Lots of Laughs & Lots of Birthdays

So, this weekend we spent a lot of time running around. Friday evening we were back at Philips arena to take in another Thrashers game. This time around the Thrashers actually won and in dramatic fashion...scoring 2 goals in the final 3 minutes to tie the game and then ultimately prevailing in a shootout. I managed to get a photo of the fire-breathing Thrasher, which Josh and I made endless jokes about. It was a fun evening and we were glad to have received the free tickets again.

On Saturday, we drove to Commerce to meet my mom and head over to Braselton for a baby shower for Becca, my best friend from high school. She is having her first baby in a few weeks...it's a girl. Saturday afternoon the three of us headed to the Mall of Georgia to meet Josh's parents for dinner. We celebrated Josh's birthday and they came back home with us. It was a long, but fun day.

After springing forward we hustled to church, then to Athens for a late lunch to celebrate Emily's birthday. We enjoyed cookies and ice cream at mom & dad's house. Jack has really started laughing now. It is SO CUTE. He'll usually only laugh at little bit each day. Josh and I try to get him going as often as possible. As you can see, he even shared his cute little laugh with Emily on her birthday.
Jack and I got Josh a new coffee maker for his birthday, so Sunday evening we made coffee and hot cocoa and watched a movie. It was a long, but fun weekend. We'll be celebrating all week...Josh's birthday is Sunday!

Ice Hockey anyone?

Well, Jack has now experienced his first sporting event. And as much as it may pain Josh and I to say in the future, but this milestone event was an ice hockey game! Can you believe it? One of Josh's fellow ER physicians has season tickets to the Thrashers game and offered us a pair of tickets. We've both always heard how much fun they are to attend, so we took him up. We arrived with only 3 minutes left in the first period and Jack was fast asleep on Josh's lap.

Sometime in the second period the Thrashers scored and the place went nuts. An obnoxiously loud siren went off, a fire breathing Thrasher appeared and needless to say Jack was awake! After he ate, he was pretty content to sit on my lap and watch the hockey game or at least look around. He was quite a cutie and so well behaved.

Unfortunately, the Thrashers gave up two more goals and lost 2-1 to the Vancouver Canucks. Overall, it was a lot of fun and we got to see two fights. One with the guys ripping off their gloves and helmets to go at it. Of course, they were both sent to the penalty box for 5 minutes, but it was worth it. I don't know much about hockey, but I do know that it's not much of a game without a good fight.