What We've Been Up To...

I'm a horrible, horrible blogger that's for sure.  I'm like a broken record now, I seem to say this every week.  I haven't posted since last weekend, but I have a teensy bit of an excuse this time.  See, this past week, my brother from California came into town.....however, it was a surprise for my parents, so of course, I couldn't blog about it.  So the last week around here was busy, busy. 

Last Monday, we had a play date with Sawyer....no pictures, of course!  Why in heaven would I ever take pictures of Gage and Sawyer since that's my goal EVERY time we get together?

Tuesday after work, I went to pick my brother up from the Metro and we got to spend all week together.  It was really nice for Gage to get to spend some time with his Uncle B and us to spend some quality time together when there's not 28 other people there like at holidays, etc.  For months, Brian and I tried to figure out what to plan for my parent's 40th anniversary and we finally figured out that what they would like most is for all  of us to be together.  Since Brian lives in CA, this rarely happens and most often happens during Holidays when we get together with extended family as well.

Because I had off work on Friday, we all piled in the Pilot and headed down Thursday afternoon to attempt to surprise my parents for their 40th!  I think we succeeded, I don't think they had any idea!  We dropped my brother off down the street and so he didn't even come in with us, if they had suspected anything, they would've been disappointed.  A few minutes later, he rang the bell and walked on in!  I think they were very surprised!  The biggest surprise though was probably the super nice dinner that we had planned for them as well.  My dear husband, Luke stayed home with Gage so the 4 of us could have a nice dinner out without worrying about a toddler.  It was sooooo nice!  The food was delicious and since my brother knew the head chef, we got hooked up with extra samplers and appetizers.  I took no pictures because, one, I didn't think about it and two, I think that's kinda weird, but trust me when I say everything was very nice!  We even got them a nice cake brought in from a bakery  (I don't know how people who blog about dinners get by with that, maybe Iphones?)  Anyway, it was really one of the best dinners I've had in a  long time.

In any case, in addition to surprising my parents and having a nice dinner out, we celebrated Gage's 2nd birthday  this weekend!  Can you believe it?  Tomorrow, my sweet little baby will be 2!  OMG!  That's an entirely different post in itself.  But in any case, Nana got him a Mickey Mouse cake and along with my brother, my Auntie and cousin Lee came over to celebrate, too.  We were so lucky to be able to all be together for Gage's birthday.  Next week, Nana and Grandiddy can't make it to Gage's birthday party:(

Uncle B and Gage playing the 'pee-no'

The cake Nana had made for Gage (after it was cut)

Enjoying the cake

Gage opening Auntie's present

Gage checking out one of his gifts

Yay! for puzzles

Taking a break from opening presents to pick lint from his toes!  (no joke)

Gage and cousin, Lee

Gage's new jammies from Nana

Gage and his Uncle B

My sweet boy!

We did a few other fun things this weekend that I'll save for another post.  Until then, let me off the hook a little, it's hard to blog about something that is a secret, plus having quality time with my brother who I only get to see once a year is too good to pass up.

Wonderful Weekend

This past weekend my parents came to visit and to spend some time with Gage while Mommy and Daddy had some alone time together. The original plan was to go to the Kenny Chesney/Zac Brown Band concert at FedEx, but Mommy is cheap and kept slacking on buying tickets, until it was too late. In any case, Luke and I found other things to do while Gage got to spend some QT with Nana and Granddiddy.

Friday night they arrived before Gage went to bed and he screamed 'Nana' when he saw my Mom. Oh, the blessings of Skype! I love that he can see her and talk to her, even between visits. Anyway, Friday we just played a bit before bed and Luke and I visited with my parents after Gage went to sleep. On Saturday morning, Luke and I went to look at cars. We're thinking of getting a new car this summer, both of our cars are getting older and they are both paid off, so we're looking to upgrade. Don't get me wrong, I have NO desire to make a car payment again, but if we ever have any more children we're going to need a bigger car. We had 4 in mind.

Kia Sorento

Ford Flex

Honda Pilot

  

Toyota Highlander

We only got to test drive 3 out of the 4 and I could go into a whole other post about our choices/decisions, but this is more about getting the opportunity to spend some time childless.  Anyway, it was pretty fun to go car shopping again and I'm sure we'll end up buying something within the next few months.

 

The more exciting part of the weekend came later that evening.  Back in March, during March Madness, Luke and I didn't enter any pools, but we still wanted to fill out a bracket, so we decided to bet each other. Needless to say, I won!  hah...I always win!  Anyway, Luke owed me dinner at The Melting Pot, although I had no idea when I was actually going to be able to cash it in....Enter:  grandparents! 

OMG!  It was fabulous!  I had only been there twice before, since you know it's not just an every day restaurant, but I forgot how yummy it was!  It really was nice to get to go out to dinner w/ just Luke and not worry about what Gage was going to eat and whether or not we could entertain him while we ate, etc.  So a big thank you goes out to the grandparents for giving us this chance.  And if you've never checked out The Melting Pot, you MUST, but again, for a special occasion.  They actually have a Ladies Night, a Military  Appreciation Night and they had a Teacher Appreciation Night for pretty good prices.

After dinner, Luke and I got to see a movie too! What a treat!  How often does that happen?  We went to see Bridesmaids....and it was hysterical.  Definitely a must see if you can.  I think Luke laughed way more than me!  Anyway, overall it was awesome to get to go out to a dinner and a movie and test drive some cars every now and then!  I just got around to posting this now.....the last weeks of school are always crazy and I've been way tired.  Graduation was tonight and I was at school from 645am- 745pm and I'm worn out!  Only 5 more days before I get to spend the summer with my little man!