Evan and I headed there for a work trip (probably my last work trip to Atlanta ever) and so the first few days were spent in grantee meetings. My wonderful mother was able to make the trip to Atlanta this time and take care of Evan (thanks Mom!!!), which was awesome because I pretty much spent the first couple days in meetings. The meetings started at 8am and ended around 5pm and then we had evening events that went from 5:30pm-9pm. Yup - long, long days. I stopped in around lunch to eat with my mom and nurse Evan to sleep and then I banana split again. Since I've been on the same grant since it started and everyone remembers when I was pregnant and I've brought Evan on every work trip - people were very excited to see him again.
Evan was an angel and behaved perfectly for my mom.
They got to spend so much time together and did lots of exciting things: hanging out at the pool, kicking pine cones in abandoned parking lots, walking around the hotel property numerous times, playing the "dancing farmer" app, and putting stickers all over the hotel room.
After the work meeting, I stayed a few extra days to see some Atlanta friends. I stayed the remaining nights with my Peace Corps friend Sarah (for some reason we didn't take any pictures). Fun fact: she married a Honduran also! She is now pregnant with her first child (a little boy) and is due in November. We moved from the hotel to her house on Friday and then headed over to my old roommate's house to see her and her three kids. I hadn't seen them in about 4 years so it was nice to catch up.
Back at Sarah's house we had a traditional Honduran meal: Pollo Campero! Ok, so Pollo Campero is actually a Guatemalan chain, but it was all over Honduras too and it's pretty yummy fried chicken. It was fun eating it and remembering all our Honduran times. Sarah used to live in the city near my town and when I'd go into the city I'd often hang out with her and sometimes spend the night at her place. When I first moved to my town she was the person who really helped me adjust to life in Honduras and showed me around the city. She was starting her third year when I started my first so she left about 10 months after I got there, but we had a lot of great times together.
My mom left the next morning so Evan and I took her to the airport.
Evan was very sad to see her go. I don't pay attention to him nearly as much as his Mimi does!
Here we all are together. I'm not sure what is going on with my leg there, but oh well. And I swear this outfit looked better when I looked in the mirror than it does on camera...but again, oh well. It was so much fun seeing my mom and watching Evan and her bond. After she left he kept saying "Bye Mimi" all day. And when I'd say "Te amo Evan" he'd respond "Te amo Mimi" rather than "Te amo Mami". I realize that Mimi and Mami are very similar so he's probably just confused, but I thought it was cute.
After dropping my mom off Evan and I headed to my friend Kelly's house. I met her in grad school and then she moved to the DC area and then recently just moved back to Atlanta. From her house we walked to downtown Decatur where we were going to meet another friend Nancy for lunch. We got there early so played at a very awesome playground for about 40 minutes. This playground not only had playground equipment, but people also donated a ton of old toys so it also had trucks, cars, fun riding things, those plastic play equipment things, kitchens, etc. Evan LOVED it and didn't even really go on the playground stuff - he mostly pushed around plastic lawn mowers, road cars, and went in and out of plastic houses. He was in playground heaven.
When our other friend arrived with her three kids we headed to farm burger for lunch. It was a bit crazy because I had Evan, Kelly had her son (two months older than Evan), and Nancy had her three kids (two boys aged 6 and 4 and a girl aged 10 months). It made for a constantly moving meal, but we still managed to catch up and talk a bit. After lunch we headed back to the playground for a while and then Kelly and I walked back to her house. Evan fell asleep on the way so Kelly and I got some quiet time to catch up before she brought me back to Sarah's house (Sarah was working on Saturday - which is why we didn't hang out).
Sunday we slept in a bit and then headed to the Renaissance Festival. I really lucked out because I didn't have a ticket and just as I was heading over to buy one (for $20), a nice family asked if I needed a ticket and handed me their extra one. What a blessing! We really just walked around the festival, ate some food, played some games, and people-watched (very entertaining since so many people dress up). It was a fun day. Then we headed home, packed up our suitcases, and made our way to the airport. Our flight was delayed 1.5 hours so Evan and I entertained ourselves for about three hours (since I like to arrive a bit early when I'm traveling with Evan) before getting on a completely packed flight.
Yesterday I took the day off to catch up, unpack our suitcase, wash some clothes, go to the grocery store, and rest a bit. Evan found his bird while I was unpacking and it made him think of Mimi.
My mom made this bird for him (and one for herself too) and they play with their birds when they Skype. This is one way they play - they put the birds in their mouth and then shake their heads around. So, when Evan sees his bird, he usually does this and wants to talk to Mimi on Skype. It's adorable.
So, that was my long week/weekend! What have you been up to since I've been gone???
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