Girls Weekend 2012 {According to my iPhone}...

1. Straight from the airport to get pedis......well, we did make a pit stop at Noodles and Co.
2. Fro-yo #1
3. Early morning photo sesh for Lydia's senior pics
4. Baby sister striking a pose
5. Afternoon at the pool {yes, that's my puffy foot, and Amanda's pretty, thin, tan one}
6. We didn't exactly eat healthy, but we enjoyed ourselves!  {Smashburger, chick-fil-a breakfast, and Fro-yo #2
7.  Amanda helped me pick out a new camera {my bday present bought with bday money from various sources}  I LOVE IT!  So excited for the upgrade, and for all the amazing pictures that will be taken with that camera.
8. Shenanigans at Target.....a Girls Weekend MUST, am I right?

Not pictured:  Magic Mike, complete with a theater full of rowdy women and waaaay too much popcorn.  The best enchiladas from Don Chilitos {I still can't believe I ate the whole thing and didn't feel full}.  Two trips to Noodles and Co. so Amanda could get her fix.  Wendy's iced coffee.  A little shopping for baby.  Lots and lots of talks, and laughing til I almost peed myself.  Don Javis {I'm not gonna explain that one, I just wanted to picture Amanda laughing when she reads it}. 

I can't express enough how much this one-on-one time with my bestie means to me.  I always come away feeling an extra zest for life, and a little more sassy than before.  There's something magical about girl time.  It also doesn't hurt that it gives our husbands {and kids} a chance to miss us, and us a chance to miss them.  Those reunions are always extra sweet.

When I dropped Amanda off at the airport on Sunday, I managed to make it to the car before the tears came.  I try really hard not to cry, but it's always a futile effort.   Every single time we say goodbye, I have a sudden, overwhelming feeling of being alone.  Like a piece of me is missing. I'm sure that sounds super cheesy, but it's true.  I always need a few good tears, and then I'm fine.

Amanda's friendship is one of the greatest blessings I've been given in this life, and for that, I'm so very grateful.

And now, back to our regularly scheduled lives.....