January!!!

Chris blogged about several things in his last post that I have some pictures for, so here is the last month of our lives at a glance... with pictures:

Here is sweet Daisy at Grant's pirate birthday party. Behind her is the toy parrot that would repeat everything you said, except in about one octave higher voice. This was very entertaining, and Daisy's giggles turned into sounds created in a decible I had never heard before.

And I got to paint a cool pirate mustache on Grant A.K.A. "Ladies Man"

Let me just pause and say that if anyone knows how to add pictures without them automatically going to the beginning of the post, I would love to know how... who writes their blog in reverse order anyway?

Okay, so the pirate ship is the cake... amazing, I know, and we also had a cake for Amanda, who's birthday is Jan 20. Quick funny story about the cake for Amanda: When Chris and I went to pick up the cake, they first brought out one that said "Happy Birthday Christopher" which is ironic because his birthday is the day before Amanda's. Second, when we went to check out, the woman bagging the groceries asked if the cake said Happy Birthday Aquanda... no... we told her it didn't say that... it said AMANDA. Well, she said, they must have messed it up and then they couldn't really fix it... bummer

Well, onto Chris's birthday. We went to RuSan's (a sushi place) with a bunch of friends and had a great time. The waiters sang happy birthday and then made Chris stand on his table while they sang something else (we have no idea what) and everyone clapped and Chris ate up another chance to be the center of attention. (Just kidding Chris, I know you love to be in the background).

Friday night, Amanda called us and said that her and Vince had two extra tickets to the Diamond Rio concert at Wild Bill's (apparently the biggest honky tonk in America) so I got to go and wear my new cowboy boots and totally fit in... although I was a little too fully clothed to completely fit in, but anyway, here is the best pic I could get of the band. We had a lot of fun hanging out with Vince and Amanda and people watching. All I have to say is, be careful what you do, because you never know when one of your highschool teachers is standing behind you!

One last story, on saturday, Chris and I went to tour Oakland Cemetery, which has so much history surrounding it. We got to see all the graves from the confederate soldiers and learn a lot about Atlanta history. It was really fun and a beautiful day to be outside. It's amazing to think how far this country has come, when we go to a cemetery where all the black people are burried in a separate plot in the back. On top of the grave of Atlanta's first black mayor was a newspaper with Obama's picture on it... pretty awesome!