Girls trip...

Miss engaged, miss preggers & me!

I have been looking forward to this trip for what seems like years now. My best friends, Jamie and Kate, and I have been talking about getting together for a girls trip for years now and it has finally come to pass! Jamie just recently got engaged and Kate is expecting her first little bambino (a boy) in August so it was so great to see them at such important times in their lives. I just have to quickly add that Kate is the cutest & tiniest pregnant woman I have ever seen. Her little belly sticks straight out so you can't even tell she's pregnant from behind...yea, she's one of those that every other woman who's ever been pregnant hates :-) Our long weekend of late night chatting and giggling, eating moose tracks ice cream, shopping, and every other girly stereotype imaginable went by way to fast and has made me realize we need to do this on a more regular basis...I'm thinking annually at the very least! Other than the constant girl talk and yummy food the highlights of the trip included...a day trip to Jamie's parent's house to relax by the pool. It was so relaxing in a resort type of way...their house was absolutely gorgeous with a great view. Mrs. Vergari made us a delicious lunch complete with the the best strawberry shortcake and pudding dessert (pictures to follow...yum yum!!). My personal favorite was the chocolate dipped strawberries. My mouth is watering just thinking about it :-) I was truly able to relax too b/c Jamie's mom held Ava pretty much the entire time - thank you, thank you, thank you again! Ava was very out of her element on the trip (she wanted to be held ALL the time and was very vocal about letting you know) so it was a much needed break.

I love this picture! Ava loved all the attention, she's truly a spoiled little diva.

In case you're wondering what the random cactus pictures are...they're of a bob cat that Mr. and Mrs. Vergari found sitting on top of a cactus that was just a couple houses down. At first they thought it was an owl or something but with a closer look realized it wasn't quite so innocent, scary if you ask me!! Mr. V took some great pictures that ended up in the newspaper.
On Saturday we were able to see the wedding dress Jamie is 99.9% sure about and also try on some bridesmaid dresses. Kate and I couldn't help getting in on all the bridal action too :-) And as you can see even Ava felt the need to dream about her future wedding and get all dolled up!! I would have posted one of the three of us, or of just Jamie, but she was wearing her wedding dress and I didn't want to spoil it!! Just for the record her dress is absolutely, breathtakingly glamorous...no exaggeration.

At lunch Kate and I surprised Jamie with a mini bachelorette party. It was hilarious to say the least...granted it was pretty tame, but there's nothing like embarrassing your good friend in a very public place with some honeymoon goodies :-) Our evening was brought to an end as Rory, Jamie's fiance, cooked us a delicious meal...did you hear that Jason? Yes, Rory is an amazing cook and does the majority of the cooking...I didn't hesitate to tell Jamie how good she's got it to have a man that will cook for her!

So, needless to say, this long awaited girls trip came to an end way to quickly. It was soooo good to catch up with my BFFs. I just hope that 1) Ava's cranky vacation attitude didn't completely scare Jamie and Rory away from ever having kids of their own or give Kate too much stress about giving birth to her baby boy in the next few months and 2) that we don't wait nearly as long to have another girls trip. Luckily Jamie's wedding is next year so we already have another trip in the making...yeah!! I love you ladies! And I have to make sure I give a HUGE thank you to the best husband and father in the entire world. Jason took the day off Friday and took care of Mayah and Connor for the whole weekend...the kids loved it and were spoiled rotten by dear old dad :-)