Date Night 1...

We received a gift card to Upstream last Christmas that we had not yet used. "WHY NOT?!?", you might ask... Well, right after we (well, really Jonathan) got the gift card, we found out that I was pregnant. I wasn't much feeling like eating, so we waited. By the time I felt better, my busy time at work had begun leaving little time to do anything else. After my busy time at work was over, it was Jonathan's busy time. Not to mention that I had gotten so large and the baby was pressing against my stomach that I was eating several small meals throughout the day. We felt it would be a waste, so we waited. Then the baby came, and well...those of you with children understand why we didn't go use it after Emma was born. Well, finally we had an opportunity to go out without Emma. My mom offered to keep her while she was here so we could enjoy a night out.

I had never been to Upstream, but I was fairly certain it was a REALLY nice restaurant. This meant that I would have to dress up, which I like to do. However, this is currently a problem! NONE (and I truly mean NONE) of my clothes fit. (I could blame this on the pregnancy, but won't since it's been almost 7 months since I've been pregnant - I've had ample time to lose the baby weight...) Anyway - I found something to wear and got ready. Jonathan came home and we were on our way! Jonathan had called and made our reservations. We were a little late, but they still had a table for us! :) We had 2 waitresses and beverage guy. It was really nice! Jonathan and I both really enjoy a nice place like that. I enjoy it more for the food than Jonathan does, but we both really appreciate and enjoy good service. We opted for a glass of wine instead of a bottle, so we could have an appetizer. We got the tower appetizer that had three different things to try - crab cakes, calamari and mussels. I really liked all three...Jonathan passed on the mussels! For our entrees Jonathan had halibut and I had steamed crab, mussels, mahi mahi and shrimp with jasmine rice (sounds like more than it was...it was a little of all those things). We skipped desert for a variety of reasons! The best thing of all was spending alone time with my husband. I'll admit that I did think about Emma while we were out, but not so much that I didn't enjoy the evening. Thanks husband for a beautiful night out! I love you!