Dallas, TX: Shannon's Baby Shower

At the end of January, I flew down to Dallas to celebrate my Best Friend Shannon's baby shower. She was expecting a little girl due at the end of March. The plan was, I was going into work for a half day and Leif was going to load the car with our bags, pick me up at the ferry, and we would head to the airport. 

Does anything ever go as planned?

Well, about an hour before Leif was supposed to pick me up, he called to let me know he was extremely sick and either had food poisoning or the flu. Well, clearly the last thing you want at a baby shower is a sick person. So, this cramped the entire plan. I had to leave work immediately to try to catch the next ferry. First, I went to the subway. But of course, with my luck, the next train was in 15 minutes. Seriously? So, I ran back up the stairs and south trying to find a cab. I quickly caught one and I told him to hurry. We made it a few blocks from the ferry terminal when traffic got so bad I got out and ran. I called an Uber when we were docking and ran outside to catch it. I made it home with just enough time to grab my bag, call another Uber to the airport, get through security and board my plane on time. It was a miracle. 

However, the whole point in Leif going to Dallas with me wasn't to attend my best friends baby shower now was it?  NOPE! The whole point was to meet Mother there, who was bringing us our two dogs, which my parents so graciously took care off while we were off frolicking in Africa, so we could fly home with them. If you didn't know before, you know now, you're only allowed one dog per person. Hence the both of us going to Shannon's Baby Shower!!! 

This was a pretty big hiccup in my oh so genius of a plan. It really was if you think about it! It would have worked out extremely well if it hadn't  have been for my husband ruining it!! It killed like four birds with one stone! I got to go to Shannon's Baby Shower, my Mom got to go to Shannon's Baby Shower, I got to see my Mom, my Mom got to see me, and we got our dogs back! Genius! 

Well, Shannon picked me up from the airport and we hung out that evening. The following morning my Mom arrived with my two bundles of joy! I had not seen them in two months. We had only had Scout a month and a half at the time and I had no idea how he was going to react. It took about 5 seconds for him to realize who I was and he freaked with excitement. That made my day. Oliver, in his typical Ollie fashion, spun in circles and whined. 

We went back to the hotel to drop the dogs off before heading back to Shannon's to help the girls set up for the baby shower. It was a wonderful day. I was so glad I was there. 

That evening we went out to dinner to one of our favorite places, Whiskey Cake! That night I spent at the hotel with my Mom and the doggies. We cuddled the whole time! 

It turned out Leif went to Urgent Care and was told he had a 24 hour bug and was going to live. Sunday morning, he hopped on an extremely early flight to Dallas, spent a whopping 6 hours in Texas, and turned right around and flew home with me and the two pooches. I guess it worked out anyway. 

However, we did have a very nice Sunday. We went to a beautiful park in Dallas where I took some maternity photos for Shannon and Eric. Then we had a very nice brunch and hung out at their house until it was time for us to go to the airport. 

It was a lovely quick trip and I can't wait to meet their beautiful daughter!