Anniversary weekend

We are back from our weekend trip to San Antonio. It was GREAT! We drove down on Friday and dropped Ezra off at dad and Ginny's house to stay the weekend. I thought it would be a good first weekend away from the baby if we were in the same town in case of an emergency, but still got to have the weekend to ourselves. On the car ride down there and back, Ezra did AWESOME. He seems to really like the lull of the road now, and he will take 2 hour naps. He never does this at home. So on a 6-hour car ride, he might sleep for 4 or 5 hours. It's great, unless you want to stop, because then he wakes up. The other good thing about Chad and I in the same car with Ezra is that one of us can feed him while the other one drives, so we don't have to take 30 minute stops every three hours. Anyway, I digress. After we dropped Ezra off, we checked into our hotel, which was the Omni La Mansion Del Rio on the Riverwalk. It was very nice. We had a great dinner at Saltgrass and then drove down to watch the Mavericks beat the Spurs. It was a great game!

Saturday we both slept in as late as we could and then grabbed brunch at Zuni Grill. After a stop at the Alamo we headed over to the San Antonio Zoo, and it was a perfect day to go because people in San Antonio do NOT like cold weather, so we had the place to ourselves. I love zoos so anytime we are in a city that has one I always want to go. We had lunch at a place called Mad Hatter's tea room and then headed to the Market where I got some Mexican vanilla. After that I decided that I really wanted to go to Anthropologie since I've never been to one before, I just get the catalogs. It did not disappoint. I didn't buy anything there but it was a fun experience. After Anthropologie we went to dinner at Boudro's and had a great (understatement) meal there. I think I go to this restaurant every time I am in San Antonio and everything I've had there is great. Chad and I both agreed that this was one of the best meals we'd ever had.

Sunday morning I was ready to see my baby! We drove to dad and Ginny's house in time to pick Ezra up and drive north to Georgetown to worship with Shawn and Emma. When we walked in the door, Ezra smiled so big and started laughing when he saw us. I think he was excited. He seemed like he had a great time and I think dad and Ginny did too. (I hope!) So we drove up to Georgetown and we were going to drive back to Lubbock yesterday afternoon but we decided to spend the night at Shawn and Emma's instead. It was a lot of fun...they hadn't seen Ezra since he was about 2 weeks old. Elle and Ava loved Ezra, but Ava looooooooved him. They were so sweet with him and will be great when Levi arrives in April. On our way back today we passed through Brownwood and were able to have a late breakfast with Michael and Jan McCoy. We had a wonderful weekend! Thanks again dad and Ginny for taking such good care of Ezra (and for letting us borrow the GPS! :)