Whew.... What a Weekend!

We had a jammed pack weekend planned! Sunday morning we kissed daddy goodbye and headed for Bloomington. We had a cousin's baby shower on Sunday and a visit from one of my very best friends flying in from Georgia. Luckily she makes a few trips a year for State Farm training which just so happens to be in Bloomington! Its a great way to see my friend I miss SO SO much! I had stragically planned our departure time so that Mya would sleep the entire way down and be ready for MANY visits with friends and family. It's going to be a great weekend. What could go wrong??? EVERYTHING!!!!

What's a daddy to do when his wonderful wife and sweet baby girl are gone for a few days? Sulk in sorrow.... mope around in loneliness.... catch up on work? Hardly! An hour into my drive to Bloomington I called to check in on him. I hear, "Turn left up here. Then take a quick right." Hunh? "Who are you talking to?" I ask naively. "The cab driver. I'm headed to the city!" Interesting... did I mention it was 10:15 am??? So much for moping and sulking! Guess he gets a free pass....he's not home alone often! Anyway, his own actions will be his own worse punishment. Again, did I mention it was 10:15 am and he was starting to drink?

My drive was a bit stressful to say the least. My strategic departure time was a complete failure. Mya was wide awake! I was completely stressing because I know my baby. If she misses her morning nap she is a complete nightmare (remember Christmas at Matt's Aunt's house?) I pulled over 3 times to insert her pacifier. All 3 times she greeted me with a great big "I'm not tire, Mommy!" smile! Great!

I was right. She was a complete nightmare. She was a bit cranky when we stopped by to see papa and change my clothes for the shower. She pulled the ole' crying bit whenever mommy left the room (I secretly get an ego boost from this). Once we got the the shower she remained crabby. She held up for the first hour or so. But, it all when down hill when my cousin Natalie tried to paint her hand green for a baby gift. She went crazy and screamed for the next hour. It wasn't Natalie's fault, just one overtired baby! I decided it would be best to leave the shower. Afterall, it was a baby shower for first time parents. I'd hate to scare the new mommy into labor!
The weekend continued to have go south (no pun intended!) when I got a call from Kari telling me there was a blizzard in Georgia! What??? It doesn't snow in Georgia! Sure enough the so called blizzard (3 inches I think...um... come visit IL and we'll show you a blizzard!) had Atlanta airport at a complete standstill. Her flight was cancelled not once but twice! 3 days later she got on a flight and we ended up seeing her for a total of 20 minutes at the airport! She had to get to her training and we had to go back home to LZ. It was a very short visit but it was so good to see her! I am glad she was finally able to meet Mya.

Lots of downs mixed with many ups made our trip to Bloomington well worth it. Mya did great sleeping at Auntie Kristy's house. Auntie Kristy even let mommy watch 3 hours of "the most DRAMATIC rose ceremony EVER" on the bachelor. I think I have her hooked!