Here are some of the highlights (and a few lowlights) of the week...
Instead of going out with every other couple in Salt Lake, we decided to stay in on Valentine's Day and wait until the weekend to go out. We took advantage of the nice weather and went for a walk, caught up on some of the TV shows we watch, and made some delicious homemade pasta with hazelnut and sun dried tomato pesto together for dinner.
The middle part of the week was the not so great part. Trevor had parent teacher conferences and was gone all day long for a few days. Which wouldn't be all that bad, expect our cute little boy had some of the worst days he has had in a long time.
All last week he had been acting fussier than normal, but Wednesday and Thursday were the worst. He stopped sleeping and eating normally. His little cheeks would get really red and flushed and he would feel warm. He just wanted to be held and snuggled all day long and didn't want to play with his toys at all. He is doing better this week, but still has periods where he just doesn't act like himself. So we think he might be teething, because he also started rubbing his gums and chewing on his hands constantly. But who knows. We are new to this whole parenting thing.
After a few long days Trevor had a very welcomed 4 day weekend. Trevor's mom was very generous and babysat Thompson on Friday night and most of Saturday to give us a break. Even though he spent too many nights away from us when he was a newborn, I had a hard time leaving Thompson overnight, especially since he hadn't been feeling good. I may have left Trevor's mom with a pageful of instructions, and made sure we checked in on him every few hours.
Despite my worry though it was really nice to have a break. We went to The New Yorker for dinner on Friday night and had some really, really good food. We also listened to the rich old guy next to us talk about his vintage wine that he had brought with him, and the chef even came and asked to try some. Apparently we miss out on some good stuff by the way they talked about this man's wine.
Saturday morning we went to Bruges Waffles and Frites. I had heard rumors of this place before, and have wanted to go for some time. Word on the street is correct - this place is insanely delicious. Like best waffle I have ever had good. And extra crispy fries good too.
What made the food even better is that while we were eating, the most ridiculous/strangest/funniest/awkward thing happened right in front of us. It was raining and Bruges was packed so we just took our food to our car to eat. As we sat eating parked across from a random building next to Bruges, we saw this photographer taking a bunch of pictures. She looked like just a nice mormon mom photographer in her mid thirties or so. But she was taking pictures of this young woman in a skanky evening gown type thing in the most provocative poses. And she was directing her on poses. The girl was trying to be all sexy, walking all seductively towards the camera, running her hands through her hair, etc, etc. And it just was not working for her at all. It was awkward. So then they both go to their car. The "model" comes back out wearing a blazer and jeans, and we are happy she decided to try some more modest shots. Until she turns around. And is wearing nothing but a little black bra under her blazer. And lets just say she was not the most physically fit of individuals. I don't think less clothes was really the way to go for her. I am not sure what the whole photo shoot was all about. But apparently it called for shots of this girl pressed up against chain-link fence wearing just a bra under her jacket. It was even more awkward.
After our delicious food and the frightening photo shoot we witnessed, we went and saw Harry Potter and the Whatever Movie They Are On. We hadn't seen a movie in the theaters together for a long, long time, so it was fun to do something different. Then we headed down to pick up this little cutie because I was missing him.
Even though it was hard leaving Thompson and I almost didn't, it really was nice to have a break with Trevor. Plus, I got to hang out with these two studs the rest of the weekend, so despite a few rough days, it was a pretty good week.
