( The list April 15-21 )

( Little blue linen tunic )

( One more gratuitous nibling picture... )
Oh! And while social practice was sort of made of fail thanks to the "open mike" night, I got cake! Mmmmm... Cake! Thanks, world_rim_walke!

This weekend I traveled west to meet a very special little man. My sister spawned last fall and gave me my very first nephew, so I went out to meet him. My mom had gone right after he was born, but I wanted to wait until the spud was a little more interactive and my sister wasn't overwhelmed with serial guests.

So, Friday bright and early I drove to work, parked the car, and walked the half mile to the airport. Everything proceeded amazingly smoothly. 9AM flight, 10:30AM transfer in MSP, 12PM arrival in Billings. By 1PM, I was inspecting the nibling.
( Utterly gratuitous baby pictures )

It's sort of weird to see my sister as a mommy, but she seems pretty good at it. :) The weekend was pretty low-key - we had lunch when I arrived, then a quick shopping trip, then hanging out at home, dinner at home, and a movie. Saturday was a slow start to the day, followed by shopping, more shopping, oh-dear-gods-how-long-does-it-take-to-pick-a-shirt shopping, dinner, baby bathtime, baby bedtime, a game of Uno for the adults, then bedtime for the adults. This morning, my sister and I went for coffee, then they dropped me off at the airport.

( All the annoyances I missed on the trip out were revisited on me threefold on the way home.  )

It was good to see the nibling, but it is good to be home.