Road Trip to Dolly's

What a fun past few days Samuel and I had at the Seckman home! We arrived on Wednesday afternoon and stayed until Friday. We had a nice dinner with Leland's sweet grandparents on Thursday night and then came home to put the boys to bed. Well, my boy was wired from all the excitement as you can tell in the below video shot around 9:30 pm (he finally fell asleep at 10:15pm!). On Thursday Dolly and I went to some really cute boutiques and treated the kiddos to some clothes for the fall (all on sale!). Next we had lunch at Magnolia's which is always a treat. From there we headed back home and I made dinner for Leland and Dolly since I wasn't in town to bring one over when Michael was first born. Leland kept the boys for the tired moms to see a late movie (bride wars) and it was really cute.

On Friday we did some more bargain shopping before Samuel and I packed up and headed home. We had a great time and Samuel adores his Auntie Dolly. He started saying her name within the first few hours we arrived and he is still asking for her! Thanks for the good times, Dolly! You are always a wonderful hostess!


Here is my wired boy on video (he was eating oatmeal so excuse the dirty face; I grabbed my camera mid-feed):





I could not WAIT to get a hold of this little love bug - what a doll! He loves to cuddle and has plenty of takers.



Dolly and her sweet boy. She is obviously so in love and how could she not be! This baby loves his mama! Notice the hint of auburn in his hair - cute.
On Thursday, Leland was nice enough to babysit for us to go see a 9:50 pm showing of Bride Wars. The boys were in bed, so this was the extent of his duty for the night (monitor gazing). Still, we definitely appreciated it and had a fun night out. Thanks Leland! The funny thing is we were late to the movie so Dolly went in to get seats while I hit the restroom. I told her just to wave to me so I could find her in the theatre - hahahaha. We were literally the only two people in the movie.

This wood carving looks like an old wise man with a long flowing beard/mustache. For some reason, Samuel thought it favored Brian because he'd touch it and say "Daddy"...

Here are the two buddies. Samuel is in position to go in for a kiss. He loved baby Michael and said "baby" about a hundred times during our stay.Samuel sharing some love....
And last but not least, here we are getting a self portrait since we forgot to get any pictures of the two of us (notice Dolly's little admirer in the corner). It was such a fun get away making memories with each other and our boys. Many more to come I'm sure!

Viva Las Vegas

Brian and I just returned from his sales meeting in Vegas. I had never been and I really loved it! Lots of fun things to do and great people watching - holy cow there are some interesting people in Vegas. The highlight of the trip was that Brian won Rep of the Year and was honored for all his hard work. He definitely earned it and I was so proud of him. Here are some pictures from the trip:

This was the view from our window. It was so beautiful and quiet (we were 30 min outside of the city).
This is when Brian had to give his speech after winning his award. Bless his heart, he couldn't get through it because he choked up thanking me! It was very touching! (Thanks to the V's for my Christmas present - purple dress)

Again, getting his speech out...

After the ceremony we drove into Vegas. Here is the largest chocolate fountain (it started in the ceiling). I really wanted to taste it, but the line was too long.

This was during the water show outside of the Bialogio (sp?) hotel. It was really cool!

More of the water show...

I had to beg and plead to get the group on this roller coaster with me and it worked! The girls went first and then Brian and the guys hopped on with me. It was definitely a thrill. It even went through part of the New York, New York hotel.

More of the sights...

There was so much to see I could have taken a million pictures, but I had to stop somewhere. It was a great trip, but we were so happy to get home and see sweet Samuel! A special thank you to Mimi and Papa for taking such wonderful care of our boy!

Thirsty Bear