Are Over! :) Jeff came back from Philadelphia last night and we (the entire household) were so glad to see him! For those of you that don't know, Jeff left early...EARLY...Saturday morning to go to an American Assocation of Justice (haha, how funny is that name?) conference in Philly. As an aside, doesn't that name make you think of a cartoon of superheroes flying around in brightly colored tights and capes? (As a double aside, and directed to some of my oldest friends--you know who you are--doesn't the image of superheroes make you think of "shirka shirka dirk, Muhammed al jihad"? Among other things that I can't write about on here, of course!) When I translate the superhero image into real life I just imagine a bunch of grown men running around in superhero underoos armed with their Blackberry's! Ah, that makes me giggle.
Anywho, so Jeff left early Saturday morning while Izzy and I (and the dogs, even Nemo) were still asleep. Izzy and I got up later in the morning (much later), got dressed, and decided to go shopping. It was a joint decision, of course. We went to Castleton Mall and to Von Maur to shop for my birthday presents from my parents. Izzy's first visit to the Von Maur shoe room was unproductive, but we did find a couple of cute dresses for me to wear to work. Unfortunately I wasn't lucky enough to find any nice summer pants/shorts that fit me yet. I'm working on that though. I'm up to running 4 miles again and Jeff and I went to our first Spinning class at lunch today, after which we both ran a mile. Watch out summer clothes, I'll be ready for you...it may not be until Fall though...which means you have some time before I'm comin' after you...but be ready just in case...
I forgot to mention that before Von Maur, Izzy and I tried to catch my friend Trent at his new apartment. It's not really that new, but he moved there before Izzy entered the world and I haven't seen him since. So, it was high time that he met my mini-me! Alas, after driving around the most ginormous apartment complex I have ever seen, we found Trent's apartment and he wasn't home. But, while hiding my disappointment in the shoe room, Trent called and said that he and his girlfriend Kristi, also a friend of mine, had just been out at the grocery store and to come back over. (Trent at the grocery store is another very funny story--I'll tell it if I have time left over.)
Izzy and I went back to Trents and ended up staying there until 10 pm! What I didn't mention is that Kristi is a GREAT cook and Trent LOVES good food (and is a pretty good cook too!) so they MADE me stay for dinner (hehe). Dinner was fantastic and much more than I would have eaten at home. We had filet mignon with sauteed mushrooms, real baked potatoes, a wedge salad, and fresh bread. It was so nice of them to have us. Kristi was a natural with Izzy and even got to her to go to sleep when she was tired and fussy. After she went to sleep, I stayed and hung out with my friends until it was time to feed her at 10, when we got up and went home. It was so good to see my friends again, I've really missed them! I just wish Jeff had been there too.
On Sunday my mom and dad drove down and had lunch with us. We had a really nice visit, and they couldn't believe how big Izzy had gotten while they were in Maine. While they were here we went to Babies R Us to pick out my new jogging stroller. Dad and I explored the virtues (and drawbacks) of each jogging stroller in the store, while mom tended to Izzy. Turns out she needed a lot of tending to! As I was getting Izzy out of her carseat so she could "try on" the first stroller, I noticed that her diaper was dirty...not only that, but it had leaked...upwards...all the way up to her little arm pits! Unbelievable! Unfortunately I didn't have an extra outfit with me, so Mom bought her a little outfit to change her into :)
Dad and I found a nice jogging stroller (we'll see if any jogging ever happens in it, but it's still nice for "outings") and we headed home. After some more visiting, Mom and Dad headed back to Fort Wayne, leaving us alone again.
Nothing much happened in between Sunday night and last night when Jeff got home. Hopefully the rest of the week will go by quickly since we have visitors coming this weekend! Andrea, aka Andi-Bird, is going to be in Indianapolis for a wedding on Saturday and is coming to meet Izzy on Sunday. I CAN'T WAIT to see her and for her to meet Izzy! So if you're reading this, hurry up and get here Andi!
Well, it's time to go pick up the little one...below are some pictures from Trent's house!
And here's one of me and Trent after a long Carb Day 2007--that's his "pretty" face.
And one of me giving Kristi a piggyback ride earlier the same day. She's an itty bitty so it wasn't hard to do :)
Well everyone, it's been awhile since we've done any blogging, but what better day to make a return than my birthday?!? That's right, I'm a whole 29 years old today! Mom and Dad are still in Maine, but they ordered a cake from a local bakery and had Jeff pick it up. It was the most chocolatey cake I have ever tasted! I got emails all day at work either telling me how good it was or chastising me for bringing in the cake that ruined their diets! :)
We took our first family vacation last weekend and went down to a cabin in Brown County State Park. It was a wonderful cabin--fully furnished with everything you could possibly need and only a quarter of a mile walk to Ogle Lake. The cabin itself was situated right up against the park and we put Izzy in a "front pack" and walked around with her. She loved to look at the trees!
On Friday we went into Nashville and walked around the streets and looked in the little shops. Saturday we drove to Bloomington, walked around campus and had lunch on Kirkwood. We even dressed Izzy up in her IU cheerleader outfit and new IU baseball cap that we found for her in Nashville :) Saturday evening, Ryan and Jenny Barney drove down and had dinner with us followed by a game of dominoes. It was Jeff's first experience with dominoes and, good news Williams family, he liked it!
We packed up and came home to the real world Sunday morning, but we had a great time while it lasted! Today we got an adorable picture of Christian in the mail from Meredith and Rich. I can't believe how much he's grown!! It's hard to believe that he's already a year old and walking...Izzy isn't even laughing or rolling over yet :) Hopefully it won't be too long before they get to meet each other. We're really hoping to take a trip to Arizona to see all of the family out there in the Fall. I know Nanny Williams really wants to meet our little girl!
Hope you enjoy the pictures of our weekend!
