This is me and Brad last night on our date! The dates have been few and far between, but for some reason, we've been able to go on 2 in the last week and a half! I've had to learn to just suck it up and ask people to babysit Mallory (not that it is that hard, she is a cutie pie). I guess we just feel like we are inconveniencing people. Blah, blah. We know that it's not and we should do it more often. Anyway. Back to the date. We just had dinner at the Cotton Patch (we split dinner so we could splurge later!) and then saw Evan Almighty (here's where we splurged with the popcorn and coke...mmmm!). It was a fun 3 hours and even more fun because we took our "new" car! We've been sharing the 4 Runner since we sold Brad's truck. With soccer season approaching, we knew there would be no way that we could still share a car (well, we probably could, but I would be a basket case in the house all day!), so we started looking. Brad found an older Jeep Wrangler to get him from work and the house. Perfect! And a lot of fun on a summer night might I add...with the top off and wind blowing your hair crazy!

Here's a picture from our drive home...the sun starting to set, a slightly cooler breeze and riding around town with my man...nothing better!


And, since I haven't posted many new pictures of the Big Sister, here are a couple from the last few days. She is getting quite adventurous with her climbing and she is showing off some of her new "tricks". What fun this age is...I think she learns something new everyday!

I had mentioned before that she will give you a hug if you ask when you are holding her...now she will give a hug to anything you tell her to. She will literally stop crawling and hug the carpet...or stuffed animal...or your leg...it's pretty sweet! She's hugging her bear (obviously).

Since my sister had a baby and I occasionally have playgroups over here, I've kept some of Mallory's "baby" stuff out. Well, I guess she thinks they are toys. That is fine with me! It keeps her occupied. She figured out how to sit in her Bumbo the other day. The only problem is when she wants to get out her booty and thighs get stuck and that makes her mad! I thought her face was cute here too.