6/26/10 - Day O' Fun

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Today was a crazy, hectic, busy day….but tons of fun! We started out the morning packing bags, getting ready for a long day away from the house. Packing up for us, Olivia AND the dog takes a long time! Christian headed outside to do some post-storm clean up. Everything survived pretty well, so thank goodness for that! We did end up getting another round of storms tonight. We weren’t home for them, and we heard they were pretty bad, tornado warnings and all, but the yard held up much better this go’round.

Then, it was time to get ready! We all showered, loaded up the truck and were on our way. First stop, Game Day! Game Day is one of the best days of the year for us. It’s basically a “family reunion” of types, on my dad’s side. We get together every year, play games – specifically a croquet tournament, eat food, chat and just catch up. It’s a blast…but, this year was SO hot and SO humid, I was pretty miserable. I ended up winning the first game I was in, so that sent me straight to the championship round. It was a blessing that I didn’t have to play all day like some of the family. Christian ended up getting himself into the loser’s round! Fortunately, he didn’t get himself out first in that round, so we escaped the trophy again this year. Unfortunately, we had to leave before the championship round began. So, my dad stepped up and played for me. Much to the dismay of some of the family, he ended up pulling off a win for me, so YAY, I get some money! Go dad!!

We packed everything back up and dropped Olivia off at my mom’s…where she is spending the WHOLE night. It’s going to be VERY strange spending the night at home, with her not being there. I’m anxious to see how it goes! After we got her settled in there, we dropped the dog off at home, freshened up and were out for the night. Tonight we celebrated our friend Michelle’s 30th birthday!! We met up with the group at a comedy club, took in a show, headed back to Michelle’s for a couple drinks (well, no drinks for me…), then stopped at the bar for a little while.

We wanted to stay out longer…but I’d actually been having some preterm labor pains most of the day, and just couldn’t take it any longer. I had really dull, constant lower back pain going on, some pressure and abdominal cramping…3 of the main preterm labor symptoms. I decided to just head home, try to sleep it off and see how I feel in the morning. So, we’ll see how things are looking tomorrow! While I’d be happy to go a little early, this is NOT a good time of year to have a baby…lots of birthday’s, Game Day, the 4th of July….no thanks! Let’s give it 2 more weeks please!