I had a wonderful weekend. The weather was amazing. Hooray for spring!
First, I enjoyed a night out with my friends including dinner at a very tasty Japanese restaurant on Saturday night. Three and a half hours of good food, good company and good conversation. Oh, moms’ night out – how I need you more often! ;)
Then Sunday Jody and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. It’s amazing how much our lives have changed in seven years, though definitely in a good way. We took the kids out to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Things got a little chaotic between the appetizer and main course (let’s just say you could tell Julian hasn’t been out to eat much), so I took the kids outside to listen to a street busker play the saxophone (which Julian was enrapt by) until our food arrived. That did the trick. Jody called me on my cell phone when the waiter brought our meals and the kids were ready to dig in. Trying to head off any further restlessness, we rushed through dinner, which was delicious, then got a couple of pieces of cheesecake to go. (So much for the Buy Nothing challenge this weekend. Oy.)
I have a couple pictures of Julian to share from this week, one just being cute and then one enjoying his hummus.
And then this one of Ava and Julian is my Best Shot for the week. Of course I wish they were both looking at the camera, but I also love the far off look in Julian’s eyes, while Ava looks cute as a button.
Head on over to Mother May I to see what everyone else has in store for their Best Shot Monday posts.
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Christina says:
Julian got a hair cut! He’s looking so big – and cute as ever! the sibling shot is so precious.
Happy Anniversary! Our fifth is in two weeks. :)
April 20th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
megan says:
love the black and white — they look so comfortable and loving together!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Erinne says:
Happy Anniversary to you both – our 7th is in June.
Lovely photos of your lil sunshines.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Blessed Nest says:
Congrats on your 7th wedding anniversary! Sounds like a blast. Your best shot is beautiful and perfect!
here is mine
Entertaining Royalty
April 20th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
~M~ says:
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April 20th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Leslie- LaMamaNaturale' says:
Hi Amy, Happy 7th wedding anniversary!! Your best shot is adorb!!!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Golightly says:
Happy anniversary!! Wonderful photos, they are all so cute, but I do really like the last one too.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:47 am
Penny says:
Happy anniversary :) Kiddos as cute as ever :)
April 21st, 2008 at 1:59 am
Tara says:
What a great shot of both kids! That’s lovely :) I need to take more photos!!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:54 am
MelodyA. says:
Sibling shots melt my heart. But I also love the one with the finger. Cutiepies.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:59 am
Jaimee says:
I LOVE the black & white shot–sooo, precious!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:14 am
Amy P. says:
Happy Anniversary, Amy! I completely understand about eating out. We don’t do it very often and it’s a challenge keeing Aidan occupied. We were also at a Japanese restaurant yesterday for the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco (check my blog about it later) and the whole ordeal was a bit of a hassle but worth it. :)
April 21st, 2008 at 7:25 am
Ninotchka says:
Look at those gorgeous babies! Happy Anniversary. …and many mooooore!…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:38 am
Elaine says:
That last picture is gorgeous!! I love hummus too! : )
Happy Anniversary to you and your hubby!
April 21st, 2008 at 9:21 am
phyllis@imabima says:
happy anniversary. that last shot is great! (it’s such a trial to get them all looking at the camera at the same time, isn’t it!?)
April 21st, 2008 at 10:45 am
Christine says:
Happy Anniversary!!
Love the B/W photo! A great “best shot”!!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:04 am
Sherie says:
Happy 7th Anniversary!! Ours is in a few weeks – number 8 for us. And yes! Talk about radical life change in just a few years’ time. Love the shots…that Julian’s so BIG now. He and M don’t look as similar anymore. Is he sleeping through the night? We’re still up anywhere between 1 and 4 times/night. Oy!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:59 am
Mandy says:
What a great photo. Love the b&w!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Maggie says:
Happy Anniversary! And great shots — those two are just adorable! And I love how rich your B&W conversion is…wow!
April 21st, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Jenny from Mommin' It Up! says:
Congrats Amy! And – oh – what beautiful babies you have and what beautiful pics you take!
April 21st, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Megan@SortaCrunchy says:
Happy anniversary! So glad it was fun, all in all. GORGEOUS wee ones. Great shot!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Ashlee - Mama's Nest says:
LOVE that black and white! Hope you had a great anniversary too!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Nicole says:
I love that 1st one of Julian! And I agree, your BS is great! Great catch :)
April 21st, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Stacy says:
I love that black and white of the two of them – great shot and wonderful conversion. Your kids are so adorable!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:04 am
carrie says:
Happy Anniversary!
And your BSM is STUNNINGLY gorgeous! They are beautiful, the b&w is just…wow!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
sommer says:
How cute! I love pics in black and white!
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Shay says:
Your kids are adorable! :D
April 25th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Kim says:
Hope you had a great anniversary… the pics are adorable. J looks so big in that first pic.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:08 pm