Hanging out with Mimi!

David's mom came to visit for 3 days last weekend.  It was a relaxing weekend and we are thankful that she made the trip to Denver to spend time with us.  She arrived Friday night after Austin was already asleep, but our happy boy was ready to see her on Saturday morning.  She played with Austin while I went on a run around Wash Park.  We went out to lunch and dinner that day.  We even made it to a running store and she treated me to some new running clothes!  Austin really showed off for Mimi with his rolling over skills and his sitting up without support.  He is sitting up really well without the boppy pillow, but I am not to the point where I would leave the room yet.  He is getting there though.  He ate broccoli/cauliflower mixture for the first time over the weekend.  I could tell that he didn't like it as much as butternut squash or carrots, but he still ate it when mixed with his multi-grain cereal.  

On Sunday, I went for a longer run (7 miles) since I am starting to work up my milage for the half marathon on April 15.  After that, David and his mom went to Blawkhawk to the casino for a few hours.  Austin and I went on an exciting trip to Costco.  The real treat was Sunday night when David and I went on a date to Del Friscos Steakhouse.  I had given David a gift card for his birthday in July and we still had not made it there.  The $100 gift card covered half of our bill since we splurged and got an $80 bottle of wine.  We were very thankful that Mimi was there to stay with Austin.  It was the first time that he went to bed with anyone but me.  He drank his bottle and went to sleep like a champ for Mimi.  David reminded his mom at least 15 times not to drop Austin.  I think she passed that test :)

We both had holidays from work on Monday for Presidents day.  David and I went to the gym at the country club together that morning while Mimi stayed with Austin.  We all went out to brunch at the Pancake house.  Austin snoozed during this meal.  That afternoon, Mary and I went to get our nails done.  I got a deluxe spa pedicure!  It was my first time to get a pedicure since Austin was born.  The last time I got a pedicure was at the same nail salon the day before I went into labor.  It seems like yesterday; it's hard to believe it has been 6 1/2 months.  We went out that night for pizza at the Garlic Knot near our house.  We took Austin's dinner (multi-grain cereal) to the restaurant and fed him at the table.  This was a first!  He is really noticing our food and reaching for it now so we thought it would be a good idea to let him eat while we eat.  He did great!  We didn't put him in a high chair because we tried it the day before and I think he is still a little too small for the restaurant high chairs.  We fed him in his car seat but next time we might bring the bumbo chair.  He is getting too big (tear)!

 Sportin' my overalls with Mimi!

Sleeping angel at the Pancake House

Mission for this weekend: lower the crib mattress and set-up the "johnny jumper".  We can't wait!