date night

our date night was so much fun i had to dedicate an entire post to it. we got connor out to my parents and bolted. first, we hit my all time fave salad spot-- ruby tuesday. we both got the new special they're running--two ruby mini burgers and salad bar. it was very good and delightfully inexpensive, even though our waitress was a bit slow. we probably only noticed b/c we were trying to get out of there by 7p b/c we were trying to make it over to the mall to see invincible. i would highly recommend that movie. it was one of those underdog, feel good, proud to be an american movie. amazingly i picked it, and nathan loved it. usually, he has to pick b/c i'm all about romantic comedy and he's a sports, action, comedy kind of guy. but amazingly, i did alright.

after we got the tickets, i went to use the bathroom and nathan was going to get a pop and popcorn. well, he ordered before he saw how big they both were. we were down in podunk monroe so your money goes a long way. these things were HUGE! so nathan is holding this massive vat of pop and bucket of popcorn. we get inside and pick seats from an almost empty theater. good thing too b/c as he was sitting down, somehow nathan's vat of diet coke slipped out of his hand and SPLOOSH! all down the floor to the seats ahead of us. we were cracking up. nathan says, "i think that's the biggest pop i've ever spilled in my life." so he goes out to the front and comically tells the people he's had an accident. meanwhile, i'm sitting there trying not to laugh as the voice onscreen asks us to help keep the theater clean. woops! then in walks an employee with a mop. nathan felt bad so he offered to clean it up, but she just laughed and started mopping. then the screen freezes and i thought, oh great, they had to stop the previews so this girl can clean up nathan's mess...now all five people in here will be mad the movie's late. but it wasn't b/c of the spill it was just a technical difficulty. needless to say, we didn't finish the pop or the popcorn. but i made nathan bring home the popcorn b/c there was so much left, i just couldn't throw it out.

we had so much fun though. it was really only our second "date" since connor was born. the first time we were planning on going out to hear a special music at a local church, but we were running late....again....so we just hit ruby's and wal-mart. it was right after connor was born so we were both exhausted and hardly talked. even in wal-mart we were like zombies. but this time was GREAT! it was like we were back in college again.....except i was wearing jeans and we were holding hands. we had so much fun just talking and laughing and playing the radio game at the top of our lungs. i love my boy, but i will treasure last night for years to come.

i'm just so thankful for family and friends that understand the need for mommy and daddy time, and love us enough to help us accomplish these much needed nights. ;-)

thanks for babysitting mom and dad!! i'm sure it was torturous! :)