From My Hands and My Heart: Catching Up!

Well, my goodness, it has been a while! To be fair, I've had a crazy spring and summer. To summarize my life since my last post...

January - started my new job as a Relay For Life Specialist with the American Cancer Society, announced to our friends and employers we were expecting a baby! :) It was a very cold, very snowy winter!!

Our FB announcement about expecting!

February - Work really ramped up as Relay season started, so mostly I just worked my butt off trying to learn as much as possible, get to know my committees and plan my events! Mark and I had a Valentine's Day dinner at home (deep dish Chicago style pizza!) and he bought me a new charm for my Pandora

March - Found out we were expecting a baby BOY! Celebrated my 27th birthday in Holland with my family and watched my Uncle Chris run a 5k

FB gender reveal

April - Went to a family Tigers game ("our" Opening Day!), attended my cousin Katie's bridal shower at Boatwerks restaurant in Holland, saw the play "Love is Strange" at the Magenta Giraffe theater company in Detroit with my best friend Lauren

May - Attended my bridal shower with Mark's side of the family and friends at my in-laws' home in West Bloomfield, got to visit my puddin' pie Elena and her baby sister Alex for an afternoon, spent a day in Holland visiting my cousin Maddy and husband's best friend Jake who was up from Minnesota, attended a car show in Milford with my husband, and ran all 3 of my Relay For Life events!

Milford F Body car show

June - Was a bridesmaid to my cousin Katie and her new husband Kenny in Holland, had a "girls weekend" with two of my best friends Lauren and Stephanie in Holland and attended my bridal shower with my side of the family and friends *and* a second shower with my mom's team of women she works and worships with, celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary, and Mark & I saw Eddie Izzard in his Force Majeure tour at the Opera House in Detroit with my best friend Lauren and her boyfriend Kevin!