Vaught wedding

It had been 6 years since we had all been together at the same place and at the same time...but the women of Apartment D were officially reunited at Jenn's wedding.
What a fun weekend it was. My "oh so sweet mother in law" came down to watch Ali (she was just 2 weeks old then) and Ty so I could fly off to Indiana to relive my glory days.
Ava got to come with me because she was the flower girl in the wedding...I didn't really think Ava would do it, but she would look cute not doing it.
I downsized from 3 kids to just 1 for 4 days and Ava got some much needed momma time. Actually I felt a bit smothered by all her attention and neediness. Sometimes I have a hard time with the fact that she's not like Ty was at 2. Ty was bubbly, goofy, silly, independent, craved attention, and never met a stranger. Ava can be goofy and silly but only in the comforts of home. She doesn't like big crowds, strangers, or strange places. BUT all that she is and isn't makes her Ava and special in her own way.If you can image the weekend was a bit traumatic for her. I had some great help taking care of her when I had to do wedding stuff (thanks Adam!) And when the big moment came she walked down the aisle just perfectly and threw her flowers down all at one time right at the end, then took her seat next to Jenn's mom and sat there as quiet as a mouse. During the 1st reception she actually fell asleep in my arms while I mingled. She looked like a perfect little angel and acted like one as long as I was holding her. That was the tough part, holding her the whole time...it was hard to take pictures when she wanted me to hold her, needless to say there were lots of tears. She had felt warm to me all day Saturday and after flying home on Sunday I took her temperature it was almost 104. On top of everything she felt bad which explains the extra layer of neediness she lathered on me over our trip...ok that was the mom side of the story.
It was a blast seeing my friends and meeting their husbands (2 thumbs up for Jaime's catch Adam!) Being back together we are all at a different stage in life then we were in college, and it was neat to see my "roomies" be wives and mothers. We stayed up late talking at night about the old days and catching up on the present. Hanging out with my girls fixing hair and jamming to music before the wedding, sitting on the bathroom counter talking about boys (which now are husbands), staying up late and having deep conversations, and just being stinkin' goofy dancing to the music at the reception. It was fun. Not only was the wedding/reception itself the funniest I've ever been to but, it was fun being April. Alot of times I get caught up in being a mom and wife and these girls knew me before I was Mrs. Nelson and mom, and I feel like that weekend brought out the me again. Now we are spread out across 4 states and I miss them...we had some great times in college. They are keepers and WILL be my life long friends.

I found an old picture yesterday that we took of the 4 of us the last time we were together. At the time I was in my early pregnancy with Ty and had just moved back from Cincinnati. In the picture I was wearing my "special glasses" that had a prism in them because I was still seeing double due to my pseudotumor episode. So much has happened in my life since that picture. It wasn't until I saw that picture that I felt like I understood some of the feelings Jenn probably went through, as all of us were getting married and having children. But in God's perfect timing he brought Dustin into her life and they fit together like 2 puzzle pieces complimenting each others strengthens and weaknesses. Congratulations to the newlyweds, may you always feel like newlyweds!