Weekend Wrap-up

What a busy weekend! It seems like it ends as quick as it starts! Friday was pretty low key. We ran to the mall after work. I needed to find a dress for Allison’s wedding this coming weekend. Saturday, we ran some errands during the day and then had a couple’s dinner at night. My dad agreed to watch Leah for us. (As a side note – if anyone has any babysitters they can recommend, please let me know. I hate always having to rely on family)! Anyways, my dad was supposed to be at our house at 5:45 pm, but there was a gas leak at one of the gas stations on Weber Road. This leak closed down the entire road and just wreaked havoc on traffic. It took my dad over an hour to get to our house (which usually it only takes about 15 minutes). He didn’t get there until about 6:30 pm. He felt bad for being late, but there was nothing he could do. We had to run out the door as soon as he got there because our dinner reservations were at 7:00. We were meeting at Tango in downtown Naperville for tapas. We were a bit late – it took us longer to there since we had to re-route our trip to get there (since Weber was closed) and then parking in downtown Naperville is a joke! Once we got there and settled, dinner was so much fun. There was a group of about 16 of us and it was great to see everyone. Since we are a bit older now and most of us have kids, it is definitely more difficult for us all to get together. After dinner, we continued the evening with a few drinks. It was nice to get out. We didn’t want to stay out too late because I didn’t want to keep my dad at our house too long. It was his first time being responsible for her night time routine (i.e. getting her jammies on, giving Leah her last bottle and actually putting her to bed). He did a great job and we didn’t get any phone calls while we were out!

Sunday night we went to the Rialto Square Theater in Joliet to watch our niece’s dance recital. It was quite a production. The place was packed. As we sat down and looked at the program we noticed Emma’s dance was fourth to last! There were 29 dances before she would take the stage. Wow. We had Leah with us and we weren’t sure if she would make it through! I brought lots of snacks, juice and toys. Leah did pretty well. She did get antsy at times. She wanted me to hold her, she wanted her daddy to hold her but then she’d want me to hold her. Then there were times she didn’t want either of us to hold her – she wanted DOWN! Luckily we were able to contain her in the small area. The times that Leah did focus and pay attention, she seemed to get into it. She clapped her hands as she watched the pretty little girls on stage in their bright flashy costumes. She even followed some of their movements and danced in our laps. It was pretty sweet and made me excited for when she is old enough to be in dance classes. Emma’s routine finally came up and boy, did she do a great job! She was on point and didn’t miss a beat. I am so proud of her.

Monday rolls around entirely too quickly! On a high note for Monday, our little peanut is 15 months old today! Where does the time go?!