About a month ago my sister Wendy came down from Oregon and met Taylor for the first time! They just adored each other from the start.Taylor joined my sister and I on a weekend of beauty. I took her to Anastasia's Salon in Beverly Hills where I go to get my browns done before big competitions or photo shoots. They are AMAZING! I was so excited to take her there. Taylor was ohhh so very popular amongst the staff there (all female of course). And my brow lady Anita has a set of twins that are turning one soon so her and I have been through some pretty major changes since I started seeing her over 3 years ago.
After the brows were beautiful we went on a little walk around Beverly Hills and popped into some card shops and clothing stores for ourselves and Taylor. We mostly window shopped until we got to Sprinkles! Sprinkles is a very famous cupcake shop in the area. Wendy bought a couple of cupcakes for Todd since he was the one who made the trip happen in the first place!!!
The next day all four of us headed to Pasadena to get our hair cut. I've been getting my hair done at this amazing salon for a few years now and I knew that they would be able to give Wendy a new look that she was wanting. I was so excited for her. I was just getting a trim and a blow out. Since we were both going to be getting our hair done at the same time Todd joined us on this little outing and walked around with Taylor while we had a little sister time. My sisters hair turned out AMAZING!!!! It looked so good and she was so happy!
We braved heading to Mastros to see Todd one evening but unfortunately it turned out to be a disaster! Taylor was up way past her bedtime and was already a bit cranky before we left. Then we got upstairs to the lounge and the music is just so incredibly loud that Taylor was just in tears. We ended up moving downstairs and eating in a closed of section of the restaurant where Taylor eventually fell asleep and I was able to grab a bite to eat for the first time in hours!!
Here we are pre- Mastor's adventure!
We had a much more enjoyable trip to PF Changs where the baby girl has a few fans and it was in a nice bright quiet restaurant so she was happy! And so were mommy and daddy. It was amazing how much stress was lifting off of our shoulders from having an extra hand there to help us. Everyone was in such a good mood all weekend and Taylor was just all smiles. It makes Todd and I very sad that we are so far away from family!
We were all very sad to put my sister on the plane after such a fun trip. :o( The good news is her and my mom have already booked their flights to come and visit for Taylor's first birthday. I am so very excited! We are going to be doing a get together probably at the golf course that I work at. I'm planning on making her cake as well. I'm looking into a few cake decorating classes and I'm going to attempt a three layer cake with fondant. Eeeek!
Todd and I are both sad that his family won't be here for the big day BUUUTT the are going to be here in 21 days for a visit!!! None of us can wait! Coincidentally, they are flying in on the same day as my next competition! I am thrilled that they are going to see me compete. Todd is really excited as well because he'll have some helping hands so he can actually watch the show and take pictures.
I'll end this blog with a few more of my favorites from my sisters trip!
