Dinner Date...

The past 5 months have been a whirlwind. It’s gone by so fast and consisted mostly of changing diapers, feeding, bathing, rocking and pacing our adorable little boy. He is so worth it, but I was feeling a little stressed and slightly disconnected from my sweet hubby. Hubby’s response… home cooked gourmet goodness!

The menu:

1. As an appetizer, bacon wrapped dates stuffed with toasted almonds and cheese
2. Roasted sweet peppers stuffed with gorgonzola and colby cheese
3. Honey and thyme glazed bosc pears topped with a gorgonzola cream sauce, bacon, and pecans
4. Strawberry spinach salad with vinegrette, walnuts, sliced almonds, and feta
5. Steak
6. And my favorite, Moscato wine
7. For dessert, chocolate pudding packs!

The food was fabulous. Even with little mister joining us, it was still wonderfully romantic!

Merry Christmas...

Recent Sighting!  We spotted this lil’ guy shuffling around the tree and then trying to make his break for the door until he realized he couldn’t yet crawl… he was, however, quite adept at sitting up.  When asked for the whereabouts of his jiggly accomplice, the young elf let out an abrupt “Gahh!” and then proceeded to drool profusely.

Dinner Time...

At 4 months and 9 days, Ethan had his first meal from a spoon! He did so good! Well, I expected the spitting, weird faces, and fussing. But even with all that he still got several bites of cereal down. As you can see from the pictures, sweet red wubby was a huge help in dealing with this new experience. 

Looky There...

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At The Lewis’...

After a fabulous Georgia family thanksgiving, we headed up to Amie and Rich’s new place. We had a wonderful time shopping and hanging out in her newly decorated awesome looking house!

We also got to meet up with the Cipollas for a while.  The last time we saw them we pre-giovanni… and I must say, he’s darn cute.  Sadly we didn’t get any pictures.  I guess we’ll just have to frequent their blog.

We had gorgeous weather that next day so we just had to take a few backyard pictures.