Busy Busy Body

Rich and I had our first two nights away from the baby! It was exciting. We stayed with Rich's old roommate Jennifer at her awesome house. We drank alot of wine, played texas holdem and i colored on Jennifer's table (see pic)

I love drawing on that table! Jennifer took us to alot of neat vintage stores in downtown Asheville. I wish we would've had more time to explore. Rich and I went to see one of my favorite bands for my birthday--Old Crow Medicine Show. They were so good!! They played some of my favorites like "CeCe Rider" and "Tell it to Me." There's nothing like seeing a good bluegrass show. Rich saw some old friends from Boone and I danced alot. :)

Today we loaded up the car and went to Hard Labor State Park. We couldn't find the nature trails so we just walked the paved trails. We still had a good time. It's really a pretty place. There's a good size lake and tons of picnic areas. It was chilly but we had fun. I think tomorrow we're going to Stone Mountain. Here are some pics from Hard Labor:

Nolan and Rich look so cute in their beanies!

Birthday

Today is my birthday! I'm 25. Wow! I do feel different. Most birthdays nothing seems to change, but for some reason 25 feels monumental. A quarter of a century, halfway to 50 years old. Five years from 30. I feel like I need to make a list of things I want to accomplish. I think I will.

The day has been good. I got tons of phone calls from family and my closest friends. Rich, Nolan and I just got back from Olive Garden. It was very good! I got the mixed grill--steak and chicken with squash, zucchini, red & green peppers--sooooo delicious. I had a Syrah to drink, Rich picked it out for me, I loved it. Over the weekend Rich made me a birthday cookie. It was my favorite with m&m's and chocolate chips. It was the perfect cookie, crunchy on the outside and soft and gooey on the inside!

Something else picture worthy happened on Sunday--Nolan "colored" his first picture! We gave him some crayons and let him go at it! It was neat watching him drag the crayons across the paper, not really understanding the cause and affect of it all. I of course drew the "Nolan's first drawing" but he did most of what is to the right there. It was fun, I'm sure there will only be more to come!