My first trip away

My dear, dear friend Katy came to visit for TWO whole weeks!!! It was so, so completely wonderful. And, as a fun and special treat, mommy worked up the gusto to take her first trip ever away from Calvin. Ahhhh!!!! It was hard to leave .... but once I was out the door I had a blast! I had forgotten many, many things about life before children ... what it is like to stay out late, sleep in, go wherever I want, do whatever I want, stop for coffee whenever I want, have an uninterupted conversation, etc. (of course, it goes without saying, yet I will say it ... Calvin is 500% worth giving those things up ... but a few days of revisiting it was fun ;).

Anyways, Katy and I went to London!!! And we had a ball. We saw the sights, took in a couple of shows, did some shopping, drank lots of coffee, ate lots of great food, and overall just had a really wonderful time together. Sadly, I have like, no pictures to show you because even though I carried my camera around the entire time, I rarely used it. Here is one of me in front of Big Ben ... my one piece of proof that I actually went ;).

Meanwhile, Matt and Calvin had a ball. They went to the zoo together, took in a museum, and just enjoyed some good daddy-son bonding time. Matthew also had some new insight into the life of the full-time stay at home parent, which is always good ;).