A Welcome Weekend

Here's to the end of a really long working week. As I sit here on the sofa and look back, I can't help but feel as though this week was secretly two wrapped into one!

S jet-setted to Brazil this week for work. She was gone for 4 days total. Some might argue that's not enough time on the ground considering the flight is about 13 hours total! That's okay though, she still had enough time to eat at a REAL Brazilian steakhouse (i am jealous), try the smoothest coffee she's ever had (and bring some back - yum) and sample one of the Country's specialties; cookies and candy. She said the cookies and candies were everywhere she went. I said it sounds like Brazilians may have a sugar problem! At a dinner, she actually had something called "The heart of the palm", which is exactly what it sounds like, the inside of a palm tree! I didn't even know that was edible!

Needless to say E and I were able to spend some quality daddy-daughter time together. Speaking of "daddy", she actually said "dada" for the first time last night (on the day she turned 8 months, btw!) and it really blew me away. That and it was strange to actually hear it out loud. I mean, we knew it would come, we just didn't know when! She's been saying "momma" for at least a month, if not six weeks, so it was nice to not be called "momma" for once! Honestly I was glad E said "momma" first because S really deserves it. She really is our Superwoman.

E is also getting good at some of her favorite things, like pulling up on things like her car seat and the ottoman, crawling around at a faster pace and trying to communicate with us! We are really enjoying watching her grow. I swear we say this all the time, but every week she is more fun than the previous week.