Annual BAMM Weekend Trip

We planned our annual BAMM trip for over Labor Day Weekend.  Bethany and I were supposed to leave on Thursday night after I got off work but unfortunately the plans early on Thursday night.  Bethany's daughter developed a 72 hour virus and the doctor suggested that Bethany stay home since she had been exposed to the virus that is highly contagious.  So I left Bethany in Dallas.

Thursday night I headed do to Melissa's house to crash so that I could be closer to our final destination and see her family.  I had not met the baby before so I got to snuggle with a baby and see the other kids.  I was a nice surprise for Friday morning.  After we dropped the kids off, we ran a bunch of errands and ate lunch.  We then headed to Katy to run a few more errands. 
We made a stop at Babies R Us to get a gift and I became "that person" at checkout, I tried two credit cards and both or them got declined.  I looked like the total white trash person trying to use credit cards with no money on them.  I then paid cash for the gift when I got a text from one of my credit cards asking if I tried to complete a transaction at Babies R Us.  Then the cashier was out of change so we held up the line for another 5 minutes.  It was a crazy trip to the store.  I then called the other credit card company and there was a fraud hold on that credit card as well.  So the moral of the story is if you are traveling out of town (even if it is just 4 hours away) make sure to let your credit card companies otherwise you will be "that person." 
We picked up the other Melissa and went to the Omni hotel for our weekend to begin.  When we were a couple of blocks away there was a police escort bus parade.  Then all of the buses turned into our hotel, it was the hotel where the OSU football team was staying.  It was pretty exciting!

 

 

There was a sea of orange in the hotel all weekend long.  It was great people watching and entertainment.
That night we went to Pappas Burgers for some yummy food.  We had planned a surprise baby shower for Melissa since she was 7 months pregnant and this was the first time we were all together.  We had the shower stuff in the car so after we got the table I used the excuse that I left my phone in the car while the other Melissa said she had to use the restroom.  So I got the diaper cake and presents while Melissa got the cake.  So we walked in and said "Surprise".  Melissa was totally surprised for sure.  Below is a picture of the diaper cake and sweet treats (just ignore the beer because that was for Melissa and I, not the pregnant mama).

Saturday morning we slept in a little and then went downstairs for breakfast.  We were the only table in the restaurant that did not have orange on.  It was great people watching.  After breakfast we went to the pool.  We pretty much had the pool to ourselves and we relaxed.  I also may have had a couple of adult beverages by the pool.

We then went to the room for lunch of cheese, crackers and grapes.  It was the perfect light lunch.  We then lounged around the room, talked the afternoon away and even took naps.  That night we went to dinner at Brennans.  The food was absolutely fabulous!  I will definitely have to visit Brennans sometime in the future for sure!

 

That night we got back to the hotel and met some guys on the way in the door.  There were four guys with 21 beer cups.  Needless to say, they were entertaining and that led us to decide to hang out downstairs and people watch the OSU fans, free entertainment. 

 

 

Sunday morning we slept in, packed up and then headed to brunch.    We hit a diner in Katy called Snappys after the original brunch place we picked out was packed.  Then we dropped Melissa off before heading to the other Melissa's house.  I then hopped in my car and headed home.  It was a wonderful weekend with the girls although we definitely missed Bethany, the BAMM weekend became AMM weekend this year.