cammy came to town

My mom came into town this weekend to visit and we had a great time! I took Friday off of work and went to pick her up from the airport. We made it back to town to go register my car (I had to take advantage of being off work), then went to go get some Mexican food for lunch. We then went shopping and picked up Britton from daycare. Britton wasn't too sure of Cammy at first as she hasn't seen her since her first birthday, but a little game of peek-a-boo broke the ice. And a rousing chorus of "One Little Duck."



Cammy gave us a nice surprise Saturday morning by stealing the monitor from my room and shutting my door. The hub and I blissfully slept in while Cammy and Britton played at the horrendously early hour of 7:00 am! Cammy and Britton bonded over stickers and coloring books and Britton's all-time love (second only to her Winnie) - the Glo Worm. Cammy did ask if we had batteries on hand as Britton felt the need to play the Glo Worm's songs for her at least 500 times in a row.



On Saturday Cammy and I went to get pedicures while Britton napped. Then we all met up with Grandma and Grandpa at Babe's, a Texas restaurant specializing in fried chicken and "home cookin." I'm a big believer in taking guests to restaurants/sites they won't get to experience outside of your visit. Olive Garden? Not so much, since Cammy can get that anywhere.



But the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo? Only in Texas, baby...

So we went down to the Stock Show and Rodeo bright and early Sunday morning. Now, the hub saw online that they opened at 8:00 am, so we figured we were covered by arriving around 9:00 am. But it seems that even if it opens at 8:00 am, nothing gets started until 10:00 am. So while waiting for the petting zoo to get their act together (let's just say much poop needed to be scooped), we wandered into the coliseum and found a Mexican rodeo troupe practicing their show for later that night.






And then we made our way in the drizzle to the petting zoo, where Britton was not nearly as excited about the goats and chickens and bunnies and alpacas as Cammy and I were.




So we skipped the pony rides and went into the trade show indoors. Britton got to sit on a John Deere tractor and meet Elsie the Cow!




And once home, we all took naps. Britton woke up first and Cammy brought her into the family room to wake me up from my nap on the couch.



Cammy took our picture, so we decided to "kiss" at the camera. A lazy evening was ahead of us, just hanging out, grabbing some burgers to go, and wishing that Cammy's visit hadn't been so short.