Still Recovering

I am exhausted so far this week.  I think the jet lag and no sleep last week is now catching up to me.  I could sleep in everyday.  Luckily Samuel has been sleeping until a little after 7 everyday, so I can sleep in a little bit.  

My house is a disaster.  I am going to working on cleaning it today.  I have bills to pay and the entire house needs a cleaning.  

The Gala went really well.  We had our follow up meeting last night.  There weren't very many things that we need to change for future years, just more volunteers that don't have guests at the event.  I felt bad because I was busy the entire evening and barely got to sit with my guests.  Oh well, at least our first gala was a success.  We will have another one in 5 years, at least that is the plan.  We made a good amount of money for Woman's Place and that was the goal.  

I don't have any pictures because I forgot to bring my camera.  I know other people took pictures.  There are supposed to be pictures in all the newspapers around town, so hopefully you all will see some.  

I am off to clean.  

Happy Mother's Day

I just wanted to wish all you mothers out there a very happy mother's day (especially my mom and mother-in law).  We love you lots and appreciate everything you do!!!

Tired Family

Dave and I worked until 12:15 last night to get all the programs labeled and alphabetized for the Gala tonight.  It was quite a job.  I had to fix all my spreadsheets and labels before we could even get started.  I can't believe it took so long.  I don't even know how long I would have been up if Dave didn't help me.  Thanks honey!

I have to be nice to him today not just because he stayed up with me, but because when I get tired I get really cranky.  So even though he was so nice to stay up with me, I still proceeded to snap at him last night, in the middle of the night and this morning.  I know I am a bitch, but sometimes I can't control my crankiness.  Samuel didn't sleep well last night.  He woke up three times starting at 2:30 and ending at 4:15.  I went in the first few times and then I yelled at Dave to go in the third time.  Third times a charm.  It is 7:30 and he is still sleeping.  

Okay, I am tired.  I need coffee and then I can continue with me morning.  Have a great weekend everyone. 

One more day

Tomorrow is the Woman's Place Gala. I have been working my ass off getting stuff done. I am not a late night person and this week, I have been staying up really late organizing table assignments, making guests lists, figuring out all the logistics for check-in, the auction and check-out. This is really a lot of work. I am not sure if event planner is something I would like to do in the future (Megan, I totally have more respect for you and all your party planning!)

Once Friday is over it is going to be total relief. Samuel has been great playing on his own and sleeping in. Yesterday he slept until 8:20. Then we ran errands all morning. He skipped his morning nap, but then took one in the afternoon for about 3 hours. It was amazing.

Tonight I have to put labels on all the programs and write numbers on all the programs for the oral auction. It is probably going to be a long night tonight too. Luckily my Dad is coming in town tomorrow, so he is going to watch Samuel all day so I can get stuff done. Then he is going to watch him Friday night.

Saturday, Laura is graduating with her Master's in Education from Webster University. So we will be heading to her graduation. Yeah Laura! Then food and relaxation the rest of the day.

Sunday is Mother's Day!!!! I know we are going to Schlafly Bottleworks for brunch on Sunday. They have an awesome brunch. We are going around 11 if anyone else wants to join us.

I am going to become one with my spreadsheet now. I am going to try to get some work done before Samuel wakes up this morning.

Pictures from our Europe Trip

Here are some pictures from our trip. I will have to add the pictures from Italy. These are pictures from the Netherlands and some from Paris. I will have to post more pictures later.

14 months

Samuel is 14 months today.  I haven't made of video of him in a while.  He was eating breakfast this morning, so I took a little video.  

I finally slept through the night last night.  Ever since we got back form our trip, I haven't been able to sleep.  Last night I think I only woke up 2 times and it was just to turn over and I went right back to sleep.  I got up about 6:45 and Samuel slept until 7:20.  He didn't take the greatest naps yesterday and then he stayed up until about 8.  I like it when he sleeps in because I can get so much done in the morning before he wakes up.  

Tonight is taco night in honor of Cinco de Mayo.  Yum!

We are back

We are back from our wonderful week abroad.  This is going to be a pretty boring post because I am really tired today.  I am really busy getting stuff done for the Woman's Place Gala this Friday and I haven't been able to sleep because I am worrying about everything I need to do.  

I downloaded all my pictures this morning and they are pretty amazing.  I need to go through them all to figure out which ones to post.  

We had an amazing time visiting family in the Netherlands and eating, drinking wine and walking through Paris and Rome.  We loved every place we went and will have to go back soon. 

Dave and I only got on each others nerves one time.  We took an overnight train from Paris to Rome.  The train was disgusting.  There was only one bathroom per car and we had to ask them to put toilet paper in the bathrooms twice.  I can't believe on an overnight train they wouldn't have toilet paper.  We walked all day long in Paris (approximately 9 miles), then we got on our overnight train.  We brought sandwiches along with us for dinner, but they were not good at all.  Dave bought a salad on the train that was just lettuce and shaved carrots.  Not good either.  We were supposed to be in Rome by 10 am, but for some reason in the middle of the night the train stopped continuously.  At one point we were stopped for about 2 hours.  It was hot and gross in the middle of the night.  Anyway, we didn't get to Rome until about 2 pm.  We hadn't eaten anything big since the day before at lunch.  We were so hungry, dirty and smelly when we got to Rome.  By the time we checked in Dave and I wanted to kill each other.  We were so hungry that we were dizzy.  Finally around 3:30 or 4 we got a late lunch, with a liter of wine and we were fine.  

I will post more stories later, but I think Samuel just woke up from his nap.