Family Fun

Pregnancy has given me a very eventful week. Besides feeling like there's an alien inside of me, now I can actually see the alien inside of me.  As scary as that may sound, most people don't think I'm from Earth anyway so it doesn't phase me.  The other night while my mom and I were feeling for the little nug, all of a sudden he moved so strongly that he physically moved my mom's hand.  It was midnight so I'm sure it was a "Get off me! Leave me alone, I'm tired!" kick.  So then we just started watching my stomach and sure enough every now and then we saw a quick buldge and an occassional wave.  Now I literally feel like one of those guys from Men In Black (shout out to Will Smith) who looks like a human but actually has a little alien inside of them.

Besides feeling like a character in M.I.B.'s fourth movie, there's been some family milestones this week.  I'd like to give a special shout out to my cousin, and probably my number one blog reader, Caroline! She graduated High School this week.  Now I know there's literally millions of people who graduate each year, but she has a special story.  During her junior year she was diagnosed with Devic's, and doctor's weren't sure if she would ever be able to walk again.  With Caroline's "F that" attitude, which I admire, she shocked the world when she started walking again and began her senior year.  After facing a few setbacks and not being sure if she could walk across the stage to recieve her diploma, just a few days before graduation she was cleared to walk! OH. MY. GOD. It was like a movie moment.  There was a dramatic pause and then she recieved a standing ovation which seemed to last for hours.  The arena erupted and went nuts! Of course when I went to clap my earring fell out, and I was crying and had snot running from my nose while somebody asked if I dropped my earring... Like, you couldn't have waited til I sat down and blowed my nose or something?! I seriously can't even express how amazing that moment was. Not my earring moment, Caroline's walk across the stage moment.

Then of course the Hinckley's know how to throw one hell of a celebration!  Food was flowing all day (the baby enjoyed that... and by the "baby" I mean that I liked the food).  There was music, dancing, an enormous fire and of course plenty of drinking games for the 21+ crowd.  Let's just say I enjoyed playing beer pong sober so I could hit shots and have my parner drink double (insert an evil grin here).  I once again enjoyed performing Busta Rhyme's "Look At Me Now" rap, which one year later still impresses people.  I also did my fair share of dougie-ing.  I love the fact that I'm almost 23 weeks pregnant and can still move/act a fool like my pre-pregnancy days.




So to sum it up: The baby's moving, I'm getting fatter, my cousin graduated, I miss shot gunning beers and my family is FANTASTIC.