Mom's visit

Last week my mom came out to visit for a few days and it was so nice to have her in town. I'm know Ivy appreciated having a different play buddy around than just boring ol' mom or dad, too. ;) She just loved her Mema and had so much fun with her every day. She even loved her enough to eat rice cereal for her! successfully! lol. All she needed was one little lesson from Mema on how to swallow it and now she is a pro! Thanks mom! hehe.. We were also able to visit some close family and friends while my mom was here, which was nice..

Ivy sitting with with Aunt Susan at lunch.. 

While my mom was here Sam and I were able to go out on an actual date. alone. for the first time ever. I'm not sure why we've never done it before. I think it's just a combination of not wanting to find a babysitter and Ivy still being pretty well behaved where ever we do take her with us (which is starting to change I think, lol). In either case, I do think this event was long overdue and we were so grateful to be able to have a night to ourselves. I didn't even have any feelings of anxiety while being away from Ivy, maybe it's just because she is a little older now. We went out to eat and then to Color Me Mine (pottery place). We were thinking of going to a late dollar movie afterwards but we ended up staying there allllll evening (mainly so Sam could finish his mural, hehe). It was so fun! We painted mugs so we have something to drink our hot chocolate in this coming winter. It was also nice to hear that Ivy did just fine with my mom so maybe we will have to do this more often in the future. Thanks mom! 

Halloween pictures coming soon!