Bye Bye DC

We've been busy, and Kelsey is very bad at keeping secrets so she has avoided updating the blog. (Mike)

(Kelsey) I'm very bad at keeping secrets in person which is why most everyone I've met in person over the past 20 weeks knows that we are expecting a new addition to the family in October! We recently found out (I've had a doctor's appointment since we got to Texas) that we're expecting a baby girl:) Ava Noel is the only name we agreed upon for a girl so that's what we're calling her.

Anyway, this series of pictures is from our last couple of weeks in DC. Saying goodbye to DC is definitely bittersweet. It's the city where Mike and I met and where we got married; it's where  I got my first job after my graduate degree and 2 subsequent jobs; it's where Mike went to law school, got commissioned, and was first stationed in the Navy; it's where we ran our first marathon together. We've both only really lived in the DC/VA/NC area our whole lives, so TX is definitely a new start and adventure for us as well as starting our own family. But we could not have asked for a better sendoff from all of our friends and coworkers in DC.

A cake I wanted to get for my coworkers at my going away party.... I was referencing "Frozen" :)

This was the dress I was wearing the first time a stranger asked me if I was pregnant and we then proceeded to have an awkward interaction....so then I made Mike take a picture of me:)

Food from my (Kelsey's) going away party at work!

Texas-shaped cutting board

Balloons and flowers:)

Signed poster...

...with a photoshopped cowboy hat on my head:)

The beginning of the packing process

in the midst of packing and post-it noting

trying to get Rupert used to his crate that he was going to fly in

pastry and taquitos (sweet and savory) as breakfast for our movers...Mike and I ended up eating most of it

Rupe obviously hid when the movers were over

View from one of my last walks around our neighborhood

Mike has a get together with his coworkers at The Brig- an outdoor bar near the Navy Yard in DC and then we also had a get together there the Sunday before our roadtrip.

Kelly and Alex brought us Texas balloons!

A picture of the whole group: Alex, Amy, Josh, Mike and I, Will and Julia, Kelly and Alex:)

A picture of the "Barons & SBs" at the goodbye party

More blog posts coming soon about our road trip down to Texas and how we're settling in down here! I'm also hoping to start posting some more pregnancy updates as well!