I'm Behind!

I haven't been great at posting lately... shame on me!

We had an excellent time in Las Vegas with a wide assortment of people. Now I can finally talk about it because part of the group was a surprise for my mom's 50th birthday! Jason and I flew out to Las Vegas with his brother, Brian, and his wife, Staci. My mom and dad flew out to meet us and then my aunt and uncle from Kentucky and my cousin from San Diego met us as well. Mom didn't know Aunt Denise, Uncle Dennis and Tara were meeting us there. It was classic! She was SOOOO surprised. (Mom, I hope you enjoyed your surprise.... you're a hard one to keep a secret from!!!)

We spent our time hanging out, eating, checking out the sights, loitering in the casinos (some did better than others... I would be an "other" in this situation!) We had an absolutely wonderful time.

Jason's parents were kind enough to keep Ben at our house while were we gone. I really missed the little guy, but I did really well for my first time away from him. It was really great to be home and back to my baby at the end of the trip.

Tara and Mom

Mom and Aunt Denise

The Group

Jace and me

To GranDonna and Pops' We Go...

Hanging out on the plane.... he was SOOO good... Thank Goodness!

My very old kitty, Roger, still getting into shopping bags when no one is looking!

Happy Baby...

GranDonna and Ben

Ok, so here's how the trip to and from DFW went....

We were scheduled to leave Houston, Saturday at 11:20, after many, many delays from the weather, mechanical problems, etc, etc, etc... we FINALLY left Houston at 6:00PM and made it to DFW at about 6:45-7:00PM. It was a long exhausting day, but we made it and we were safe. No hard feelings. My wonderful baby boy was SOOOOOO good. He didn't make a peep in the airport or on the plane. I am so grateful to have such a good baby!

We had a wonderful visit. Unfortunately Pops had to work A TON while we were there and we didn't get to see him as much as we wanted to, but at least we got to spend some time with him. We spent Sunday, Monday and Tuesday shopping, hanging out, eating, watching movies and all kinds of fun stuff. It was a great trip. Thank you so much GranDonna and Pops!

Wednesday we were scheduled to leave DFW at 1:30.....let's just say it was a nightmare. My baby was still awesome despite the drama! We were hurried on the plane so that we could take off and quickly get to Houston in between storms. We sat on the plane for roughly 40 minutes with no A/C. They kept telling us there was a "small mechanical issue" that would be fixed in 15 minutes or less. Then they came back on the speaker and said that it would probaly take an hour to "replace a switch" and to deplane. They also said they would not be getting "valet checked" items from under the plane. So great, no stroller for Mr. Ben in the airport. On the way back out of the plane, poor Ben spit up all over me from being tossled around so much. Poor Guy!! Then, sitting at the gate... in the floor non-the-less... they came over and said the flight was cancelled with no chance to make it to Houston that day and to reschedule. Then they came over the loud speaker and announced that we needed to get all "valet checked" items "NOW" (as if they were going to take the plane away along with all those items. It was crazy. After a few choice phrases and a panicked call to my Momma we got a refund and rescheduled with Southwest for the following day. What a mess!!!

GranDonna and Pops' House!

We had a nice trip to Bedford last weekend. Ben did really well in the car. He slept most of the ride there and back, but needed a little food during the last stretch both ways. All in all he had a good trip. Saturday evening was a bit rough for Ben... I think just being off his schedule etc. However, after all the tears he slept for a 5 hour stretch.

Pops and the two "2008 Models"!

GranDonna and Ben in the "Sun Room"

Big Brother Jake and Aunt Macie making sure the neighborhood is safe...