Gma & Gpa Gerbick's party...or cute toddler girls

addy's yellow sundress from greece! (thanks gma & gpa!)

Addy, Kierra (in red), & Lilly (in checkered dress)

Kierra looking very interested in something

This past weekend was wes' parent's 35th wedding anniversary...a party was had for them in avon lake (where they live & wes grew up). there was an ENORMOUS amount of food, which is almost always wonderful for a pregnant lady. & it was wonderful. however, avon lake had one of it's hottest days of the year on this party day & it was hot & humid...so if you notice pictures were not taken of the sweaty prego sitting in the shade! (i even had a dress on...when i wear a dress that's a for sure camera moment, as it doesn't come very often). anyway, most of the adults celebrated by drinking lots of great beverages (some made by wes' brother, an ex-bartender & also wes' beer). so i decided to celebrate by eating non-stop. seriously! there was another prego there, erin byrne & we commiserated as all pregos should.

it was exceptionally fun to watch the 3 toddler girls playing with each other, their pics are above. growing up, wes prowled the avon lake neighborhood in a pack of 4 best friends who have roughly stayed in touch & get together at events like these, telling stories about how each of them was hurt (maybe could have died, just possibly!) but my favorite is how wes used to be sprayed off with a hose, NAKED, in the front yard by his mom; these are stories that should be told to the next generation. now 3 of them have toddler girls within 4 months of each other...what are the odds? now, kierra's mama (the commiserating prego mentioned earlier) is due in late december, about 3 months after us. crazy times. maybe we'll have boys this round... so here is the list: addy is 22 months, kierra is 20 months, & lilly is 18 months (lilly has an older brother, bobby, who is the sweetest little 5 year old out there...he really knows how to entertain a group of toddler girls; just play music for them to dance to!).

and, i have to wish sue & bruce a happy 35th year together as a married couple (i think they've been together since high school, actually). that's quite a long time to put up with someone else... wes thought up a gift: a globe. they can put pushpins into every place they've traveled to together (they really like to travel).