Aww, Date Night

The nice thing about Jon's crazy work schedule is he usually makes it home early on Friday's so we can start date night at 4pm! This is wonderful because we can still go out for a few hours and be home at a decent hour.

Last night Jon and I dropped the kiddo's off with Auntie Liz and headed to the Omni/IMAX Theater to see AVATAR. Since Avatar is coming out on video April 22nd, we figured we should make it to the theater to see the movie. If you haven't seen Avatar - GO SEE IT NOW - before it's no longer in the theater. Go see it at your local IMAX, it's worth the extra money!

After the movie we wanted to go somewhere we hadn't been to eat/have a couple drinks. So we drove around near the theater and I spotted a sign that said The Ginger Man outside of a cute little patio and bar. The Ginger Man sign boosted to have many handcrafted beers on tap, which is a weakness of mine. So, we pulled a U-ee and went in.

The Ginger Man may very well be my new favorite spot in Texas (we didn't eat, but the food looked good!). We sat out on the patio/beer garden and I was reminded of Billy's on Grand Ave in St. Paul but a more grown up version. The beer selection was FAB. I finally got to try Grolsch, a lager from Holland. I've been wanting to try Grolsch since seeing it in the movie Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow. I wanted to try it because the bottle looks cool and I liked it! Jon had Murphy's Irish Amber (Here's what Wikipedia says about the Irish Red. I love Wikipedia!). It wasn't my favorite Amber of all time, but it was good.

We decided we had time for a second beer. I had 512's Wit beer and it was num, num, nummy! A good wheat beer always tastes like summertime to me :-) Jon went for the Irish Amber again.

While we were there, a group of officers from the Marines were celebrating one of their CO's for his two years of service. This prompted Jon to tell me a story about some, what he termed, "Sh*t Birds" while he was in the marines. The story he told isn't important (well, it was to me at the time, but it won't be to you). Jon NEVER swears anymore, so I was shocked to hear him say the "s" word TWICE. I commented on this and Jon said "It's ok. It's just us and sh*t is the grown-up crap." I thought that was funny! :-)






GREAT DATE NIGHT! Avatar and The Ginger Man, one of the best dates ever!

Ruby's Sitting Up

For about a week now Ruby has been sitting up on her own. She loves to sit on a blankie on the floor and play with her toys. Well, most of the toys are Sawyer's, but he is really good at sharing with his little sister (at least for now).

She is also jibber-jabbing a lot more. It is SO cute :-)

Trip to the Dr.'s Office

After months of trying to get health insurance, choosing a plan and selecting a primary doctor, we were approved and I finally got the kiddo's an appointment for their Well Check-Up's last week.

I knew Sawyer was doing fine. He's been healthy since birth. And, although Ruby has been healthy too, I worry about her more because of her first week out in the world with us... (First Week, Part 1 & First Week, Part 2) She hadn't been seen by a doctor since she was three weeks old and I was starting to get anxious for an "expert" to tell me she is developing as she should.

Sawyer's Stats:

Weight - 29lbs
Height - 36.75"

He's in the 90th% for height and 50th% for weight.

Ruby's Stats:

Weight - 17lbs
Height - 27.5"

She's in the 90th% for height and 50th% for weight. She's grown 8" and gained about 12lbs since birth. Mama's milk works wonders :-)

The doctor said my kiddo's are tall and skinny... Skinny? I don't think so... I think there are some extremely chunky babies out there throwing the percentages off a bit because my kiddo's are NOT skinny!

Ruby's belly button is doing great. The doctor said the opening to the hernia is very small now and that as she continues to grown the extra skin will go away. Her belly button should be completely normal! Thank goodness!

Both the kiddo's got shots. We did Sawyer's first and I held him in my lap. He screamed OUCH, MOMMY THAT HURTS!!! It was pretty terrible. He didn't want to band aids, even though they were cool blue camouflaged ones, and kept ripping them off. While I was trying to distract him and calm him down, the nurse gave Ruby hers. She squawked just a bit, but calmed right down. She got pink camo band aids and once Sawyer saw his matched hers he thought they were cool.

All in all, it was a good appointment! I'm very happy to have insurance and two healthy, BEAUTIFUL children :-)

Putting A Smile on My Face

I haven't been online much the last several days. Why? Because there are bad people out there who create bad computer viruses and I caught one. BIG bummer... Roughly $300 later, my computer is back up and running again. Too bad that money would have been much better spent on my sons 2nd birthday party (which is coming up in 3 weeks! YIKES!). But, I could NOT be without my computer! My computer helps me maintain my sanity :-)

Before this unfortunate incident happened, I had a very happy shopping moment. Money is tight right now and buying things for the house hasn't been high on the list. However, we really needed a curtain between our kitchen and bathroom. (There is no door there at all and it has been covered with plastic all winter. Classy.) I've been keeping an eye out for just the right thing because curtains can be expensive...

Well, I found this at World Market...

It matches perfectly! And, I LOVE the pattern and colors. So great!



So, even though it has been a rough week and I have no idea how we're going to pull off the birthday party I want to have for Sawyer, I'm pretty darn happy about our kitchen curtain!

Almost Sitting Up

Ruby is almost sitting up by herself... She sways from side to side for several seconds before topping over or just leaning all the way forward.

Margarita's and Leftovers

Margarita's are the only cocktail I ever crave. I craved them during both of my pregnancies and my first "adult" drink after giving birth was a margarita (actually, I should say 2nd because Mimosa's were served in the hospital minutes after both kids arrived). If you know the Colbert family and have been lucky enough to be invited to a margarita and dip party at their house, you know their margarita is fantastic. The margarita I make is a close second. I got this recipe from my Pampered Chef days.





Margarita's
1 Can Frozen Limeade
1 Cup Tequila
3 Cans Sprite
1 Pacifico

The Pampered Chef recipe calls for 1 Corona, but I have started using Pacifico because I think that it tastes better. I "build" this margarita by first adding the limeade and tequila and stirring them together. Then, I add the cans of Sprite and stir. Lastly, add the Pacifico and stir. Adding the beer last keeps it from foaming up while stirring in the other ingredients.

Last night we had Margarita's and Jucy Lucy's. Num. Num. This morning Jon (who is AWESOME at eating leftovers) made himself a Jucy Lucy Breakfast Sandwich.



That's a 1/4 pound Jucy Lucy burger, topped with a scrambled egg, more cheese, jalapeno's and ketchup.


We get creative with our leftovers here in the Fuller house! :-)