Day Seventeen Hundred and Twenty-Five

The Mama's Night Out. Sorta. 

This precious child. 

You are so good to me.

We bid a sad farewell to Auntie Shelby yesterday after a very encouraging, exciting, and relaxing week. We sure enjoyed our time together and are already looking forward to the next time! Thank you Shhheeeeebeee!

On our return from the Fort Lauderdale airport, Mimi and I stopped by Nordstrom Rack and bought a pair of $200 jeans...FOR TWENTY DOLLARS (I don't think I've stopped dancing about this STILL), drove home, got ready, and headed to the Park excited about the potential that the night would bring. I wasn't expecting it in the least, but Amelia stayed in the family room with the nannies for THREE AND A HALF HOURS without crying while Mama got to enjoy some lady time with all the other Marlins wives!! It was such a sweet couple of hours and everything I didn't know I needed or wanted. I've yet to leave Amelia longer than two hours with anyone because she just ends up crying and it hurts my soul knowing she's upset and needing me. So the fact that she was every bit content playing with all the other children while I had a couple glasses of champagne made me well beyond proud and thankful for her sweet gift to me. The girls and I enjoyed a nice dinner at Marlins Park in a special dining area called the Diamond Club and then at around the ninth inning, we decided to walk over to the Clevelander to see what it was all about. I can't even post a picture of the inside of that place (it's literally a club in left field at Marlins Park) because any picture I could've taken was well beyond PG-13 even. I was stunned - to say the least - and though I won't be visiting that place probably ever again, I was glad to be spending so much time with other mommies and ladies who can relate so closely to me. 

Thank you, my friends, for helping me to enjoy a much needed night "out!" I really am blessed by a group of women who are genuine and kind and a pleasure to be around!