My sister went into the hospital late yesterday morning so Jackson's on his way!!!! He's being very slow about it but it should be any time now.

Thank goodness for Jen. We went out to visit her last week and she looked very uncomfortable. But on the plus side, at least we got to see her one more time before she has him- just to see exactly how big she actually was. So now we're just doing some waiting and some seeing.

Uncle Dan & newly Aunted Lauri's wedding was on Saturday in Brainerd/Pequot. That was a good time. I was the official candle-lighter and got to direct traffic in the church so that was fun and I only messed up on the candle lighting a couple of times. I also decided that Jason has to call her Auntie Lauri even though she's younger than he is. The hotel that we stayed at was lots of fun. Not only do they have a waterpark inside, but you get to pick your own theme for the slide! You can choose to have sharks jump out at you, tigers growling, clowns laugh, all that fun stuff.

Okay, now I'm going to go back to staring at the phone waiting for the big news....

This weekend was a busy one. We went wedding dress shopping on Saturday, which was lots of fun except that one of my bridesmaids who shall remain nameless took every opportunity she could find to very loudly assert her opinion, but of course only when it was contrary to mine. She has not yet figured out that this is my wedding and the choice of colors is mine, not hers (Jason has a bit of a say too, I guess) and the more she complained about a particular color the more I wanted to choose that color for their dresses.

Then yesterday we went to Jamestown for the baptism of Brayden Motter. They chose us to be his sponsors which was very nice of them. Brayden was absolutely perfect through the whole thing. What kind of baby doesn't scream when a strange guy pours water on his head?? He is the only one I think I've seen.

And on a sidenote... I can't quite figure out presbyterianism. This was only the second time I've been to a presbyterian church- the first was when Brayden's big brother Logan was baptised. Both times I left feeling a little confused... like they forgot to teach me anything. I'm not against this religion by any means because as a Catholic I realize that I can't cast stones, but I just can't figure it out.

Here is an update on my status as an aunt: I'm not one yet. And I'm getting very impatient. So, to deal with that I like to email my sister about 15 times a day asking her if we're getting closer. So far the answer has been consistently no except that she has started having minor contractions. Even though her official due date is still 3+ weeks away she is very willing to have him now because he is already huge and is making Jen very uncomfortable.

My Uncle Dan and soon-to-be Aunt Lauri are getting married next Saturday and so Jackson needs to be born like today so that he and his mother and father can come to the wedding.

Also, we are supposed to be going wedding dress shopping on Saturday and I am even willing to give that up if he decides to come. That's how much I love him already. I don't know what he's waiting for!

 pretty happy that my new boyfriend is such a stud. I sure know how to pick 'em.

I think Jason might have a crush on him too. He wants to name our first kid Mauer.

If a child is born on an airplane, what's his place of birth and citizenship?

My dad thinks this site is the coolest thing since his second daughter was born: www.howstuffworks.com. It has the answer to that question and pretty much everything else you can think of. Dad was right. It is pretty cool.

Yesterday we paid our first (non-refundable) deposit for the wedding. So I guess Jason's stuck with me now. I did call him right before I went to visit with the photographer to give him one last chance to back out. He didn't take it. Awww, what a nice guy.

So yesterday I was sitting at work just daydreaming about some wedding stuff. I was calculating how old we will both be when we do get married. I had Jason figured out right away because I have been telling him that he's almost 32 for about 6 months now. When it came to me, though, I panicked. I forgot how old I am! I tried to calm down and do the logical thing- figure out the math. So I'm sitting there thinking I was born in 80 and it's 2006 now. According to that I would be 26. But then I was absolutely sure that had turned 26 last year. My next thought was "I'm 27!?" I knew there was no way I was that old, but like I said, I could've sworn that I turned 26 last year. In the midst of my panic at possibly being 27 (27!) I decided I needed a definitive answer and I knew that wasn't coming from me. So, I called Michelle and asked her how old we are. She, after giggling at my expense, told me that we're 26. Whew! Relief. I knew I couldn't be 27! Twenty-seven is old!

Speaking of old, Jason's coming to visit us today....

:)

 yes, we got engaged. This is our official engagement pic taken shortly after it happened. And even though it has taken me like a week and a half to post anything about it I am very excited. We have decided on a date- it will be Friday July 6th at Christ the King church (yes, we are having the full catholic ceremony- thank Jason for that one. I wanted to have it outside) and then the Ramkota. So now the planning has begun. Luckily Michelle is getting married less than a month before us so I plan on stealing as much from her after she's done with it as possible as far as decorations and whatnot. 

So mark the date on your calendar! July 6th!

Oh, and I've decided on what our first song will be as husband & wife. Sexyback by JT.

Sara & Brendan finally got married on Saturday. So big congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Becher. I had an absolute blast and I think I even remember most of it. There might be a small portion of the evening around dinner time that is slightly blurry. Yes, right around speech time... Bet mine was spectacular. But anyway, Sara looked gorgeous, the whole thing went really well, and it all went by so fast even though we started early and didn't quit until they turned on the lights. I'm pretty sure I forced everyone who was there out onto the dance floor. I'm sure they appreciated that, but I had a great time. This is the one of the few pictures that we took with my camera (yes, we're in the heart-shaped bathtub in their honeymoon suite) so when I get more I'll try to post a few of those. Jon has some on flickr, click here to check those out.