Baby Makes Three: Family, Friends, Food and Sassafrass!

I have been lagging on this latest post because I couldn’t really figure out a way to make this one funny. I finally realized…screw it! I can’t entertain you people all the time! But I will still try to do what I can.

Ok, now that I got that out of the way….last week I flew to Texas to meet my niece Savannah for the first time. It is one thing to see her precious face in daily pictures from my sister or from the videos she sends me (which I watch every day b/c she is so stinkin’ cute!). But it was entirely different when I saw her in person for the first time. My sister Cori and her husband Chris picked me up at the airport and I sat in the back with Sassafrass (my nickname for her) on the drive home. I fell head over heels in love with her the moment she looked at me. Somehow she knew I was the crazy aunt she had heard about and she smiled at me most of the ride home (she did cry a little, but I am pretty sure it was because she was equally as overwhelmed with my cuteness).

A few hours after we got to my sister’s house (and after we ate some of Chris’s homemade gumbo…yum!) I was just about ready to put my jammies on and get ready for bed since I had been up since 4:00am when my sister says, “ok, I have a surprise for you and we need to go pick it up…now!” I was completely confused. I was thinking: what could she have possibly gotten me that would require an 8pm pickup and why can’t we pick it up tomorrow for crying out loud?! I don’t get surprises very often so I kept my big mouth shut. Chris had gone to play softball and so Cori and I loaded Sass in the car and we were on our way. First we pulled into Jack in the Box and parked. “Oh, you got me Jack in the Box?”, I asked my sister. Nope, that wasn’t it, she said. A few minutes later her phone dinged signaling that she had a text message and we were on the road again. A few minutes later I realized….we were at the airport! What could she have gotten me that would require shipping it to the airport??? For the first time in a long time I was completely stumped. I had no idea in the world what we were doing at the airport. We then pulled up to the curb and who did I see? None other than my best friend growing up, Chrishell! I hadn’t seen her in 9 years and I was in complete shock at the sight of her walking toward the car. While Chrishell is not a celebrity, I did have one of those moments like you see on TV when someone is surprised by their favorite celebrity and they just stand there going “oh my gosh!”. I didn’t know what to say. I was very happy, but also overwhelmed with shock at the same time. Nine years people! That is a long time to go without seeing someone who you used to be joined to the hip with.

We spend the weekend catching up, playing with Sass and eating all the amazing food that Chris made. He is a serious cook and he made three amazing meals a day! I am pretty sure he is the reason why I couldn’t fit into my jeans the week after, but that’s ok. It was amazing! My dad and his wife Carol also came to my sister’s house for a visit, as well as my childhood friend Abby who I hadn’t seen in years either. I left Texas on Monday a very satisfied preggo. I now just really wish we all lived closer!