Oh my!

There's less than one month until the half marathon. I don't think I'm ready. I think I feel a little sick...

Busy Weekend, Again!

Saturday I went to the Lake for my friend Michelle's bachelorette party. We all met up at Michelle's at 7:00 a.m. and were hoping to get on the road right away. But some of us were running a little late so we got a late start. We probably got on the road around 8:15 or so.

The drive down was fine and when we got there we packed up the coolers and changed into our suits and hopped on a boat! We rented a pontoon boat and headed to Party Cove. I've never been to Party Cove and heard it was crazy and crowded and drunk and wild. I was nervous to say the lesat. But it was awesome! Everyone is so nice! We pulled our boat up to another boat and they tied us on to them and someone pulled up on the other side and we were in. Set for the day! We met some really cool people and just hung out. I think Michelle had a really good time and that's what was important anyway.

After being on the Lake for a few hours (like 5) we headed back to the condo. We pulled the boat in (well Winnie did, way to go Win!) and trooped back up to the condo. We all showered and got dressed up and got ready to go out.

All the girls wore black dresses and the Maid of Honor, Suzanne, bought Michelle a white dress to wear out. It was a really cool effect and we all looked great, if I may say so myself. We toasted with champagne at the condo and then loaded into a cab (no drinking and driving for us!) and headed for Shady Gator's. We had dinner there and then moved down to the bar and started dancin!

We danced for awhile and then headed over to the Horny Toad. There was an awesome 2 person band playing there and had a great time dancing to all kinds of awesome music. They even sang, "My Hazel Eyed Girl" for Michelle (no brown eyes). It was a blast. We went down to the club for about a half hour but didn't like it so we headed back up to the 2 man band.

When they were done playing we loaded back onto the shuttle and went back to the Shady Gator. More dancing and drinking there. When that was done we grabbed a cab and went back to the condo. I went to bed pretty quickly. Some girls ordered pizza but I was exhausted!

This morning was laid back. Just packing and getting ready to go.

Now I'm home, and SO happy to see my baby boy! We're headed to my folks tonight for dinner and then I need to relax! I'm so exhausted.

Ready to head back to the grind tomorrow. I know a lot of schools are starting back up this week, so I hope everyone had an awesome last weekend of the summer. Oh and I'll post some pics when I get them from Abbie!

Basketball

is over... :(

I'm sad about it. I had a really great time playing. Our game tonight was canceled because the other team forfeited. I really wanted one more game.

Our team didn't do well but I didn't care about that at all. I really just enjoyed playing with my sister. We never got to play on a team together and this was a first and awesome experience.

My sister and I didn't get along too well growing up, but since I've graduated high school we've been friends. Maybe even best friends. She was my best woman in my wedding (maid of honor sounds a little mean - why do the men get to be "best" and the women have to be "maids"??) and I was hers. I really wish we were closer in age and we could've played together in high school and maybe even college.

Oh well. Can't change our ages! I guess we'll always have kickball!!

No martinis

Martini Monday got canceled. Mike ended up having to come in early this morning and work since we are short handed so we decided martinis might be a bad idea.

Instead, Nick and I went over to Nick's mom's for dinner. We had a great dinner (baked potatoes, pork steaks, salad, garlic bread and cake!) and watched the baseball game for a bit.

Dom was fussy. I don't know what's going on with him lately. Stella (daycare) has noticed it too. Ever since he got his 6 month shots he's been a little...off. Last night he started crying for no real reason. I looked at the clock and it had been about 2 1/2 hours since he'd eaten so I thought he might be hungry. I made a bottle and he wouldn't take it at all. He'd put it in his mouth and then scream and turn his head. Well...the bottle was warmer than it usually is. So I dumped it out and made another bottle. A cold one this time. He would put the bottle in his mouth, eat for a few seconds, and turn his head and scream. It took awhile to get the bottle down. Also he's been spitting up a LOT more lately.

I'm thinking that his reflux is more acid reflux now. He never used to get upset spitting up. Now he cries a little when he spits up. And he's not eating as much and he cries while eating. I'm calling the pediatrician today. We'll see what she says.

On a happier note, we got some cute pictures of Dom when we got home. Dommie LOVES being on his Daddy's shoulders. When we got home, I grabbed all our stuff and Nick grabbed Dom and put him up on his shoulders. Dom laughed and giggled the whole time. I got a few pictures of it. He's so cute!!




I totally forgot to bring my camera to dinner so I don't have ANY pictures of Dom with Uncle Dan. I'm hoping to head over there for a bit tonight just so we can get a few good pics.

Martini Mondays!

It's back!

Martini Mondays is tonight! I'm very excited. We're trying four new recipes at Mike's house. I'm going to try very hard tonight to be good. I'll "sample" them each once and not four times like I did last time!

I'll let you know the best recipes tomorrow.

Weekend

What a weekend!

Friday was bad. I am off of work on Fridays and I usually clean the house and go grocery shopping on Fridays. None of these things happened this past Friday. Not even close. Here's about how my day went:

6:45 Dom is awake. I make him a bottle. Feed him. Lay him back down and go back to bed for an hour.
8:00 Dom is up up. We get up. Get dressed. I feed him some pears. We go to daycare.
8:30 Go to grocery store to get dog food since we're out. Also get kitty litter and some cookies (I needed cookies)
9:30 Get home and groceries are unloaded. Go upstairs and crawl into bed. Fall asleep.
11:00 Wake up. Read part of my book.
11:40 Go back to bed.
12:30 Get up again. Read some more.
1:00 Decide I must get up and I go downstairs.
1:30 Fall asleep on couch.
3:00 Get up and try to clean as much as I can as fast as I can.
3:45 Go get Dominick
4:00 Go to Joe Bush's to meet Nick and our friend Mike Koch for a happy hour drink.
5:15 Go home and change to go to a BBQ.

Wasn't I productive?!?!?! Gosh, it was horrible. I felt like such a waste. And the worst part was, I was still tired after all of that!!! How? I have no idea.

The BBQ at Nick's sister's was a lot of fun. Dominick showed off the whole time. He's crawling like a pro now. Nick's brother Dan is in town from Boston so it was great to see him too.

Saturday! A slightly more productive day, but not really.

We get up. Get ready for the day. I go running (yay!) but only 2 miles (boo!) because it was so hot. After I got back, Nick left to get a haircut and Dommie and I hung out. After Nick got back, we got ready to go and left for my parents house. They were having a BBQ because it was my grandpa's 83rd birthday! We stopped by the Galleria at Harry and David's so I could make an amazing dip my sister in law, Lisa, told me about (Harry and David's Pepper and Onion salsa (1/2 jar) + 1 bar of cream cheese (blend together with a mixer) = DELICIOUS!) and then headed North. We got there early and got to go swimming. Dom loved it, as always.

The rest of the BBQ was great. Dom showed off some more. Then we left and went home and went to bed.

Sunday! More laziness (with an interesting story thrown in there).

Nick and Andrew went golfing, so Angela and Cecilia came over to watch the Top Chef Masters Marathon I DVR'd and just hang out. We were having a great time. Dommie and Celia were getting along great. Ang was getting some work done and I was able to hang out with 2 of my favorite kiddos in the world. Then Dom went down for a nap and I forgot that Celia can get in to more things than Dom. I was on the couch and Ang was in a chair when Cecilia brought her a black square. Ang put it on the bar and we didn't think anything of it. Later, she had like 6 or 7 black squares of different sizes. I went over to investigate...well I (stupidly) left open my laptop in her reaching distance. The black squares were keys off of my laptop keyboard. She got the F4 key. The 5. The 8. And about 4 letters.

I wasn't mad. That would be silly. It was my fault anyway. And Nick came home and was able to reattach all of them. Well except the F4 (and who uses that anyway) and except the L, but I can live without the key for the L. There's still the button, so I can still use it. It just feels a little funny. (I'm at my work computer where all the letters are still intact). But again, we used the computer last night and it's fine.

And later, Ang called me and told me that Cecilia was on a roll. She pulled the "N" off of her computer too! :)

Sunday night was a good night. Nick asked his mom to babysit and took me out. We went to SubZero Sushi bar. It was delicious. After dinner we picked Dom up and brought him home. Put him to bed and put on a movie. I fell asleep. It was past 10! Way past my bedtime.

Slept like a baby all night...

That was my weekend. I hope you didn't get too bored reading about how bad and lazy I was!

I saw him!

I saw him crawl tonight. And boy did he crawl. All over the place. And like crawling crawling. Hands and knees. No army crawl. Just crawling.

My baby boy is growing up too fast...