Birthday dinner

Tonight we met with my hubby's family to celebrate his 31st birthday with dinner at Outback Steakhouse. Our son behaved better than he had in any restaurant in months! We handed out the toys to him in stages which worked beautifully. At one point, he captured the attention of the table behind us. I swear he talked to her for five minutes straight & continued trying to talk to her as she & her family were walking out the door. Towards the end of dinner, the staff brought two large bowls of ice cream to the table & sang Happy birthday to my hubby. Our son gets such a kick out of that. LOL

After dinner, we were all heading to my in-law's new house. As our son was talking about the ice cream, he said very seriously, "Grandpa ate all the chocolate." We were laughing so hard! When we told the rest of the family, they found it equally funny & were still laughing about it the next day. Grandpa couldn't believe he said that. :-) To which Grandma replied, "Well you got to eat fast around Grandpa."

At my in-law's, my hubby opened his gifts. My hubby's brother-in-law played the piano, my sister-in-law & hubby's mother danced & Grandpa & my hubby talked business while our son was 'going to get' everyone (i.e. chasing everyone in turn around the house until they were breathless or nauseous). Then it was time to sing happy birthday again with cheesecake & ice cream. While our son was running off his sugar rush, my mother-in-law, sister-in-law & myself planned a few 'family' weekends together. Now that we're all getting busier, it's harder to find the time together; plus there's the fact that we won't be able to travel far the last few weeks before my due date.

When it was time to leave, our son up to Grandma saying, "I have to ride & go to sleep." Hugs & kisses were shared by all & then we were on our way home.