Aside from Christmas tree shopping and decorating last weekend, Miguel and I went to a dinner party at Luis and Nichole's house on Saturday night. Our other friends, Sonja and Marco, were visiting from NYC for the weekend -- so Nichole made a big lasagna meal for all of us, and we hung out together all evening.
Since Miguel is turning 40 this Friday (gasp!), and Marco & Sonja's son, Noah, turned one last month, Nichole planned a joint birthday celebration for them...
Here are the birthday boys...
Young and old!
Here was their cake (en Espanol)...
... a tasty pumpkin cheesecake. Yum.
I think Miguel did most of the work here...
... but then again, he had more candles.
Here's Sonja helping Noah open his gift (stuffed penguin bowling)...
... with a very preggers Nichole in the background.
Poor little Noah has excema from the cold weather (wind/rain) that chaps his skin.
Here's Noah's dad, Marco...
... he's from Mexico City like Luis.
And here's his Jack Russell Terrier, Porkchop, on the left...
... with N&L's Australian Sheperd, Raku, on the right.
They were locked out in the sun room, dying to get in and eat our dinner scraps!!! Too bad it didn't happen... Look at how desperate the two of them look.
After dinner and cake we spent a good amount of time lounging on the couch in the living room helping Luis and Nichole pick out names for their daughter, who will be born in February. Their top pick so far is Mia, which I think is super cute! They pretty much rejected all of our suggestions, such as "Peggy" from Miguel, which rhymes with their last name...
The evening ended with Luis snoring loudly on the sofa, Nichole getting kicked by the baby, Sonja and Marco conking out in their seats, Miguel drowsing in and out of food coma, and me playing alone with Amos the cat. All in all a lovely evening!!
2 comments:
Sounds like a good time was had by all. Nice pics!
Happy early birthday to Miguel!
If your friends are accepting name suggestions from random Internet people, allow me to suggest "Precious".
Nice "Lord of the Rings" reference, with just the right touch of Jerry Springer mixed in. I'm sure they'll jump on it! But then again, they rejected my suggestions of Tiffany and Crystal.
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