Catching up

It has been a busy couple of weeks. August 4-7, I left my two guys and went to a convention. It is for my mom's group, MOPS. MOPS stands for Mother's of Preschoolers and is for mom's who have kids from infants to Kindergartners. We meet once a month from September to May and there are outings throughout the summer. My friend who invited me to join the group also invited me to the convention. Her husband travels frequently, so the hotel room was free. I figured why not go and get away with my friend. The convention was in Nashville, TN and the Opryland Hotel, let me tell you, it is gorgeous! We didn't stay at the hotel, but our time spent there was fun. There were four general sessions with music and speakers and two breakout sessions. It was amazing to see all these women from all over the United Sates and 13 countries. I am glad I went, but I missed D & A terribly. I think four days away was a little much for the first time leaving, but I did it and everyone survived. I think it was good for me to leave and give D & A some time together and I know I returned refreshed and D & A were glad I was back home.

A milestone I missed was A walking for the first time. He was gradually taking steps before I left and sure enough Saturday he was walking. Fortunately, D caught it on tape and sent me the video. When I got home Sunday A got a huge smile on his face and walked to me. It was awesome! I can't believe this little person is growing and changing so much. It is amazing and humbling to be raising him and seeing all the progress he has made from being a tiny helpless blob dependent on you for everything, to slowly growing and testing the waters of independence. Now I know he's only 15 months, but before I know it, he'll be going off to school. I am getting all my cuddles in now because I know someday soon it will end and that makes me sad.

The following week was getting back into a routine and celebrating my mom's birthday. Her birthday was on Thursday, but we celebrated Friday. We went to the zoo and then I made her one of her favorite dinners, chicken enchiladas, Spanish rice and of course margaritas! Saturday we had date night and saw Harry Potter 7.2. It was good and I'm sad it is all over. Now the next big movie I'm looking forward to is Breaking Dawn, come on November 18th! Then Sunday we took A to his first Cleveland Indians game. It was great while it lasted, stupid rain! He had a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to the make up date to get the whole experience in.

While out shopping for my mom's birthday gift, I thought I should pick up a little something for myself. I needed a treat. The new fall OPI colors are out, have you seen them yet? I love them and had to restrain myself from only buying two. The collection is titled "Touring America," and has a bunch of fun colors. The two I got were "Honk If You Love OPI," a deep purple and "Get In The Expresso Lane," deep brown.

     

                                  
                   

Now I am not trying to rush fall, but I cannot wait to try out these colors. I feel like I need to wait until September though, so come September 1st, one of these colors will be on my nails.

Here's a look at the whole collection, which ones do you like?



Other than that, I've been getting back into reading. I have read four books in the past month and a half, Water for Elephants and The Hunger Games trilogy. All four books were great. I can't wait for WFE to come out on DVD, so I can see the movie and compare. HG is being made into movies, so I can't wait for them to come out. I am looking forward to discussing HG, with my online girls who have read it as well. Hopefully that will happen soon!

I am participating in a gift exchange with some of my fellow June 2009 brides, whom I consider friends, and my first package came today! I loved what was in it: my favorite candy, a new book and a special note that put a huge smile on my face. I was having a rough day and when the package arrived, it made everything better. So thank you to my Covert Cutie, I really needed this today!

Well I tried to put a picture in, but it is on my iPhone and I can't figure it out. I am technologically challenged. Here's pics of what I got:

               

I can't wait to read the book. Hope you are all doing well. Have a wonderful weekend!