Trey is just getting so big now. Everyday he is learning something new; it's such a fun time for us! Here's an example of how our little baby is turning into a big boy!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Last Vacation of the Summer
So I'm back to work with nothing else to look forward to until Winter Break. I guess we have Labor Day and Thanksgiving, but really no substantial time off work until xmas. Deo had to go to Boca Raton, FL for his National Sales Conference with work. His company does this at the same place every year and many employees bring families along to enjoy the weather and amenities. Trey and I decided to tag along even through I didn't really have the time off work or the money, but what the hey. It was a very different experience than I am used to for a vacation but I am so glad I went. It was finally one of those vacations where I came back and didn't feel like I needed a vacation. Hopefully Deo will continue to work for McGraw-Hill and hopefully they will continue to do the conference every summer so we can continue to tag along. I think once Trey's a little older he will have so much fun.
The conference was located at the Boca Raton Resort and Club and we stayed at the Boca Beach Club off the main hotel. The Beach Club is a little more family friendly and Deo's boss recommended staying there rather than the more uptight main hotel. First of all, I have never stayed a place like this ever. At first I felt very out of place. It's a very fancy-shmancy resort and Deo and I are not that kind of fancy-shmancy people. It was fun to pretend and rub elbows with other moms at the pool (and their nannies that most likely spoke very little English). There was lots of old, balding men with their 18 year old, exercise instructor "wives" with big, fake boobs. Oh and not to mention the cheapest thing on the menu was a $17 Burger that with all the service charges, taxes and fees came to about $33 dollars! Since Trey is still so young, we didn't do much of anything. We hung out in the room most of they day, making it to the beach or the pool for only about an hour a day. Deo had to work pretty much the entire time, but he got a few nights off where we ate at a really yummy Italian restaurant and Morimoto's (a fabulous sushi bar owned by Iron Chef Morimoto). I had had had to eat there since Deo and I love Iron Chef America and I gotta say, it was delicious sushi!
The last night, Deo's company rented out the entire pool and deck area of the club and had dinner for everyone. Families were welcome to attend so Trey and I got to meet and mingle with Deo's co-workers. Trey, of course, was the hit of the dinner and Deo's National Sales Manager even snagged him for a bit and was taking him around showing him off. She even took a picture with him with her cell phone which I thought was so funny. If Trey didn't realize he was cute before, he definitely knows it now after this trip.
Overall, I had a very relaxing time and now that I know what to expect, I think next time could be even better. As Trey gets older I think he will love playing in the pool and the beach all day so hopefully we'll get the chance to go again.
The conference was located at the Boca Raton Resort and Club and we stayed at the Boca Beach Club off the main hotel. The Beach Club is a little more family friendly and Deo's boss recommended staying there rather than the more uptight main hotel. First of all, I have never stayed a place like this ever. At first I felt very out of place. It's a very fancy-shmancy resort and Deo and I are not that kind of fancy-shmancy people. It was fun to pretend and rub elbows with other moms at the pool (and their nannies that most likely spoke very little English). There was lots of old, balding men with their 18 year old, exercise instructor "wives" with big, fake boobs. Oh and not to mention the cheapest thing on the menu was a $17 Burger that with all the service charges, taxes and fees came to about $33 dollars! Since Trey is still so young, we didn't do much of anything. We hung out in the room most of they day, making it to the beach or the pool for only about an hour a day. Deo had to work pretty much the entire time, but he got a few nights off where we ate at a really yummy Italian restaurant and Morimoto's (a fabulous sushi bar owned by Iron Chef Morimoto). I had had had to eat there since Deo and I love Iron Chef America and I gotta say, it was delicious sushi!
The last night, Deo's company rented out the entire pool and deck area of the club and had dinner for everyone. Families were welcome to attend so Trey and I got to meet and mingle with Deo's co-workers. Trey, of course, was the hit of the dinner and Deo's National Sales Manager even snagged him for a bit and was taking him around showing him off. She even took a picture with him with her cell phone which I thought was so funny. If Trey didn't realize he was cute before, he definitely knows it now after this trip.
Overall, I had a very relaxing time and now that I know what to expect, I think next time could be even better. As Trey gets older I think he will love playing in the pool and the beach all day so hopefully we'll get the chance to go again.
Ewww
So while I was taking one of my many stops in the airport bathrooms, I saw something so incredibly disgusting I thought I'd share it with my fellow bloggers. I know many of us have horrid bathroom stories but this takes the cake for me.
As I'm exiting the bathroom stall, I see a teenage girl standing outside a stall holding two ice cream cones. She is licking both of them as the ice cream melts down the cone. First of all...gross! Eating in a bathroom, let alone an airport bathroom, sickens me. If this isn't gross enough. Her mom comes out of the stall, the daughter hands off the two cones to her mom (without washing her hands mind you) and the daughter goes into the stall. Then the mom stands outside of the stall and begins licking the cones. EWW EWW EWW. I think I just stood there and stared for like 5 minutes in disbelief.
As I'm exiting the bathroom stall, I see a teenage girl standing outside a stall holding two ice cream cones. She is licking both of them as the ice cream melts down the cone. First of all...gross! Eating in a bathroom, let alone an airport bathroom, sickens me. If this isn't gross enough. Her mom comes out of the stall, the daughter hands off the two cones to her mom (without washing her hands mind you) and the daughter goes into the stall. Then the mom stands outside of the stall and begins licking the cones. EWW EWW EWW. I think I just stood there and stared for like 5 minutes in disbelief.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Schoooooooooools....Ouuut...Foor....Ever!
I was sitting at home last night watching TV when this feeling of procrastination set over me. I felt like there was something I should be doing; something that I was putting off. I wracked my brain and finally realized I had trained myself to feel this way; it was a habit. The last 3 years of my life, I have been working full-time while going to school. Whenever I would come home from work, if I didn't have homework to do, I would sit there and think about how I should be doing homework. I even notice this feeling on the weekends when I would usually be home-ridden doing research papers or projects. I have to say it's pretty nice not having any homework to do or classes to go to. I can finally just come home from work and not have to worry about any of that. It's been such a long time since I've had this feeling. After undergrad, I only took 1 year off and then immediately started my master's. Assuming I started school at the age of 6, I have been in school 73% of my life. No wonder why I still feel this way even when I'm not in school. And all if have to say about that is 'it feels good!'
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Time Flies WhenYou're Having Fun
Why does time go by so fast during happy times, yet that last hour of your work day seems to drag on forever??? Ahhh...anyways...Trey is Four months old! He went to the doctor's yesterday and despite his deceptively chunky thighs and cheeks, he measures in at about 16.5 lbs which is in the 50th percentile. He's managed to stretch out quite a bit and is in the 95th percentile for height measuring just a smidge under 27 inches. He got two shots at the doc which made him a pretty crabby camper yesterday!
My baby looking like a little boy!
So Trey is now a confidant roller, rolling over to his tummy pretty much anytime we lie him down. To add to the checklist, Trey is getting his first teeth and is eating rice cereal. It's kind of funny because the most progressed tooth (he's got a few coming) is his incisor or fang! I joke about it because for some reason I have this very real phobia of vampires and I joke that of course Trey is getting his vampire teeth in first! Too bad that's where the funny part ends seeing as how now Trey is running a pretty consistent fever, drooly mouth, cranky attitude and not sleeping as soundly through the night. I knew my luck of having a baby that sleeps through the night would run out.
Trey with his first taste of rice cereal
Another update; my nephew, Cole, turned one last Thursday. I cannot believe that he is already one and taking more and more steps on his own as the days go by. Adam and Julie threw a nice little family party for him and it was fun to have all the cousins there. And for those of you that do not know, my sister-in-law is preggo again. For all of you keeping track, this will be number 3 for them which means when he/she is born, they will have three kiddos under the age of 4. I'm starting my prayers for them now!
How old is Coley? One!
Last little update, next week the hubby, the baby, and I will be heading to Florida. Deo has to go there for work so Trey and I are tagging along for the ride. What can be bad about staying in a resort on the beach for 7 days? Since Deo's time will mostly be usurped by work, the baby and I will just be hanging out. I'm mostly looking forward to hanging out at the resort pool (Trey's still a little too young for major beach time), eating at Morimoto's restaurant, and letting someone else clean up after me.
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