Maternity Shopping!!!

It was a pretty busy weekend for us... with TWO trips to the mall for fat lady...I mean... Maternity clothes!! :-) Our friends, Jason and Ali, also recently told us they are pregnant. Ali should be about 7 weeks now. And I am now 15 weeks!! So, we all headed to the mall on Saturday for a little maternity clothes shopping! I hoped the store would be helpful and they were GREAT! It's called Motherhood Maternity. Not only was the sales girl EXTREMELY helpful, but the prices are pretty reasonable! Gregg and Jason thoroughly... okay, not completely... but mostly, enjoyed watching their wives try on TONS of clothes! Using the tummy pillow is kind of funny to imagine what we'll look like in just a few months! I HATE clothes shopping, but this was actually pretty fun! Although we normally don't buy so many clothes at one go, so it made it a little expensive for us, I made out with a lot of things! A couple pairs of pants, two dresses (one of which, I'm wearing in the above picture), some shirts and a couple other things! All in all, we did GREAT! And Gregg is truly wonderful for being patient, supportive, very sweet... and picking up the bill! :-)

Saturday night we headed to the Utah Jazz v. Orlando Magic basketball game. It was my Anniversary present to Gregg this year. Last year the Jazz did great, winning most of their home games.... apparently, this year, they're on a bit of a different path, one that includes losing too many games! It was fun to go, but since the Jazz did lose, Gregg would have liked to see Dwight Howard play, but even he was out injured! We did have a great time though and ran into a good Dr. friend of his, at the ER and his wife on the way home, so it was a good night... even with a loss!

Sunday night was Gregg's work Christmas party! It is quite the treat! The VA ER doctors pick up the whole bill, to include open bar!, and we're not talking about Applebees, they are usually Wonderful restaurants with excellent food! Last year, it was at a hotel up in Park City on a Saturday night, so Gregg and I got a room and made a weekend of it. This year, they scheduled it for a Sunday at a really nice restaurant in Salt Lake called Market Street Grill. Gregg and his friend Mark are in charge of the "awards", usually incredibly funny inside joke awards given out to all the members of the VA ER. It's typically the highlight of the evening and it was no different this time! The boys spent quite a few hours gathering up the best of their humor and everyone was impressed! I've got quite the catch!! The night ended a little earlier than normal due to it being a Sunday, but it was lots of fun and great food!

This week, Gregg has finals and I have a few days of Court, so it's a busy week before Christmas! The Aussies are flying in on Friday so the fam is driving in from Wyoming to pick them up and bring them back that night. So, the plan is hopefully that Gregg and I will have a little time to get to see them at the airport before they head out on the long drive back! My parents have been talking about visiting and I'm really hoping it works out. They always fly standby and flights are busy this time of year. I'm in need of a good visit since I won't make it home, so I'm going to pray that something works out!

I hope that everyone is having a relatively stress free holidays! It's a great time of year and it's nice that Salt Lake is starting to see some of that famous "best snow on earth"! It's about time!