Hanging out with friends

Now that we have a 7 PM curfew imposed by little Elise, our social life has been really restricted.  We take turns going to small group, leave weddings and other social events early, and rarely go out as a couple during the evening.  It's actually helped to simplify our lives by quite a bit because we spend a lot more time at home.  And since we don't have a TV, we've been spending more time talking, working, and just enjoying a slower pace of life for once.

Tonight, some friends from our small group wanted to catch the Bronco's game (Heather, pictured first, is a huge fan).  We took advantage of Yardhouse's great happy hour deals and brought along Elise for the first hour and a half of the game.  When Elise was younger, we'd just lug her around in her infant stroller, but now she will no longer deeply sleep through a loud restaurant.  It is so nice living in the area that we do because we can take advantage of all of Pasadena's fun culinary and social events just a short stroller ride away and be back in time for her bedtime.  I don't think we would have gone to this tonight if we had to drive a good chunk.

Speaking of bedtime, she is going down to sleep more independently but is still waking very frequently throughout the night.  Last night, she woke up in the middle of the night and played and bonked around for about an hour before deciding to go back to sleep.  She definitely caught a bug and has been coughing all night.  I can't imagine what my first night of actually sleeping 8 hours will be like.  I would be happy with even 6 at this point.