Movies, Steps, Parties and Friends

So as the title indicates, we've been to a couple of movies recently. We went to see "The Strangers" starring Liv Tyler and some others I didn't know at the cheap theater with Brett and Abby. It was so scary and of course Alex and Brett both later tried to scare us more by doing something sneaky at home. Boys.... It seriously made me jump several times.

We saw "The Dark Knight" on Thursday night. Kandi and Zoe nicely came over and watched Solomon for us. It was nice to get out with just the two of us and I enjoyed the movie. Christian Bale is a hotty. I did like Heath Ledger as the Joker. I thought it was entertaining even though it was fairly predictable.

Some Solomon firsts: On Tuesday, the 22nd, he took his first steps.. He can take two to three without anything to balance on and then falls. He's definitely balancing much better than he was before. He's also been progressing on soft veggies, fruits, bread and cereal pieces and he's been doing really well with two of the sippy cups. He doesn't do the others so well. I'll just keep the for when he's a little more skilled in that area.

We had my dad's 65th surprise b-day party on Friday night at the Ville at St. Vincent de Paul. He was TOTALLY surprised too which was fun. I think he had a good time. A lot of people were there, some he hadn't seen in a while. I also enjoyed seeing everyone. It was fun and was a perfect way to end a miserable work day! :) He bought a bbq grill with all of the gift cards people gave him to Home Depot. I can't wait to see it.

Last night was also a lot of fun. We went to Brandon and Tobie's house. They have an 18-mo. old and Tobie told us she's preggers and due in February. There were several people over and we all played Rock Band. Alex did a bit of bass, guitar and singing. I sang and did some drumming, but I totally suck at the drumming. It was fun though. It was a late night and of course Solomon is always up early, so thank God, he actually went down for an early short nap and I slept a little more.

We're getting ready for our trip to Atlanta later this week. It will be Solomon's first trip on a plane, so it should be interesting, but we're both looking forward to getting away and relaxing a bit. We may do less of the tourist stuff and more hanging out since we NEVER get to do that here.

I also have to give Chris Baker a "shout out". He turns 33 today, or rather, 21, or whatever age he is using these days! :) Happy Birthday Chris and many more!

Hope everything is going well for everyone!