Busy Weekend Day 2 - DATE NIGHT!

Chris and I had DATE NIGHT last Sunday night!  We got a frantic email from Amy last Monday asking for a babysitter for Friday - well turns out - we had a Groupon to use at Sun Dial Restaurant that I bought last summer hoping to take Chris there for Father's day!  Whoops!  Anyway - we still had it and it expires in December so I knew if we didn't plan something soon it would expire before we could use it!  So - we sat-swaped :)  We babysat Sienna on Friday night and they babysat Parker on Sunday!  And it just works out perfectly because Parker and Sienna are going to get married one day so it's better that we start them "courting" with parental supervision as soon as possible. :)

I forgot to take any pictures on Friday but we took about 200 of S and P before we left for dinner on Sunday and this is the ONLY one where they are both sort looking in the direction of the camera.  Taking pictures of a crawler and a toddler - not so easy.

We clean up pretty well :)

 So - the Sun Dial Restaurant is at the top of the Westin hotel in downtown Atlanta.  It's 723 feet high and it actually moves non stop while you are up there.  The restaurant tables sit on a platform that slowly moves around in a circle while you eat.  It's pretty neat!  We got to see the view of the city at night from every possible angle at 723 feet.  I think we were there a few hours and the Dial revolved about 2 and a half times.  Well - we only had to pay about $60 for our meal after all our coupons but our entire meal actually cost $175.00!  I can't believe people actually pay that much for food... it's crazy!  We probably won't ever return - unless we have another great coupon - but it was a great way to get us out of our comfort zone in Cumming and on a nice romantic date in the city!

This is Centennial Olympic Park

 The blue square is the top of the Georgia Aquarium.

 We didn't know until later that our home town of Cumming is in this picture!  If it were daylight - we would supposedly be able to see it - who knows!

 Chris asked for sweet tea.  And they brought him this.  Needless to say I had to drink it :)

 My yummy husband and his handsome dessert.  There are candles because we told them it was our anniversary (6 months late - shhh!)  We figure that since our anniversary will FOREVER be outshined by Parker's birthday on the same day - we can celebrate our anniversary every other time we go out on a date!

 Yes - oink oink - we both got desserts!

 Showing off our city!

 In the glass elevators on the way down.  Love this guy so much.



I could get used to this!

Most nights consist of me rushing to get last minute things done at work just to rush to my sister's house to get Parkster, then rushing home to feed him dinner, bathe him, feed him his last bottle and get him in bed by 7:30 - 8:00.  THEN finally taking 5 minutes for me to make myself dinner (normally consisting of cereal and milk) then it's back to rush rush rush of keeping the house clean, picking up, doing laundry and waiting patiently for my sweet hubs to get home from school so that we can rush through the plans for the next day then rushing to get to bed so we can average at least 6 hours of sleep. 

Well - Wednesday evening - I had a horrific day at work (I have had a horrific week at work actually - nothing really going my way...) and I left work about two hours later than normal - which means that, yup you guessed it, my time with Parker was going to be even more rushed than normal.... sad :(  So I rush to pick him up knowing I only had less than an hour to spend with him before he went to bed.... which automatically put me in the a much worse mood than I already was for being at work so late.  I rush to pick him up, then rush home to try and fit everything in before night-night time. 

I pull up to the house and open the garage and wait for Buddie to run out to greet us by the car.  I open the garage and.... no Buddie.  I hop out of the car and run into the garage and no Buddie anywhere!  I have a small heart attack then realize that the garage was much less empty than it normally is... Chris' car was there!

 I hop back in the car and drive in the garage and close the door and as I get out of the car, a very handsome man walks out of the door to greet me, all dressed up in my favorite color on him!  :)  I grab all our stuff and the baby and walk into a very CLEAN and PICKED up house and am greeted by the WONDERFUL smell of one of my favorite dishes in the oven and a BEAUTIFUL bouquet of roses (pink roses which Chris informed me meant "Thankful" - which is what he is for me...) on the table with a card with my name on it laying next to them. 

Dinner was spectacular and after we put baby Pman to bed, the night ended with an awesome bubble bath just for me with candles and all the special touches to make my night possibly the most relaxing ever.  I guess this is what it's like to have a husband at home every night!?!?!  I could get used to this!  :)

XO-Hillary