Last night Seth and I went to the American Society Gala at the Ambassador’s residence. It was black tie and quite fancy! We were so tired as dinner didn’t start until after 9:30. They had raffles at the end of the night. We waited despite my increasingly fussy contacts from being up so late. I told Seth I knew we would win. They had emeralds and plane tickets and goodie baskets and hotel stays, etc. We waited and after the first couple of prizes my name was called. As Seth ran up to recieve my prize I leaned and asked the lady next to me what we had one. I had difficulty hearing the guy at the microphone. She leaned over and said “you won a basket of dairy products!!!” She was so excited! I was kind of confused. Seth came back with a massive basket of cheese, yogurt drinks,  etc. So weird. As we waited hoping that Seth would win 2 plane tickets, she leaned over and said “do you like your prize???” Well of course, we have always dreamed of winning a basket full of dairy products! So it was quite funny. We will have to give some away as there is no way we will comsume enough before it all expires!  I actually really like the basket that all of the cheese came in so that is a bonus!!!

And then on to even more interesting things, Jackson asked us to post some pictures of him up on the couch to prove his climbing ability! …

Just chillin in my “life is good” shirt that has a sippy cup and says “half full”

much more comfy with my shirt pulled up, belly out and pants hiked up

“I wonder if she can tell I am about to stand on the couch…..worth the risk!”

“AAAHHHH, my mommy doesn’t let me stand on the couch!!!!!!!!! Definitely feeling like life isn’t good and it is more of a half empty kind of day”