23 Weeks....and counting!

Well, today I am 23 weeks, or officially beginning my 6th month. I tell ya, the weeks seem to be crawling right now. I had my monthly check-up this past week, and the doctor was happy to see me put on 8.5 lbs this past month! She said that at least I wasn't starving the baby or myself. I couldn't tell if that was said in a mean way or not. Anyway, baby Miz is definitely getting stronger. In fact, Steve finally felt the baby move for the first time Tuesday night. He was very excited, and so was I because now we can share in the excitement together. According to the books, the baby can now hear us so we are going to start interacting more with it so it recognizes our voices better. Steve has the Alabama fight song and some Allman Brothers in mind, but that hasn't been agreed upon yet.

Karen & Steve's Stock the Bar Shower

This past weekend we all got together to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of Karen Ziegler and Steve Smith. It was a "Stock the Bar" shower. Everyone had fun catching up, as it had been too long since the gang was all together. One of Steve's gifts was a bottle of Mad Dog, so most everyone enjoyed taking a sip for old time's sake. That is everyone...except me.

The party started at 7:00 with drinks and dinner, and I surprisingly lasted until 12:30, before making Miz come home with me. He has totally enjoyed having a designated driver for all social functions these past months. Lucky for him, he was able to sleep in the next morning. I, however, volunteered to hand out water to runners at the Mercedes Marathon. I don't know what I was thinking when I signed up to be there at 5:30 am in 20 degree weather! The unfortunate thing was, it wasn't just the cold weather, but when the runners took the drinks from me -they spilled half of it on me, making me even more cold. When I finally left at 8:00 to come home, it took me almost two hours to defrost my toes and fingers!

Joining Trinity United Methodist!

Well, after months of "shopping" churches, we finally feel like we found a home at Trinity United Methodist Church. Miz and I have been attending the church since summer, and joined a Sunday school class months ago. We love our new classmates (everyone is our age and in a similar family situation - married with kids, or expecting). After giving it much consideration, we decided to join Trinity. However, since Steve was never baptized as a child - he took that big step too! It was a happy occasion for all of the Mizerany family, and we were thrilled to have our family celebrate with us. Following the service, everyone went over to Louis and Michelle's house for a yummy lunch. Michelle and Myra cooked, and everyone else just shoveled it in!

Beth Griffith Visits Birmingham!

Beth Griffith and her daughter, Anna Catherine, flew into Birmingham on their way to Montgomery. I was lucky enough to have lunch with them and catch up on the Griffith family and share news of the Mizeranys. For those who don't know, Beth and I attended SMU together and were sorority sisters. In fact, we lived together for two years in Dallas. As expected, Beth looked great (just the same as she did 10 years ago) and her daughter was an angel. We snapped a quick photo before she headed off since it will probably be awhile before we get to visit again.

Cute Christian!

My new nephew, Christian,...now 5 months old, continues to amaze all of us with his charm. He smiles continously and is so good. My brother, Brian, brought him over for a quick visit so we snapped a couple of pictures. This one was too cute with his big grin with Daddy.

Smart Spencer

This weekend while I was laid up with the flu, my son, Spencer kept me company. We laid around in bed and slept...which was a dream come true for both of us. Steve entertained himself by making Spence "look smart" by putting his glasses on him. Of course he looked so cute, so we had to take a picture.