first day/night out...

super/duper overdue but believe it or not -- DJ and I have [both] in fact left PJ on her own [well with family] and had a date or two over the past few months... I just have been extremely slack and haven't shared them with you, oops. so for the sake of not forgetting myself and being able to look back on this for years to come [maybe? hah] here are our first "day" and "night" dates away from Ms. P.

first, we took our day trip at the end of July and went for a 8 mile hike at Fort Yargo... it was so nice to just "be" with one another, no distractions, no cell phones, just walked and talked - it was good for my soul... it might have also been good for my thighs [holy workout batman, I was sore for a few days!] - it definitely helped though I've probably lost another 10-15lbs since those pictures were taken!

then, at the end of august - we left PJ at home for the evening and headed to a wedding... it was a fun night with family and friends [pumping in the car in the parking lot, not so much - but you do what you have to do I suppose, hah].

so that's that - we're trying to balance this whole "new parent" thing with taking time for ourselves and each other - it's definitely challenging but I think as long as we continue to make it a priority we can make it happen.

what can I say, I love my silly man and sometimes I like to have him all to myself! speaking of loving DJ - I swear, we will finish "the story of us" at some point - if anything because I want to have it documented for Pen and if not then my SIL Summer will probably disown me [hi summer, I haven't forgotten!] -- but life [and work] are pretty swamped for DJ and I right now and it has just been put on the back burner a bit, yikes. soon enough my friends, soon enough.

weekend recap...

well, all things considered we had a great weekend. we were supposed to go up to Wilmington to visit friends and the beach this weekend but the timing just wasn't going to work out for us -- so, we had an extremely relaxing weekend at home. the creative gods are not smiling upon me today so get ready for a lame-o post. also, I sucked it up at taking pictures this weekend, oops.

friday: went out to eat with DJ's folks, a nice relaxing night where we ate entirely too much pasta + calamari so DJ and I went for a nice long walk after dinner. we literally came home and crashed afterwards.

saturday: went for a nice 3.5 mile run at the lake, came home showered, juiced for lunch and did massive amounts of laundry [my favorite chore -  is it weird that I love doing laundry?]. watched the movie Somewhere - it was pretty slow and luckily I had laundry to distract me from it so it wasn't unbearable...

then we headed to the pool with the fam and friends. then DJ and I went out for a double-date- night with DJ's older brother and his wife [mike & julie]. We had a yummy sushi dinner and headed to Dave & Busters for some good old fashioned fun. Does it get any better than skee-ball and golden tee? Oh yeah, it does - beating your husband at a shoot-out basketball competition. Then we came home ate leftover cookies and played spades. what else do you need? great day/night of laughs!

sunday: woke up at 7am [what?!] made monkey bread, laid on the couch with the Sarah & Greggie and watched Despicable Me [cried at the end like a baby, what is wrong with me?!].

Then, felt like I should torture myself with more crying and watched The Blind Side [where I proceeded to bawl on and off through the whole movie]. This is like the fifth time I've seen it and I think it might just be my new favorite movie, I l-o-v-e it. Yes, it turns me into an emotional mess but it seriously makes me so happy.

Then DJ and I watched Eagle Eye which was slightly entertaining, extremely predictable but enjoyable enough.

At that point it was 5pm and I was still in my PJs. AMAZING. 

Mom & I headed to the lake where I ran a loop (2.4) and despite all the food in my belly it felt pretty good, I was running right at a 9 minute mile which I know isn't great but for me - it isn't too bad. We came home, ate a sandwich and a ridiculous amount of pretzel m&ms, showered and put PJs back on and went back to the couch and watched City Island with DJ & his mom.  have you seen City Island? If not, you should. It's pretty freaking funny and just might be DJ's favorite movie of 2010.

all in all, a fun weekend filled with family, fun and FOOD. I think I could not eat until Tuesday and I'd still be full!  other than the whole running thing it was the perfect example of a sloth weekend and it was just what we  needed. On that note, I'll leave you with one last pictures of the kiddies...

I know, too freaking cute.

what I'm loving wednedsay...

 

here's what I'm loving this wednesday...

I'm loving...a great valentines day with my love - DJ brought home our favorite pizza (half/half with both our fav kinds), we drank a bottle of wine, watched The Social Network and just relaxed - it was perfect!

I'm loving...the flowers my love brought home for me on Monday that are blooming beautifully... 

I'm loving...our dear friends jeff & janis [our berkshire parents] gave us our belated wedding gift a week or so ago and it was a bottle of wine for the next year [that they picked out themselves - they're big wine buffs] - we had the first one on Monday and it was amazing! can't wait for it to be March so we can try the next bottle!! :)

I'm loving...cleaning out my hulu que...

I'm loving...working from home with my sweet pup today [he got snipped yesterday, so he's recouping]...

in other news, less than a week left at my current jobs and I've been continuously applying for jobs - no major leads yet but some good possibilities out there. feeling good about it! crazy to think that we only have a week and a half left in the 'shire... lots of great people to see [and food to eat] in the next week! I'm also psyched to get to GA for the sunshine, warm weather and EXERCISE [I've been eating terribly and stopped working out... oops]. anyways....

what are YOU loving this wednesday?

daaaate night

DJ and I have been trying to be more proactive about spending "quality" time together and we have had some fun date nights over the past few weeks [and again, I've been slack about sharing] so here are two fun nights we had.

First up around two weeks ago we went to the Batting Cages and ate some amaaazing junk food [okay DJ was the only one that swung a bat out of the two of us... I just enjoyed some deep friend goodness... mmm onion rings] at the "Snack Shack" - yes, in coordinated outfits, not on purpose, but whatever... [and yes I realize I don't really match... that sweater was too comfy to care and it got chilly real quick]

Pretend that we don't have red-eye... I'm too lazy to fix it [don't judge me, it happens to the best of us]

then last week we went out to a nice sushi dinner at this great restaurant in downtown Great Barrington Bizen... again, I didn't take pictures of the food, but I did snap two quick photos with my iphone...

sake = yum

and my salad plate... is that? seriously? Alright, it's probably a japanese maple leaf but I've been watching too much weeds and I swear... 

...then we came home and had a family photoshoot to capture our cuteness... gotta love self-timers, and of course, Oliver wanted to join in the fun! 

I'm so lucky to have such an amazing husband... we truly have a great life together. I love him and how thoughtful he is to make sure we get to have special and fun times together.

Tonight we're having another couple over to our house and having a mexican fondue night [wish me lucky that I don't burn down the house.... or the chocolate!] - yum yum, off to look up recipes! :)