Brides and babies...

Over the weekend Stef, Gina, and I drove up to Munster, IN to attend Holly's bridal shower! Saucy and Stacey came down from Chicago so the Kappas were representing well. The invitation stated that it was at the Mediterranean Room at a Greek Orthodox Church. So, being the avid church go-er that I am I automatically assumed that it was a restaurant attached to a church. Apparently this isn't a common thing or something anyone has actually ever known to exist but I swear I've seen one in Chicago and when I find it, you better bet there will be a picture on this blog.

Anyway, so apparently there was not a restaurant attached to the church but rather a banquet room with a kitchen attached. Regardless of those details the shower was wonderful. To start things off, there was a delicious and cute cookie at every spot. If I hadn't gobbled it up in 3 seconds, I would have taken a picture of it. And Holly, if you're wondering where the other 3 cookies at our table went, Colleen and I took those as parting gifts.

I also have to give props to Holly for being the most efficient gift opener I've ever seen. She breezed through those things while still acknowledging everything and everyone. One day when I have a bridal shower, I hope Holly can give me a little lesson on her secrets.

Also, I managed to take zero pictures during the shower even though my camera was sitting on the table the entire time. I'm quite bummed.

After the shower, Gina and I went down to Crown Point to extend our trip in the Region. In our search for Colleen's house, we managed to give ourselves an unscheduled tour of Crown Point...and by tour I mean we drove around the square about 17 times because we didn't know which road to take and neither one of us can read a map (which is strange because I love maps). The trip included seeing the newest member of the Drasga family, Baby Oscar the Wiener Dog, dinner at Fiesta Mexico, riding around in Colleen's convertible top down screaming out "money ain't a thang" (or Cheetah Girls), and just an all in all good time. CP, two thumbs up.

As though one shower wasn't enough, we also threw Kelly Poole Wallace a baby shower!! Baby Brooklyn is due in just a few weeks!! After some roommate brainstorming we chose to have the shower at Petite Chou in Carmel (at Clay Terrace). I thought it was appropriate since petite means small and babies are small. We also ordered cupcakes from the Flying Cupcake. Kamm and Farley introduced me to this place and thank goodness I don't ever have to drive by it because we all know my lack of will power when it comes to sweets--if not, refer to cookie story above.

Kelly is such a cute mommy to be who still looks fabulous and just has a cute little baby belly. We're all so happy for her and can't wait until Baby Brooklyn gets here so we can play with her! And we'll be happy to have back a Kelly who can go out! ;)
Another new place I discovered is Thai Papaya which is a restaurant at 96th and Michigan. I like to think that ordering the same thing at every Thai restaurant I go to helps me to compare them better since I'm really comparing apples to apples (or in this case Red Curry to Red Curry) but really, I order it all the time because I know I like it and why change it if you already know you like it? This place was decent but Thai Smile 2 still ranks as my favorite Thai place in Indy with Thai Cafe in 2nd place.

In other news, Mommy's birthday was Monday! We celebrated at my aunt's house complete with an ice cream cake! Here is a picture of Mommy enjoying her special day and her personal cake (that she so kindly shared with everyone!). The only thing that could have made the day better was if her gift had actually arrived on time but it should be here Thursday! I recently downloaded Pandora Radio to my iPhone which at first I was really excited about because I think I've already listened to all the music on my iPod about 100 times. Unfortunately, I get the feeling that Pandora Radio is just repeating the same songs over and over again. I don't know if this is because I don't ever give the songs a thumbs up or down or because it's more limited when it's an iPhone application. But it's background noise so I'm not too worried about it.

Upcoming exciting things: Midland this weekend!! I haven't been back to Midland since I moved it will be SO GOOD to see everyone again! After that, a mini-reunion in Wisconsin to visit Kylie and the weekend after that is Lynn's wedding at Purdue!! It's a busy month but full of really fun things!!