beautiful ladies

we had such a great weekend staying with aunt sarah in richmond.  we did a lot of playing on saturday, then went to my all time favorite mexican restaurant, Mexico (appropriately named!) for dinner.  we met up with becky for dinner and then met her back at the sarah's house to hang out for a bit.  the dude got some more playing in before he hit the hay.  it was a big day for him, so it didn't take much persuading!

then, this morning we had the great pleasure of momma and poppa g stopping by to have breakfast with us before we hit the road again.  it was so good to see them.  momma g, you look GREAT!  we are so amazed at all the progress you have made and we'll continue to send positive healing thoughts your way!!  oh, and the dude LOVES his new ball.  :)  and thank you aunt sarah for making some delicious pancakes.  there wasn't a single piece left on the dude's plate!

after breakfast it unfortunately was time for the dude and i to head back home.  again, i was a little apprehensive about driving alone with him, and just hoping he would have a repeat performance from the day before.  lucky for me....he did!!  10 minutes into the ride he was out again!  and thankfully there was absolutely no traffic, so it only took me 2 hours to get back.  we were probably about 10 minutes from home when the dude woke up.  perfect timing!  and something stinky was also well timed, because right as we pulled in, the dude greeted daddy with a little present!!  hehe!

thank you again for having us aunt sarah.  we can't wait to see you again soon!

<3

visit to aunt sarah's!

this weekend the little dude and i took our very first solo road trip.  i'd be lying if i said i wasn't a little apprehensive traveling with him for 2+ hours each way by myself, but i crossed my fingers and said prayers the night before that he would be a good backseat driver and just sleep the whole way.  so ride down, 15 minutes into the ride the dude is out!  woo hoo!  i hit a lot of traffic and it ended up taking me 3 hours to get to richmond, but luckily for me the dude slept the entire way and didn't wake up until right before i pulled into aunt sarah's driveway.  

the dude was SO happy to get out of the car and stretch his little legs.  and to his surprise, there were different furry little ones at aunt sarah's!  oh boy!  graham, meet goldfish.  goldfish, meet, well...umm...graham.  sorry about pulling your fur!  he was such a good sport about it though and didn't bat at the dude or anything.  by the end of the day they were good ol pals!

the dude also took to goldfish's toys.  he LOVED the yarn rattle toy and thought his scratching post made quite the lounger!  again, thanks for being a good sport goldfish.  and hey, at least he didn't eat any of your food like he does with rudy and stella!!