Catching up with sweet friends

The last weekend in February, we enjoyed spending time with my good friend Amanda & her mom Ganene. Amanda is my friend that worked with me in Dallas & Orlando & then got married in Virginia last fall. Amanda & Ganene also invited me & my mom to join them on a Disney trip in January 2007. We did accept that invitation & had a blast : )

Anyway, back to the current year..... these two lovely ladies took a little girls trip to celebrate Ganene's 50th birthday. Robby, Charlotte & I joined them for dinner & dessert in their suite at the Bay Lake Tower. We had a perfect view of the castle & enjoyed the fireworks from our patio. Charlotte was in awe of each & every firework that went off. Too cute to hear her say "wow" or whoaaa."

Here are some photos of our time with them:

Here is the cake I made. I am awful decorating with icing so I have resorted to sticking scrapbooking things on top of the cake : )

The birthday girl with Charlotte

Amanda & Charlotte having a great time. Amanda hung Charlotte upside down by her feet about a million times. After each time, she would say "mah mah" while doing the sign for "more."

I love this girl....it is a bummer to live SO far away from each other!

One exciting thing is that I GOT TO SPEND THE NIGHT!! It was my first sleepover since becoming a mommy : ) We relaxed in the hot tub, (Just for the record I perched on the side every few minutes so I wouldn't cook Eloise too quickly) chatted & hit the sack early. I got to sleep in my own room, which made me miss my husband but I definitely survived with the black out curtains, freezing temperatures & cozy bed.

When Robby did some traveling last fall, he said that he slept with 9 pillows....YES 9 PILLOWS at one time! Leading up to Christmas he would say "all I want for Christmas is 9 pillows." This made me laugh but I was thinking, "Really? 9 pillows? That is ridiculous!" Once I laid down surrounded by 9 pillows I texted him & said, "we SO need new pillows, 9 each, at least!" Really though, I was so comfortable that even when Eloise was dancing on my bladder at 5 am I figured I would just hold it instead of trying to climb out of my little cave between all my pillows : )

I slept in until 8:30 (late for me these days), enjoyed a blueberry muffin on the patio while talking with Amanda, watching all those crazy people load up their strollers with ridiculous amounts of stuff heading over for a day of torture at the Magic Kingdom. We left before lunch, I dropped the vacationers off at Universal then headed to work to pick up some extra hours. This put me being away from my little Charlotte for over 24 hours.

I received this via text message part way through my day. I could not stop laughing!

Thanks sweetheart for letting me spend some time away! I missed you & Char so much.

Amanda & Ganene, we love your visits to Orlando & hope for one each year : )