Just Life

A quick summary.

First of all, how cute is my boy? K*^^% (my dear dear
husband). He deserves a nickname here. I have a
million of them at home, but here I'll call him . . .
Mr. Sweets. Just came to me so that's it. So Mr.
Sweets had this picture framed in an I Love Mommy
frame as one of my birthday gifts. Yesterday morning he
happily took that frame with him to a bus. trip in his
bags. Thanks, Mr. Sweets. But, then again, I have the
real thing.

Well, I will begin with saying that my birthday night
dinner was FABULOUS. It was one of those nights that
you would create over and over again. The mood, the
romantic setting, the food (to die for), the wine
(appropriately titled "Summer's") and the company.
Coming from a family who loves food, loves cooking and
loves great restaurants I have experienced excellent
food around the world, and I will say that this was
the BEST experience and restaurant I have been to.

Then - it was Vegas time. My husband - oops, Mr.
Sweets had a last minute business trip that he needed
to go on and wanted us all to go. So we went with
grandma and grandpa. Logan was a model perfect child
from a disney commerical on the way there. I mean it
was like a 5 hour drive. We stopped once to eat. The
whole way there he was so happy and so entertained by
us. I was feeling quite proud of my wonderfully
content child. Then we got there and he was so
engrossed in every person, noise, sculpture -
anything. It was adorable to see things through his
eyes.

Then day 3 came along, it was time to go home and it
was a good thing we planned to. Logan was already
checked out by the time he hit the carseat. The disney
commerical turned into the before story on Nanny 911.
Finally, home came. He was so happy to be home in his
own bed. I love that he loves his home and his room and his
dogs and cat. I love that he loves the life WE gave
him.

After being so happy to be home, afterall we are all
such home bodies, Mr. Sweets finds out that he has to
go back to Vegas this weekend. This time I opted out.
Sorry, baby.

Oh and I want to throw in how proud I am of my boy.

I've been doing the back to work thing a few hours on
Mondays and Wednesdays and I like it. I get stuff
done. I do miss my boy terribly, but I really feel
like this is a good thing for both of us. Like,
yesterday. The babysitter took him out to Barnes and
Nobles to the children's section and then took him to
the pet store. She said he just loved it. He is really so
comfortable with her. She takes him to the park and
has so much fun with him. He is also great with my
parents.

I just love that he is so trusting with the people
that I trust. It's like he just knows that mommy and
daddy give the ok. The babysitter is always amazed at
how well adjusted and good he is. I am too.
He just makes me beam as it is and then when others
recognize it you can help but get an ego boost.

There are so many challenges in this world and when
you have your child looking in your eyes with a big
smile, it erases it all. That face is magic. It is
pure magic.