Hill Country Weekend & 22 Week Update

Good Morning Y'all!

We had such a fun weekend in Austin filled with friends and food and lots of fun. I'm still exhausted just thinking about it. We started off our weekend by driving out to Thurman's Mansion in Driftwood for a rehearsal dinner for one of our best friends, Adam, and his beautiful bride Paige. We love them both so much and were so excited that they were finally tying the knot!

The rehearsal dinner was really casual; the back porch of the Mansion looks out over the Salt Lick and a vineyard. The Harveys brought horseshoes and footballs and bean bags for people to play with on the massive lawn, and it was fun to be outside surrounded by all the beautiful scenery. Dinner was good old fashioned Salt Lick barbecue - if you haven't been there, you must go. Many a night in college was spent trecking out to Driftwood for good food and good music - there's almost always a live band!



Saturday, we got up and drove out to the lake. We were packing it in this weekend! We went to new Oasis complex, which is quite impressive. We ate at Uncle Billy's on the lake; it was so good and much better than the Oasis' food. With the same view but better food, it's a place I'm sure we will go to again and again. After lunch, we went back to the Arboretum and got Amy's Ice Cream and went shopping for Luke. It was a perfect afternoon!


Saturday evening, we boarded a shuttle bus that took us out to Buda, Texas to the Kali Kate Equestrian Center for Paige and Adam's wedding. It was the most gorgeous wedding weather and the location was perfect for them!


Paige is so creative - the wedding was outdoors and the reception was about 30 feet away in a large stone pavilion. It was stunning. As far as seating goes, this was by far the most creative way I've ever seen a seating arrangement displayed. Paige took old china plates and so beautifully wrote each name on a the plate that corresponded to the matching table number spoon. The pictures don't do it justice!


The inside of the pavilion looked like it came straight out of a wedding magazine. Very eclectic, very vintage and very pretty!




We went to the wedding with two of our best friends, Becca and Justin. We got to celebrate Justin getting matched to Austin/Houston for his neurology program and Jon's new job. We are so blessed to have such good friends in our lives that we can celebrate both little and big milestones with.


We wrapped up the weekend with some Threadgill's with Jon's dad and brother and sister-in-law. It's so important to me to pack each weekend in Austin with our favorite things since we don't get down there nearly enough. We miss living there and getting to do those things all the time.

I'm 22 weeks pregnant and a couple of days. It's really becoming quite obvious and quite uncomfortable, which I'm sure will only get much worse. I really have grown so much in the past 2 weeks; it's amazing how it just happens so quickly. Here are the highlights for this week!

How Far Along: 22 Weeks
Size of baby: almost a pound, and about the size of a spaghetti squash
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained about 6 lbs. so far
Gender: It's a Boy! Luke Holland Dorsey
Movement: Felt Luke kick hard for the first time this week. The movement is pretty constant now and Jon felt it pretty faintly last night.
Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good! I wake up once or twice each night.
What I miss: Skinny Ankles! Hahaha - but seriously, if I overdo it, even just a little, my ankles look terrible!
Cravings: Sweets. Anything sweet will do - but chocolate and ice cream are my favorites.
Symptoms: Just little aches and pains; nothing out of the ordinary!
Best Moment this week: Feeling him really kick me for the first time. It's great to know he's active and growing as he should be!



Have a good week.

Love,

Molly