Texas

I made it safe and sound to Texas this afternoon. My father treated me to a week visit to see the Houston clan and then another to see the New Braunfels gang. I had a typical experience at the airport this morning, and no thanks to the pregnancy hormones, managed to make it on the flight that left an hour after the one I had reservations for.

When I arrived in Houston, I was meet by the rain and my brother Lee. Charger managed to remain low key til we arrived at my mom's house where he immediately started harassing Raggedy Ann (the terrier my mom inherited from her father). They like to spend a full day reacquainting and fighting for affection before they both realize when I am here we all ignore them both and then they become buddies again.

Before I left I promised myself that I was going to be good and not snack on junk food, (since I have already gained the recommended pregnancy weight for my frame and have just begun my third trimester). But I was immediately seduced by the Blue Bell. What can I say, I am weak and Cookies n' Cream reminds me of Marshall who I already miss a ton! Besides, I want the baby to have the same respect for the brand as her ancestors! More to come on the Texas trip...lets hope I can fit into more than the sweat pants I wore on the plane today when I leave!

Birthday Fun!

Yesterday was John's birthday! He turned 24! We decided that was cause for celebration so I took the day off and we had some birthday festivities!

John had an interview in the morning, so while he was busy with that Nicole decided it would be a good time to treat me to a birthday pedicure (my birthday is at the end of the month and I leave tomorrow for Texas for just over two weeks)!

YEA!

After the pedis, we went to see the new Nordstrom . It was beautiful and very tempting. However, lucky for Marshall, a pregnant Melissa who is about to be carrying a diaper bag for the next several years of her life and is currently several sizes larger than normal, is not as tempted in such a place these days!

So we settled for some new lipstick!

We made it a short trip since it was John's day not mine and headed home before there was any real damage done!

We started the festivities with lunch at the Cheesecake Factory!

Where we meet this nice lady "Babe"....

Who helped us sing Happy Birthday to John very enthusiastically...

then John opened presents.

After lunch Marshall had to go back to work, but John, Nicole and I headed off for some fun at the Hogle Zoo!

It is still a little chilly outside these days so we didn't see as many animals as we would have liked but we still had some tons of fun!

After the zoo we went back to my place to have cake and watch the Office! It was a fun time had by all!

Basketball

Last Wednesday night Marshall and I went to the Jazz/Rockets game with John and our friend Nicole. Here is a quick summary.

We were excited to cheer for our Rockets!

We thought the old Rockets T-shirt we got Yao to sign would bring good luck!

Elliot Yamin from American Idol sang the National Anthem.

We thought, "who could loose with this guy on our side?"

Apparently they had this guy on their side.

We lost. But Marshall caught this Jazz ball that he gave away to a little kid sitting a few rows ahead of us. We appreciated the Jazz fans sitting near us for letting us cheer for the Rockets.

We made it all better though. After the game we went to The Pie and ate all of our blues away. Thanks John for a fun night out!