The Dinner Date from Hell....

As mentioned yesterday, it was our 13 year anniversary. Woohoo! Morgan came home on Tuesday and told me he had made a dinner reservation for the three of us. I was planning on making us a nice meal and have a nice BOTTLE of wine but I was OK with not cooking! I mean, I usually have a little gremlin hanging onto my leg for dear life when I'm cooking, so when he said he made reservations....Music to my ears!

The day started great. Madeleine actually ate a decent breakfast without much protest. Which in my book is a HUGE win. Flowers were delivered to me from the darling husband. The dog was actually behaving and letting Madeleine play with her. All was good......

And then, 11:00 rolled around and the gremlin wanted to go "nigh nigh" (her words, not mine). Now, usually her nap time isn't until around 1:00 or 1:30. I tried to keep her up a little longer so that she could stay on schedule and I knew that I had to go out and buy Morgan's gift (if you knew what I got him, you'd know I couldn't get it early because I wouldn't be able to hide it). But she was insistent on going to bed. So, I put her down and hoped for a long nap. Well, that long nap didn't happen. Now, let me just say that a usual nap for Madeleine is 2+ hours. Today, homegirl napped 1.5 hours. I know, I know, people would kill for their kids to nap 1.5 hours but my girl needs her long nap! I was all prepared for her to wake up cranky. But, she woke up in a great mood! (I should have known something was up!)

Once she had lunch we headed out to get Morgan's gift. I had to go to Laguna Niguel to get his gift, which is about 20 minutes away. I passed by a Costco and I just had to stop in. Am I the only person that loves to go "visit" different Costco's other than their usual ones? I didn't have too much time because the gremlin was starting to act up and I still needed to run a few errands.

Now, for the past week whenever we are in the car Madeleine has been very demanding about her music selection. To the point that if her song doesn't play she whines! Want to know her favorite song?

The Black Keys- Never Gonna Give You Up (Originally by Jerry Butler)

I absolutely love that she loves The Black Keys, but if I have to hear that song one more time, I might throw out the CD!!! I had to listen to that song over and over today. It is kind of cute because she claps after it's over but I mean.... can we get a different song!

So, after running our errands we only had an hour until our reservations. I could already tell this chick was on the verge of a breakdown. Whenever Madeleine hasn't had enough sleep and she is tired she starts to roll around on the floor. She's almost like a dog, haha! Maybe she picked it up from Chili Pepper.

Now, I don't mean to sound braggy, but when we go out to restaurants Madeleine is so well-behaved!! She's sometimes better in public than she is at home. We occasionally get compliments from total strangers and even from some of our friends. But tonight, this chick was a total NIGHTMARE!!!! She did not want to be in the highchair, didn't want any snacks/dinner. I even put her in the seat next to me and let her play with ice on a plate (a trick my uncle taught me). That entertained her for all of 10 minutes. We even had to take turns taking her outside the restaurant. When Morgan finished his dinner he took her outside and I was finally able to eat my dinner. Don't ask me of it was good because I inhaled it because I knew we didn't have much time until the gremlin exploded. I was kind of hoping that they would have stayed out longer so I could order more wine! HA! When he came back inside the waitress asked if we wanted dessert and I was trying to give him the "eyes." You know, the "You better not order dessert because this little monster needs to go home!!"-eyes. What does he do? Orders a slice of cheesecake! I bit my tongue because he got me a good gift but inside my head I was plotting his death! Thirteen years, people!!! And I did not get one bite because the gremlin had finally exploded!! BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM! Thank goodness it was a Wednesday night and the restaurant was not at full capacity.

Needless to say, she went straight into the bath and then bed when we got home! I'm pretty sure the lack of her beauty sleep + a few teeth coming in attributed to tonight's debacle. At least, that's what we are telling ourselves!! Hopefully, it's not a new pattern!!! If it is, we may never eat out again!!

This was her before we left for dinner. Doesn't she look like an angel? Don't let her fool you.

(Side note: This was the second time that she has worn "stockings" under a dress. I just don't know how I feel about it?!?!)

Maybe next year I'll make dinner :)