Girl's Getaway

Over the weekend I was able to get away for a day/night to Seattle with my dear friend Kalie. We decided to make the trek over the mountains together to celebrate the soon-to-be born baby of our sorority sister Rachel. It was such a blast having uninterrupted time with Kalie during the car trip over.....I don't think we've had that much time to just "talk" since we've both become mommies- usually our conversations are continually interrupted by the demands of parenting toddlers! The weekend was packed full of catching up with so many of my favorite girls, paired with lots of laughs and a few glasses of wine (and coffee Sunday morning with Bre!)

A big shout-out THANKS to my fabulous hubby for being a single dad over the weekend....although it sounds as if he had plenty of people around to help keep Dylan occupied!

Me with the mommy-to-be

Razi, Rachel and Kalie and their baby bumps

Ariane, Nicole and Bre
Marcy and Ellie

Little Rockstar

This summer my Dylan has started an obsession with the band Journey. This is mostly due to the fact that my nephews Evan and Dominic have been playing "Don't Stop Believing" on repeat on their ipod since we moved to Spokane. At one point a couple of weeks ago all three of them were singing it together.....Dylan was the lead singer and holding a microphone, Dom was pretending to play the guitar, and Evan was at the piano. I'll just say it was pretty entertaining and would be hilarious to have on video tape to embarrass them with when they are teenagers.


On Sunday night Kevin's mom and I went for a walk around the neighborhood with Zoe and Dylan who sang it the whole time.....when we got home I asked him to perform for the camera. I just love how he gets so into it! It's worth a good giggle!

Countdown

We are officially on the countdown to getting into our new house. Next Tuesday we'll be signing the papers and on Friday we'll get the keys! We are both super excited to finally start getting settled in our new home....for me it's kind of felt like I have been on an extended visit at my parents house and I'm starting to run out of things to keep me occupied. But, in a little over a week I'll be more than occupied including painting, changing fixtures, cleaning, unpacking and decorating our new home! I think the house is going to be a good fit for us....four bedrooms, 3-car garage, finished basement with a great playroom, fenced backyard for Zoe, lots of living space and a very family oriented neighborhood. I know we'll be really happy once we are settled.

On another note, I signed Dylan up for Pre-K this week! He'll be starting school Sept. 1st, 3 mornings a week at St. Mary's School just about a mile from our new house. He's pretty darn pumped about it and has already been wearing his new backpack around the house in preparation. My little guy is definitely growing up quickly!