Dinner Party

We decided last Thursday to have Randy’s work colleague and his wife and baby over. It had been a long time since we had company over for dinner so we felt like we were ready.

Adam was still a little jet-lagged so we were up at 5 am and he decided to show us a new trick and pulled himself up in his crib, so we lowered his crib at 5:15 am. Here is Adam at 5:12 am with the cutest bed head I have ever seen.

Knowing Adam would keep me busy I made the sauce for the eggplant parmigiana the night before. I’ve been making Batali’s basic sauce for years now so luckily it doesn’t take me long. I’m feel like I’m constantly making it and I knew I was making Pasticchio on Friday for a friend who just had a baby so I made A LOT of sauce.

The next day we headed to Trader Joes for the rest of the ingredients and Adam treated me to a nap when we got home freeing me up to cook.

I even had time to set the table. I rarely get to use our wedding plates and cutlery so it was fun to get them out.

Adam woke up from his nap and amused himself while I finished dinner.

Dinner was a huge success. Adam loved meeting their baby, Rumy and dinner was really tasty. It was definitely trickier cooking for people with a baby but worth it when I saw how much everyone enjoyed themselves.