Dates

Ever since we've started telling people that we're pregnant, we have heard the same two things over and over:

1. Go on as many dates as you can!
2. Go to the movies every weekend!

Apparently these are rare occasions once you have a kid. So after months of getting this advice we decided to take it. Don't get me wrong, we go on a date usually every weekend. However, our dates typically consist of Wendy's or Taco Bell and a red box movie rental ($1 a day baby!). So I guess you could say we decided to go on a REAL date last weekend... and still managed to spend about the same amount of money! I'm not a huge fan of Italian food, but we had a gift card to The Olive Garden that we needed to use. So the night started there. Dinner was delicious and Darren discovered that his favorite drink in the entire WORLD is Olive Gardens Orange-Vanilla Italian Cream Soda! Not gonna lie, it was dang good! After dinner we discovered that my parents and younger sister Bailey had come South for the evening for a little variety in their shopping outing. Bailey was brave enough to join her old and boring married sister (and husband) and came to the movies with us! We saw Traitor, which was pretty intense! Don't worry, we didn't have to pay for that either! We had free movie tickets that we had gotten for a Christmas present last year :) I don't remember the last time I PAID to see a movie... maybe it was Harry Potter...? Unfortunately, our "Free pass to the movies" friend just moved to Idaho for school :( What a let down! Anyways, after the movie, we went home. Darren worked on who knows what in the office and Bailey and I watched What Not to Wear and Say Yes to the Dress! It was nice to have someone watch those shows with me who actually likes them :) Thanks Bailey! It was an extremely enjoyable evening! I just wish I had taken pictures...

18 Weeks

My younger sister, Bailey, always complains that moms-to-be refer to their babies in terms of weeks. So for those of you who don't speak "Pregnant Lady", that's 4.5 months. This is the first of our monthly pregnant shots! Unfortunately, we've been putting it off for no good reason. I've actually been showing for a really long time, but my doctor said that I wouldn't start showing until about 15 or 16 weeks... so I was sucking in until I no longer could :) I swear I'm actually bigger than this picture shows... maybe the camera takes off 10 pounds...?

Sleepover in Magnolia

So... for the first time since we've had this blog, I (Brandi) am posting something instead of Darren! I know that's totally backwards, but he's the technology nerd and I just haven't taken the time to learn how to blog... but it is now being forced upon me! Well anyways, this weekend Darren and I were able to go and watch the girls I used to nanny overnight! They live over in Magnolia and have a cute little community just down the street from their house. We went and got some Mexican food, played at the park (the girls kept asking me how the baby was doing whenever I was on a ride that bounced haha), ate some ice cream and watched "Barbie and the Diamond Castle" before bed. I think that was Darren's favorite part of the night, though he'd never admit it. He was supposed to go do some work on the computer, but I think he got too involved in the movie! According to him, he was "dead tired and comfortable"... yeah right Darren! Anyways, needless to say, we had a blast! I love those girls and can't wait to have some kids of my own to play with!