It's party time!

Nick and I were gearing up for a day and night at Soaring Eagle with my parents, brother and sister-in-law and niece.  We met my parents and rode with them the rest of the way.  We got there and checked in and redeemed our gambling credits.  My brother had told me before that he has gotten into craps, not seriously, so he gave Nick and I a run down on the basics and we were ready to hit the casino floor.  I was so excited!  I bought beer and I was going to have some drinks and stay up all night and hang out with everyone.

We met up at the buffet around 6 and ate.  After we gorged ourselves we hit up Kids Quest with Katie and Bella and Nick and I played some games and gave Bella our tickets so she could redeem them.  As good as I thought I was at ski-ball, I really sucked it up.  I also played the Deal or No Deal game and made it to the last two cases.  Mine had either 400 or 20 tickets.  I said no deal to 220 tickets hoping that I had 400.  Not so lucky.  Only 20.  That's just a gamble you have to take, and since we were at a casino...

Nick and I hit the floor again.  He had played a little blackjack earlier, and unfortunately he lost all his money.  I hit up the craps table and started doing pretty good.  I was next to a really nice gentleman who told me all the in's and out's of craps.  He was also up $500 so I knew he knew what he was talking about.  I had around $65-$70 (keep in mind we didn't have to gamble with our own money, we got some credits through a package deal) so I was doing really well.  I started putting a little more money on the table and some people rolled 7's and I dropped down to about $38.  I was done for the night.

I convinced Nick to go upstairs and drink some beer and then we would come back down.  We decided to hang out in Ryan and Katie's room because Bella and dad were asleep in the room we were sharing with mom and dad.  So, we grabbed some beer and snacks and headed over.  I was feeling a little pooped out, so I stretched out in the bed.  Nick got up to use the restroom....and I was asleep in the few minutes he was in there!  I apparently was so exhausted I was OUT like a light.  My big dreams of staying up late and drinking beer went down the drain and I was out by 10:15.

Overall, I had an amazing night.  I missed the crap out of Scott, and was so happy to see him Sunday when we returned home.  Next time, we will plan to take him.  How old do babies have to be for you to take them into a pool?  I don't plan on just tossing him in and saying "go ahead, swim!" but I don't know if it's ok to just stand around in the shallow end and dip him in, you know?

My anti-depressants have been working really well.  This morning was kind of tough (not sure why) but after I got the meds in and a little caffeine I was feeling good.  Tomorrow might be tough just because we have conferences and I won't be home until around 9 p.m. and I drop him off at day care at 7 a.m.  This too shall pass so I need not worry about things. 

Someone will be three months tomorrow....and it's also his daddy's birthday!  I just can't believe he is three months already!  Where has the time gone?