The Mommy Talks

Farrah and I met up for lunch with a friend of ours, Stephanie, that we haven't seen in years. It was so much fun. She has a son that's just two months older than Ava! Here are some pictures of the event.

Here are some pictures that my friend Brandi took at my sister's wedding.

Nathaniel:

Ava & Hannah playing in the rose petals:

Ava and my neice Hannah:

...L.A. Lady" sings at least 2 people on a Chartered bus headed back to Charlotte from The Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens. I mean, really, how cool would it have been to get a bus full of drunken people to have an Almost Famous moment. Alas, only David T. (my sister's boyfriend from high school) and I would sing. So, it goes without saying that we had a great time at the wedding of Stephanie and Bryan. And it also goes without saying that I was more than a little tipsy...I mean, come on, I was singing...and people could actually hear me. Oh my!

We loved Charlotte. What an adorable city. It's small, clean, nicely manicured. I've already started planning our new life there ;) Now, I just have to convice my parents and Elizabeth & Todd. Hmmm.

Side bar...
Anyone watching Desperate Houswives? Teri Hatcher's new man, Gale Harold?!! YUM!

Actually, the first for our family. My dad noticed on wednesday that he had ungodly foul breath. I didn't think much of it at first, but his foul odor persisted and since he'd taken that fall last friday, I was concerned that his scrape under his nose might be infected. Since we are leaving for Charlotte in the morning, I took him to Childen's after dinner. They found that he and an infected right ear and tested him for strep, which thankfully was negative. So he's getting antibiotics for the first time and should be on the mend. This might also explain his sleepless night this week...hmmm.

We had a great time at the show and I'll post some pictures a bit later. I'm slightly hung over, but not too bad. The show itself was a little more jambandesque than I prefer--made it difficult to sing along, which I love to do at concerts. Of what I knew, since I don't know the new album, this is a list of what they played:

Perfect Blue Buildings
A Long December
Goodnight Elisabeth
Mr. Jones
Hanging Around
Rain King
Walkaways

Rain King was really cool, they did a bluegrass intro courtesy of Augustana. Throughout, the song mingled with The Beatles' (and sometimes Joe Cocker's) "A Little Help from My Friends" (which personally reminds me of Kevin and Winnie ;)) and Mr. Jones. I loved the repetition of "beautiful" which has always been a Counting Crows theme. All in all, it was a good show. I only wish it had been longer, and perhaps a bit less of the ultra-popular songs.

It's 5:30 am. I went to bed at about 11:45. Nathaniel woke up at 1:45...and never went back to sleep. I'm reasonably sure the he hates me. I tried holding him, putting him in bed with me and Ava. Putting him in bed with Mark. Giving him a bottle. Letting him hang out in the living room or awhile. Giving him orange juice. Tylenol. The whole nine yards. Finally, I decided to let him cry it out-- He decided that he could crawl out of his crib. Fabulous. Thank GOD that I heard the thud, b/c I'd left his door open and the gate at the top of the stairs was NOT closed. He just finished smashing bananas onto the table. Then tried crawling on top of the table. And I am ready to kill myself. Guess I'm off to get ready for work. Joy!

Nathaniel did a faceplant onto the pavement just before I got home from work on Friday. Apparently, he tripped over the threshold of the backdoor, fell down that step, and caught his foot on the mat. To add insult to injury, he also has a cold so the sore under his nose is getting lots of nasty snot all over it. Ug.