Visitors

Monica and I hit the Hibernian last night for beers and dinner.

It was great because Monica fed Henry and that allowed us to stay out an extra long time. Monica is great with the baby!

I am so excited! Monica is coming to visit for a few days! I am hopeful that we can get some projects done while she’s here. Ok that’s not the most exciting thing to do with visitors, but the way I see it, she doesn’t have to go to work like Dave does. The projects I had in mind were cleaning out my closet and reorganizing my clothes as well as a few other “clean out” type of projects. (I am having a rather unpleasant dilemma with my clothes right now as I can’t fit into pre pregnancy pants as my thighs are too big and I can’t fit into pre pregnancy tops because my boobs are too big.) I’m sure we’ll manage to fit in some drinking and eating and other fun activities as well. I am super excited!

Saturday morning was very nice and relaxing. At least for me. I didn’t lift a finger all weekend and it was awesome! Amy and Ali were pretty busy with shopping trips, but they made it home in time for breakfast.

We had coffee and a make-your-own waffle bar with strawberry and blueberry toppings, along with bacon and sausage. Yummy!
Then we sat around the living room and texted other people.

We played with Ian.

And hung out with the cats on the front porch - it was gorgeous out.

One of the best parts of the trip was getting to try out some of our new baby gifts!! We used the car seat, the Pack and Play, and the Jungle Swing with Ian. He seemed to approve!

Oh, and Dave spent the morning setting up our new TV - do you covet or what?

Ah, I can’t resist one more picture of Dave and Ian, taken Sunday morning!

Up Next - The Shower!!

Before I start blogging about the shower(!!!) I thought I’d recap the rest of the weekend with our visitors.

First, we played with Ian some more.

And then we tried to go to the Mellow Mushroom but it was an hour wait and it was pretty cold outdoors, which was the only place to wait. Their bad fortune was good news for the folks at MoJoe’s across the street where we ended up. It’s a funny little place with an odd crowd, but they’ve got good burgers and tasty fried accompaniments. Yum!!

Ian was precious, of course. (It was a little cold on their heated porch.)

Dave relaxing.

Amy being a goof.

Monica enjoys her Corona.

Dave and Amy made it home safely!

Ian plays around on the playmat.

Guests have begun to arrive!

Lindsay and Ian

Monica relaxes with a glass of wine.

The cats were pretty freaked out by the baby. Later, they were bored.

Dave’s en route to the airport to pick up Amy. We’re off to dinner after Amy and Dave get home!

For the holiday, we’ve got Dave’s parents here and Granma as well. Yay for Mom and Gene, who drove up to Virginia Beach on Wednesday and brought Granma back!

Dad and I

Mom and I polish silver on Thursday morning

Granma and Mom indulge in some waffles for breakfast

It has been such a beautiful day out! The weather was perfect! We spent a few hours on the front porch enjoying the day.

The cats got to enjoy the lovely weather, as well, with a mega-dose of outdoor time on the front lawn, eating grass and chasing leaves in the wind.

Several hours later, we sat down to a lovely Thanksgiving day meal. We had turkey, stuffing, potatoes, green beans, cranberries and chopped salad.

After dinner, and then dessert, everyone collapsed in front of the TV.

What a great day!! Happy Turkey Day to everyone!!

Dave comes home today, and Amy arrives this evening. Ali will be here tomorrow. Super excited about having Dave back home and my fun company, as well.

What have I done to prepare for their arrival? The house is impeccable! The cleaners came this week and I’ve also done the following:

• changed all the bed linens, washed and put up the old bed linens
• changed all the towels, washed and put up the old towels
• steam cleaned the carpets where the cats pooped
• changed the litter boxes so they’re fresh as a daisy
• vacuumed the living room furniture
• washed all the downstairs throw rugs
• evacuated several mice from the garage
• cleaned out my car, vacuumed it and washed the windows

Everything’s looking very nice. Now I just hope the cats don’t have a kegger this morning and ruin it all.

Sunday morning was breakfast and then a few hours by the pool before meeting Mom and Gene at Fishmongers for a big lunch. Yummy!

We had several rounds of beers, several pounds of shrimp, a dozen steamed oysters and a dozen steamed clams, a pound of steamed crab claws, some broccoli, limas and corn, and two orders of onion rings. Mom and Gene and I each had two oyster shooters, which were quite tasty. Vince couldn’t be convinced to try one.

Both Gene and Vince worked on this steamed oyster for 20 minute until they finally got the little cuss open. Gene said it was mighty tasty.

We had tickets to the Bulls tonight. Yay! they won! Lucky ran the bases after the game.

Leslie’s blue toes.
Vince and Leslie.
The view from our seats.
The new Blue Monster.