Lunch with a friend...

On Monday I was able to travel south and have lunch with a friend...and I documented the trip.... Enjoy!

Starting my journey.....

Driving down the highway.....

Traffic at the toll both???? WHAT??? You tourists were supposed to leave on Sunday!

I was making good time.....

Until this.....

And the little black dot you can BARELY see...a helicopter...actually counted four of them!

Not my intended route....

Or this way either....*sigh*

this IS the right way....

Finally!!! Jess!!! Many detours and re-routes but I made it there! What a great time meeting a friend, chatting....

You can see our almost gone dessert! I'm so glad I got a chance to meet her and it was well worth all the detours and driving!!!!

Progress

Progress comes in small steps sometimes ~ rarely in large gigantic leaps like we'd all love to see. With Buddy it's small teeny-tiny baby steps. However once those teeny-tiny steps start and it turns into walking he takes off.
Over the last month to six weeks we've seen him (well at least it's been reported to us) that he's mimicking animal sounds in the nursery at church. First there were frowns, and scowls. Then he moved to growling and then the last few weeks it's been animal sounds. Cows, Lions, Elephants, Dogs ~ he's got a large repertoire.
Today though is the start of the running. He talked. He TALKED!!! In the nursery!! This is HUGE for him. I'm thrilled. I told him I was so proud of him for using his words. He smiled at me and said "Tank you mommy" (that TH blend is still a hard one sometimes) Now to keep the momentum going and that confidence growing. All the little changes though are working!
Would I like to have seen it happen six months ago? Yes. Would I have been as excited as I am today? Probably not. So progress in little steps is worth the wait don't you think?

How time flies

Today I sent her to school as a Kindergartner

And got a 1st grader in return!

She is super excited ~ she got the teacher she 'wanted'. LOL! She based it upon 'she is nice and pretty'.

It's official

Today I jumped on the scale's when I was cleaning at my friends house. Officially today I'm down...20 pounds. I'm THRILLED. Lots of too big clothes are leaving this house. Hopefully more will follow!!! To celebrate I spent this evening working out to my DVD of Jillian. Yeah I know...some celebration. Course how do you think I got to this point?