My First Pregnancy Journey : Week 31

I'm on cloud 9! And there are bubbles on cloud 9!!!

We are lawfully a family! Woohoo!

Johanna grew from a large cabbage to ... I went with pineapple again even though I was considering a large eggplant. I know there really is no such thing, but there really isn't a such thing as a large cabbage either! Joe went with watermelon. I said, "no way!" and he said, "I don't know, I'm not good at this game!" He's not. He stinks. He's snot. A bunch of asparagus!!! How is that even a measurement? Anyway, I still love my bunch of asparagus, but I do miss my large cabbage!

I stopped feeling that pain by Tuesday morning. I was told it was ligament stretching.

So, anyway, we totally got married this week. It happened on Wednesday, the 23rd, at 5pm. It was also the first day of Autumn. It was a gorgeous day on every level. I am so fortunate to have such wonderful family and friends that support and love us. Megan (Barrie's sister) was our officiant. She did such a beautiful job. Barrie and Chamin were my Matron's of Honor, and their daughters (JoJo's cousins) were my bridesmaids. They were told to wear whatever they wanted and decorate and do whatever they wanted and they did an AWESOME JOB!!!! They chose yellow, I LOVE YELLOW, and bubbles! I love bubbles!!! Joe had Ryan, Chris and Wayne as his groomsmen. They looked fancy with their yellow boutonnieres. Right before we made our entrance I asked my brother Brian to give me away. He said, "I guess I'm the next best thing after Dad!" Yup! Good ol' Uncle B! Kella (Barrie's cousin's wife) was our photographer. I can't wait to see those pictures! Melissa was there again and took some pictures which will be the ones I will attach in this week's post.

I'm going to get a little sappy here and just share a little bit about my feelings for my HUSBAND!

I fell in love with Joe many years ago and it truly feels like what many people would call a fairy-tale. I am so happy and comfortable with him and never want to be without him. And that feeling gets stronger every day.

I distinctly remember being out with friends and not knowing that Joe would be coming and when he would show up I would be SO HAPPY! I would run over to him, give him a big hug with a huge smile and say, “JOE IS HERE!!!” and people were probably thinking, “Why didn’t I get a hello like that?”

I loved him more than I could comprehend…

Back in the day, Joe told me how happy we could be. He told me how easy it would be… because we love each other.

Now, I believed him back then… but who could ever imagine all the happiness I feel today?

I am so grateful for the life he has brought me, the family values that come with him, and that he makes me cry happy tears.

I’m writing this in my pregnancy blog, for the main reason that I want Johanna to one day read about what life was like for her mommy while she was in my belly…and on 9/23/15 when she was 30 weeks and 3 days old her mommy and daddy got married. As a matter of fact, her cousin Jules told her this after our dinner as she was saying goodbye. Both Jules and Mer had their hands on my belly to say hello to their little cousin. I told them she must be sleeping because she wasn’t kicking. Mer whispered Goodnight and gave JoJo a kiss goodbye. Jules leaned down to my belly and patted it whispering, “Goodnight...” She left and then she returned and excitedly whispered to my belly, “Your mommy and daddy are finally married!!”

The joy I felt on this day was, again, more than I could comprehend…

Everything was …..just perfect. And I am still so elated from the proposal, but then he even surprised me with a stretch limo to pick me up and had Barrie tell me Wayne was picking me up.

And to sum it up, my feelings were, “What is happening?!” Because it all seemed too good to be true…truly like a dream come true.

And I’ll always remember the sound of my little bridesmaids giggling nonstop!

As I said before, I'm on cloud 9!

Chamin told me not to come down. Who would leave? THERE ARE BUBBLES!!! :-)

And here are some pictures from this week: