WHITNEY HOUSTON - DATE NIGHT FOR HOUSTON + BROWN AS WHITNEY TURNS 44

DATE NIGHT FOR HOUSTON + BROWN AS WHITNEY TURNS 44

WHITNEY HOUSTON celebrated her 44th birthday two days early on Tuesday night (07Aug07) on a date with her ex-husband BOBBY BROWN. The couple dined at Joe's Crab Shack in Alpharetta, Georgia, where fellow diners report the former Mr. and Mrs. Brown seemed "very happy". Houston filed for divorce from Brown last year (06). The split became official in April (07). Since the split, Houston has reportedly been dating toyboy Ray J., while Brown has been romantically linked to music video vixen-turned-author Karrine Steffans and his new manager Alicia Etheredge. In April (07) Brown announced he was planning to sue his ex-wife in a bid to change his terms of custody with their teenage daughter. In court papers, the My Prerogative singer reveals he was too "strapped for cash" when his wife first filed for divorce last year (06) and couldn't afford to hire a lawyer to help him fight for custody.