So a couple of weeks turned into a month...
Let's do a quick recap before I resume regular blogging activities:
May 1st: Evan, Jackson and I joined Paul, Megan and Luna for the Furry Scurry--it's a 2 mile run/walk with your pets to raise money for the Dumb Friends League. It was a gorgeous day until that afternoon when I became deathly ill. Thank God Megan offered to take care of Evan for a while so I could sleep for a couple of hours (Shawn was out of town)--I had body aches, vomiting, and just felt ill. I managed to get us home and pretty much went to bed when I put Evan down at 7. Woke up the next day feeling somewhat better but couldn't really eat much for a couple of days. Turns out, Megan woke up very ill and by the end of the day, so was Paul. It was either a 24 hour bug or we all got food poisoning from the night before. Either way, it was a hellish 24 hours!
May 9th: My first Mother's Day. We had a very relaxed day but we spent it together it was really nice. =) Had brunch at Root Down--always yummy! We then proceeded to spend the entire day doing things together. Every day that goes by makes me love motherhood more and more. I admit, it was rough going at first, but part of that was due to my own internal struggles about being a stay-at-home-mom, not just mothering itself...I'm ready for more =)
May 13th: Evan and I flew into IL for the weekend. My friend Jess, whom I've known most of my life, asked me to be her Matron of Honor in her Mexico wedding and since her and Jared didn't want to do bachelor/bachelorette parties I decided to throw her a shower. Or the "anti-shower" since this is her 2nd marriage and she didn't want anything too "showery". The weekend was a success thanks to the help of her other bridesmaids. It was also nice to visit family--Evan got to spend some good time with his cousins =) He did great on the plane, even though he is so antsy!
May 21st: For our wedding, our good friends Jon and Angie got us a gift cert to Saratoga Springs Resort in Wyoming. Well, since we pretty much had Evan right away we couldn't use it so we called the resort and they extended the expiration date for us. We ended up going this weekend. Saratoga, WY has a population of 1759. We passed it because we blinked! The resort itself was very quaint--golf course, tennis court, brewery, restaurant, spa, and of course hot springs! I had never been to a hot spring so I was excited. We got massages, enjoyed the hot springs, watched our rented VHS (yes, VHS) of A League of their Own, and strolled into town for a meal or two. We had Evan with us and still were able to have a great, relaxing weekend =)
June 3: Shawn's sister, Andrea, flew in on Memorial Day to spend the week. It was great to have her around to play with Evan (and for me to have a grown up to hang out with). She's a great house guest--so laid back and she even cooked for us one night! Today we took Evan to the aquarium for the first time. He loved it--he was mesmerized by everything--it was great to watch him.
On June 11th we took Evan on his first camping trip but I'm going to do a separate post for that one--I'd like to add some more pizazz to my posts than I did here...
I will post pics for this post very soon (but you can get a sneak peek if you look at my Flickr photos)!
...and I'm spent!
Wow! You've been busy!
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