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I’m back!  
I’m feeling better, no more cold, yeah!!
Aside from the vacation gut-rot I know have, the girl scout cookies now permanantely attached to my thighs, all the running I now have ahead of me, and the number 2 molar now gracing our presence, our trip went great!
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Friday, March 27.

Friday morning Elizabeth and I headed out for some more beignets… addictive little suckers.  Plus Elizabeth really enjoyed dipping a spoon in and eating the powdered sugar.  (*allowed on vacation only*)
We then decided to take a carriage tour because Elizabeth LOVED the horses.  I was hoping she would fall asleep, but no go.  She wanted [...]

Thursday, March 26.

While Erik was at his conference I met up with my friend Tracy and her daughter Abryiana.  We went to Cafe Du Monde and had Beignets.  They reminded me of the bread they served at Pho 24 just coated in confectioners sugar.  We met Erik for lunch that day and I had the best red [...]

Wednesday, March 25.

On Wednesday we met our friends from Iowa that were also in New Orleans for the same conference.  They had brought their little girl as well and it was nice to finally be able to show them Elizabeth.
While we waited to meet them we stopped in the park in the square and let Elizabeth play. [...]

Tuesday, March 24.

Tuesday started off VERY early for us… well for Erik and I at least.  We left this day to head to New Orleans.  Erik had to attend a conference and Elizabeth and I tagged along for some much needed warmer weather.  We left for the airport at 4:30 and the timing really worked out great. [...]

Monday, March 23. Tour de Grandparents.

This day was a very busy day for Elizabeth and I was super impressed as to how well she handled it.  
We started out visiting Grandma at work.  Her co-workers all read this blog (hello!) and finally got to meet Elizabeth in person.

After that we headed out to Grandpa Thurman’s house.  This took us about [...]

Sunday, March 22.

On Sunday my brother and his family and my sister and brother-in-law (remember, fun ‘play in the trashcan’ uncle Adam) came out to my mom and dad’s for lunch.  Elizabeth had a really great time playing with her cousins.  However, in a game of chase, she incurred the biggest bump on her head yet so [...]

Saturday, March 21.

In the morning we went to visit my brother and his family.  They had yet to meet Elizabeth and his girls were anxiously awaiting meeting their new cousin!

On Saturday we went to Erik’s brother’s house.  They were having a baby shower/welcome Elizabeth party for us.  Everyone in his family was excited to finally get to [...]

Friday, March 20. The first long car ride.

On Friday we left to make the journey back to Illinois to visit our family.  This was the longest car ride Elizabeth had been on and to say the least, she did great!  It was a six hour ride and I think she slept about half of the time.  We left around 9:30 because, even [...]

Project #1.

I’m still feeling pretty crappy here… actually I feel much worse today.  Elizabeth has been super crabby all day so it has been a rather rough day.  I am hoping she is crabby because her teeth are about to pop through.  I can see how swollen her gums are in a few places.  I’m ‘hoping’ [...]