Or really, yesterday in general, which was one of the best days we've had since I can remember. And much to my chagrin, I didn't take a single picture. Bummer.
We started the day by getting up early and heading out for acupuncture. We've gotten to know and really like our acupuncturist and enjoy our treatments in her sunny, hippie-feeling plant-filled treatment room. Oddly for a Saturday, there was nobody else there, and so rather than falling asleep like we often do, Matt and I were able to spend the hour chatting with each other, which was really nice.
photo by Marc Smith
We then headed back home, a drive we love, through all kinds of horse and cattle farms and lovely green Maryland/Virginia countryside, and stopped in at the just opened for the season Reston Farmer's Market. We picked up a quart of strawberries (for jam) and enjoyed a number of tasty samples, including fresh tomatoes, strawberries, apples, and pastries. Needing pectin to set the jam and knowing that the Reston Whole Foods weekly "Savory Saturday" sampling event would be in full swing, we headed over there to taste peaches and marscapone, several wines, marinated sea bass, several kinds of hummus, blueberry pancakes, pork sausage, savory beef pie, and probably several other things I'm forgetting.

That taken care of, we hurried home to get cleaned up for our baby shower (a triple shower with two other pregnant nurses!), generously hosted by one of my coworkers, who truly went above and beyond with an amazing spread that included a number of different kinds of tea sandwiches, deviled eggs, a fruit tray, several kinds of scones and cookies, three different kinds of cake, punch, wine, margaritas...the list went on and on. People were incredibly generous and creative in their gift-giving and it made me feel incredibly blessed, as I have before, to have found a community of such wonderful women--not just to work with, but be surrounded and embraced by, especially as we undergo such a major milestone in our lives. I remember wondering whether I would ever find that again after I left such wonderful friends in Iowa, but I'm thankful to say that "the girls at work" here have made me feel so welcome and at home, and we're so grateful for that.
We started the day by getting up early and heading out for acupuncture. We've gotten to know and really like our acupuncturist and enjoy our treatments in her sunny, hippie-feeling plant-filled treatment room. Oddly for a Saturday, there was nobody else there, and so rather than falling asleep like we often do, Matt and I were able to spend the hour chatting with each other, which was really nice.
photo by Marc Smith


That taken care of, we hurried home to get cleaned up for our baby shower (a triple shower with two other pregnant nurses!), generously hosted by one of my coworkers, who truly went above and beyond with an amazing spread that included a number of different kinds of tea sandwiches, deviled eggs, a fruit tray, several kinds of scones and cookies, three different kinds of cake, punch, wine, margaritas...the list went on and on. People were incredibly generous and creative in their gift-giving and it made me feel incredibly blessed, as I have before, to have found a community of such wonderful women--not just to work with, but be surrounded and embraced by, especially as we undergo such a major milestone in our lives. I remember wondering whether I would ever find that again after I left such wonderful friends in Iowa, but I'm thankful to say that "the girls at work" here have made me feel so welcome and at home, and we're so grateful for that.
photo by Cocoa Dream

*photo of Krista from In Search of a Song with Jason Wilber
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