{"id":1940,"date":"2011-11-30T21:35:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T02:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2011-11-30T21:35:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T02:35:58","slug":"big-daddys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1940","title":{"rendered":"Big Daddy’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

I promised more info on our Celebrate Dylan night, so here goes…<\/p>\n

Our normal routine for Gotcha Day is to take the special child out to eat, so we headed out. We had no clue where we were going…we asked Dylan what he wanted to eat and he said “a potato”. Okay, then. <\/p>\n

We were headed to a casual steak place, but ended up here. <\/p>\n

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A long-time Lake Norman restaurant (37 years, we found out), we’d not tried it yet. And, given how much Dylan LOVES “Cars” these days, it seemed like a perfect fit. <\/p>\n

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Dylan prayed for our meal…he takes “close your eyes” very seriously. <\/p>\n

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Appetizers. Dylan tries his first oyster with cocktail sauce. He gave it a thumbs up. <\/p>\n

No pictures during dinner because we were all stuffing our faces…catfish, flounder, shrimp, chopped steak, potatoes, and lots of sweet tea. Oh my, it was good. Dylan cleaned his plate. <\/p>\n

Did we save room for dessert? Nah, but bring it anyway. <\/p>\n

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Cutting his 8-layer cake. <\/p>\n

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Yes, he did shovel it in one bite. <\/p>\n

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Our other Gotcha Day tradition is giving the child a book…maybe an adoption related book, maybe just something that the child is “into” at the time. We sign the inside of each, with some words of love and the date. <\/p>\n

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His eyes lit up when he saw this, he absolutely adores anything “Cars” these days. He spent some good reading time on his belly today, “reading” his new book. <\/p>\n

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We had such a fun night, eating some great southern food and honoring our little guy. How blessed we are to be Dylan’s mommy and daddy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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