mangia!

we went down to state street late this afternoon to buy a certain someone a certain christmas present (hi kim!), and had a nice walk. well, abby rode, but it was nice to get out and "blow the stink off" as some relative of mine likes to say. as we got in the car to come home, we realized it was dinnertime and that by the time we got home and got something made, abby's schedule would be radically altered to the point where my head might explode. so, we opted to go to the olive garden because abby has been known to enjoy the salad there. well, now we know that she doesn't just enjoy the salad, she LOVES the salad. all parts of the salad, including olives and onions. we didn't give her any pepperoncinis, but everything else she gobbled up. she even refused cheese ravioli in favor of more salad. it was really something else, especially watching her going at the onions. i'll tell you, i'm not so much looking forward to the results of the onion eating in the diaper region, if you know what i mean.

tomorrow morning she has her 2-year checkup, so it'll be interesting to see how much she's grown in the past 6 months.

oh, and as a side note, 2 years ago right now, brian and i had been at the hospital for about 2 hours and had just been told that we weren't leaving and were in fact, going to have a baby very soon. they were right on the part about having a baby, and so very wrong about the "very soon" part. it's almost like her birthday is a 3-day celebration for us. :) oh, and 2 years ago in about an hour sees me refusing an ambien, a decision that i would come to regret.