Chillin with my baby!

Unexpectedly, I have not spent very much time with my baby girl over the past couple of weeks. She's doing her own thing, and she's doing it without Momma's help. In fact, her daddy had a few words to say about that. He thinks that I should support her more "financially". Honestly, Alex hardly ever even asks me for money. When she does, I most certainly give it to her. And what she told him may not mean much to you, but it made my heart swell with pride. She told him "when my mom was my age, she had me and she worked hard to make sure that we had what we needed. She didn't ask people for money and neither do I." When she reiterated the story, I told her "thank you" with a hug and a smile.

Last night was the first night in a LOOOONG time that Alex and I got to just hang out together with no plan, no deadlines to be somewhere else, nothing but Momma-Baby time. We started out at Lazio's (of course) to figure out what we wanted to do. We talked for a while about our friends' drama that doesn't include us and then decided to go shoot some pool at Terry's Billiards.

I haven't played pool in a very long time, and Alex doesn't exactly follow the rules. She plays "slop", which I hate, but I let it slide. It was about fun and practicing, not a competition. We played for a little over an hour and she did manage to win one or two games. We weren't paying too much attention to that aspect of the outing. :)

After billiards, we went to eat at a different bar to have dinner. Alex has a date Sunday night and the guy happens to be a cook at Varsity Blues, so that's where we went. I wasn't really hungry, but we mainly just talked. We talked about our values and self-respect, about what we want in our romantic relationships and how we still have a lot of old-fashioned expectations from men, and we talked about our strifes and tribulations that we've been through.

During our conversation, Alex was telling me about some of the things she says to people about me. Most of these things I had heard before in previous conversations with her. And as I listened to the repeat of stories, my heart swelled. I told Alex that for so long I've wanted someone to see the things that I've sacrificed and the things I've gained because of my sacrifices; I wanted someone to see my strengths and my ability to survive; I just wanted someone to notice me for all that I've done and be proud. I told her that she was that person and that I was so happy to have her as my daughter.

When our heartfelt conversation started winding down, we decided to go Karaoke at the Booby Trap bar but it didn't start for a while later. We came back to my place and chilled out for a little bit. A friend of her's called and said that Karaoke wouldn't even start til 11p. I told her that 10 was pushing it, but when we found out it started at 11p, she said that that was late for even her. Instead, we then headed back up to Lazio's again to brainstorm on what else we could do that night. You won't believe what we came up with.....

Hannah Montana: The Movie was playing and we went to see it. LOL! Listen, we have watched this show on the Disney Channel for a long time now. Yes, it's corny. Yes, it's Miley & Billy Ray. Yes, it's funny! Why would we expect anything LESS from the actual movie? The movie was hilarious (if you like slap-stick antics). In fact, several times we busted out laughing so hard! And the little girls sitting behind us were LOL-ing too! Although I'm not much into the "country" ideas and themes, it worked out great! Good little flick right there for Hannah fans.

The night wound down after the movie and it was bedtime. Baby Girl stayed with me and slept on the couch. We had a super awesome time yesterday. I realize these times are going to be fewer and farther between as she gets older.

I'll take 'em while I can.

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