Delaney and Edwina

Emily gave birth last night to a healthy baby girl weighing in at 7 pounds and 2 ounces. She already has loads of hair and a dimple in one cheek just like Emily! Emily and Sean named her Delaney Elizabeth Krasin and they are calling her Laney. Yesterday also happened to be my maternal grandmother's birthday! She's no longer with us but it's pretty sweet Laney was born on this day. I will definitely post some pics as soon as I go visit in 2 weeks.

Emily's Baby Shower

So way back in September John and I traveled back to The Ohio for Emily's baby shower. It was really good to see everyone again. Emily is being induced this Wednesday at 8am! Here are some pics from the shower. I'm going back the first weekend in November and then I will have some pics of the baby!

The only downside to our trip was that I got really sick the night we got there and my throat swelled up huge. We though I just had a swollen gland. However, it kept getting bigger and bigger and I looked ridiculous like a frog so we went to the ER Monday night when we got back. They don't really believe in urgent care centers in Maryland so that's really your only option. So I went there and it took forever of course. They gave me an antibiotic and some pain medication because it was pushing on my throat. They weren't totally sure what was wrong though so they sent me to a specialist. It turns out if had a thyroglossal duct cyst! And it's a congenital defect! Who knew I was defective! Anyhow if it happens again I will have to have surgery to have the parts of my thyroid tissue removed. I'm really hoping it doesn't happen again because they will have to cut open my throat and remove part of a bone and it leaves a pretty bad scar.

P.S. You can kinda see my fat throat in these pics. Althought I tried to hide it because it pretty much just looked like I had a double chin at that point in the swelling.

New Hair!!

So I haven't posted in a while and I have many many updates. First, I dyed my hair dark brown today. This is definitely the darkest my hair has been in my life! Then I went to sephora and used my giftcard John got me for my birthday and had my makeup done to match my new hair! It was pretty exciting!

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Anapolis

During David and Patty's visit we also had the chance to visit the Naval Academy and spend some time in the Inner Harbor. The weather was perfect the whole weekend!

The Other Loops Came to Visit

So for Labor Day weekend John's dad and stepmom came out to visit us. We had a fun-packed weekend and got to see a lot of cool tourist stuff. The first night there were here we went out for crabs and ate right on the bay. Our waiter showed us how to eat crab like Marylanders. The next day we went to Fort McHenry, the birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner. It was pretty fun and very educational :-).

Trip to NY

So way back a month ago John and I traveled to Dansville, NY for my semi family reunion/ Hill Climb. Now, for those of you who don't know what a hill climb is let me enlighten you. It's a bunch of bikers on crazy tricked out motorcycles who climb this insane hill, basically at a 90 degree angle. My family holds this event at my cousin Margaret's house every year. It's a pretty interesting time. This year the Hell's Angels showed up again and we set a record for attendance. The pictures explain the rest!