Project 365... Week 4

Wow, I've made it almost a whole month!  I can't believe I haven't missed a day yet, though I'm sure it will happen sooner or later.  It has definitely been a lot of work - picking my favorites each day, editing, and trying to keep my hard drive cleaned up and organized - but I really enjoy it.  Not sure if I can see any progress in my photography, but it can't hurt, right?  ;)

Day 22:  See anything here that just doesn't belong?  How about that ginormous TV?  Yep, we won that 70+ inch behemoth at our small group Christmas party and it doesn't even fit in the cut out hole above our fireplace!  I told Brad we could leave it there until the Super Bowl, but after that it will probably get moved downstairs to the family room.  :) 

Day 23:  Our little escape artist learned how to climb out of his crib.  He was so proud of himself!

 Day 24:  Lunch with Dad at Chili's - a special treat!

Day 25:  Four houses are being built in our neighborhood right now and crews were out working on all of them this day.  It's noisy, but at least it provides West some entertainment.

Day 26:  Date night celebrating Brad's birthday!  Dinner at Jazz and then browsing at Barnes & Noble.  (You can read more about it here.)

Day 27:  Hanging out on a lazy Sunday afternoon.  

Day 28:  Hanging out with cousins and Grandma Dee during Daniel and Natalie's appointment.  I don't know why, but I really love this picture.  Each boy is just doing his own thing while Grandma is nearby watching over them.  :)

Hot Date Night

My poor husband.  His parents obviously were not thinking when they had him on December 23rd.  ;)  And while I always swore I would never lump his birthday into Christmas, or worse, overlook it altogether... well, I'm terribly ashamed to say that his 27th birthday was largely overlooked.  One month and 3 days later we finally got to go out to celebrate it (big thanks to Grandma Dee and Papa Johnie for watching West for us!!).

I took him to Jazz for some cajun food because he's been wanting to try it for quite awhile.  The food and atmosphere were fantastic!!

Afterwards, and here's where our date gets pretty steamy (just a fair warning...), we went to do something we haven't done in a LOOONG time.  Here's a hint...

Yep, we went to Barnes & Noble and just browsed books and sat and read peacefully for an hour or so!!  It. was. amazing.  I mean, so amazing that we need to make it a regular feature of all future date nights.  

As for his future birthdays, he's actually semi-seriously asked to move it to a new day!  His half birthday won't work because it actually falls on my birthday (we must be meant to be!) and he prefers a day that is nice out so he can go golfing.  Any and all suggestions are welcome.  :)

A Walk in the Park

The weather last Saturday was gorgeous!!  We went to our favorite park to walk and let West out of the stroller at the end to walk with us.  

West's perspective as we imagine it:

"Freedom!!  Gotta run before they put me back in the stroller!"

"Yep, I'm cute.  I know it."

"Tatt!  Tatt!"  

(By "tatt" he means "cat", though it was actually a dog walking by.  He just happens to call every animal a cat now).  :)

"Ugh.  Mom's taking pictures again.  I better just get this over with and hold Dad's hand so she can get her shot and we can keep moving."

"They think I care about this checking out this large body of water, but I'm just taking a little break.  The longer I sit here and look pensive, the longer I can rest."

"Sheesh.  This walking business is tough.  You go on Mom and Dad, I just need to sit here a little longer."