After spending the week with Beta and entertaining ourselves by doing things like shopping at the Galleria (Charlotte was good until she woke up and couldn't go back to sleep) and supporting Uncle Ernest at his NHS inductions, we drove up to Dallas for the Texas OU game.
What Charlotte thought about having to be in her car seat for a 4 hour drive:
Charlotte and Beta giggling together when we stopped at Sonic
and she was allowed out of her car seat.
Ahhh - NICE hotel room! So soft!
Uncle Ernie holding Charlotte on her first visit to The Capital Grille
My two favorite Longhorns (though I'm still hoping she'll end up in Maroon!)
Our little family at the Petroleum Club for dinner after the game.
Four Generations of Hotzes
Me and my baby
Our weekend started with a little bit of a headache, as Fred flew into Dallas from his business trip. We were supposed to pick him up from the airport, but we were longer on the road than we'd hoped and there was bad traffic as everyone drove in for the big game. I sent him a text message before his plane landed so he'd know to just catch a cab. Unfortunately, it wasn't until we got all checked into the hotel (and his plane had already landed) that I realized Verizon service was down. I had no way to tell him we weren't coming to get him, so poor Fred sat in the heat until he finally decided to catch a cab; he was an unhappy camper. We were pretty upset with Verizon, though they have never given us problems before.
Friday night the three of us ate dinner with Mom, Dad, and Ernie at the Capital Grille. We hadn't dined there in a while, so it was nice. The crowded restaurant worked in our favor too - no one could hear Charlotte fussing for her dinner!
Saturday we met up with some of my Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Grandmother for breakfast. Mom, Charlotte and I parted ways everyone else as they headed to the Texas State Fair and the game. We had planned to go to the fair, but because of the rain and heat we went shopping instead.
After the game we all got back together again for our annual dinner at the Petroleum Club on the 39th floor of the Chase building in Dallas. The view is AWESOME and dinner was great. My favorite new trick for heating up Charlotte's bottles when we are out to dinner - asking for a half full glass of HOT water. I just drop her bottle down into it (hopefully BEFORE she realizes that it is time to eat), and let it sit there until she gets hungry. That is a MUCH better idea than hurrying off to the bathroom to run the cold bottle under running water. I don't have to leave the table and the bottle heats up faster.
After dinner we wandered over to the adjoining bar to watch the end of the LSU game. Dad was glad to have at least one winning team! Charlotte and I have plans to go over to an LSU game in a couple of weeks, so we'll deck her out in Tiger gear for that one :-)
Our weekend started with a little bit of a headache, as Fred flew into Dallas from his business trip. We were supposed to pick him up from the airport, but we were longer on the road than we'd hoped and there was bad traffic as everyone drove in for the big game. I sent him a text message before his plane landed so he'd know to just catch a cab. Unfortunately, it wasn't until we got all checked into the hotel (and his plane had already landed) that I realized Verizon service was down. I had no way to tell him we weren't coming to get him, so poor Fred sat in the heat until he finally decided to catch a cab; he was an unhappy camper. We were pretty upset with Verizon, though they have never given us problems before.
Friday night the three of us ate dinner with Mom, Dad, and Ernie at the Capital Grille. We hadn't dined there in a while, so it was nice. The crowded restaurant worked in our favor too - no one could hear Charlotte fussing for her dinner!
Saturday we met up with some of my Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Grandmother for breakfast. Mom, Charlotte and I parted ways everyone else as they headed to the Texas State Fair and the game. We had planned to go to the fair, but because of the rain and heat we went shopping instead.
After the game we all got back together again for our annual dinner at the Petroleum Club on the 39th floor of the Chase building in Dallas. The view is AWESOME and dinner was great. My favorite new trick for heating up Charlotte's bottles when we are out to dinner - asking for a half full glass of HOT water. I just drop her bottle down into it (hopefully BEFORE she realizes that it is time to eat), and let it sit there until she gets hungry. That is a MUCH better idea than hurrying off to the bathroom to run the cold bottle under running water. I don't have to leave the table and the bottle heats up faster.
After dinner we wandered over to the adjoining bar to watch the end of the LSU game. Dad was glad to have at least one winning team! Charlotte and I have plans to go over to an LSU game in a couple of weeks, so we'll deck her out in Tiger gear for that one :-)
1 comment:
Hi Elizabeth! Hi Fred! Hi Baby Charlotte!
Mike and I are so happy for y'all. Elizabeth, you definitely have the motherly glow about you, and Fred, we can tell that Charlotte will definitely be a Daddy's Girl! : ) Please let us know if you ever need anything. We look forward to seeing you and the little one soon, hopefully sometime during the holidays.
Our love to y'all!
- Gina & Mike
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