Ruth Chris Dinner and a Bet Paid off!!!

Every year we try to get together with our little "Diner's club" (LOL) and have a nice dinner out at Ruth Chris'. We usually go around the holidays but this year we didn't get to...so we went in February instead. More like a belated Valentine's Dinner.  We all LOVE Ruth Chris and their expensive food, but we only go once a year so all make do...Here are Leslee and Irwin

David and I

Beth and Dustin

We all enjoyed dinner, some drinks and yummy desserts...and then after dinner was the long-awaited SHOT!  Some background to this SHOT is that last year when we had our annual Ruth Chris' Dinner a bet was made.  The bet was between Irwin&Leslee and David&I...while we were looking at their wine list we a very expensive shot called Louis XIII for $130!!! So since we had all gotten married the year 2007 (June and July) Beth and Dustin felt that one of us should start making some cousins for their kids to play with! And the BET was made...whichever couple were to get pregnant first the other couple would owe the "dad" this Louis XIII shot.

So fastforward a couple months from that Dec. 2008 dinner we have Feb. 2009 which is the month that David and I found out we were pregnant and going to have a baby! (neither couple was really "trying" btw) David won the BET and a year later we were all together at Ruth Chris' and the bet was being "paid off".  They brought out the coveted Louis XIII bottle of cognac...and with the bottle here is the winner and "loser"

It was so funny because they actually brought this bottle out on a tray/cart and people were staring...the guy next to us even took out his cell phone and was taking pics of it!!! LOL They measured out EXACTLY 1 Ounce and gave it to David.  Here he is with his prize...

Everyone at our table wanted to taste this SUPER expensive cognac so the glass was passed around so that everyone could take a sip.  It smelled like Henessey...BUT went down smooth as water!!!! I guess it really is worth all that money!  Alas...another BET was made, this time it was to Leslee&Irwin...if they got pregnant within the next year from that date...David would buy the shot for Irwin!

FASTFORWARD 1 month later...

Leslee and Irwin get back from their trip from Italy and tell us they got a special "souvenir" from Italy. They have a BABY ON THE WAY!!! Looks like we will be back in Ruth Chris' for that $130 shot!!! LOL...I'm sure the people at Ruth Chris' will be happy to see us back...especially if we somehow come up with some other bet....Until then!!!

Pre-teething??

So lately Luke has been drooling and chewing on everything!!!  I am thinking of buying him the Sophie the Giraffe teether...but before I spend $20 (omg!!!) on a teether I decided to see if he likes it first.  Luckily Beth has one so we let him play with it and he LOVES it!! He goes at it like its the end of the world..and when you take it away and he isn't done he will let you know!!! Check out this blog where she is doing a Sophie giveaway if you want to try and win one =) I am!!

Birthday Parties Galore in Feb!

So in the month of February we have two special birthdays to celebrate: Nick and Laci.  Nick turned 3 and Laci turned 1 so we attended all their birthday parties!  Nicky's party was the first weekend in Feb.  He had a Transformer party, specifically BumbleBee.  Take a look at the decor my sister did!

And the birthday boy with the balloons we gave him

Nicky cheesing with his cake made by Beth

He is getting sooo big!!! I can't believe he is 3 years old!  I usually leave Luke at my sister's while I go to some classes and Nick is such a good big cousin...he will tell me that he watched Baby Luke for me.  And if Luke starts to whine/cry Nick will say "I'm coming Baby Luke...I'm coming!" and go to him and give him a toy to cheer him up!! LOL...he is the best!

The next weekend they had a combined party for the family for both Nick and Lace.  Beth was definitely busy planning these birthdays:  Here's the decorations for the combined party.

Even Baby Luke got "decorated"!!

Laci's favors were these awesome cookies from Honolulu Cookie Company.  They were DELICIOUS!!!

We had lots of fun...here are some pictures from the party.

Of course my Lukey...

The Birthday girl with Papa (who came home for the weekend)

A little later we all sang Happy Birthday to the two little ones...I love Nick's face in this picture.

And here is Laci blowing out her candles!! Look at her little lips!

Then of  course present time...We got Nick a "Wilderness Adventure" Book from Up so he could earn some "badges" of his own =) He liked it!

One more party just for Laci and her "friends" LOL...well it was cute b/c it was all BABIES!!! Here is the set up for that birthday!

The theme was cupcakes and Beth made these cool cupcakes cookies for favors that looked AWESOME, but took FOREVER (she says...) Here is a close up of the cookies:

And here is Laci in her cute outfit for her birthday. Happy Birthday Laci!!!

The many faces of Luke =)

February has come and gone....time is sure flying this year!  Luke has been getting bigger, more active and a lot more animated!  From the books we've been reading we are now in the "honeymoon period"; meaning at this age this is when babies become more responsive and do a lot more than eat and poop =)  Let's take a look at some of his more "animated" expressions:

 

He does "suprised"!

He does "oh my gosh!"

Here is "I'm annoyed with this thing!"

And his "playing with you face"

We have "what the heck is that?" face

Here he is thinking "Just had some milky...life is good..."

 

he is looking at me and saying "Why do you make me do this???"

And so many more that we just can't capture on camera. Hope you liked the many faces of Luke!