Happy Anniversary!

Brad and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary today:) It's funny, and I'm sure it's like this for everyone, but we both feel like we've been together forever and only for the blink of an eye at the same time. This is actually our 7th year together and I can honestly say this is my longest relationship by a long shot and we are still going strong. I love this man. We certainly have our moments as we are both pretty headstrong and opinionated and not willing to back down when we feel that we are right (which is always for both of us) but we are learning to maneuver each other and work together as partners and as friends. Cy has taught us a lot about each other and I think we see each other differently now that we view one another as mom & dad. Brad is a great Dad. He is exactly the kind of man I envisioned for the father of my children. He is so hands on and always has been. He doesn't hesitate to get on the floor to wrestle and play but he's also always willing to read and snuggle or give Cy a bath or make him food. There are really no distinct things that I do for Cy that Brad won't and that makes my life so easy and Cy's life so wonderful. For all the things that he does that have the tendency to drive me a little crazy, this makes up for it in a big way!
For our anniversary, we wanted to go to Buckheads. It is one of my favorite restaurants in Richmond but we only go once every blue moon because it's so expensive. So, we were hoping Jill could watch Cy for the night but they already had plans. So, we had Plan B which was to go to the Cheesecake Factory as a family of 3:) It was DELICIOUS! I had the Wasabi Encrusted Ahi Tuna, Brad had this amazing looking Turkey Burger and Cy had a quesadilla (surprise:)). I also enjoyed a Cosmopolitan and a glass of Malbec.  We were so stuffed that we didn't even have room for one of their delicious desserts:(

On Friday, Doc & Jill were able to watch Cy for us so we made it to Buckheads. Yum! We decided to just do drinks and appetizers since they have so many wonderful appetizers on the menu. We started with the calamari and the Sauteed mushrooms. The mushrooms were amazing, sauteed in white wine, butter, and lemon with oyster mushrooms, portabella, and shitake mushrooms. Brad wanted to order the scallops as well even though I was stuffed:) I'm not a huge fan of scallops but they came sauteed in butter and absolutely melted in my mouth. They were paired with potato gnocchi...yum! Brad enjoyed a delicious (apparently, not by my standards) bourbon called Dimple Pincher and a couple beers. I had a couple delicious glasses of red wine - heaven:) It was a great weekend of good food and lots of love!!

It seems all the photos we took for our anniversary involved drinking...hmmm....:)