to be his/her going home outfit. We'll see! :)

Here's Georgie's  spread of presents from the whole holiday! Spoiled. Rotten. LOL.

• My cousin, Monika's son, Ryan got Georgie 2 outfits (0-3 months, and 3-6 months). :)
• Grandma & Grandpa Nash got Georgie a stuffed kitty with a $25 gift card to Babies'R'Us, $25 gc to Toys'R'Us, $25 gc to Build-a-Bear, and $25 gc to Pottery Barn Kids! 
• Stacy/Jerry/Mason got me and Georgie a $75 gc to BabiesRUs.
• Brandon got us a $50 gc to Kohl's.. we'll def buy Georgie stuff with it as he/she needs it!
• My goddaughter, Emalee got me and Georgie a $50 gc to BabiesRUs...
• and my boss got me a $50AMEX gc.. so that goes into Georgie's piggy bank as well for future diapers/nursery bedroom needs!
• In Dave's Santa-grab-bag at Outback someone got us a $10gc to Jewel and Baby's First christmas bib!
• Dave's uncle got him a fatherhood/caveman 1st year of fatherhood book to read!

We wento Dave's parents house for their traditional Christmas morning. Eggs Benedict and exchanging of gifts. It was nice! I brought waffles and sausage links to mix it up for the first time in 5 years... I don't like Eggs Benedict but I also have the taste buds of a 5 yr old. We were at their house from 9:15-12:15 then we had to go home and get ready for round 3 of Christmas. Great Uncle Jim's house at 2:00 for prime rib!

Nash Christmas Tree

Dave and our dogs in his dad's green chair

Me in front of the tree! 21 weeks on Christmas!

Me & my boys

Brandon & dave... after Brandon got ICED

Dave's family does Prime Rib, twice baked potato shells, a side salad, & dinner rolls. It's their tradition. I ate like almost all rolls.. lol. I like Prime Rib but I'm not much of a meat eater so I had a few bites. LOL.  Dave had plenty ate mine and his huge piece too. :) :) We then played a game with Claire & Emily & Bradley.. LIFE! That last liked over an hour!  Then, we opened presents. The funniest thing was that Bert and Ernie came with... and Bert brought along his GAS PROBLEM! lol. I think it was from the Snausages treat he got from Grandma Nash! :P It was soooooooo stinky all day long at Great Uncle Jim's house. Next year, we'll leave Bert behind... and probably Ernie too since we'll have Georgie! lol. Here are some pix from Christmas at the Nash's!

Dave & Bert in front of the Hamilton Christmas tree

Ernie & Linda

Dave, Brad, Emily, and Claire playing THE GAME OF LIFE

Bert looking to me before opening up presents

Linda, Zoey, and Aunt Janice

Ted

Kirk, Dee, and Theresa... with the 2011 Family Calendar

Emily and her mom, Lynn

Brad

Ernie, Bert, and Zoey the mini schnauzers

Bert & Ernie loving their new milkbone toys

So I spent all day Sunday getting things organized and tidying up the boxes/tissue paper/gift bags from the Christmas holiday... I went to Nordstrom Rack as I had a $50 GROUPON that had to be used by December 31st 2010. Nothing I looked at fit and I didn't know Dave's shirt size! :( I could have bought some shoes or jewelry but I didn't really need anything. So I bought Georgie some things. I bought Georgie a pj set, and then (2) 4 piece (bib, pants, onesie, hat) sets! I also bought Georgie some Sassy stuff like a 4pk of books for 0-3 months, 1 vibrating car seat clip toy, and another cute toy! :) I was in the shopping mode! So Georgie's closet is getting full already!

On a side note, I boxed up all my clothes so my bedroom is now decluttered. I have to sell our current office/spare bedroom set now on Craigslist as the crib & dresser should be coming in the next couple of months. We're getting there!!

Georgie's first Christmas Eve

So today Georgie and I woke up and started to pack up for Christmas Eve. First off... it was snowing! Second off, I felt very rested and did not want to wake up this morning! Yesterday evening, I went to my chiropractor appointment at 5:15 p.m. I got adjusted, had the traction table therapy.. AND GOT A MASSAGE! 30 minutes! My back was really really sore all day yesterday so it was EXACTLY WHAT THE DR. ORDERED! The massage was very very painful but after she worked my right side enough it loosened up. Same thing happened on my left side, of my back! It was tight and hurt to massage but then loosened up. I feel so much better! Thank GOD for Dr. Barbian and loosening me up JUST IN TIME for the Christmas weekend!

I made sure to grab my camera and camcorder, a last minute gift for the Reids, some spreads for tonight, and a pair of pants to change into after I got through with work. We headed to work! Everyone at work was very chit-chatty and excited about Christmas Eve day. We talked about the weekend, holiday plans. :) Here are some pix of the snow coming down from work... looks like it'll be a white Christmas... for Georgie and the rest of his baby/toddler friends out there! :) :) My boss got me a card and a $50 AMEX gift card. :) woo hoo!

Snowing on Christmas Eve 2010, at work.. looks like it'll be a white Christmas after all

Georgie and I went to Inverness, to visit Elizabeth & pick up Christmas Cookies, for The Nash celebration tomorrow at Great Uncle Jim's house. Here's what they look like. Elizabeth does a fantastic job with cookies! I recommend her for any and all occasions :) Here are her cookies:

Dave had to work at Outback on Christmas Eve since he is taking NYE and New Year's off since we are going to Orlando to visit Josh/Stacie and lil Zack for a babymoon/celebration so he had to work. So I left immediately from work and picked up the cookies, ran to the store real quick, and made it over to my parents' house to help organize and get ready for the evening which starts at 5:00 p.m. My brother came around 3:15 p.m... alone :( my nephew, Mason was sick with a temperature so Stacy stayed home to take care of him. So the Reid Christmas Eve was 2 1/2 people down.  :( Oh well. So we had the usual Polish Catholic christmas... 

bread basket, gefelta-fish (sp?), shrimp, potato salad, herring as our cold course... then for our hot course it was bortsch(sp?), with hot salmon, mushroom pastachicki(sp?), and my mom made me meat pastachiki(sp?), and she made mushroom/saurkraut pieroggi, and my mom made me meat pieroggi! yum! I was really hungry. LOL. My mom made cheese cake for dessert and she also picked up some poppy seed cake and other patries from the bakery. It was very yummy. I made sure to take lots of video. After dinner, we opened some presents. Jerry/Stacy got 5 yr old Ryan some legos! He loved them and was busy building away and being creative. Then, he opened up the present we got him... a bath-time hot wheels tower/race set. He had the cutest reaction ever! I'm going to try and upload some videos of Ryan opening up presents! He's a cutie pie.

Ryan opening up a gift from Jerry/Stacy

"Legos!!!" ~Ryan

He loved it!

Ryan helped open up one of Mason's gift, in Mason's absence.

Ryan opening up a gift from me & Dave!

Ryan was so excited to get the Hot Wheels tub toy/ race track!

My brother opened up the quilt for Mason (in his absence). I hope they liked it. It turned out great! :) :) No one in the Reid family quilts, and I think it's a really special heirloom to have. i don't know about Mason's maternal side and if they have quilters... so I had to make him a quilt. I paid someone to do the quilting part and the binding part as I'm still getting used to quilting. I also paid someone ot do the embroider of Mason's name and his birth stats. I don't know how to do those. So the crib quilt looked really quite professional! lol! My grandma, Frances used to crochet so I think it'd be nice to have some sort of family heirloom in the family. :) I'll make my kids quilts as well. :) :)

Here are some pix of Mason's quilt and other pix from our Christmas Eve!

Back of Mason's water quilt

Waves quilting

Front of quilt

Front of quilt closeup

Quilt!

Quilt I made for Mason (I paid someone to do the quilting and embroidery)

Chewy opening up his gifts!

My Dad & Mom opening up their gifts

R&R and our babymoon

On Wednesday, I had my chiropractor appointment at 5:15 p.m.. Dr. B is fantastic at adjustments.. and I love the traction table. It really does help loosen up the stress in my back. I then had a massage. :) A girl can get used to this. Amen. Thank god for week 5 of my maternity chiropractic therapy.

Dave left on Wednesday for Orlando to have some fun with Josh! They're going to probably watch some bowl games and go golfing! I'm joining in the fun late on Thursday, when I fly, solo, mind you.. to Orlando. I'm bringing Josh & Stacie Lou Malnati's pizza which I'm picking up on my lunch break before I head to Midway after work. I love my dad! He's dropping me off and picking me up at Midway. This should be interesting though.. flying solo... pregnant. I'm bringing a backpack and my rolling luggage! I'll make sure to drink lots of water & blog about it upon my return.

Where are we babymooning, you ask?!                        We are going to Epcot for NYE! Something we planned & booked before we got preggers. Good thing I'm in my 2nd trimester and everything suggests it is safe to fly. I feel 100%, am not sick, my back is all relaxed and I'm ready to go! I'll make sure to drink extra fluids and walk around the airport until I have to board! :) No worries!

I CANNOT wait for fireworks at Epcot. We are getting there first thing in the morning, Friday, and hopefully, are the last ones to leave. LOL. As Stacie told us this summer when we visited them,"you think these are good fireworks? You should see the fireworks on NYE; they make the ground shake".. I was sold. Had to book it and come. So, I'm very excited. I wish we were at Magic Kingdom as I love that castle but I'm sure Epcot will be just as fun..... and, more enjoyable for our 11 person, adult crowd; as there is booze allowed at that park! LOL! I'm wearing gym shoes and am ready for the sunshine and 76 degree weather that the weatherman has predicted :) :) I'm excited to see lil Zack too.. he's probably a whole new kid. We saw him when he was like 10 weeks or so.. and now he's probably nearly 10 months old!!

So... I googled images... for NYE & Epcot... and I'm sooooo excited now more than ever.

If you know me.. you know a.) 4th of July is my favorite holiday for one reason and one reason alone... FIREWORKS and BOOMS! I love fireworks, everything about it. I think I was a pyrotech in a former life. LOL. I love summertime, heat, picnics, and booms. I'm looking forward to migrating south and leaving IL one day.. but for now.. NYE in Orlando will do. Check out these pics from Epcot...

And, I cannot wait to kiss my honey & I wouldn't want to be anywhere else at the stroke of midnight.

p.s. I'll be 22 weeks on New Year's Day! :)




p.s.s. I'm lagging in my Christmas blog/ post so I'll prob post that blog later!... in 2011. Holy cow!

Happy New Year, everyone!!