Our date

All dressed up for our date - this was my first time this pregnancy to wear maternity clothes (15 weeks)

David and I went on a real date - we even had a babysitter. We have not done this since he was born. Well, I take that back. We did go see a movie when he was 6 months old during his afternoon nap - David's parents watched him while he slept but for some reason, it didn't feel too much like a date. We had to rush back home so I could nurse Trey when he woke up. And then there was the time when we went to Old Navy during his nap when he was 6 weeks old. We were up in PA visiting, and my mom watched him. But it didn't feel too much like a date either. But lst night was the real deal. David arranged everything. He called the babysitter - a girl from church that had come highly recommended to us by friends. He made reservations at the Melting Pot and had a coupon for free dessert (a man after my own heart - using coupons). We left our house at 6 - we had fed Trey dinner already. He didn't seem to mind that we left - and I actually was totally okay with leaving him. I didn't even feel the need to check on him - although we did text Ruthy during dinner to make sure he had gone to sleep okay. We had a yummy 4 course meal. Have you ever been to the Melting Pot? It is so much fun - not something we do very often but you pay for the experience alone. We started out with a spinach and artichoke cheeese fondue. They give you bread, tortilla chips, apples, and veggies to dip into the fondue. Next was the salad. The next course was the meat and vegetables. We had filet mignon, salmon, teriyaki chicken, sirloin, and shrimp along with broccoli, mushroom caps, and red potatoes. They bring out the meat raw on a plate and then you take each piece at a time and cook it in the broth pot in the middle of the table. The last course is the chocolate fondue. It is so yummy, but by the time the chocolate came out, I was full, so I just had a couple strawberries and bananas dipped in chocolate. The entire meal takes about 3 hours to complete, and we had great conversation. I even had coffee with my dessert - I haven't wanted to smell or drink coffee for the last 3 months and I have missed my favorite beverage of choice. But last night I tried some, and it actually tasted so good.

This is not what we ordered but gives you an idea of the cheese fondue - ours was a white cheese with spinach, garlic, and artichoke

This is similar to the meat we ate - just didn't have any wine with our meal

Our chocolate fondue was called the Flaming Turtle - it was milk chocolate, with carmel and pecans flambeed tableside - the server is stirring the chocolate and carmel together and then will flambee it

We then went to see "My Sister's Keeper". What I love about David is that he will go do something with me even if it's not really something he wants to do. This movie wouldn't have been his first choice, but after several girls at work telling me they had read the book, I really wanted to see the movie. I really liked it although I started crying about 20 minutes into it which continued til the very end of the movie. I am glad we saw it. Made me really think.

We got home close to 1 am - Trey was sound asleep - I picked him up and rocked him for a few minutes and then went to sleep myself. It was such a fun night. We both really want to make date nights a priority for us - we didn't realize how much we needed a night out to talk and focus on our marriage.


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