Last week marks my first full week of being "retired". To my surprise, the week went by so quickly despite being "at home". Mason and I found many ways to keep ourselves occupied while Dad was at work. It's amazing how busy you can make yourself in such a short amount of time. What a wonderful week we had! Our week was full of long walks, Gymboree classes, mom's group and meeting up with other baby friends for lunch. So fun! I think Mason is really enjoying having so much one on one time with me, and I'm cherishing every moment of it. He's such a different person than he was just one month ago. He's evolving into such a little man! We are very lucky to have such an easy going, sweet-natured baby. He's loving his Gymboree classes and is by far the loudest baby in the group. A couple of times that teacher has said that he is going to be one of those kids who tries to talk over the teacher in class! For now, we'll just chalk it up to him exploring the world around him and developing his vocabulary! It sure is funny to hear him but very distracting, I'm sure, at the same time!
This past weekend was full of fun events too. Friday night Josh and I were lucky enough to have a date night at our favorite Italian restaurant in the pearl followed by a mediocre movie at Bridgeport. Saturday Mason had Gymboree class again then the three , well four of us including Maggie, watched the Beaver game. It was an unfortunate ending game but we are still Beaver Believers and are looking forward to this weekends game where we will actually be at Reser Stadium.
Sunday morning was Mason's first Race for the Cure, outside of my belly , of course. He slept most of the way but seemed to enjoy the walk and looking at all the balloons overhead when he was awake. There were approximately 50,000 participants this year; the biggest so far. Portland's race is the biggest on the west coast and Josh and I have participated for the past 5 years and will continue to do so for many years to come. It's quite a moving experience to see the thousands of people and the energy you feel on race day. There is such great support for this foundation and we are happy to be a part of it.
After the race we had a wonderful champagne brunch at Shenanigan's on the Columbia River. This was the most impressive spread we have ever seen! Thanks to a past client of mine who owns the restaurant, we dined for free! The brunch had everything you could imagine, and we mean everything! Including sushi. Sushi? I didnt try it, but everything else was wonderful! Josh somehow missed the entire room filled with seafood and desserts... I didn't :)
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