YEA! that statement makes me so happy! back (just about this time) last year i anxiously walked over from the gift shop to the restaurant to tell my husband that we would be adding onto this family. growing up in his family's restaurant he often thinks in restaurant terms... so his reply to the news didn't shock me in the slightest. his jaw dropped and he said "that is a party of five, shannon.... a party of FIVE!!!!
why am i remembering that moment... could be that it was practically one year ago, but the main reason is yesterday for the first time he got to say "party of five". we rarely get to go out to eat as a family. brian works a lot of hours, and there really isn't much time. but the main reason is he knows about children in restaurants and he simply prefers to not deal with the hassle. but, yesterday after church when we got into the car, levi asked him for pumpkin pancakes! seeing as how yoder's isn't open on sundays, we headed over to cracker barrel. there is no story to go with this event, but rather the memory of him realizing the fear in his head one year ago, is now really and truly the reality..... and it wasn't near as bad as he thought it would be. although, he did say in the car on the way home he still didn't enjoy it.... i think that the thought of it just is a little stressful to him, and he is so on the look out for bad behavior that he can't possibly enjoy his meal, so what's the point?
i do however, think of this as a milestone....
the kids were both well behaved, and ate good...
so perhaps, this won't be the first and last "party of five" meal we have out in the public eye. :)
(hehe... that just cracked me up.... "in the public eye" like we are celebrities or something). :D
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i remember you telling me that's what brian said when you told him that you were pregnant :)
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