Okay. I have to hurry this catch-up along or else I will be so behind I may have to stop blogging all together. We're headed to Abilene this weekend for fun Homecoming festivities, friends and of course....SOCCER! I love it when I can kill so many birds with one stone. That expression just isn't right. Say it to yourself slowly. It's kind of sad!
So, I left off with the reunion of Mallory! Brad left from Dallas for Arkansas and then we stayed the night at my parent's house. In hind sight, the next fun event might have been bad timing on my part...but, it was worth it in the end. I got to spend 24 hours with my best friend and the girls got some quality time with my parents. We all won.
Around lunchtime on Friday, Kara, her mom Lisa and Morgan's look alike friend Sydney came to pick me up. Yes, I left my child that had already been away from me for almost a week. There were some tears (by her), but Mimi handled it well. Thanks mom!!
Moving on. The next 12 hours were spent eating, driving all over Dallas, shopping (places I could afford and places I browsed...Restoration Hardware, why do you have to be so pricey??), spending quality time with Sydney in the backseat and laughing a lot! We scored some great finds at the Dallas goodwill (right by Highland Park, cha-ching!) and then I got some not-so good-after-I-got-home-and-tried-them-on deals at Forever 21. Let's just say that a medium at Target and a medium at Forever 21 in the "personals" section are not equal:) Moving on again.
So, I left off with the reunion of Mallory! Brad left from Dallas for Arkansas and then we stayed the night at my parent's house. In hind sight, the next fun event might have been bad timing on my part...but, it was worth it in the end. I got to spend 24 hours with my best friend and the girls got some quality time with my parents. We all won.
Around lunchtime on Friday, Kara, her mom Lisa and Morgan's look alike friend Sydney came to pick me up. Yes, I left my child that had already been away from me for almost a week. There were some tears (by her), but Mimi handled it well. Thanks mom!!
Moving on. The next 12 hours were spent eating, driving all over Dallas, shopping (places I could afford and places I browsed...Restoration Hardware, why do you have to be so pricey??), spending quality time with Sydney in the backseat and laughing a lot! We scored some great finds at the Dallas goodwill (right by Highland Park, cha-ching!) and then I got some not-so good-after-I-got-home-and-tried-them-on deals at Forever 21. Let's just say that a medium at Target and a medium at Forever 21 in the "personals" section are not equal:) Moving on again.
Here is sweetie Sydney. She was a trooper! Hardly ever fusssed and when she did it was for obvious reasons. They look more alike in person with their expressions, but she is too cute not to post a picture of!
We rolled up to our hotel after midnight to check in. Are we crazy, or what?? We got to eat wonderful breakfast and then headed out to North Park mall. I got to experience the store Anthropologie for the first time ever. It was wonderful!! I didn't buy anything there, but I enjoyed browsing for sure! Lunch was at la Madeline...mmm! Then we headed back to my parent's house to drop me off in the real world again. It was a blissful 24 hours and I am so glad I did it...even if it wigged my oldest daughter out just a bit!
As soon as I got there, I loaded the car up and headed back to our real home. Remember the part from the last post about offering to host a baby shower? Yeah, it was the next day and I hadn't been home in 3 days to get ready for it!!
Brad didn't get home until 4am Sunday, so he was out of pocket until around noon on Sunday. Mallory or Morgan had a fever sometime on Saturday, so we stayed home from church. The shower was a hit and Katie got TONS of cute stuff for baby Ryleigh! The girls did great. They both slept through all of the loud girl talk.
We are almost to the end...of the first week! Stay tuned!
3 comments:
oh i'm jealous you got to go to Forever 21. thats one of my favorite stores but some of the stuff fits for girls who are 14-ha!
I've SO enjoyed reading about what you did without Mallory. I can honestly say that I didn't miss Bethany the week she was with my parents! I'm glad you got so much done and had a good time. And yes, I DO have a lot of friends named Shannon!!!
Can't wait to see pictures of the finished table and chairs!
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