Sarah's Baby Shower

This weekend I was off 3 days in a row. Starting with Thursday night after work, I met some coworkers at Grand Lux Cafe for a farewell party for one of the nurses leaving to go to another department. Janelle is really nice and we will miss her. While eating, we watched the monsoon hit the Galleria for the almost 2 hours we ate. Luckily right when we were leaving, that is when the rain let up. Friday, I took Guen for her usual walk in the neighborhood and then got dressed, we went to the grocery to buy the food for Sarah's shower, dropped off Guen at my parents house and took off for Barbie's house. Barbie and I made the food and then made all the placemats/banner/wreath for the door. It was a shabby chic bird themed baby shower. We thought it came out cute. I was over there for about 4 hours and headed home. Saturday, the day of the actual baby shower, I arrived at Barbie's early and got the last minute stuff set up. The other hostess Lisa, Barbie and I had a great time at Sarah's shower. Hope you liked it Sarah. Baby Kate is going to have lots of stuff! Sunday was the usual church and Guen and I went to the pool. Ryan could not go because he back was hurting so bad. This coming Wednesday is his first back injections and our last resort before back surgery. Hopefully we can put off surgery a little longer with the injections. We will see. Hope you had a great weekend.

Weekend Fun...

This weekend Ryan and I were both off Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday with both took turns getting our hairs cut while the other one stayed at home watching Guen. That evening my parents came over to babysit and we went to have dinner downtown in the Heights at Zelko Bistro which was delicious. I had shrimp and grits and Ryan had a pork sandwich. It was in this cute old bungalow that had been revamped into a restaurant. The only thing was that the A/C could not keep the place cool and even I was sweating as cold natured as I am. But we had a great time regardless. We went and had dessert at House of Pies because I was craving pie. We headed home after that and rolled in at the late hour of 9pm. We are party-ers!!! Saturday I went to go get a prezzie for Sarah's baby shower coming up. I am so excited and want to give her my prezzies! That is in two weekends from now so stay tuned. Ryan and I did some stuff around the house and I went to the grocery store and we called it a day. We had intentions of taking Guen to the pool but did not make it. Sunday it was the usual church morning and enjoying the rest of the day doing nothing. Hope you had a great weekend.

Happy 8 month Birthday Guen!

You are almost crawling. You can pull yourself up into a standing position in your crib. You sometimes you wave goodbye. You love to splash in the baby pool. You still put everything in your mouth. love you, mama

My Birthday Weekend

This Memorial Day weekend happen to land on my birthday this year. I was born Monday, May 31st, 21 years ago, I mean 34 years ago. Happy Birthday to me! I worked Friday and Saturday but was off Sunday, Monday, today, Tuesday. Sunday, we went to church. After church we went over to my parents house where my sister Missy had come into town for my birthday and my sister Tootie came over for a birthday lunch. It consisted of steak on the barbie, rice, slaw, greens, homemade rolls and for my cake my sister made Lava. If you don't know what Lava is, I am just gonna have to make it for you. It is so hard to explain but it is sooooooo good. We opened up prezzies, visited and then all went our seperate ways. Monday, my birthday and Memorial Day, we had all of Ryan's family over to my house for burgers with all the fixins. It was a little chaotic but fun to see all the family together. We put Guen in her bathing suit for the first time and put her in the wading pool her Lovey gave to her. She loves the water. We played games, had a recital and called it a day. Tuesday, Guen and I did our usual of walking, doing errands, but this afternoon she felt warm. I took her temp and she was 100.4. I don't know if it is because she is teething or if she is sick. This would be the first time she is sick in her little life. I gave her Tylenol and put her to bed early. I hope she is ok. Of course I have to work tomorrow. We will see...keep her in your prayers.