Weekend with Mabecca and Pops

This past weekend I put on my brave mommy face and left Nathan for the weekend with my parents for the first time. Nathan did pretty well without me! Of course it helps that he was home with Mabecca and Pops, 2 of his most favorite people in the world. I went to Roanoke to spend Valentines day weekend with Mark. It had been 6 WEEKS since I had seen him last. Way to long! We had such wonderful time together. Friday night he had made reservations for a restaurant called Coach and Four. They were extremely busy and we ended up waiting about an hour past our reservation time to be seated. We were in no rush though, we just sat at the bar and talked. It is not that often that we get uninterrupted time together to just talk. Being so far away from either other has definitely made us appreciate the little things even more. The next night we went to a bar downtown and played shuffleboard. It was my first time playing and once I got the hang out it I was pretty good. Mark and I are both very competitive people so we ended up playing for a good 2 hours because I was determined to beat him. And yes I beat him once, and no it wasn't just because it was the last game and he was tired. Sunday we went to lunch and then it was already time for me to leave. Nathan was very excited to see me when I got home! And I like to believe it is because he missed me so much, and not because I walked in with my arms full of presents!