Games, Shopping & Celebrations

Kristin and I have had a really busy weekend so far. Friday night, we hung out with David and Stephanie at their new place. We first stopped at the Providence Place mall because Kristin had to return something. From there, we headed to their new apartment, which was in a great community. David and Stephanie had gotten a variety of special cheeses, pate and also shrimp. We later ordered pizza for dinner. We got the pizza from Caserta's, which is in Federal Hill. Pizza was really good! David took me on a drive through Federal Hill, which I have never been before. On the way home, we drove my a street lined with pubs and great restaurants. He also showed me where there was an ice skating rink in the middle of the city, which I never knew existed. Finally, on our drive home, he brought me by the Providence park, which stretched lengthwise along the river. He mentioned that this is where you go to view Water Fire in the summer, which I am hoping Kristin, Jackson and I can go this summer. After dinner, we played Spinners and had dessert from Pastiche. David and Stephanie got a chocolate torte which was really good but incredibly chocolaty! Kristin and I did not get home until almost 1am!

Yesterday, I got up early to make a Birthday Cake for the mudda in law. I even made homemade frosting for the special occasion. After finishing up the cake, Kristin and I went to Babies'R'Us to pick up all our special order room accessories which came in on Friday after taking 7 weeks. While there, we bought the little guy and outfit to wear on Father's Day. It is an adorable argyle sweater vest with a polo shirt and plaid shorts. We also picked up a Pat's jersey, which was marked down 40%. We ended up changing our carrier/carriage yesterday. While we liked the original one we registered for, the one we changed to has a better carrying handle and more color. We also ended up adding the correct bottles to our registry after realizing we registered for all wide neck bottles. After all was said and done, we were at Babies'R'Us for over 2 hours...EXHAUSTING! After our shopping excursion, we headed up to MA to celebrate mudda Annie's Birthday. She made an incredible stew, which was perfect for a cold night. After dinner, we had some cake and stared at each other in silence....joking! I included pictures below from last nights Birthday celebration and last weeks Birthday celebration which was for my mom.







Today, while Kristin slept I hung up some of the decorations we got yesterday. I also shoveled the driveway before we headed out to Church. Kristin and I have been trying to find a church that we can go to once Jackson is born. We like the church in Mystic but do not like the priest. Today we went to Our Lady of Lourdes. We both liked this church much better. Seemed to be a younger community and the priest was more engaging, although he did say the word porn 2 or 3 times. He also said he was with women before the priesthood. Either way, I think we will go again next week and if we are comfortable with this parish, we will continue going, otherwise we will go down to the next church on our list. Jackson seemed to like the church though because he was kicking around inside his mommy's tummy. Tonight we are heading over to my mom's for dinner. She is making pasta fagioli.

Kristin and I are both happy to be off tomorrow. It is our last day off until Jackson comes. On the agenda for tomorrow is a little house work and relaxing. As I write this blog, Kristin is doing work for MetLife...blah! As a preview to our next weekend, the celebrations continue as we will be celebrating DH's Birthday. For his Birthday, I will be making him homemade eggplant parm and maybe another special surprise. So, DH, what will you pick on me for now!!!