A Date Night

Wes and I went on a date on Saturday night. While we've managed to go on two vacations by ourselves without Nate, this was our first date night out with just the two of us since he was born. Pathetic, I know. But for a long time he was great at restaurants so it was easy to take him out and he goes to bed at 6:30pm every night so we have every evening to ourselves. But after experiencing dinner without a highchair and a calm evening out . . . we will definitely do that more often!

Since Wes' birthday is this week I wanted to take him to his favorite restaurant, The Pasta Shop. It's a tiny little restaurant that my family has been going to for years. A few years ago, David (one of the chefs and owners) came out and was chatting with us and somehow he and Wes came up with a delicious dish and it's been Wes' favorite ever since. It's large rigatoni noodles (homemade at the restaurant), thinly sliced red potatoes, mediterranean sausage & some vegetables all sauteed in fresh garlic, olive oil & butter. It's fabulous. It's now my favorite dish there, too.

After a great dinner out we were going to catch a movie but we had to wait until 9:25 to see any of the movies we wanted to see. I didn't want to push it with my first evening out . . . I'm not sure I can stay up that late! :)

The rest of the weekend was spent with Nate either cleaning the house or at the park. On Sunday Nate was really funny. He was cracking us up. On Sunday morning . . .

Nate enjoyed playing under the blanket with dad




He loved his apple. He got it out of the fridge as Wes and I were cleaning up dinner and took small bites out of it as he walked around the kitchen. He even thought it was really fun to share it with Wes and I as he allowed us to take bites, too.



Right before bathtime, he hung out with me for a bit. He laid on my legs and either just relaxed due to exhaustion or he laughed and laughed while I tickled him.