hi! i'm 30 now! notice me being excessively perky about it! better soon, i hope!
anywho, i had a super birthday. the morning involved lots o' driving around and exchanging various large playthings with people buying or selling such playthings. then the afternoon involved garage sale-ing and finding some good deals on abby's version of crack, little people. then after the kiddos went to bed, the babysitter came, and brian and i left for our date! we were early, but they seated us anyway despite being very busy. we got a nice booth, and a somewhat odd waiter. also, brian wants me to blog about how i accidentally bought a bottle of san pellegrino. they apparently have some sort of water sommelier there, but she was a water sommelier who was impossible to understand. she had a bottle of pellegrino, and a bottle of acqua panna, and said some stuff. i went into deer-in-the-headlights mode and gestured toward the pellegrino, because i like sparkly water. well, she came back with an entire bottle. end result was $4.95. sigh. it was stupid, but i was determined not to let it bug me. so, we got our wine (2006 rosemount estates shiraz...read about it here very soon), and split a caesar salad. then there was a significant lull in the dining experience, where the waiter AND the sous-chef came to apologize to us about the wait, saying they were "really backed up." maybe we should have complained and gotten free stuff, but honestly? we were just so happy to be there, and having already had some wine, we were pretty content. so, we eventually got our petite filets and our potatoes au gratin to share. can i just say, these steaks? awesomeness on a 500-degree plate. now that there's one here, we need to be extra-careful to not indulge too often...we don't want this to lose its special-ness. then, because i was the birthday girl, i got a free dessert. i chose the "chocolate sin cake", which was a flourless chocolate/espresso cake with a raspberry sauce underneath. good stuff. so, needless to say, we are disappointed that our ruth's chris experience is done for another year or so, but it was absolutely wonderful.
also on friday, ian turned 6 months old! hard to believe we're halfway through his first year.
current skills: sitting up alone for more extended periods of time (will still tip over and bonk the noggin, but doesn't seem to mind), rolling and army-crawling his way around the living room and eating the occasional magazine that he comes across (man, we are not ready for him to be mobile), and (da da-DAH!) finally eating cereal! mixed with baby food, but still! woohoo!
current likes: enya, being held, baby oatmeal with banana, big sister, trying to eat people's glasses, pulling hair, "exploring himself" (ahem) during diaper changes, abby's little people giraffe, baths, spitting, doing raspberries, and putting anything and everything into his mouth.
current dislikes: getting dressed and undressed, teething, and sleeping through the night. that's it.
he's at an incredible age right now, and he's hilarious every day. his laugh kills me. 6-month checkup tomorrow morning, i'll post stats and pictures afterwards.
whoo! that was LONG! mein fingers are tired now.
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