A Night Out with the Family and Friends

Last night we went to the opening of Mandola's in Bee Cave. As many of you probably know, we go to Mandola's at the Triangle in Austin all the time. We love their pizza and various pasta dishes. If you haven't been, I highly recommend it! I love it so much, the first night I was in the hospital after Aspen was born I had Jason go and pick up some minestrone soup and pizza for me. It hit the spot!



We carpooled out to the new restaurant with our friends Joe and Sarah. When we got there we meet up with our other friends Phil and Kaiba. The restaurant was packed, but it was really nice because the employees were walking around with tons of samples of food and wine. It gave us a chance to catch up with everyone.



Of course Aspen slept the whole ride to the restaurant; she was a awake but completely quiet and content while we waited around in line for about an hour; as soon as we get our food....a complete baby meltdown (that's what I like to call it). I felt so bad for her. The restaurant was super loud and I think she was over tired and over stimulated. We ended up leaving a little earlier than planned, but as soon as we got in the car she feel asleep for the whole ride home. We got home, fed her and she slept for 7 hours again (and even went back to sleep after that for another 3!).

We had a great time out as a family and it's nice as Aspen gets older feeling more confident with our outings (even if she does get fussy). She's so cute and we love her so much, even if she does have a couple of fussy moments, we don't mind.

On Friday a cold front came through Austin and I got to pull out some adorable fall clothes for Aspen to wear. Don't you just love the hat??









The next two photos are Aspen working out on her belly. I just think she looks so cute on her tummy working those neck muscles.