Mom's Birthday

Today was a WONDERFUL day! Dad and Meredith planned a wonderful day full of surprises for me (mom); first stop was the day spa in downtown Savannah where they had arranged a pedicure and swedish massage, then they took me to The Lady & Sons Restaurant, just a few blocks away, for a fabulous and memorable lunch. (I am fairly certain that the punctuation in the previous sentence is incorrect. Please forgive me this once as I post this late at night in time to feed the baby after her bath.) For those of you who do not know, The Lady & Sons restaurant is Paula Deen's restaurant in downtown Savannah, which was open before she ever got a cooking show on food network, but since then has become quite the tourist attraction. People wait for countless hours to get in. We waited about 10 minutes. What can I say, Dad and Meredith are pretty good at planning surprises. We came home and caught up on phone calls from friends and family, got a little rest in, and later, went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Dad and Meredith thought that after a morning getting acquainted with our new hometown of Savannah, we should do something that "felt like home". It wasn't as nice as actually making it back to Texas, but it came in a close second under the circumstances.

Now on to the Meredith updates:
Yesterday, Tuesday, she rolled from her back to her side and back to her back again while playing on her activity gym.

Today, at lunch, she began to bat at her car seat toys and really interact with them. She was smiling, talking and batting at the toys-- it was so fun and exciting to watch!