Smart Baby

So last night my parents took us out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary. My parents, 2 of my sisters, Nathan, Fi, and I all went to Cheesecake Factory for a very yummy dinner. How can you have a bad dinner when it ends with a VERY YUMMY piece of cheesecake?

Fiona has become much more difficult to take out to dinner. Gone are the days when she would just snooze away in her car seat letting Mommy and Daddy enjoy conversation and their dinners in peace. Now she is awake the whole time and requires constant attention to keep her distracted from the fact that it is an hour from bedtime. She was loving chewing on everything she can get her cute little hands on, plates, spoons, napkins, etc.

Fiona REALLY likes cups. She likes to hold them. She likes to lick them. She likes to throw them on the ground. She likes cups.

So in an effort to distract her from screeching like a banshee my Dad gave her his glass of water with a straw in it. That little smarty pants grabbed the straw, put it in her mouth and started sucking. She was drinking water out of a straw ... and LOVING it. She drank like 1/4 a glass of ice water because we couldn't get her to give up the straw. Such a funny baby. (I know some of you will be unimpressed with this feat, but to someone with a background in speech-language, who knows the motor development of the mouth, it is pretty cool)

Now we won't ever be able to drink out of a straw safely with Fiona in arm's reach, because she throws a hissy fit if she sees a straw and she can't have it. Silly baby :)

Our 2nd Anniversary

Wow 2 years have just blown by. Hard to believe that our wedding was 2 whole years ago (as of yesterday).

Last year on our anniversary we were still in Colorado, I was working full time, we lived in a third floor apartment, had a 3 hour daily commute, and I was pregnant. We heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time the day before our anniversary, so it was very special. We celebrated by going out to dinner at the Melting Pot ... mmmm. Nathan also took me to build-a-bear and we made a bunny for the baby. It was all his idea, isn't he sweet?

This year we are back in Omaha, I'm staying home (mostly), we live in a house, Nathan has a 10 minute commute, and we have one of the most beautiful baby girls ever. Funny how life can change so much in one year. We have been so blessed this year.
I am married to one of the greatest guys ever. He is an amazing husband and father. He may not always be wonderful about holidays, but he is pretty wonderful every day, working hard to support us and coming home to help out around the house and with the baby. I know I take him for granted sometimes and I need to do a better job appreciating all he does for us.

We celebrated early, on Saturday because that was the only time we had a babysitter. We went to Brother Sebastian's for dinner and then tried to make it to a movie, but didn't end up going. It was a nice date.

Here is to another great year together! Then 75 more!