Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Birmingham getaway

A few weekends ago I went to Birmingham by myself for an overnight visit. I quickly realized how badly I needed that kind of alone time because I was ridiculously excited. Like, way way too excited. It was the first time in 15 months that I had been by myself for more than 2 or so hours, and it was a nice getaway. I LOVE time with my boys, but I know it was good for all of us to have a bit of a break from each other.

I went to help throw a baby shower for my sweet best college buddy Kara. We lived together for years and she got me to work at CVP that first summer. So really, I owe KRay a debt of gratitude for meeting my David and I guess my entire Chattanooga-based life :).

She is expecting sweet Benjamin (the 4th boy of 4 Currie Way babies!) in June, and I am SO excited. 

What was even more exciting (because it was a surprise) was my other pal Jamie telling me SHE is expecting too!! She's due about a month after me, so all three of us got to be together while pregnant!! I love this season of life :). Kara, Jamie and I lived on the same hall freshman year of college and are still such good friends today (10 years later!).




Oh these pictures are good for the soul... Good, ridiculous college times! And yes, I have two black eyes in the above pic with Jamie. Broken nose as a result of a cheerleading injury... nice.


David kept me in the loop with pics of our boy. They went out on a breakfast date Saturday morning, and Crawford sat at the table like a big boy at church! 

The shower, though hectically thrown together in the 20 minutes before it started, was so sweet. Kara is well-loved by her Birmingham family, and Benjamin no doubt already is too. We played some fun baby shower games (surprisingly, not an oxymoron). The best one was when we divided into two teams armed with magazines and scissors to create what baby just may look like out of the womb. Hilarious results.



Sad that these are blurry and bad... Jamie was mortified taking these, which made them that much more fun :). 



What a gift to share this season of life with these best friends! 2014 babies!


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