Babymoon with my Honey

When we found out we were pregnant (we being me) we decided that a babymoon was much needed. Bry and I had talked about saving up for a trip to Italy before we had kids and now we had a kid on the way, so Italy wasn’t looking like it was going to work out. So, we decided Hawaii! Hawaii would be the perfect Babymoon… so we looked at tickets and thought we had it all figured out. It was a little expensive, but hey, it’s Hawaii… it’ll be worth every penny. Well, before we could book the trip prices took a little jump and we began to worry… “is it the responsible thing to do; to spend that much money before we have our first baby???” And now the price had jumped…. Hmmmm… time for plan B… Pelican Rapids, MN! Our good friends (& neighbors for 8 months out of the year) Clark & Vi have a great lake house in MN that we’ve spent several summers visiting in the past. So, lake bound we were…

This would normally be the part where I tell you all about the fiasco we had in our travels getting to MN, but I really don’t want to talk about it cause it’ll just piss me off, and well, I’m still on vacation ;-)

For those of you that have been keeping up with the blog, you should know that my belly button is disappearing more and more everyday (slightly depressing, but I’ll be ok). Our little boy has kept a pretty consistent kicking schedule, but since our travels he’s been all confused. I was beginning to worry… cause that’s what moms do best… and everytime I started to worry he would kick me. So, he’s fine and has been kicking up a storm when I lay down at night. He’s obviously a night owl. I think he parties all night while Bry and I sleep. This is probably something we’ll need to keep an eye on in those teenage years. They start so young these days… wow! ;-)

We’ve had an amazing trip… seeing all the “sites.” I say “sites” because they’re unique, small-town kind of sites to be seen. Mostly we drive 30 minutes

in the country (BFE) in order to get to another small town in the middle of nowhere to walk around their “downtown.” If you’ve ever walked through downtown Jensen Beach… that’s about the extent of the excitement. However, it’s been very enjoyable browsing the antique stores and random mom & pop places all around. You never know what kind of treasures you’ll find. Among the 4 of us, we’ve purchased 3 different trunks (old & cool lookin’), shoes, souvenirs, and lots of great food!

Here’s a picture of us about to be killed by the very giant Prairie Chicken in Rothsay, MN.

Although these appear to be a great buy… Clark & I decided to stick to modeling these glasses and save our money for other purchases.

Oh yeah, and I almost forgot… we celebrated my 29^th birthday!!! Wow, I’m getting old and fat! Haha!

I was totally shocked when Bry got me an iPhone… definitely not a present I was expecting.

What a pleasant surprise!