Great Weekend!

I surprised my husband on MLK weekend and went away to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville for the weekend. We left on Friday and returned on Monday. We stayed at the Inn on Biltmore Estate. It was very nice and relaxing. We left our son with my parents for the weekend. He had fun there, despite developing a cold/ear infection while he was there (probably had started the day before, though). We toured the Biltmore House, winery and farm and then shopped in the historic Biltmore Village and in downtown Asheville. We also went ice skating at the civic center in downtown Asheville - just happened to be walking past a few minutes before the next ice skating session. It was a lot of fun! We had ate at some great (expensive) restaurants. All in all, it was a lovely weekend. It was a great way to spend a weekend, especially since we just had concluded a trial week at work. Though I didn't have any trials this week, I was in court until 8:45 on Monday night. I am glad that this doesn't happen too much! I still got to spend a few minutes with my son when I got home - but it was only a few minutes as we have instituted a new bedtime of 9:30 for him. He seems to be doing well with it. A couple of days after we returned from the weekend getaway, our son turned 16 months old! I can't believe that he is growing up so fast. He is so smart! He speaks a lot of words and several phrases. His new favorite word is... MOMMY! I am so excited. He says Daddy a lot but he's never said Mommy more than a hand full of times before. It is perhaps one of the sweetest sounds ever! The other one is hearing him say I love you! Not sure that he is doing anything more with that than repeating what we say, but it is still awesome! Well, it is late and I am tired so Until then...
- Lawyer by Day and Mommy by Night