Good Weekend

As you can tell from today's title, we've had a good weekend. Today, Cati, Gus, and I met AJ, Louie's sister's new baby, for the first time. He's beautiful and perfect and so, so tiny. Gussy seemed excited when he came around the baby, coming over to check him out and gently patting his head a few times. Seeing them together really underscored the fact that baby Gus is not really a baby anymore. He looked gigantic next to his new cousin. Catalina, the little mama that she is, thought AJ was adorable, commenting on how cute his little nose and ears were!







Yesterday, we attended a crawfish boil hosted by one of Louie's colleagues, a doctor whose family is from New Orleans. I made it known pretty much as soon as we stepped out of the car that I was there for the food and that I wouldn't be wasting much time chit-chatting. I was very pleased with how authentic it all was. It definitely brought me back...the only thing missing were the plastic beer trays that we ate our crawfish in the winter/watermelon in the summer on when we were growing up.

The crawfish were just okay - not the best that I've had, only small- to medium-sized, but the seasoning was perfect (the rookies were complaining that their lips were on fire!) and any crawfish are better than none at all. Catalina kept saying, "You sure do love to eat crawfish, Mama." Some of you will think I'm exaggerating when I say this, but between the crawfish, potatoes, garlic cloves, corn, and mushrooms, I really did eat until I was sick. Just ask my husband. Or, you could ask our host. He told me at one point that he could tell the men from the boys, so to speak, and that I was keeping up with the men. I loved every minute of it and I only wished that my grandparents, my little brother, and my parents were there to enjoy it with me.





There was a "bounce house" for the kids, which Cati and Gus really enjoyed.