It's A Boy!

My manager at CCE is having a baby boy in just a few short weeks. Since it is his first baby, we decided to through him a baby shower at work. You all know me and know how much I love to plan so it won't be a shock to you to hear I took the lead on planning it!

Onesies I printed the baby's name on for decor

Since it was a "Man" Baby Shower, we did not want to embarrass him even more than he already would be so we made it real simple but a surprise! We some how managed to keep it a surprise for over a month and get his wife to even show up to surprise him.

Everyone contributed money and I went out and bought tons of stuff and filled boxes up as well as bought them their jogging stroller Chris really wanted.

Chris with the jogging stroller

I had so much fun planning it, I really think I want to plan parties and events on the side, maybe even be a personal shopper. I love buying gifts for people and putting together packages!

Some of the gifts

Full Swing

Russ is in full swing for studying for finals and in complete stressed out mode. I don't think I thought I would ever say this but thank goodness work has kept me busy and working late. With it being finals time, Russ stays late at school and with me working late that is less time I am alone at home trying to figure out what to do with free time.

Everyone always wishes they had more free time but I find when I get it, I do not know what to do with myself. Like today, Russ had a jammed packed day and it was so nice outside, so I did not want to sit in the house all day and I can't start planting flowers yet so I had no idea what to do. Thankfully, Mom took the day off from showing houses and we spent the day together. We drove around looking at house trim color since we are about to paint our house. Then went up to Jefferson, GA to some old Mill factory to walk around a warehouse full of home decor. Some how we managed to only spend $10 on decor and $15 on lunch, we had a good day together and didn't spend much money!

Russ did take a break from studying to eat dinner with me so that was nice. I think over the past week, we only ate dinner together once. He did also take last night off from studying since Darren and Mary stayed the night with us. We wish they had stayed longer but they were on their way to Florida and Russ needed to get back to studying.

After May 7th, I will have Russ back hopefully. He has managed to give himself a full summer, trying to write onto Law Review, trying out for Moot Court, studying and taking the Patent Bar Exam, one night class on Thursdays, and hopefully getting a job. Oh yeah, plus helping me around the house! There is always something going on in the Dunlap household. I guess I should take advantage of all my free time and stop worrying about how to fill it up.

It's Prom Season

April is Prom season in Georgia. All the girls are busy trying to find that perfect dress and hairstyle, and making sure they are dressed to the nines for their high school proms. The guys have to remember to pick up their tuxes and wash their cars to pick up their dates. Looking back at it now, between finding the perfect dress and hairstyle, ordering the boutonnieres, making sure you match your date, having transportation to the events, and making reservations is a small look into preparations for a wedding. We had a "Prom" of our own to go to.

Last weekend, was the Barrister's Ball, also known as the Law School Prom. When I hear the word Prom, I begin thinking of all the fancy dresses and spending the day getting all dolled up. Luckily, the Barrister's Ball was not that time consuming. I actually spent the day hiding Easter eggs for our church Easter egg hunt and shopping with Kara in the afternoon. An hour before we were suppose to leave I then decided to get ready. Kara helped me with my hair and I got dressed. I did not even buy a new dress but I did buy new shoes though! Russ showered and through on a suit. Easy enough!


There are a couple of things that made the Barrister's Ball better than Prom. The event was at Park Tavern, which was a really neat venue. It overlooks Piedmont Park and has amazing view of the city skyline. The other great thing about it was it was an open bar, you won't get that at a high school prom!

I spent the night learning more law terms than I think I will ever use in my lifetime but it was nice to get to hang out with Russ's law school buddies besides having them over to watch football. They are all a great group of people and I did have some stuff in come with them. I think all the law students needed an excuse for a night away from the books too.

Honey, I found your ring!

This morning I came running out of the bathroom to tell Russ I had found his ring. Once I woke him up and he seemed excited I proceeded with "APRIL FOOLS!" He told me I was mean and turned back over and went back to sleep. I thought it was a good one!

I know that was horrible to do but I had been planning it for a week and I love doing April Fool's jokes. Every year when I lived at home I would get my Dad with the same trick. I would put a white hairband around the sprayer so when he turned on the water to fill his coffee pot it would squirt him. He never learned, when I went off to college I would call my mom to remind her to do it. He wasn't too happy about it because he would always have to change. I remember one year it was laundry day and he was wearing his last clean dress shirt, oops....

I love to do little jokes, nothing harmful or really mean, just enough to get a mean look for a second then a laugh. I already have one planned for next year....