The Harleys: December... Christmas, Baby Showers, Wedding & New Years

Well... I complete missed the 7 month pregnancy/update post. This last month has been action packed. I can't even catch my breathe (which is most of the time lately).

Here is the wrap up, after our busy Thanksgiving "break" we started back to work and decorating for Christmas. Even though we weren't spending Christmas here, putting up our little fake tree made it feel more like Christmas. We completed our Christmas shopping, it was fun to shop together for our families. We had the best time! The count down for Winter Break at work started early, I couldn't wait to see our families for Christmas.

8 months pregnant and traveling wasn't the best idea. Finding a comfortable seated position wasn't easy to find, and I don't think I ever did. Grant was a trooper, stopping each time I had to GO. That was more often than he was used to when we travel. Thanks Hunny!! We finally made it to the Harley's late on Thursday night.

George and Lynda (my wonderful in-laws) were so sweet and gave up their bedroom so I would have a bathroom close by. Thank you both!!

Lindsay and I went shopping on Friday 12/21, I was finished with Christmas which was a wonderful feeling. I was on the hunt for a dress to wear to Dustin Johnson's wedding, Grant's childhood best friend. Grant was his best man and I had nothing that would fit... eeekk. Lindsay had the lucky job to help me. Not many places have a maternity section, we finally hit Motherhood and found it. The perfect dress for this wonderful upcoming celebration. Well, I quickly found out that an all day shopping adventure is one other thing that wore me out. I pooped out, much earlier than normal.

Saturday, 12/22 was a busy day. We attended the annual Brown Christmas Party in the morning. This isn't something that Grant and I get to attend each year, so it was nice to see everyone. That afternoon was our first baby shower for Logan. Grant took me to my mom's house, where my Aunts, Cousins and Grama were in full swing. They had the whole living decked out in Logan's colors and cute owls. It was amazing and a bonus was that I was able to take the decorations for his room. :) The shower was wonderful. I was able to see family friends that I haven't seen in some time. I greatly appreciate all the hard work and the fantastic gifts for Logan.

The rest of the vacation went in a total blur. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day was spent with our families. On the 26th we did a maternity shot with Douglas and Lindsay in downtown Lakeland. I can't wait to see all the pictures Douglas took. On Thursday, I had "Best Friend Day" with Ann, we missed you Leslie. I was completely relaxing, just hanging out.

The wedding festivities starting in full swing. I planned to ride with Lynda and Aunt Michelle to Lake Mary, FL to meet Grant for the rehearsal lunch. Plans changed some, Olivia went into labor, Aunt Michelle was a the hospital with Olivia, so Lynda and I went to set up for the lunch. It went off wonderfully, the lunch was amazing and Olivia and little Aurora are great. I headed back to Lakeland with Lynda while Grant stayed at the hotel with the other groomsmen. Hannah and Carly (my two youngest sisters) spent the night with me. We stayed up late talking about weddings and watching "Say Yes to the Dress" we had a great time. Saturday was the wedding, what an adventure. George, Lynda and myself left around 12:30 for the wedding that wasn't until 5:00 we didn't want to get held up in Orlando traffic and planned to have a late lunch in Lake Mary so we would be there in plenty of time. Thankfully we did... we were stuck in traffic and even took a detour, that did help us move any faster. Lunch ended up being Burger King, we were WAY over dressed. :) Just classing up the joint. Well, we finally made it to the ceremony location at 4:30. It was ridiculous how long it took us to get there.

The wedding was beautiful and the reception was a blast. I hit the dance floor and didn't get off. Had a wonderful time dancing, but I paid for it later... so sore! Sunday, we had another baby shower at church, Lindsay did an amazing job with Logan's little Mustache Bash. Thank you to everyone that came. The decorations were little mustaches, sandwiches, candy molds and a big mustache on the cake. Grant was out of commission, with the flu running a temp of 103. Yikes!! Monday, we needed to head to Ikea, to pick up a few things which ended up as a busted trip, since the things we needed were not in stock. We weren't very happy!

Heading home on Tuesday, I wasn't feeling so hot. Turns out I caught Grant's flu. I didn't run a temperature as high has he did, but did have a small fever. We went to urgent care and I was put on Tamiflu. The medicine did the trick, I was back to work on Monday.

Here are some pictures from our busy vacation...