This morning Jordan, Mom, Dad, Aunt Cristina, Grandma and Grandpa all caravaned out to The Cheesecake Factory and its new location in Southlake to celebrate Dad's 30th birthday. For those of you who live in Dallas/Fort Worth, and have never made it up to Southlake Town Square, you are really missing out on a shopping treat. It's a new old-style downtown full of great shops (including a brand-new Apple store,with a line stretching down the block this morning) and restaurants, The Cheesecake Factory among them.
Jordan was a prefect angel throughout our 45-minute wait, and handled the restaurant really well (if you excuse him throwing up on Mom once). Mom had chicken and biscuits, Dad the chicken and avacado club sandwich, Grandma and Grandpa each had a pulled-pork sandwich and Aunt Cristina had a fettucine chicken dish. If the serving sizes weren't big enough, we had dessert. Mom had the lemon raspberry cheesecake, Dad the "boring" (per our waiter) original cheesecake, Grandma had a strawberry cheesecake, Grandpa the German Chocolate cheesecake, and Aunt Cristina broke the chain by ordering a strawberry shortcake dish that was enormous! This was the first Cheesecake Factory trip for Aunt Cristina, Grandma and Grandpa. Mom and Dad are old hats at this, hitting the NorthPark-area one several times over the years.
Afterwards, Mom had to go home to change, and we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's to open gifts. Dad got a new battery for his digital camera, some cash and new shirts to match work's soon-to-be-revised dress code.
All and all, today was a lot of fun.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Belated Happy Birthday Grandma! Belated Happy Birthday Aunt Deona! Early Happy Birthday Aunt Cristina!
What have we been up to? Well, quite a bit, actually. How 'bout some highlights:
* Friday, March 31, Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Cristina came over to celebrate Grandma's birthday. We had pizza, key lime pie and presents. Jordan fell asleep way before the key lime pie, but he had a great time with his grandparents and Aunt Cristina. March 31 was actually Grandma's birthday, so it was fun to have the party on the actual day.
* Sunday, March 26, Jordan, Mom and Dad went to Grammy and Grampy's to celebrate Dad's and Aunt Deona's birthdays. Great-aunt Diann and Great-uncle Jim were there. As were Trent, Jay, Kelly, AJ, Brittany, Aunt Deona and Monica. Jordan had refused to nap all day long, so that didn't go well. He lasted about 30 minutes before we took him home and Grandma and Grandpa came to baby-sit, so we could go back to the party.
* Saturday, April 1, was the big camp reunion Mom had been looking forward to. Grammy came to stay with Jordan and Mom and Dad followed frequent poster Wendy to the camp in Hood County. We made it as far as the Tarrant/Parker County line when some car trouble overtook Wendy. So, instead of a camp reunion, we had a two-hour reunion in the median of US 377 outside of Wheatland, Texas. The day wasn't a total loss, however, as (1) we found the nearest Honda and Hummer dealership to the Benbrook area and (2) we had a great visit with Wendy's mom and dad at their gorgeous new house (and to Wendy's parents, thanks for dinner!).
We have a slew of events in April and May (Aunt Cristina's birthday, Dad's birthday, Easter, Mom's birthday, Mom's graduation, first Mother's Day), so if the posts aren't as frequent, well, that's why.
Last Saturday, we had Jordan's 6-month-old pictures taken. He did not enjoy the experience at all, but we did get some good shots, as you can see below. (Due to copyright restrictions, you won't be able to expand the size of the photographs like you normally would; sorry, that wasn't our call to make).
* Friday, March 31, Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Cristina came over to celebrate Grandma's birthday. We had pizza, key lime pie and presents. Jordan fell asleep way before the key lime pie, but he had a great time with his grandparents and Aunt Cristina. March 31 was actually Grandma's birthday, so it was fun to have the party on the actual day.
* Sunday, March 26, Jordan, Mom and Dad went to Grammy and Grampy's to celebrate Dad's and Aunt Deona's birthdays. Great-aunt Diann and Great-uncle Jim were there. As were Trent, Jay, Kelly, AJ, Brittany, Aunt Deona and Monica. Jordan had refused to nap all day long, so that didn't go well. He lasted about 30 minutes before we took him home and Grandma and Grandpa came to baby-sit, so we could go back to the party.
* Saturday, April 1, was the big camp reunion Mom had been looking forward to. Grammy came to stay with Jordan and Mom and Dad followed frequent poster Wendy to the camp in Hood County. We made it as far as the Tarrant/Parker County line when some car trouble overtook Wendy. So, instead of a camp reunion, we had a two-hour reunion in the median of US 377 outside of Wheatland, Texas. The day wasn't a total loss, however, as (1) we found the nearest Honda and Hummer dealership to the Benbrook area and (2) we had a great visit with Wendy's mom and dad at their gorgeous new house (and to Wendy's parents, thanks for dinner!).
We have a slew of events in April and May (Aunt Cristina's birthday, Dad's birthday, Easter, Mom's birthday, Mom's graduation, first Mother's Day), so if the posts aren't as frequent, well, that's why.
Last Saturday, we had Jordan's 6-month-old pictures taken. He did not enjoy the experience at all, but we did get some good shots, as you can see below. (Due to copyright restrictions, you won't be able to expand the size of the photographs like you normally would; sorry, that wasn't our call to make).
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