mommy gets a girl's weekend

{ashley--me--jessica}

This past weekend I was lucky enough to get a weekend away. This was my first time leaving Parker overnight and boy was it tough...but I had such a blast. I was able to head to Seattle for a briday shower with my best friend Ashley and our friend Jessica. Nothing like 3 married ladies getting a night out on the town. Even the car ride was a blast! So thanks ladies for a wonderful weekend. I really enjoyed myself.

The weekend even started off with a laugh. Jessica and I headed to Yakima from the Tri-Cities to meet up with Ashley. Ashley had said that she would drive to Seattle from there. Not even a couple minutes into the drive we start hearing this whistling noise...not just a quiet one, a pretty loud one. Jessica and I both looked at Ashley and she explained to us that it had been doing it for a while and her husband Luke said it is something with the antenna. Ashley...the McGiver that she is (hahaha)...decides some gum might help to cover up the problem. We spent the weekend trying to remember to take it off before we got back home! If only it would have solved the problem!!!

{jess--me--matt}
On Saturday we went to our friend Demisa's bridal shower in Monroe, did some marathon shopping, then headed into Seattle to have a drink with our friend Matt. It was such a blast. We even ended up staying until "last call" and didn't get back to our hotel until about 4 a.m. I don't think I have stayed up that late since my early college/Gamma Phi Beta days!!! Needless to say, it was such a fun weekend. By Sunday I was so ready to get back to my little guy. Parker stayed at my parent's house and had a blast with Nonni, Papa Kev-O, and his cousins.

Here are some pictures of Parker from the weekend. He is just so cute...I don't think I could have done a blog post without some pictures of my little man.

{my mom, sister, nephews, parker and i went shopping...this pic with his belly hangin' out cracks me up}

{parks and drays...they were so cute together}

{parker figured how to move around my parent's house in the walker...and how to open up doors he isn't supposed to...already into stuff}

{i couldn't resist this picture...he had just gotten a bath and was lovin' hanging out in his birthday suit...i really don't know where he gets the bubble-butt from...hmmm!}

Today we went to Men's Warehouse so that Travis could look at some suits for job interviews. Parker was such a riot and had a blast just sitting on the floor by a huge mirror and watching his daddy try on suit jackets. Here he is sitting so nicely in a chair...he was such a ham for the camera.

{notice my lip gloss in his little hand...he was playing with it and chewing on it for so long...it really makes the expensive clinique lip gloss worth it!}