Daddy's Little Helper and a Date Night

Well, today was a busy day. Douglas has today and tomorrow off (and then he's on for 9 days straight - geez!!) We took the minivan in this morning to get an oil service and a hookup for the iPod installed. Met a really nice guy named Chris at the dealership who attends HCBC and recognized Douglas from the worship ministry. It's crazy how famous he is around town :). It's just awesome how God has blessed us with people just coming up to us because of that, and then we get to share why we are here and about the church plant. Too cool!! Anyway, the dealership gave us a loaner car so we ran to the Cracker Barrel for some brunch. Then we came home and I had to get to work and take some calls, so Douglas took care of some house stuff.

Here's Daddy's little helper, doesn't she look like she's having a great time? Seriously, the last couple of days has made us question ever leaving the house again! She does so great most of the time, but then we go out of town and then she's weird for the next couple of days in terms of sleep and naps. Tomorrow she should be back on schedule, but last night and today were a little rough and she got up at 3am (at least I think I remember it, awesome-husband-of-mine took care of her) and then again at 8:30am which is odd for her.



Tonight we went out on our second date since Kinsey was born. I know, I know, we are working on it - we've just been really busy. So we underestimated the traffic to the restaurant and so we ended up at the Food Court at the mall before running across to the movie theater to see The Break Up. Can I just say this is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time? Vince Vaughn is usually NOT my favorite because he's usually in pretty slapstick-type roles. But in this movie, he's really very dry and hilarious. But the movie is also pretty serious and heartwrenching at times. For all of you adults out there, I highly recommend this movie. But be warned, some of the fight scenes were awfully familiar. How many times have I told Douglas that I want him to WANT to do housework? Now I see how dumb that sounds, but the sentiment is still there :-) And if anyone from Chicago is reading this, I love your city! The movie is set there and I have spent some time there for work and I just love it - so much to do, great architecture, you walk everywhere, it's awesome! We will need to take Kinsey there sometime.

Huge thanks to Nana and Pops for babysitting tonight!! They did an awesome job with a really sleepy baby. This is the first time we've left her when she wasn't in a good mood and that was really tough. But she was in the best hands possible so we had confidence in going out.

Have a great week everyone!