Our first date...and other random things

Nick and I finally went out, it's been way to long. I can't remember the last time we went out without a kid! My parents drove down to watch the boys so we could go to dinner and a movie. So we drove down to the mall area and went to Target to get some Christmas things, then went to Applebee's for dinner. We were able to enjoy a warm meal without crying, highchairs, spills, bottles, diapers, and tantrums! It was so nice. We didn't have to rush through a meal because we didn't know how long the kids would last. We were able to sit, relax and just talk...of course most of it revolved around the kids. We had planned to see Harry Potter but towards the end of our meal, it hit me. That overly tired feeling, my eyes got heavy and I couldn't stop yawning. The dimmed lights and very little sleep the night before were a perfect concoction for me to pass out for a couple of hours. So we ended up skipping the movie, I didn't want to pay $11 for me to go fall asleep in the theater, which I can promise would happen since I was kind of dozing in the restaurant. So we went and walked around the mall, Nick didn't let me stop in any kid stores since it was our night! So we got to look at what we wanted to. Then we went to Walmart (which is way to common) to finish some Christmas shopping. I think the boys are completely done! Neacel might get one more thing if we see something we want to get him but we aren't rushing out to buy more.

We are enjoying a lazy day today. There is a snow storm that is hitting us, but the worst part of it is about 3hrs away. The stores were crazy yesterday! Everyone in a rush to make sure they have enough for a few days. Good thing we have food storage and went big time grocery shopping last week. Yesterday the snow storm watch started and the warning started earlier today...it doesn't end till Wednesday night! We are to expect between 1-2 feet of snow depending on how the lake effect snow is. Nick is excited for this, hoping it gets really bad. I'm not sure how I feel about being stuck inside for a few days without an option to leave. I guess we will wait and see how bad it actually it.

Neacel and Broden are doing great. Neacel is in the process of learning his ABC's and Broden is smiling alot more. Broden will be 6 weeks tomorrow and I can't believe how fast time has gone! Broden smiles a lot when Neacel talks to him, and Neacel is such a great big brother. Always willing to help us when it comes to Broden, other times are optional apparently. All in all, things are great with us and the boys. Nick is out of school for a month so we are enjoying some family time without books and studying. He finish the semester this past week and did great on his finals. Im just glad to have him around more, and so is Neacel.

Since Nick didn't post about something fun him and Neacel did I will....
A few weeks ago Nick took Neacel to a basketball game at the school. It was a daddy son night, I got to relax at home with Broden. Nick had talked about this with Neacel a couple of times and every time it was brought up Neacel was thrilled about the idea. Neacel did great during the game but couldn't sit still, so they came home after halftime, but was so excited to tell me about it all. We are planning on going to a game as a family soon.