A Few More Firsts

We've enjoyed a few more "firsts" in our family as of late:

1. Tony and I went on our first date A.G. (after Gavin). We left him in wonderful hands with our friend Corky from church and enjoyed a very nice and very indulgent dinner (thank goodness we had a gift certificate). We were away from Gavin for 2.5 hours and enjoyed the time alone. I am happy to report that I was quite relaxed during our date (but I was also very excited to return home to our son). The best part is that Corky said she'd do it again sometime. So there will be a date #2...

By the way, we went to the same restaurant a year ago, almost to the exact date (only 2 days off) for a Christmas party. That was the day that we found out we were pregnant. :)

2. We got Gavin's first Christmas tree last week. And it turns out it's the first Christmas tree that we've actually purchased since we've been married. We decided not to cut down any more trees in our backyard and instead went to the tree farm and cut down one of theirs. We decorated the tree and I had hopes that it would capture endless hours of Gavin's attention. So far he's not really captivated by it. In fact, we were about to put the star on the tree and I told Tony to wait because we couldn't do it without Gavin. So, I went and got him out of his crib (it was time to eat anyway) so that he could experience the tradition. He's was sure to let us know that he much prefers his own tradition of eating.

Weather report says that snow is coming to us this weekend... that will be another first.