Steaks and Babies

So we started off the weekend with watching our close friends', Brett and Julie "Gambo", daughter, Petyon. After a full night of playing, eating, playing, watching Nemo, playing, bathtime, playing, and then finally bedtime, we were a little tired. Keeping a one-year old entertained is fun, but can definitely wear you out if you're not use to it. But nonetheless, we loved hanging out with our little friend and she had a great time at Aunt Panda and Uncle "O"'s.

Saturday was pretty eventful! We started the morning with a 5K road race around Ft. Knox in support of the American Red Cross. The Turkey Trot definitely did a number on Amanda's knees as she is NOT a runner and was "jogging" in the rain. Joe, as always, produced a great time, since he is a runner, while Amanda took almost twice as long. Oh well, it was for a good cause. We bee-lined for the Waffle House with two of Joe's classmates, Sean and Jason, afterwards. Nothing like a waffle to make you feel better and hopefully less wet. That afternoon we headed over to the Nuckols' for the GA/Auburn game which was a nail-biter, but thankfully our Bulldawgs pulled it off.

That evening was spent at a nice steak dinner at Morton's Steakhouse in Louisville. If you've never heard or been to Morton's, it's definitely a place you've got to go to at least once in your life. While we didn't initally have a reason for going to such a nice place, we soon created one...Joe had gotten through his first month of CCC (Captain's Career Course) and I had officially gotten a long-term substitute position (more about that later). The waitstaff was AMAZING, but the food was out-of-this-world. We started our dinner with a fresh loaf of onion bread and drinks...Amanda had a glass of Riesling while Joe had a Heavenly Pomegranate. They do this lavish presentation of their menu items before handing you their menu, so that you can see the steaks you could possibly order. We decided on the Shrimp Alexander for starters while Amanda had a single-cut filet with layonnaise potatoes and Joe had a bone-in filet with garlic green beans. We shared a freshly made chocolate lava cake for dessert. Now, you must know that this meal was unusal in price, but ABSOLUTELY worth it in taste. Our main waiter, James, was such a great guy in that he thanked Joe for his military service. We sparked up a small conversation with him and found out that he was newly married and was attending seminary school so that he could become a chaplain in the Army. We left Morton's with full bellies and an excellent preception of the establishment.
The remainder of the night was spent with some of Joe's classmates, including Jason and Sean, at a nightclub, The Hotel, at 4th Street Live!. They had reserved a VIP table so we joined them for a couple of hours and had a blast. Unfortunately, the throbbing in Amanda's knees were getting the best of her, so we left earlier than the others.

This weekend held two totally different days for us....one gave us perspective of how life with children may be while the other reminded us of how sporadic our life without children can be. Um, I think we'll take advantage of our time alone now and be thankful when our day to be parents comes.