Dinner with Hoon

Tonight was a fun family evening out. John's friend Hoon was in town from Korea (he's been working there on an assignment for the last 2 months) ... they had meetings together all day Thursday, then thought it would be fun to get together for dinner tonight as families. Hoon and Michelle live on Staten Island, so we tried to meet somewhere in the middle for dinner. We ate at Houlihan's in Weehawken (right next to Hoboken), which has an excellent view of Manhattan. The only bad part of the night was that we hit TONS of traffic on our way there. What typically should have taken us 25-30 minutes took us an hour and 15 minutes! We were so frustrated and felt bad we left Hoon, Michelle and Ian waiting for us. Luckily, both girls took great naps this afternoon so they were angels on the long drive, and then Avery took a cat nap on the way there.

I tried to take a picture of his cute son Ian, but he was camera shy at first and kept dodging my camera!
Ian and Michelle ... Michelle works in the fashion industry as a designer for Reebok and Adidas. She went to design school while in Seoul, Korea, then went to FIT in Manhattan.

I finally got a picture of Ian!

Reagan developed a mild fever this afternoon, but after a dose of Motrin, she was acting just fine, so we figured she was fine to go out. She was SO good throughout the entire evening and we were really proud of her good manners in the restaurant. I wish I could say the same about Avery, but she's at that age where she doesn't want to sit still in a high chair. She went back and forth between John and I most of the night, sitting on our laps.

My sweet little Reagan

Amanda, John and Avery

By the time we got back to the car, Reagan's fever was coming back, so she quickly fell asleep on the way home. Only a few minutes after she fell asleep, she started talking in her sleep. She said, "Mama! Avery's getting on the table! Mama, Avery's on top of the counter!" She is ALWAYS talking in her sleep and it's rarely just mumbling - we can usually always hear her words very clearly. She definitely takes after her mother when it comes to wild dreams and sleep-talking :)