We left Friday afternoon, got to Memphis about 5:30 ran by the hotel to check in and drop off our stuff before meeting Meghan at Old Venice Pizza. We had an fun time at dinner, Stratton was so well behaved! Then Meg and I headed to the movies and Jarrod and Stratton went to do some shopping at Bass Pro.
Awwww. . . Stratton loves Meg!
The movie was really long, so it was around 11pm before I got back to the hotel. I had the best time with Meghan. It was nice to have some more girl time! She is 34 weeks pregnant and thinks she is going to make it to 41 weeks?! I don't think she will last that long, but she's convinced! Either way she is getting close to the end and this weekend might be the last time I see her before she has her baby! She is going to try to come to Stratton's bday party, but she will be 39 weeks then and I made her PROMISE me that she wouldn't drive herself here!! Knowing her she wouldn't think a thing about it!! It worries me!! I am so excited for him/her to get here, but I don't want it to be at Stratton's birthday party!!
Saturday morning Stratton wasn't feeling so great. I thought it was because he was getting another tooth, or something. You could tell he just didn't feel good at all. But he perked up when we went down to breakfast at the hotel, and I thought he might just be sleepy. It was a short distance from the hotel to Audubon Park, so Stratton didn't have a chance to get a cat nap, which I think might have helped some.
He didn't want to cooperate at all. We took his wagon, which he normally loves. He didn't want to sit in it. He didn't want to sit in the grass, he didn't want to smile and the few that she did get she really had to work for! The park was really pretty. It reminded me of my grandma and grandpa's yard just a bit bigger! The sunlight was coming through some of the trees and it was the perfect place to take pictures! Too bad it was sooo hot. It was so humid that the instant you stepped out of the car you started sweating. Ewww. . . so that didn't help Stratton's bad mood either. Daisha tried and tried to get him to work with her for about 30 minutes and then he just really got mad and so we decided that we should call it quits. It was so hot! She promised me she got some great shots, I am anxious to see them all. She has sent me a few and they are all good, so I am sure they all will be.
After we left the Park we decided to drive around a little while so that Stratton could get a little nap. We decided to go by this cupcake shop that Meghan had told us about called Gigi's on Poplar. By the time we got there Stratton was awake and seemed to be feeling better. So we went in and got a snack- or more like lunch. (Hey, we are adults we can eat cupcakes for lunch if we want to, right?!) This place is deserving of it's own blog posts, which I will write later today. . .it was AMAZING. We did some shopping- Carriage Crossing where we also stopped to fed Stratton and shared a burger at Cheeburger-Cheeburger, then to Babies-R-Us then back to Wolfchase to the party supply store and then back to Gigi's. We had to get some cupcakes to take home to the Gibson's who were kind enough to go check on our dog in the heat and also got another dozen to take to our friends forever group from church Sunday night. We met my mom in Wynne and dropped Stratton off with her. Since she was off on Monday she wanted to keep him for the rest of the weekend. We got back to Jonesboro around 6:30pm, took cupcakes to the Gibson's and visited with them for a few minutes, went home and got things put away and played with Sadey. We bought her a little swimming pool to play and cool off in. And I haven't see her in it yet! She did really love the water hose and like getting sprayed with it!
Sunday morning after church we went to Lazzari and ate lunch then ran some errands. I came home and cooked my stuff for Sunday night and grabbed a quick nap. Sunday night after church we went to Amy and Dustin's house for dinner with the rest of our friends forever group. We had such a good time visiting it was almost 10pm before we left! Stratton ran a fever on and off all day Sunday while he was at mom and dad's so she brought him back to Jonesboro Monday morning and we took him to the Dr. He has a virus, that should pass within a few days. He was still running a little bit of fever this morning, even though he acts like he feels a little better, so Margie is staying home with him today. As long as he has a fever he is considered contagious and he can't go back to daycare till he hasn't had a fever for 24 hrs. I am hoping that he will begin to feel much better today and can go back tomorrow, but we will see!
There is lots to do this week! Jarrod had a softball game last night (which Stratton and I missed) and another one tonight, then we have church Wednesday night, On Thursday Dustin and Amy get to find out what they are having!! (So excited to hear if it's a boy or a girl!!) Then I am sure we will go out to celebrate the gender on Friday night- the guys get to pick if it's a boy and the gals get to pick if it's a girl, I think we have started a new tradition! I have lots of projects to work on and also getting ready for Stratton's party- which is a month away! Then this weekend is Father's day, which means lots of partying and lots of eating!