Mom in the Burg

My mom came to visit me this weekend and it was a great time! Friday night we spent some time at Jes and Rob's house so that my mom could finally meet Ms. Ellie! She's so darn cute and I'm going to miss her terribly when she's in WV (probably not as much as I'll miss her mom but still I'll miss her). It's been so fun seeing her grow up over the past 8 months. Here's one of my favorite new pics of her that Jes took! :) I can't wait to visit and see how much she's grow over the next two months.

So Saturday, my mom and I tried out a new breakfast place that I'd been wanting to try and it was quite tasty. More of a local place than the 100's of breakfast places in the touristy part of town. Then we decided it would be fun to take a drive to Smithfield, so we took the free ferry over to Surry and then drove down to Smithfield. We went to some shops and just walked around Main Street. It was so nice outside and such a cute town. Very fun. We headed back on the ferry to the Burg and got some great seafood at Berrett's! I love that place. And since I've given up meat for Lent (but not seafood) it was the best meal that I've had since Lent started. Then we went to the movies and saw Slumdog Millionaire which was awesome!! I highly recommend it.

Sunday, we ate some breakfast and headed over to Target and Trader Joe's to run some errands. My mom had never been to TJ's so had to show her around. Then we went to the Williamsburg Winery for a tour/tasting and some tasty lunch at the Cheese Shop. All in all a really fun weekend and I even got some fun surprises along the way which was fun! :) I wish my mom could have stayed longer or lived closer but it was a fun weekend still, and I'm looking forward to Easter weekend when I'll have some more time with the fam at home.

This afternoon has been highly productive and I've gotten a lot of cleaning done. I feel like it's time for a fresh start, so I guess cleaning the apartment from top to bottom is part of that. Getting organized and keeping busy...that's the plan!