Grocery Shopping, Big City Style

Drew LOVED this grocery car/t! So cute. He definitely figured out the horn too!

I've been out of the city for too long...

Last night I had plans to meet up with some girls I know from college for a girls night out. They sent me a message with the name of the restaurant and time to meet. I looked it up online, Matt came home from work a little early to watch Drew, and I headed out. It took almost an hour in traffic to get there.

When I pulled up there was a sign that said "Valet Only - $4" and I thought, "Dang, these girls go fancy!!" I valeted my mom-mobile, complete with carseat and Cheerios in the floorboard, and walked into the restaurant. It was fancy. Like linen tablecloth fancy. And I was the only one in jeans. That's as far as my first-glance observations went when the host asked how many would be in my party. I told him that I was meeting a group of girls there. He looked at me and said, "Uh, we don't have a group of girls here right now." I took a second glance around the restaurant and noticed that I was the only female. ONLY female. As in, it was all men. Gay men. Yup.

I guess in the big city there are multiple locations for the same restaurant name. Hmmmm. Good lesson, good lesson.

So, I hopped back in my mom-mobile (they took pity on me and didn't even charge the $4) and headed home. Another hour in traffic. So all in all, I spent about 2 hours in the car just to come home and eat left overs. Awesome.

:)

Sleepytime

Ahhh, don't you want to kiss those sweet little cheekies?
Drew's been sleeping in the Pack-N-Play while we are in this apartment. He doesn't really seem to mind at all though, which is great. Other big sleeping news: I think he's ready to drop his morning nap! He spends the first hour of nap time standing up/sitting down/standing up/cruising/standing up/plopping down/etc! He doesn't cry at all, just enjoys his alone time in the PNP! Since he's not walking yet, I'm going to keep the morning nap in play for awhile longer to give him some alone time to practice that cruising!
Cutiepie!!

Houston, we have landed!

You can take the girl out of Texas....but she'll come back!

We are in the process of moving to Houston! Matt's started his new job and we are down here in an apartment until we find a house. Molly is studying abroad with my parents in Carrollton. I think they might want to keep her from the reports I'm getting! I already miss so many people in Hobbs. We spent 5 years there and a lot of great things happened while we were there:

• Matt found a specialty in IT that interests and challenges him
• He started his own business and was successful (so proud of him)!
• I got my masters degree in education
• I became a teacher
• We made some great friends
• Drew was born!

Those are some big bullet points, in our opinion. Hobbs will definitely hold a special place in my heart. On the other hand, we are so excited about all of the opportunities here in Houston! Our first order of business is finding a house. I didn't realize how tiring that would be with a 1 year old in tow! I'll keep y'all posted on the house front.

Here are some pics of our cutiepie Texan and his cheeser face :)

I love this little guy!!! Look at those teeth - you can seriously drive a truck through them! Cutie pie!!!

Drew's not even close to walking yet. The doctor said not to worry - that he just isn't motivated. Imagine that, my kid is lazy - LOL! Sorry Drew, I think you inherited my athletic (in)ability! So I found the one thing that motivates him ---- FOOD! Here he is following a cheerio trail around the table.