4th of July and more!

This weekend was AWESOME! I got to spend some quality time with my niece and nephew and Vince and Anne. The day we got there, my mom, Sophie, Anne, and I had a girls day. We went to a maternity store and I actually have jeans to wear now!!! I can dress like a normal person :-) They have a 7 month belly in each room so you can make sure the cloths will fit when you get that big, which I had to put on! When I walked out of the room we all started to crack up. It was really funny!!! I can't believe that my belly is going to get that big and BIGGER! So exciting!!!

Saturday was really fun. John got to the house early that morning then we went to the town parade. When we first got there, we watched runners finishing their marathon eating our coffee and donuts. Haha...good for us for being healthy! We went back to the house and had some amazing brats for lunch! Michael and I can't wait to cook brats here. (Talking about them is making me hungry!) We also had a family bowling tournament. We each made our own Mii's and mine looked exactly like Michael Jackson! It was really funny every time it was my turn to bowl. Well long story short, I ended up winning! I bowled 3 AMAZING games! My highest score was a 193. I got to bring home a really old bowling trophy that Vince has had for a really long time. That night we had some awesome ribs (again...we want to steal the receipt) and light some smoke bombs. We also watched the Boston Pops on TV, but I feel asleep in the middle :-( 

Sunday my parents left to go visit John in Michigan, so Michael and I had time alone with the kids. Since Uncle Michael and Nick when on a bike ride together, Sophie wanted to go with Aunt Mary too! So we got on our bikes and rode around the neighborhood for a good ride. That was so special to me!!!! Something I will never forget. She is a great bike rider :-) We went to the zoo later that day (after we watched the end of the Wimbledon men's finals...which was awesome!!!). The kids rode some rides and I watched...every single ride had a sign that said no pregnant women. Then we walked around the zoo for a while and then had dinner at a really good pizza place. That night Michael and I learned a new domino game called chicken feet which we played for a few hours. We left really early on Monday morning :-(

It was an awesome weekend! I am so glad that I got to spend some time with my family, since I don't get to see the kids very much at all.

In other news, I am going in for a special type of screening today that tests for down syndrome and some other type of genetic disorders today at 1:45. The good news is that the screening will not harm the baby in any way. I consists of an ultra sound (looking at the folds in the baby's neck) and a test of my blood...I will put more information up later because I'm not really sure what they are looking for. Michael and I want to know as much information as possible so we can prepare ourselves for anything. One of the things that made me feel better when I had my blood clot was reading as much information as I possibly could so I was well informed. I pretty much consider myself an expert on what happened to me, which made treating it and dealing with it physically and emotionally so much easier. We decided to do this only to make ourselves better parents for our child. I am the type of person that likes to be prepared. I will update when I find anything out!!!

Bye for now :-)