Feeling Large?!

So, today I'm officially feeling large. Maybe one reason is because Blue Bell has this amazing new flavor that you all have to try! It's called Centennial Cupcake with little green shamrocks on the tub and four little 4-H kids with green shirts. OK, this is like the best icecream on the planet currently. Go get it now!!!!!I just had one little cup and now I need to lock the freezer!
The second reason the largeness may be occuring is because Tums are my best friend as my stomach always seems to be in my neck. I don't remember this feeling with the girls.
This little guy is always kicking me in my right side towards my back, making me feel like some worm-like tumor is trying to get out! I just don't know where the rest of him is going to go. I can hardly see my toes, which is probably ok, since I desperately need to paint them!
We are 25 weeks now! This week I've been craving cherry jello and apples. And that darn icecream!
Jonathan's at work tonight. I really miss him. I haven't seen him all day because I went to sleep as soon as I got home from work this am and then he left at noon.
Something funny happened at work last night. Since the belly is great with child, I wear my scrub pants below my belly and then tie the drawstrings. Well, as I was walking towards a patients' room at 3 am, I felt a bit of a cold draft on my right thigh. Apparently. the drawstring wasn't feeling like sticking with me and my blue scrub pants were FALLING OFF!!!!! Thankfully, no one was in the hall and I was wearing semi-cute undies. Moral to the story....always have your best undies on. Clean, not stretched out, and preferably with some cute polka dots.

Boston With The Beneshes!

Boston was so great! My friends, Lauren and Nathan Benesh, live there while Nathan is comleting his PhD in geophysics. They live in a beautiful, cozy house on the second floor with wood floors that's around 100 years old.

We went to this beautiful cemetery where Benjamin Franklin's parents are buried, along with Paul Revere, John Hancock, "Mother Goose", and the victims of the British Massacre.

At night, Nathan beat Lauren and I at Scrabble, we made homemade lemon buttermilk icecream, and I did alot of visiting with little Noah Thomas Benesh who is already 3 months old and a very happy boy who I adore.

We went to a gourmet chocolate shop where one could easily spend alot and gain the same amount in pounds!!! But I just purchased 3 little dark chocolates that were DELICIOUS!!!!We saw Harvard Square and University in all it's glory and smartness, if that's a word!

We ate great Italian food on Saturday night, thanks again for that, guys! And Lauren and I had fun just hanging out together and doing lots of walking and sight-seeing!

Lauren purchased Baby Drolet's very first gift at a nice maternity boutique. She got me personally fitted for a HotSling, a great way to carry the baby totally hands-free and be stylish at the same time!!!I love it! Thanks, Lauren!!!!

I had so much fun!

Seven Things About Me!!!

Well, Lauren did this a while back and I thought I'd follow along....after all, she taught me how to blog!

These are 7 things you may not know about me, the first 4 following her lead, the last 3 totally random. If you are a fellow blogger and have time, please let me learn 7 things about you.

Important Things I've Learned from Friends!
Lauren-You can never spend too much on a friend(she just mailed me my fave dried cherries!)
Jonathan-Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
Cami-Proper Home Decor Can Make Any House Look Gorgeous!!!
Emily-Keep Up With Your Friends and know what they like!
Erin-Use your talents to make gifts!
Rene-Forget about the house-have fun with your kids!(She has 8!)
Pamela-Quality time!
Jennifer-Be the first to apologize.

Fave TV Shows-
I just have one and It's American Idol (I think Christie will get voted off tonight)

Latest iTunes Purchase-
I've never had one. I dont have an iPod but I would like one.

Foods I Don't Like-
Tofu, curry, red wine

I prefer almond or cashew butter to peanut butter by far.

I love it when the girls play with my hair. It makes me feel relaxed.

I treat myself with Diet Cherry Coke only after I've had 6 glasses of water. I really like Diet Coke now.

Just Catching Up!

So, it's been a long time since we all caught up!

All is good here at the Drolet's! Jonathan was in his first drama last Sunday and I wish I had videoed it for the blog! He is enjoying the drama team.
And staying rather busy with Chick-Fil-A! He and I are both working with a realtor to find a home to purchase. This is a good time to buy here, although prices are higher than in Houston. We have found a couple foreclosures we love. Please pray that we will get just the right one at the right price. Homebuying is very emotional, or maybe it's just me!

I am starting to really "like" my job now. It took a while to adjust to nights and now I think it's nice. I like the people I work with and REALLY love my sleep by the time I arrive home in the morning! It helps me never to take rest for granted, that's for sure!
Jonathan is flying me out to Boston, MA this Thursday to see my good friend, Lauren, for 4 days! I'm really excited. She'll show me some historical sights and best of all, I'll finally get to see my "nephew", Noah who was born January 9.

We are 24 weeks along now and so excited, I can hardly stand it! The nightime leg cramps have begun so I'm eating lots of bananas and Tums! He kicks alot and lately, I'm still craving milk, milk, milk! And grilled asparagus too, for some reason!

We register Glory for kindergarten tomorrow and are so excited for her, as she is too!
Grace doesn't seem to mind that shes not going, she said she wants to stay home and feed cookies to the baby! My, oh my!

We are officially coming to Houston May 28-June 3. Our tickets are purchased and nothing's holding us back! We are so excited and can't wait to see all of you!

The Big Feast At Golden Corral!

After church, we met my aunts, uncle and cousins at the Golden Corral for an amazing feast. We liked it and we all had our fair share. This first pic is my cousin Deborah. She's 24 and planning to attend nursing school soon. I adore her! The second is my Tia Dottie, whom Grace adores and always wants to snuggle with when we get together. We had a great time!

Easter Happenings!

OK, so mindless as I am, I forgot to get a family picture with Jonathan all handsomed up!!! So, it's all girls on this post.

We had an outdoor service which the whole neighborhood was invited to . May people came. It was rather nice, the weather, I mean, and most everyone was in sundresses and shorts. But not us. We had to get all dressed up! My mom sent these beautiful dresses for the girls to wear and we had alot of fun getting all dressed up, except for the hair fiasco with Glory..the one where it takes 30 minutes and she cries and I promise her that when we're done, she can have a new pencil with the sharpener and 2 cheap-o necklaces from the goody bag!!!!!!

We baptized a total of 19 people and the baptism part of the service was my absolute favorite!!!

Lots of parents and children got baptized together which was especialy neat!

Thoughts on Today!

Today, raher spur of the moment, I decided to take the girls to an Easter play in Tucson at a church there. After I woke up, (I worked last night), we hung out and then took a nap together, yes , another chance to sleep!
Then we got all dressed up, Glory wanted to wear her Easter dress, so I let her and we went to this church for the girls' first Easter play. Jonathan was at Chick-Fil-A, that 's why he wasn't with us.
Anyway it was really good. The girls had tons of questions about it....are the soldiers mean, are they really hurting Jesus, why are all the ladies' hair down to their back(this was a united pentecostal church!), are they really drinking Jesus' blood at the Last Supper, how does Jesus come out of the tomb if he's dead, what are "muracles"!, how does God live in me if he gets so busy with all those lepers he has to heal?, on and on and on...
I finally was developing a sore throat from whispering all these answers in the middle of the play and I just wanted us all to sit still, shut our sweet mouths and watch the play. (While I'm thinking this, Grace's shoes are off, on the floor, her dress is up to her neck so she can scratch her belly, Glory has bit her lip from chewing almonds too fast, Grace has to make another river(that's going to the ladies' room, by the way), AGAIN, and I need some Tums like you would not believe.)
Anyhow, these very minor difficulties were eradicated rather quickly and I began to thank God that I can answer these sweet searching questions of a three and four year old.
They continued all the way home, these questions and my best possible answers. Tonight we got to see what Easter is all about and it will resonate in two little girl's hearts forever.
I guess the sore throat doesn't matter in the long run. As long as the questions keep coming.....

Thanks, God, for Easter. Thanks for little children who want the truth and will not stop til they get it. Thanks for giving up Your life for me and all those that I love...thanks for leaving us speechless when we're asked how You live in us when You're so busy healing lepers. I don't know how You do it, I just know You do because I feel you...in the hugs of two little girls, in the kicks of this little miracle growing inside of me, in the unending questions of little women who will grow up to know You and make you known. I don't mind the sore throat..I really don't. I just thank you for the privilege to talk about Your amazing love.
And thanks for the Tums!