Well, after months and months of trying, Cody has finally convinced me to write my own blog! Well played sir, well played.
As some of you may know I have been previously working temporarily for a real estate development firm. Well, I pretty much hated that job and on Friday, April 27, my contract finally ended. Since my awesome husband has an awesome job, I felt like it would be a good opportunity to take a two week vacation before beginning the grueling process of finding another job. My sister Lacy who lives in beautiful Visalia, CA needed help moving into her brand new ginormous house (thanks Centex!). The stars seemed to align as everything fell into place (well, with a little help) and within 24 hours of my contract ending, I had a plane ticket in hand to California.
My flight had a three hour layover in Salt Lake and my wonderful family dropped everything to rush out to meet me at the airport with an always delicious Café Rio burrito! I was so grateful for that! We even had time to take a quick jaunt to Baskin Robbins for ice cream. I arrived in Fresno (or as Cody calls it: FresYes) late Monday night. Lacy let me sneak a peak at the sleeping baby Elly when we got to her house. She has grown a ton since I saw her at Christmas! Six months old is a big difference from six weeks old! Elly is so friendly! The first morning I was there she let me take her on a walk by myself. I thought she would freak out, but she didn’t.
I basically lived Lacy’s life for two weeks: I was awakened every morning by a tiny person either sitting on top of me or really close to my face, then we would all make the trek to the kitchen to have a little breakfast before we went to Stroller Strides® at the park. For those of you who don’t know, Stroller Strides is like an aerobics class where you take your baby with you and use the stroller in the exercises. It was actually really fun! Then, every day after stroller strides we would go look for window treatments—yes, every day. I am pleased to announce, that by the time I left each window had treatments planned and purchased! A few of them even got installed.
We also spent a large amount of time researching refrigerators. When it was time for Elly’s afternoon nap, and food for the grownups, we would go back home, put Elly down and watch Rachael Ray (or whatever else was Tivo’d) while we ate lunch. The first night I was there Brandon came home to find me making dinner and Lacy tending to the baby. Brandon was a big fan, “This is great! It’s like having two wives—one to make me dinner and the other to take care of my kids!” We also squeezed in dinner out with Lacy’s friends and a little bit of shopping for some clothes for the baby. I had such a great time and it was hard to leave. If it weren’t for my husband who was so so sad without me (and sick of frozen dinners) I might not have come home!
On the way back from Fresno I got to stop in Salt Lake for an extended layover. We were rushed and only had time for the necessities: another Café Rio Burrito, Greek Souvlaki, Forever 21, Old Navy (of course we had a coupon!), a party for Jacob’s 2nd birthday and a nice Sunday Mother’s Day dinner! It sure was nice to see the fam, I can’t believe how big all of my nieces and nephews are! Next weekend my mom and dad are coming to Austin to visit for my birthday! I (or Cody) will have a cool blog post about that, so stay tuned.
(my mom at Old Navy..... we would do anything for a bargain)
7 comments:
Warning, Steve took months to convice me to post on "his" blog, and when I finally did, friends started to look at it and Steve quit the blog because it was too trendy with my friends. Lacy's baby is beautiful, so fun to see pictures! I am glad to hear you too like Greek Souvlaki, it is Steve's go to place.
I just wrote a long comment but it wouldnt work so I will keep this short... looks like fun!
Heidi,
I have actually been really surprised that I miss Greek Souvlaki so much. I knew that I would miss Cafe Rio, as it has always been a favorite. I didn't realize how much I counted on Greek Souvlaki--it has really been a staple. I am thinking about some franchising opportunities, I think Austin would dig it.
Lindsay,
I am sad that your comment didn't work--I would have liked to know what you said.
Thanks for your comments everyone!
Cody totally tricked you into blogging but I'm so glad to hear your "voice" in that post! Elly is totally darling and chubby! Love it! And your mom looks so happy in that picture- shopping with her family, does it get any better??
Barb,
It really doesn't get any better than shopping with your fam at old navy. Especially when they offer you a discount. "What do I have to do for the discount? Stuff everything I want to buy in this bag? Ok!"
mad, when i read the first sentence on your post and it said "after months and months of trying, cody finally convinced me..." and then it continued on the next line, i found myself finishing the sentence with "to have a baby just as cute as this one pictured above". But, I know that's not true. Mostly because I know Cody and dreams of a man purse far outrank ones of fatherhood right now.
I just realized that Elly is wearing that adorable "Me and my peeps" onesie from Old Navy!! I had to buy that for my niece Lily because it was the cutest and funniest thing I'd ever seen! I'm glad you guys thought it was funny, too!
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