recent posts
archives
subscribeWeekend
May 4th, 2010
This weekend can be summed up to: Food, Emotions and Cowboy Boots.
On Friday night, Ant and I had a “lazy date.” We really had no plans, just to return to a new favorite place to dine. Most date nights are packed to the max, trying to fit in a movie and dinner in a three and half hour timeframe, all while trying to relax and not feel that crunch for time.
Our date took us to the Biltmore where we had dinner at a place called True Food Kitchen. It was even better the second time around. They make kale out to be something delicious. The first time we ate there I ordered mushroom ravioli with kale pesto. This time I went for the garlic, mushroom, and kale pizza. Ant ordered the same exact meal he had last time: spaghetti squash lasagna and a ginger nojito to drink. I sipped an organic honey lemonade, which I think I might like to duplicate at home this week.
After dinner we wandered in and out of shops at the outdoor mall. I oohed and ahhed at some fancy yoga attire, Ant drooled over some really expensive dress shoes. (He tells me he will justify the price by wearing them everywhere, every day. I am intrigued by this idea. Wouldn’t that be amusing to see?)
The best part was coming home to find a little girl who was so happily busy that she didn’t have the time to greet us. It’s kind of sad to not be ambushed anymore, but it’s better when she just acknowledges me from another room, “MaMaaa!” and continues rearranging her garden statues, happy as can be. (Odd child, this girl collects the garden fairies from Yaya and Papa’s garden and carries them around the house to dote on them like babies. It’s a very important job, this fairy cuddling, and lucky fairies who get to hang with Ella instead of bugs and worms. Not including the one the other morning, whose head happened to snap off as he and Ella Faye were jumping on the patio.)
Oh and did I mention we stopped for Ben and Jerry’s pints on the way home. We did. And we ate them while watching our favorite shows in bed. I may have made a Chocolate Fudge Brownie mess on our sheets.
Saturday afternoon I had lunch with some ladies to plan a very exciting upcoming baby shower. I was tickled how we all arrived to lunch with notepads and pens. It was fun to exchange birthing stories and see the guest of honor’s face tighten and relax with every detail. Just kidding, Somer! I am honored to be a part of the shower committee. And I can’t express how excited I am to meet that little boy.
That evening we visited with friends over dinner and cowboy boots. Our friend Ishmael has re-enlisted in the Army and is as we speak on a plane to Germany. And of course he will be taking his wife and his three-year-old daughter, our beautiful Goddaughter Madilyn, with him.
To sum up the evening, vegetable lasagna, lemon cupcakes, cowboy boots and squealing, and tears. I don’t ever share tears with this gaggle of friends, there just hasn’t been anything to warrant that kind of emotion in the past. But the grandness of the whole change, the absence of our random get-togethers, Ella’s budding friendship with Madilyn that will now come to a halt, hit me right when I hugged Audrey goodbye. Of course then she got teary and told me, “You’ll always be Madilyn’s Godmother,” which oh-my-gosh, sent me to more tears. And of course, I was the only one to get so emotional. I ran to take a breather in the bathroom when I caught Madilyn looking at me with an expression of “Oh-What-Is-Happening?” and “Should-I-Be-Alarmed?!”
Aside from all that, the girls had so much fun together. Every time they get together, Ella is able to contain her excitement for a time, but eventually when she just can’t take it anymore, she runs to Madilyn and wraps her arms around her. Maddie is just that exciting. And cute.
Ella’s general reaction to Madilyn’s presence:
Giddy!
“I can’t take it anymore!”
We came home to look at photos of the night and I catapulted myself into Ella’s baby pictures (Again. I do this a lot). How did my baby get so big?? Can you say emotional.
Sunday morning I woke up and the first thing I thought of was…well, I can’t tell. It may be a homemade baby gift. But the second thing I thought of was Chips and Salsa. Then I thought of the yardwork we had planned. Ever since that weed pulling excitement, I am not interested in yardwork anymore. Who’da thunk?
Blustery winds blew our seeding plans away and I napped while the wee made up for her missed sleep of the night before. The wind outside woke me up. This was the first time our naps have ever overlapped where I’ve woken up to my own clock instead of an Ella knee to my head. Ant came to check on me, I muttered “Chips and Salsa,” and out he went to soothe my craving.
I’ve been snacking on them since…
We will miss you guys – “Auf Wiedersehen Freunde! Viel Spass!”
Thanks for the photos, Elyse!
oh don’t you worry miss Katy. you weren’t the only one crying that night. I just held it in until their car rounded the corner. everytime I say goodbye to someone I loose it when the car goes out of sight.
How fun for Ella to have an international friend and pen pal so soon in her life. Buy a supply of stamps MaMa and DaDa.
oooh you’ll just have to visit! It’s not so scary overseas if you know someone there… and the castles in Germany were the basis for Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in Disneyland!
You guys are all so adorable!! I miss you. Have a good trip, guys, and congratulations, Somer! Love, TT
[...] on the days I have nothing to gab about. But inside that bag, the yoga outfit I swooned over a couple weekends ago! I would like to live in that outfit from here on out. Yoga equipment paired with studio [...]