Part One

So the last two and a half weeks have been exceptionally busy. My mom was down for a few days which was wonderful. We went to El Dia de Los Muertos at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. For those that don't know, this is the traditional Mexican Day of the Dead which is celebrated the day after Halloween. It was extremely pleasant. The weather was amazing and of course any day spent in acres of gardens can't be anything but beautiful! Plus it was spent with the 3 people I love so very much, Scott, B and my mom. The night before we took Brooklyn to a friends housing addition and walked the neighborhood trick or treating. We walked for about an hour and Brooklyn's bucket was full so we called it a night and came home. Once here Brooklyn broke out the Halloween Chinese boxes of candy we made earlier in the day for everyone. We all broke into our boxes and immediately started trading candies. It was fun. I have to say though, we don't eat candy like that normally and I PAID for it awfully bad for the next week it seemed. Brooklyn's system was on overload and I was in tears by the end of the week throwing away all remaining candy. I hated that I kept the candy this year. The school had also been giving her sweets everyday. I had to write the teacher to let her know that had to stop. Thankfully she has a really great teacher he went to all her other teachers (Art, Choir, PE and Computer) and let them know this as well. The rest of mom's visit was spent shopping and talking, of course. Overall it was so nice and needed. I think I really needed my mom that weekend.
This past week I have been resting up as Brooklyn and I have both been down with colds but the week before was filled with a mix of things. Our friends Bethany and Jared were in Nashville for their wedding on the 8th. So the Thursday before I went out with the girls for a bachelorette party. We went to Margot's for dinner and then to Lime for drinks. The last stop was next door at Blue Bar where all the girls met up with their husbands/fiances/boyfriends except for me since Scott was at home watching Brooklyn. I had a wonderful time for the most part but I have to say, I haven't stayed up that late in a LONG time.
Saturday was the wedding and I really loved it. Jared is a priest so the wedding was a big traditional Catholic ceremony with the Nashville Cathedral Choir. I loved the choir!! The wedding itself was pretty lengthy but since their was so much interaction, Brooklyn stayed entertained. The only thing that was crazy was taking communion. I couldn't figure out when to kneel and when to eat my bread. It was a bit different than I am use to but I was glad they requested all to take take part and those not baptized were offered a blessing instead. It was lovely. Brooklyn got to play at the reception and enjoyed dancing with Jared's little sisters so that was her favorite part. All of our friends were there so that was great for Scott and I.
Tuesday before the wedding I went to dinner with my friend, Melissa. She's a really great person to spend time with and she always puts me in a positive mood. We always plan to get together every week but sadly it doesn't always work. So, I was glad we got to fit that in.
Well, I could continue this catch up but I think I will break it up into 2 parts. I am going to spend some quality time with Scott. Sorry I am not posting any photos but I will put a slide up with the next post. Hope you are all having a great week!