This weekend I was in Halifax to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of a very good friend of mine... Leah's stagette party. Leah and I have been friends since elementary school. She stood for me in my wedding, and I'm honoured to be standing for her as well. With the wedding 3 weeks away, it was time to get our party on in Halifax!
Spending the night in Halifax meant two new things were going to happen. I was going to be away from Ella overnight, and Danny was going to have to do a morning feed. Danny and I have had an understanding from the very beginning... I don't do late nights, he doesn't do early mornings. So while many of my other parent friends take turns with the through-the-night feeds, Danny has never had to get up. I'm fantastic with little sleep... I jump up, do what needs to be done, get back to bed, and wake up at my normal time (mostly) perfectly happy. Danny certainly wouldn't jump... he would do what needs to be done and get back to bed... but that's it! :) And it's not that I've never left Gracie overnight... I have! But Gracie has always slept straight through the night; 7:00-8:00 at least! So there was no jumping for Danny to do. Ella mostly sleeps until 5 am, but sometimes she throws me for a loop and decides she's hungry at 3 am instead... or 2:30, like she did Saturday night! But Danny made it through perfectly fine (with the exception of hitting Ella's head off a door in the darkness), and I think the daddy-daughter time made them all really happy!
Back in the city, I arrived in time to watch Leah get all gussied up with a makeup appointment at the mall. She asked not to look too "street walker-ish" and they did a fantastic job, because she looked amazing! Leah headed over to Halifax with one of her other bridesmaids, Leanne, while the Maid of Honour (Angela), and I headed to the hotel suite we had booked to decorate and set up. We met up a while later at an amazing restaurant called A Mano... oh. my. God! I loooooove pasta. That's all I have to say about that!
Before heading out to the bar we met up with the rest of Leah's friends at the suite, had some drinks, took some pictures, and played some games. I'm pretty sure I was the only one who was married with children, because when I got a text from Danny that said "Gracie peed on the potty!" and I excitedly shared it out loud, I mostly got stares and half-smiles from Leah's friends! The looks didn't get any better when I got the second text a while later, "she did it again!!" Oh how different life is when you have kids! :)
We had a table reserved at Taboo, a bar downtown, which included a private booth, a private server, and some free booze. Apparently, all of the above were good things! The booth made it easier to keep track of everyone, and who doesn't love a private server and free booze? I was staying sober (breast milk and copious amounts of booze do not mix), but everyone else loved the Grey Goose Vodka that came with the booth.
After arriving at Taboo, we soon discovered that we weren't the only bridal party out the night. Throughout the night we watched as seven other bridal parties arrived. Of course, we were the best party there, and we hated the other brides on principal. There were no fist fights, however Leanne was able to infiltrate one of the brides dance circles without being recognized as an enemy, so we totally won the dancing war!
By about 1:30 am, everyone wasextremely sort of intoxicated, and we decided to call it a night. We rounded up the troops, and made our way to the street (which involved rubbing your body against half a million strangers to get to the door! eeeew!), where we discovered it was pouring down rain. Yay! Angela had decided that her feet couldn't tolerate her shoes anymore, so while Leah and two others headed to the poutinerie to pick us up a late-night snack, I walked back to the hotel with Ang... who was now barefoot. One of my favourite parts of the night was when we were walking past a very dishevelled homeless man who thought it was very important to notify Angela of how dirty the streets were, and perhaps she should put on some shoes. It just seemed kind of ironic to me!
We enjoyed our poutine, crashed for the night in our beds (except for Angela's sister, who decided the floor was much comfier), and had a good night's sleep (ha).
There are quite a few stories I cannot share here (including some about underwear, puking, and high school rivals), but I can assure you that a good time was had by all. We successfully celebrated the end of Leah's single-dom, and she is now prepared to enter into married life with the man of her dreams!
Congratulations lady! I cannot wait for the big day... and I know there will be plenty more memories made!! :)
Spending the night in Halifax meant two new things were going to happen. I was going to be away from Ella overnight, and Danny was going to have to do a morning feed. Danny and I have had an understanding from the very beginning... I don't do late nights, he doesn't do early mornings. So while many of my other parent friends take turns with the through-the-night feeds, Danny has never had to get up. I'm fantastic with little sleep... I jump up, do what needs to be done, get back to bed, and wake up at my normal time (mostly) perfectly happy. Danny certainly wouldn't jump... he would do what needs to be done and get back to bed... but that's it! :) And it's not that I've never left Gracie overnight... I have! But Gracie has always slept straight through the night; 7:00-8:00 at least! So there was no jumping for Danny to do. Ella mostly sleeps until 5 am, but sometimes she throws me for a loop and decides she's hungry at 3 am instead... or 2:30, like she did Saturday night! But Danny made it through perfectly fine (with the exception of hitting Ella's head off a door in the darkness), and I think the daddy-daughter time made them all really happy!
Back in the city, I arrived in time to watch Leah get all gussied up with a makeup appointment at the mall. She asked not to look too "street walker-ish" and they did a fantastic job, because she looked amazing! Leah headed over to Halifax with one of her other bridesmaids, Leanne, while the Maid of Honour (Angela), and I headed to the hotel suite we had booked to decorate and set up. We met up a while later at an amazing restaurant called A Mano... oh. my. God! I loooooove pasta. That's all I have to say about that!
Before heading out to the bar we met up with the rest of Leah's friends at the suite, had some drinks, took some pictures, and played some games. I'm pretty sure I was the only one who was married with children, because when I got a text from Danny that said "Gracie peed on the potty!" and I excitedly shared it out loud, I mostly got stares and half-smiles from Leah's friends! The looks didn't get any better when I got the second text a while later, "she did it again!!" Oh how different life is when you have kids! :)
We had a table reserved at Taboo, a bar downtown, which included a private booth, a private server, and some free booze. Apparently, all of the above were good things! The booth made it easier to keep track of everyone, and who doesn't love a private server and free booze? I was staying sober (breast milk and copious amounts of booze do not mix), but everyone else loved the Grey Goose Vodka that came with the booth.
After arriving at Taboo, we soon discovered that we weren't the only bridal party out the night. Throughout the night we watched as seven other bridal parties arrived. Of course, we were the best party there, and we hated the other brides on principal. There were no fist fights, however Leanne was able to infiltrate one of the brides dance circles without being recognized as an enemy, so we totally won the dancing war!
By about 1:30 am, everyone was
We enjoyed our poutine, crashed for the night in our beds (except for Angela's sister, who decided the floor was much comfier), and had a good night's sleep (ha).
There are quite a few stories I cannot share here (including some about underwear, puking, and high school rivals), but I can assure you that a good time was had by all. We successfully celebrated the end of Leah's single-dom, and she is now prepared to enter into married life with the man of her dreams!
Congratulations lady! I cannot wait for the big day... and I know there will be plenty more memories made!! :)
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