Off and Running Again....We only have one speed!

This was another busy week however, do we ever have one that's not? Wednesday, Aidan had a play date with his friends Gabi and Joey. They came over to our house as we are overrun with new toys. It's always nice for Aidan to see his friends and for Mommy to be social. :) In fact, Samantha (Gabi and Joey's Mom) has a friend who lives down the road and she came over too. Emily, that's her name, and her family just got back from being in Australia for 4 years. They are readjusting to life in the states. Sam and her family did that too about a year or so ago. Always interesting to hear about the differences between the two countries. After our play date, Julien and I were able to go to the Cardinals game courtesy of Lockheed. Some VIPs were out from the east coast and the company got tickets for everyone. Usually the spouses don't get to go but for some reason they bought enough for all. It was nice. Free food, soda, and beer for 2 1/2 hours and good seats on the Coca-Cola bridge. Lots of fun. It was my first MLB game. And we won! Even better! And we only spent money for parking. Thursday was Aidan's big day. He opened one last present and then we celebrated by going to the Transportation Museum to see the trains. This is always a big hit. Then we went to the mall for lunch. He even got a balloon from Chik-Fil-A and a Caillou book in his happy meal. It was a full day. :) Friday, we all (including Daddy) went to the Zoo. We always love the zoo, except this was Field Day Friday. There were a ton of kids there. But, we got to see the Children's Zoo and brush the goats. (Those were the most laid back goats I'd ever seen.) We saw the tiger cubs playing, very cute. We saw the giraffe baby. Of course we said hi to the elephants. Soon after lunch it became apparent that we were all losing steam and headed out. That night, I took our neighbor out for dinner, as she had babysat Aidan for us on Wednesday. I was able to enjoy a nice margarita which was great! Since she's 22 weeks pregnant we talked about all things babies and headed to Babies R Us after dinner to work on her registry. She wanted to know what things are necessary and what things are a waste of money. Twist my arm! I love that store and all the cute stuff. Made me a little nostalgic. It's amazing how products have changed in just two years. Today, we went to the Galleria to get Aidan a new pair of tennis shoes as it has become that time of year again. Then it was off to Whole Foods for lunch and some groceries. Julien was determined to make lamb tonight. We found out that Aidan will eat Tofu. I really don't think there's anything that he won't try at least. In all, it was a busy week. Luckily Mommy got some time away too. Now on to next week!