Ryan turned 25 years old today!!! As someone who has been 25 for almost 3 years, I was excited for him to finally join me at this quarter of a century turning point. We started our celebration on Saturday with a family birthday party for Ryan and his brother Greg who just turn 33. There was lots of cake and lots of silliness from our nieces!
Keirsi and Kayden made Ryan a poster for his birthday instead of a card. It was really cute how they cut out letters (kind of like a ransom note!) and they wrote his name on it several times. I love that they are learning letters and how to write. They are such smart girls!
More cousin love! Guess who happened to be asleep again? I think Eva looks like a baby doll in this picture. We missed cousin Mallory being with us and look forward to taking a picture of all 4 cousins someday soon.
Family photo: Daddy (almost 25), Eva (exactly 1 month), and Mama (ageless beauty)
This morning my mom came up and stayed with Eva while we went to see a movie. Our first time to leave Eva with a babysitter. I figured my mom probably knows something about taking care of babies since she raised me and has been a nanny for almost 12 years. Of course, that didn't stop me from telling her exactly how to take care of my baby. There are a lot of weirdos out there and you want your babysitter to do things the right way. Don't worry, Mamy, you did a great job! And I only cried for about 30 seconds when I had to say goodbye and leave Eva.
We went and saw The Ides of March. The movie was good, but my favorite part of the day date was when Ryan and I took turns practicing walking up and down the long movie theatre entrance way doing our "I'm a serious politician/assassin/mafia member and I'm thinking something suspicious" walk. And then we noticed that the movie theater lady was standing there waiting to clean the theater. Oops.
For our evening date, Ryan's parents came up to babysit so we could have a romantic dinner. That's right. I left my baby twice in one day. I deserve a gold star for not being a clingy mama. It was hard but good to have time with the birthday boy just one on one. We had a good dinner at Carraba's. Mmmm, bread, calamari, lobster ravioli...so tasty! I also want to mention that I have had my "little black dress" above since I was 18! I realized that today when I was trying to decide what to wear. I hope it is still in style. Probably not...
At the end of our fun day it was sweet to come home to my favorite little cuddle bug.
Yes ma'am your black dress is still in style! And you are an ageless beauty, that's for sure. And...your mom really does listen to your instructions. She knows this is your baby (really) - LOL.
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