Then Tuesday rolled around which was Cinco de Mayo, and during the day Devin asked if I wanted to do dinner and a movie and recreate our second date (which featured Mexican food and a movie). It was such a sweet gesture that I said "Of Course!" even though I had a 45 minute talk to give to the department the next day. Only then, during the day me and the lab ladies got to talking about how fun an after work happy hour sounded so before Devin came to get me for date night my fellow pregnant co-worker and I went to a local restaurant for happy hour. If you are curious as to what a pregnant happy hour entail it involves virgin bloody marys and food. Mostly the food because if you can't drink you have to splurge somewhere. So nachos and hot wings it was. And I know I shouldn't have indulged in such snackage before dinner but I couldn't help it! Did I mention NACHOS!? Then Devin picked me up and it was off to our Mexican dinner, only of course the place we wanted food from was packed (I know, on Cinco de Mayo...shocking) so instead we ate at Cheddar's because neither of us had ever been. After I ate about half my dinner we left for the movie: Avengers! Only, when we got to the theater Devin wanted ice cream...and I wasn't going to watch him eat ice cream. So of course after he twisted my arm and publicly berated me I conceded and ordered a cone of yummy chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. So the moral of the story is the baby and I are eating well (I promise the next day I had spinach and homemade soup for dinner).
We got home so late I felt like such a wild child! I mean it was like past 10:00. So the next day I got up early to prepare for my talk, which went really well. Lots of friendly and familiar faces came to watch it and I got some good questions afterwards which made me think people were actually paying attention and following along.
Then on Thursday my parents surprised me with these lovely flowers for Mother's Day! I have never had flowers delivered to work before so it was really special. The note instructed me to enjoy my last peaceful mother's day - which you'll find is exactly what I did.
Friday Night was our end of the semester lab BBQ and I made my mom's amazing potato salad. It was pretty close but not 100% the same, I have some ideas of where I can improve though. I am very particular about potato salad and really hers is the only one I'll eat. In preparing to become a mother I am trying to perfect as many of my mother's own recipes as I can - but we all know Devin does the real cooking in our house. It's ok, he said our kids will love his dinners and look forward to my desserts (which is where I am actually an asset in the kitchen). We are a real team like that.
Saturday started with a zumba class which I haven't done since very early on in this pregnancy, but it went so much better than I thought it would! Then the goal of the day was to find more maternity pants. We checked the outlets but even at the Motherhood Maternity outlet capris were $40. ARE YOU SERIOUS?! I am not paying $40 for pants I will wear for a few months. So instead we hit the resale shops and I got one pair for $7 and another pair for $2.40. Now those are prices I can get on board with. When I cam back from trying on my maternity pants this is what I found:
Bless his heart. Too cute! He had picked out a really adorable pink frilly dress, but it was $9 (I know I am such a cheap ass, $4 is my limit for resale baby shopping) and also we don't necessarily have somewhere fancy to go with our baby - so I didn't want to end up wasting $9. Then we decided to get dinner where disaster struck because I ordered a chicken salad wrap that was disgusting. I didn't want to say anything because it was my own fault for ordering it, but Devin did not want to pay for a meal I was not going to eat so we sent it back and I got a grilled chicken salad instead. Simple and innocuous.
Sunday brought Mother's Day! Devin took me out to a rocking breakfast and then we spent the day in bed watching movies and I sent him out 3 more times to do my bidding. Once for groceries, once because I wanted a drink and olives for the frozen pizza we planned to make, and once to return the movies. Overall on the day I had 1600 steps...which should tell you what an awesome and relaxing day it was. Also I always tell people I have the absolute best parents but seriously it's fact. On top of the surprise flowers they sent me these sweet cards and a mother's day crib sheet (It is Mother's Day themed because there is a big mama elephant and a tiny baby elephant...get it?)
So all in all it was an excellent week. Oh and Devin got me some surprise Ben and Jerry's for Mother's Day dessert which I can't say no to. Ice cream twice in one week!? Yes Please!
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