4:15pm - Amit & Anjali are both hungry and wondering what to do for a snack
4:45pm - But Naina shows signs of falling asleep earlier than her usual 6:30pm bedtime
5:00pm - We make the decision to get Naina to sleep, then leave for St. John's after she's settled and ready to sleep. She usually sleeps through the whole thing when we go out in the evenings so this seems like safe bet.
5:15pm - Naina has her bath. She's in an extra splashy mood so Anjali has to change into dry clothes.
5:45pm - Naina has her dinner. She spits up plenty so Anjali has to change into dry clothes...again. Amazingly, Naina's clothes remain clean.
6:10pm - Naina is sound asleep in her car seat. Date night, here we come!
6:45pm - We arrive at St. John's only to find that there are no open tables. People are even standing around waiting for tables. There's so much noise that Naina wakes up. We get back in the car to go somewhere else and hopefully get Naina back to sleep.
7:05pm - Naina's sound alseep. We arrive at Red Robin. We're *really* hungry by now. Remember - we first got hungry 3 hrs earlier!
7:10pm - We order a Blue Moon & a Sam Adams...super sized!
7:15pm - Naina wakes up! We start rocking the car seat and Anjali's singing lullabies to reverse the damage.
7:25pm - We order our burgers. Yummm....bottomless fries are on their way.
7:40pm - Naina's still awake and getting restless. We're now 1.5-2 hrs past bedtime - we're well into the danger zone! Somewhere out there, red sirens are wailing...this is not a drill. We need to evacuate ASAP.
7:45pm - We change our order to takeout & start chugging our 22-ounce (or maybe more!) beers
8:00pm - We're in the car headed home, dinner's in the back seat, our beers left unfinished, and Naina is now grinning innocently
8:30pm - We get home, and despite driving around a little extra, Naina's wide awake! (see pic)
8:50pm - We're watching last Thursday's episode of The Office, drinking bottled beer from the fridge, and eating our room temperature burgers & cold fries out of takeout containers. Naina's happily sitting in her swing and NOT sleeping.
If she wasn't so darn cute and loveable, this would be an evening gone bust. But somehow, we're still amused and dare I say - we had fun :) Nevertheless, I think we may get a sitter next time!
