Weddings and Birthdays

We have so much going on here! We are trying to prepare for our guests and finish up that little home improvement project that has turned out to be very challenging. We are also trying to get our outfits for Ellen's wedding. She gave us the colors and said, "find something you like." Sounds easy, right? Not necessarily! I am so afraid that my color will be waaaaayy off the others. Michael has actually gotten his shirt. He is the first person in the house to have done so. Surprise, surprise! I have found Brady's dress and am ordering it today. Now that just leaves me. I had hoped to lose 20lbs before dress shopping. I worked a wedding reception last weekend. What is it about bridesmaid dresses that make you a bad dancer? Everyone of them did the standard snap your fingers, forward foot stomp, switch foot, forward foot stomp. And of course, the DJ played all the standard reception songs. The worst one of all, The Electric Slide. (no chicken dance, thankfully) So Ellen, I promise not to be a bad dancer if you promise not to let the DJ play the Electric slide. Just kidding!
My birthday just passed. It wasn't so great. I wish I could embrace birthdays with the same enthusiasm that Brady does. Maybe I need a pinata too! My girls did have a surprise barbecue for me on Sunday, which was great. I was super tired from working the night before. I didn't get to stay as long as I would have liked either. Oliver was over tired and needed to go home to bed. I think he fell asleep within a minute of being in the car.
Speaking of Oliver, he is growing so fast. I think he looks like such a big boy in these photos: