We started our drive down to Charleston on Wednesday night through one of the worst storms ever. I simply closed my eyes while Craig sped through the storm. Yikes! We got about half way that night and found a Marriott to stay at. We should have just driven through since neither of us got any real sleep in the crappy highway hotel.
We finally get there on Thursday mid day and head out for some lunch. We ended up going to Nick and Jakes (or something like that) for some BBQ. OMG was it good. I had a pulled pork sandwich and Craig had half a rack of ribs - the warm cheesy cornbread muffins shown above were amazing!! We were thrilled to start off our tour of eating with some good BBQ. We spent the rest of Thursday just walking around and getting our barrings.
On Friday we took a Historic Charleston Carriage tour through the city and learned some fun facts but mostly just smelled the horse's behind that was pulling our carriage - I wish I would have gotten a picture. Phew!
The above picture is of us at the Middleton Place - an old Rice Plantation that we toured. It was pretty amazing but not much was left. After the Union troops stormed the place - they burnt it to the ground and then there was this big earthquake that leveled all the rubble. But some parts of the plantation had been restored and it was pretty cool to see.
On our last day we took a Civil War walking tour which was very informative and quite interesting. Since being born and raised in PA I never thought much about the history I had learned but it was definitely a "Northern Perspective". Our tour guide shed a whole new light on the war for me - I thought I would be bored to death but I actually really enjoyed it. Then as if we hadn't had enough walking we got on a ferry and headed out to Fort Sumter. I took some picture but I just look like a cow in my shorts, tank top, and really cool trainers so they wont be posted.
Here we are at the end of our long day enjoying the nice warm breeze off the river and getting eaten by mosquitoes!
We had a really great time, ate some amazing southern comfort food, and learned a lot about Southern History. We loved it- but the next vacation better be on a beach!!!
Last Thursday night our families came into town and we picked up pizza and headed to the park for a free concert. We had a great time - but it was quite a differrent experience compared to when Stacey, Grey, Craig and I would go with 4 bottles a wine and go home with them all empty in the recyclable bin.
We started our drive down to Charleston on Wednesday night through one of the worst storms ever. I simply closed my eyes while Craig sped through the storm. Yikes! We got about half way that night and found a Marriott to stay at. We should have just driven through since neither of us got any real sleep in the crappy highway hotel.
We finally get there on Thursday mid day and head out for some lunch. We ended up going to Nick and Jakes (or something like that) for some BBQ. OMG was it good. I had a pulled pork sandwich and Craig had half a rack of ribs - the warm cheesy cornbread muffins shown above were amazing!! We were thrilled to start off our tour of eating with some good BBQ. We spent the rest of Thursday just walking around and getting our barrings. 
On Friday we took a Historic Charleston Carriage tour through the city and learned some fun facts but mostly just smelled the horse's behind that was pulling our carriage - I wish I would have gotten a picture. Phew! 
On our last day we took a Civil War walking tour which was very informative and quite interesting. Since being born and raised in PA I never thought much about the history I had learned but it was definitely a "Northern Perspective". Our tour guide shed a whole new light on the war for me - I thought I would be bored to death but I actually really enjoyed it. Then as if we hadn't had enough walking we got on a ferry and headed out to Fort Sumter. I took some picture but I just look like a cow in my shorts, tank top, and really cool trainers so they wont be posted. 
So this is the first week of my 7th month! I seriously can't believe it. Craig and I had a really great weekend. We spent yesterday getting things done around the house and basically just laying low and taking it easy - it was really nice. Then today the Craig and Grey played golf while Stacey and I sat at the pool at their country club - it was such a great day - thanks Pfarr family!!!! Oh - Stacey and I both wore bikini's to the pool and this young girl two chairs down from us kept staring at our bodies in horror. Stacey wanted to ask her if her mother had ever taught her that it was rude to stare at people - I was just thinking "this is probably the best birth control she could be getting right now"
Well, here is my belly at 27 weeks. I took these today while waiting to jump on a conference call from home. I purposefully left out pictures of my face since my skin has reverted back to my teen days and I seem to break out more and more every day.
We spent another weekend hanging in beautiful Erie. I spent some time with my sister and the girls on Friday. We ran errands and I got the starter pack of G-Diapers at the Wegmans. We're going to give them a try and see how they work for us once the baby gets above 8 pounds.
On Saturday we went to a wedding shower for the lovely couple above. My beautiful sister in law and her fiance. The shower was Hawaiin themed and was very nice. It was so great to spend time with these two. They are so much fun and I love seeing them together. Amongst all the crazieness of wedding planning they remain calm and so much in love.
We took a quick picture of all the cousins that were at the shower - this is only about half of the actual cousins just on Craig's dad's side. It was so great to see them all and hear about all their children. They each have about 2 kids and all had gotten babysitters for the event.
I guess my sister thought she wasn't quite busy enough with three children and she decided to get a puppy. Isn't she soo cute. I wouldn't have been able to resist either! She is a cockerspaniel/poodle mix which means I am not allergic to her - woohoo!
