Meeting Grandma Gail...

Last night we drove down to Milwaukee to pick up Gail, who had flown into the airport down there. It was kind of funny; Kate was really hungry, so I found (what I thought was) a secluded spot to nurse her, while Dan went down to the baggage claim to find Gail. But as I was feeding Kate, five or six people decided that they wanted to peer out of the window that was right in front of me. And they would not leave, even though Kate kept latching off and I was trying to get her to latch on again since I could tell she was hungry; not exactly the easiest thing to do! And when several people are right in front of you, it makes it that much more difficult. Why, when there are plenty of other windows to peer out of, do people think it's necessary to peer out the one window that is right in front of me? ;)


On the way to meet Grandma Gail





Today for my birthday, Dan took me to the Blue Marlin, which is this really good restaurant downtown. I ordered the lobster, but I misread the menu; I thought it was lobster tail. Ummm, nope. They brought out a whole lobster, much to my dismay. I even told Dan, "It has eyes!" I was so disturbed, so I told Dan to get the meat out of it so I could eat it. Unfortunately, aesthetics aside, it tasted horrible. It was spongy, rubbery and completely overcooked. Luckily the waitress was good about taking it back, and I got the crab legs instead, which were very good (I had those on my birthday last year too). Dan had cashew-crusted Norwegian salmon, which was excellent, so overall it was a really good meal. Gail stayed home with Kate while we were gone, and she said she was so well-behaved; I'm so glad! Gail also made me a delicious orange chiffon cake for my birthday; I'm lucky to have such a great mother-in-law!


The beautiful flowers that my mom sent me; I absolutely love them! (Notice in the background our Valentine's house that Dan and I made on Valentine's Day; we had a gingerbread house kit, but we never got around to making a gingerbread house around Christmas, so we decided to make a Valentine's house instead.)






My first birthday as a mom! Our little family...


After Dan and I got home from the Blue Marlin, we watched our Netflix movie, Up in the Air. Little Kate fell asleep on Grandma as we were watching. :)