Lots has been going on in the Hibbard world lately. I'll try to update in chronological order.
At the end of June and over the 4th of July weekend, I had a week off of work and took a trip to Richmond and Wilmington, NC. I had my annual girls trip with these beautiful ladies:
We had so. much. fun. Our condo was perfect. We went to the beach everyday. We laid low some nights and had so much fun dancing downtown Saturday night. I hadn't seen a lot of the girls since my wedding, so the time together was long overdue. What's even better is we got together even though we're literally living all across the country. VA, MD, MA, CO, KS, and GA! Erin was the only one who couldn't make it, and that's allowed because she's a nurse in Saudi Arabia right now. We missed you Erin!
Before we left for Wilmington, I had 2 days in Richmond to catch up with friends and family. Emily & Chris met up with me in Fredericksburg, VA for dinner and so I could see my cute niece. I can't believe how much Rena has grown!!!! She can hold her head up, she's smiling all of the time, and she's really good at gagging herself with her hand. I was so happy I got to spend some time with them.
I also got to meet up with Cindy, Jared, and Jayden at Bonefish. Jayden keeps getting so big and Cindy looks SO good. She's 8 months pregnant and is expecting little Isabella in August. Little Jayden was obsessed with Rena and kept pointing at her and saying "baby". He's going to be a great big brother!!
I stayed at Nikki and Jason's house, and they were in the process of moving out of their apartment and into the house. I hadn't met Riley yet even though she was born in April, and I loved her the second I laid my eyes on that fat baby. Elliot remembered me (thank God) and she's knowing calling me "Ansi" because that's about as far as she can get out.
Blog world, meet Riley. She's the best and fattest baby you will ever meet.
Don't you want to squeeze her cheeks so bad? Nikki asked me to be her Godmother, and I happily accepted. I love that we're going to have a close bond for the rest of our lives, but I just wish we were closer so I can spend more time with the little kiddos. Riley will sleep 8+ hours a night, and never cries unless she's hungry (surprise surprise). She's perfect and I'm so honored to be her Godmother.
I LOVED my time away from work & seeing everyone, but I was really starting to miss Ryan and Zoe towards the end of the week. Ryan picked me up from the airport after work, and he surprised me with some flowers. He's so sweet, and it reminded me of when we first started dating almost 4 years ago and he showed up with flowers when I first met him family in TN. I picked a good one (husband, that is).
I went back to work Tuesday, and then my mom arrived from Richmond the following Thursday! I felt so bad going to work over the weekend and leaving her at home, but lucky for us, my mom is entertained very easily and didn't mind just hanging out with Zoe and watching The View and the Lifetime Network. Ryan took her downtown to the Plaza on Saturday, and when I was off on Tue & Wed we went to the outlets and did some shopping. She had a great time and told me about 20 times she didn't want to go home and leave us in KS by ourselves. I'm not sure why she felt so bad for us, but I'm so happy she came to visit and got to see where we're living and had some time together. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures because I suck :)
In between my time in VA, NC & my mom's visit, Ryan and I started talking about what our plans were going to be for our one year wedding anniversary. We already had gifts in mind, so when I found out Ryan was planning on spending $500 for my gift and I was looking at about the same for his, we realized we could take a nice trip somewhere when I'm off in August. We haven't booked anything yet because we plan on just going somewhere on a whim with some of the Last Minute deals they have offered on Orbitz, Expedia, etc. We're so excited!
We told each other tonight what gifts we planned on, and come to find out we were both going to get each other watches! Great minds think alike!
Since our Anniversary is on Sunday, we do plan on going to a nice dinner Saturday night and I have the day off on Sunday to do whatever we please. I can't believe it's almost been a year!
Other than that, there isn't a whole lot going on. Work has been going well now that there's an Assistant Manager at my store. My store ended #1 in the #1 Market in the country last month. Yahoo!
I do want to wish a very happy birthday to my father in law, Ron!
We hate that we can't be there to help celebrate!! We hope you have an awesome day filled with German chocolate cake and better luck with your golf game :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
