Jeff and I had two Christmas parties to attend...
What can I say... we're popular (and awesome)...we try not to brag... Anyhow, we had the company Christmas party on Dec 10th & a tacky Christmas sweater party with our neighborhood peeps on Dec 11th. Normally, this would be great, a time to
brag about out popularity hang out with our friends and be merry. But being pregnant and all posed a challenge since I'm pretty much an open book....nothing to hide, always over sharing, pretty much incapable of lying...
First up, the work party. For this one, I managed to play the lame-o I'm tired card while feverishly avoiding my friends. We cleared out of the party a bit early and considered the scheme of me drinking "vodka sodas w/lime" a success, only to find later the straight soda water filled me with
borderline deadly gas. Sorry honey.
With Christmas party number one checked off the list, we knew we had to step things up for number two. To explain why, I have to give some background. You see, we have a close group of about 20 couples in the neighborhood whom we've gotten to know over the last year. We get together monthly and this particular month was the Christmas party
drunken debauchery bonanza extravaganza. We knew we had to strategize because if any of them didn't see me drinking - would have been a red flag. So instead, my brilliant and super
alcohol thirsty sweet husband picked up a 6 pack of Miller light, a 6 pack of Coors Light and a 6 pack of O'Douls. The plan was to pour the O'Douls into the Coors Light bottles and pop the caps back on. Of course, Jeff gladly volunteered to
inhale take care of the "real" Coors Lights by drinking them before the party to
ensure his wastedness avoid being wasteful. We funnelled the fake beer into the real beer bottles and that's what I drank all night. "Coors Light!" Picture taken as proof...
So the moral of our story is as follows... If holding out to tell the world about your great news...avoidance is key if you find yourself in the 12 week holding pattern as we did. Good luck to anyone who's currently in this situation. And don't worry, I would never ask if you're pregnant even if I knew you were!
Please note: Jeff got a hold of this post and added his personal touch.
