Out to dinner!

Last weekend we finally braved the challenge of going out to dinner with Gemma - in fact, we went along with Kevin and Laura and Emma (2 months older than Gemma) to an Afghan restaurant. Delicious homemade bread and lamb & chicken kabobs and hummus.

Leading up to meeting at the restaurant was a funny series of phone calls between Laura and I: "Let's meet at 5:15"..."No wait, Emma is still napping, make it 5:45"..."No wait Gemma is still napping, make it 6:00"..."No wait she is awake, make it 5:45"...and so on. With babies this age, every 10 minute interval feels important! especially in the evening when Gemma gets tired and can fade into fussiness very quickly. But as it turned out, she and Emma were very calm and well-behaved, and Gemma seemed to enjoy looking around at the people and the twinkle lights and listening to the Afghan music. So that was our welcome to the world of eating out - early dinners! - as a family!

Kevin and Laura are friends from church and one of the couples in our small group.


While we ate, Gemma sat in her Bumbo seat and threw a variety of toys on the floor.

The girls checking each other out...shortly after this photo, Gemma leaned over and grabbed Emma's hair, and Emma promptly attempted to crawl away.