our fourth anniversary

I know you've been on the edge of your seats waiting for the promised post on our anniversary. So here it is. On June 21st Mr. Doodlebug and I celebrated our fourth anniversary by my being home with baby Doodle all day and Mr. Doodlebug going to work as always. But instead of having to prepare a meal for the three of us, I only had to grab some baby Doodle food from the fridge to feed him. He had tofu cut into cubes with applesauce -- I know it doesn't sound that appetizing but BD enjoys it and he gets his protein and iron -- and eggs cooked with whole milk and peas and carrots -- again, doesn't sound too tasty but it's a way to get him to eat peas and carrots which he now rejects in their plain state.

Mr. Doodlebug came home and bathed BD while I got dressed and brushed my hair. I even applied a little make up. I wore a black slinky dress that I bought for our honeymoon in 2003 and was pleased it still fit. We read to baby Doodle, I brushed his teeth then put him to bed. Our neighbor was kind enough to agree to babysit BD while we went out to dinner.

We ate at Citrus, a seafood/vegetarian restaurant in Chestnut Hill. We had read reviews of people complaining about the service yet raving about the food. We had excellent service and fully enjoyed our meals. We shared a mixed green salad and cold corn soup with corn croutons. I had striped sea bass with a fabulous pesto sauce, shitake mushrooms, and tomatoes. Mr. Doodlebug had crab cakes over chunks of watermelon and some sort of sauce. The crab cakes were phenomenal with hardly any breadcrumbs. We split a bottle of wine -- it's a bring your own restaurant and we bought a bottle of red zinfindel that was excellent. I drank more than my share of the wine since Mr. Doodlebug intended to drive us home. We split a piece of "old fashioned" chocolate cake, which also was delicious.

We left the restaurant and walked past an independent ice cream store. People were outside enjoying their cones stuffed with homemade ice cream and we couldn't resist. So we had a second dessert. We shared a small cone of Gadzooks ice cream. I had never heard of it until that night, and have since seen it twice. It's chocolate ice cream with caramel swirl and chunks of peanutbutter. Now that is my kind of ice cream!

It was a great night out. Mr. Doodlebug took the next day off which was Friday. I was able to sleep in until 8 or 8:30 the next morning.

It seems like we've been married for much much longer than four years, but in a good way. Like the memories of being single are so far in the past it's hard to think of a time when we weren't a couple. We've evolved as a couple, and I'm sure we'll continue to. When we were childless I couldn't imagine what it would be like to have a baby together and now I can't imagine life without baby Doodle. It's been a wonderful four years. I'm looking forward to the rest of our lives. I know as long as Mr. Doodlebug is with me I will be fine, and that kind of comfort is priceless.