Grandpa came to town this past weekend to celebrate little J’s 1st Birthday and what a treat it was for us to spend the weekend with him. We kicked off the festivities on Friday night with dinner out at Doolittle’s Woodfire Grill. Mom indulged in a glass… er, make that two glasses, of red wine while Grandpa and Dad enjoyed some good ‘ol fashioned martini’s. Cece joined in on the fun as well but volunteered to be our sober cab (thanks Cece!) And true to the long-standing, first birthday tradition, she brought freshly cooked corn on the cob to the restaurant for little Jamison to indulge in for the first time. Now, a normal family might find bringing your own steaming hot cobs to a restaurant strange, but not us, we are used to strange. Cece carefully divvied out the corn to the boys and they were loving it! Our trusty waitress spotted the corn and her reaction was priceless. If you could read her mind it would have said “wth – where did the corn come from… I didn’t know we had corn - wth.” We explained the corn history and I’m pretty sure she thought we were crazier than even originally thought.
After dinner, we went home and dug into the best cake on earth. The Keys Café house chocolate cake…. OMG! If you’ve never had it – hit the road and drive north until you hit Heaven!
Since Jack doesn’t like cake of the chocolate variety, he was hard at work creating the perfect nest for Grandpa’s abode. The only part we helped with was the bed and Jack did the rest – including the bedding, pillows, just the right book, remote control, and get this… Jack’s beloved family to keep him company! He gave up penguin AND his favorite blankets that he’s been sleeping with since he was a baby. Could this kid be any sweeter!?! His thoughtfulness almost brought me to tears.
We all awoke bright n’ early Saturday thanks to our little morning birds. No time to waste so we headed out to Target first thing and bought Mom some toys – a new bike and a child bike carrier. Unfortunately, the 5 INCHES of rain this weekend didn’t allow for a leisurely bike ride but it’s all set to go in the event we ever have a nice day. We also hit Sam’s Club, Party City and took Jack to his buddy’s Birthday party at Pump it Up. After a much needed nap by all (except Mom… hey, what’s the deal here?), we headed to the Mall to do a little shopping and grab some dinner. Yes, two dinners out (and another two glasses of wine) in a row. What a treat!!! The boys clearly enjoyed it too because they were absolute angels – we were so proud of them.
Grandpa headed out early Sunday morning and we were sad to see him go. Thanks for coming Grandpa! We didn’t have long to be sad because we had the big birthday party to prepare for. More to come on that…
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