The Imperfectly Perfect Date Night...

Friday night Caleb and I had what was to be the perfect date night. Caleb had purchased Justin Timberlake concert tickets for me way back on Mother's Day. We had someone lined up to watch our kids and had carefully picked the perfect restaurant to eat at before the concert.

 

Me, being the barely still 20 something girl I am, could not have been more excited to see JT. I was between 13-16 when NSYNC was at its peak, prime boy band loving age. Then I was late teens when Justin launched his solo career and my love for him grew.

 

He has sung me through little girl crushes, first dates, first kisses, embarrassing moments, breakups, death, dorm room dances, road trips with friends, a wedding day, dances with my husband, kitchen dance parties with 2 little loves, life,  and so much more. So many significant and insignificant moments intertwined to make up a beautifully, imperfect life.

 

 It is funny how music can transport you directly into past moment quicker than just about any other thing.

He is also pretty great to look at, super talented, and an awesome dancer, I am not sure what's not to like. ;) 

 

The plans were set, the expectations high, and the excitement through the roof.

 

And the real life happened...

 

Presley grabbed my curling iron approximately 10 minutes before we walked out the door. I screamed NO at her and she avoided further injury. However, the damage was already done. Huge tears streamed down her face with a silent cry engulfing her tiny body.

 

She was fine, but she was hurting. And we had to leave.

 

So we left her crying, clenching her blanket, and watching her favorite show, all while a cheeseburger hung out of her mouth. (I wish I had a picture!)

 

We began the quick 30 minute trip to Nashville around 5,  a little shaken, but excited.

 

Cut to 2 and half hours later and we were still in the car, hungry, and desperately trying to maneuver around traffic to make it in time.

 

I wish I could say that this offered us a time to talk and connect and share. However, this is about the time I began to  begin to panic.

 

And by panic, I mean, tears, mumbling on how this was the worst night of my life, and I might die. This is only the first time of the night when I transformed into an overly dramatic, 15 year old girl. I also may have sent a desperate tweet to Justin Timberlake himself begging him to wait until I got there, desperate times...

 

The real panic started when the clock in the car switched to 8 pm, concert start time and we still had not made it.

 

We finally parked and sprinted in the building a little after 8. We missed nothing.

 

We went to the bathroom and then quickly found our seats. Caleb went to get us some snacks, but the concert started before he made it through the line, so he came back empty handed.

 

 

The concert was amazing. It is safe to say 15 year old, starry eyed, no worries, big dreams, fan girl Amber camped out in section 306 for the next 3 hours.

 

He put on a great show. There was so much energy and excitement. It was so fun.

 

I think it is safe to say that Caleb now fully knows what it would have been like to know the teenage version of myself.

 

After the concert was over we were starving! We walked around towards the car hoping to find a restaurant open. We walked into Joes Crabshack  at 11:45 pm (open until 1 am) and giggled over dinner on how imperfectly, perfect our life together is.

 

Whoever claims the life of those married with children is boring, has obviously never experienced that life.

 

The night didn't go just as planned, but in reality nothing memorable ever does. :)
 

 



Weekend

We had a great weekend.

 

Saturday morning we spent a little time working around the house. We got cleaned up around lunch time and dropped the kids off at Caleb's parents house.

Caleb and I spent the rest of the day together doing whatever we wanted. We shopped at Target and Belk, ate an early dinner at The Pharmacy, and then shopped some more and at Opry Mills, specifically the new H & M. 
 

It was good day out enjoying each others company. It is so easy to just get distracted and busy with life. It is always a good choice for us to spend some time together away from the kids just being together.

 

Brady and Presley had a great time at their grandparents house. They both love going to both sets of grandparents. Presley watched us leave and didn't cry or fuss. That is a success, my friends. (We usually sneak away from girl friend. )

Sunday was a crazy day. After worship services I helped host a baby shower for a friend's sister. She just moved in with her sister along with her daughter and is expecting a baby boy. They are literally living on top of each other right now.

It turned out to be a sweet, little shower. It was decorated with blue chevron and burlap and we just did a dessert bar since it was Sunday afternoon. Everything was cute and yummy.

(The few iPhone pictures I took aren't the best, but you get the idea. )

 

We were back at the church building at 5 for a Bible study, worship services, and an ice cream supper.

It was a good weekend, but went way too fast as always.

In developing news, Presley is (finally) taking several steps alone. She has been pulling up, cruising, and walking holding my hand for months. She has finally let go and taking more and more steps each day.



Midnight Date

I read the Hunger Games series over a year ago and loved the books. I tried to get every one I know to read them, including my husband. Finally after hearing other people go on and on about how awesome they are, he decided to read them. He loved them! He was hooked at the first chapter.

Once he finished reading,  he agreed to attend the premiere showing of the first movie. Literally the second the tickets went on sale I bought two for the midnight showing.

Thursday night/Friday morning it was finally time to see the movie.

We ran by the theatre to pick up our actual paper tickets before meeting some friends to eat. The theatre employee told us that the movie was sold out until a 3:10 am showing. Crazy! They also said seating for our showing would start at 9:30 pm.

I asked for an excited face and this is what I got. Ha Ha!

We met our friends and had a yummy and fun dinner. We arrived back at the theatre right around 9:30. The theatre was already filling up quickly, but we were able to snag 5 seats together at about the 5th row from the top. That was the whole point of getting there so early. We talked and laughed until the movie started.

The movie was great. I loved it. Of course, the books are better, but I was really pleased with the movie. I am usually very disappointed if I have read the book. However, I think they did a really good job on this one.

I can not wait until Catching Fire comes out.

Maybe I can convince Caleb to attend the premiere again! ;)

Date Night

Caleb's parents wanted to take Brady to the rodeo last night. Brady was so excited to go! Caleb and I jumped at the opportunity for a date night.

We went to a local sushi place for dinner. We don't like to take Brady there, because there isn't a lot of choices for him to eat and what he will eat is EXTREMELY messy! We try to limit the mess at restaurants as much as possible.

Then we headed to Sweet Cece's for dessert. So Yummy!

We finished the night with a little shopping and watched a movie at home. Brady got home a little before 11! Late night for a little buddy. They said he had a blast and ate a hot dog, popcorn, and nachos. Whew! He also did a lot of "Yee Haa!!"" yelling with his cowboy hat!

We are so thankful Brady has both sets of grandparents, but Caleb said we are going to have to give the grandparents a curfew for next time! Ha Ha!

Football Saturday

Caleb and I were given tickets to the MTSU football game, yesterday. Brady's Papa and Gigi came and picked him up yesterday so we could go to the game. MTSU lost and the game turned out to not be very good, but we had a great time together anyway! We had dinner after the game and before Brady got back home. It is nice to eat without entertaining anyone on occasion! Brady would have loved the game, but it would have been a little long and cool for him to sit in one spot. Overall, we were glad we didn't try to take him, but we constantly said Oh Brady would have loved that.

Here are some pictures from the game!

As the game was starting, this was the most exciting part! Ha!

 I got a little bored and started taking pictures. 

When the game started this helicopter flew by. Brady loves helicopters! This was one of those moments when we talked about how Brady would have loved this.

I was distracting Caleb from the game.