Saturday we woke up early (we don't have an option anymore but hey at least the little guy is cute....) and got some things done around the house then headed off to Cabella's in the mid afternoon. It was my first time going & Eli's 2nd time. Adam took Eli with him there when Eli was about 2 months old. Cabella's is Adam's all time favorite store and it was a pretty fun experience for me I have to admit. The store is quite fun for little kiddies with all the animals and the aquarium. I imagine that Eli will really enjoy going there with Dad when he is bigger for sure. Here are some pics from our trip!
In the evening we had our friends Chrissy & Ben over for dinner and it was a great time. Eli couldn't play much with their daughter because of the age gap right now and he isn't mobile just yet. As soon as he can walk he will be able to interact more with Charlotte. I still can't get over how fast Eli has developed already - he is starting to sit up on his own now more and more. He is getting stronger with so many things it seems. Pretty soon he will be able to fly solo with sitting up on his own where we feel confident that he won't timber over!
Today we had a very mellow Valentine's day. We really celebrated V-day on Friday night. We had Adam's cousin Kayla babysit Eli and we went out for a great dinner at Bricco's in W.Hartford. It was soooo yummy! I love going out for a really good meal. The funniest part of the night was that we were done with dinner at 8:30pm and we didn't know what to do with ourselves. We picked up Eli around 9:30 or so & as we were driving home from W.Hartford I commented on how just a few short years ago we were just leaving the house at 9:30pm to go out!
Which leads me into our adventures from today. We decided on going out for a low key lunch/early dinner at a Pavillion pizza near our home. Except this time, it would be our first time taking Eli out to a restaurant by ourselves. Right now Eli is on the brink of coming out of the infant carrier system and into a convertible car seat. He is really uncomfortable in the carrier so when we got to the restaurant we put him in the high chair for the first time. Since he is in that in-between stage we had to stuff a baby blanket behind him to prop him up. Overall he was very happy and cooperated nicely (it is a good thing we called in our meal before we got there, it was ready when we got there).
After our big trip to the pizza restaurant we went to Ocean State Job Lot! hahaha...too funny. What a difference a year makes, last year we were at Cugino's restaurant in Farmington enjoying a fancy shmancy Italian dinner & today we were excited to have conquered our first outing to a pizza restaurant with a baby!
So overall, this weekend was really nice over here. And what is even better is that there is no work for me tomorrow! Yippie!!
Hope you all enjoy your long weekend :)
