Hitting up the Dirty Bird

Tonight we took Ellie out for dinner at a restaurant for the first time since she was born with our friends Brandon and Evie. I never thought I'd be so excited for something so ordinary but it was kind of a big deal for us. We didn't know how it would go...would she wake up and be crabby? Would I have to feed her in public (which I still haven't done yet and am not looking forward to)? Would she get woken up by noise?
We timed it perfectly and made sure to go right after she ate and was content and it worked beautifully. We got a table right away and she slept through the whole thing. We had a great time with Brandon and Evie (as we always do!) with lots of laughs, jokes, and impersonations. It was a very pleasant experience except for the fact that we had horrible service which was disappointing for our first night out. I don't know how many times we ended up asking for our fries but they definitely didn't come before our meal, which we specifically asked for, and we still didn't have them by the time we finished dinner. And of course to top it off, they brought us like 4 baskets of fries right before we were about to leave. Well, at least it was memorable and made us laugh and we were so happy to have that experience with our friends Brandon and Evie! Hopefully there will be many more of these experiences to come and we are looking forward to next weekend when we attempt our first weekend away with Ellie at Brandon's family's cabin in Tahoe with Brandon, Evie, and their daughter Aubrey as well as our other friends Ashleigh, Clete, and their son Zach. Check back in to see how that goes!! :)

Russell, Ellie, Ashley, Brandon and Evie at Red Robin

P.S.  We were REALLY proud of ourselves that we remembered to get a picture!  It only took us 3 years of knowing each other and hanging out to get our first picture together so we didn't want to let another 3 years go by before we took another one.  

Brandon and Ellie

Evie and Ellie (that sounds SO cute together!!)