More Friends, Food, and Fun!

Sorry I've been MIA lately. I meant to write a post for week 22, but it came and went, and I lacked any inspiration to try to come up with anything interesting to say. I still feel like I don't really have much to say at the moment, so I'll just quickly update about our weekend.

Our pre 4th of July BBQ pool party on Friday went off without a hitch. Everyone seemed to have a good time, there was enough food, but not so much left over as to be obnoxious, it wasn't too hot and was slightly overcast but never rained, we had the pool all to ourselves (it seemed like a lot of people went away for the weekend or were at the other pool), and no one from apartment management got on our case about having more than two people at the pool (technically you can only have two guests in the pool area per apartment).

For food, we had burgers with all the fixings, pork loin, and ribs for the meat eaters, grilled wild salmon for me (although several of the guests seemed interested in my fish, so I had to share my second piece, which was probably a good thing, or I would have gone over my 12 oz allotment for the week :), veggie burgers for the one vegetarian we had, plus grilled corn, onions, mushrooms, asparagus, and a sweet potato for me (I've had a craving lately but it's too hot to bake them in the oven). And someone brought a salad, which I don't think was very popular, because most of it was left uneaten. And my half-Russian friend brought these amazing, healthy, organic rice crispy treats made with puffed brown rice, honey, peanut butter, and dried fruit. They were a real hit, with both the kids and grownups alike :) I'm going to have to get the recipe from her.

Anyway, here's a picture that one of our guests took (thankfully I'm not in it--I think I must have gone to the bathroom):



The rest of the weekend also went well. AC and I saw two movies at the dollar theater. AC was kind of surprised that he liked the first movie a lot more than the second. I think it was especially poignant now that he's going to be a father himself.

We also spent some time at Barnes and Nobles (AC studied while I read books about baby gear) and then checked out said baby gear at Baby Depot, Toys R Us, and Target. I think we've pretty much decided on a car seat, but I'll go into that more in a later post. Anyway, all in all a great weekend! And today we're going berry picking with some friends, so more fun is to be had!