Monday, March 16, 2009

Valentine/Anniversary


This year we decided to celebrate our Anniversary along with Valentine's Day. Since they were so close and also that we decided to go on a get away. It was a blast. Oh, and did I say we had NO kids. Well, we had NO kids! We went to Hot Springs with 2 other couples. We got a couple's massage, went out to eat at a fairly nice restaurant, and we had a hotel room to ourselves!!!We also went on a dinner cruise, but we won't go into that. Not so wonderful as it sounded. But everything else was all so nice. This was the first time that we have been away from the kids overnight since Andrew was born. Three and a half years too long! I have to be honest in saying that it wasn't long enough. Definitely a good way to spend our 5th Anniversary. I love James dearly and I'm looking forward to MANY more years.

The girls. Mandy, Anna, and me.

The boys. James, Andrew, and Shawn.

All of us together!
I want to do it again! Hopefully I won't have to wait until our next Anniversary. (Hint, hint James!) But I do consider myself very lucky to have been married to such a wonderful man for this long. It seems that these days it's a rarity to be married for too long. I guess I've lucked out! Love you babe!!!

There's a lot...

Of things that have been going on since I last posted. Yes I know it's been over a month and I apologize. There has just been so much! First off Cathy had her baby! So I am an Aunt for the first time! Well, technically not the first time, but the first time to a newborn. And Elizabeth is a cutie!

She was born on the 10th of February. So Cathy's next baby has to be born on the 5th to keep with the pattern. Andrew was born on the 10th and Emma was the 5th and Paisley was the 15th. See, pattern!
James and I were able to get away on a Valentine/Anniversary weekend. And this was with NO kids. I'll do another post for that because I have some pictures and I already have a ton on this one!
After we got back from our weekend we left for Tennessee.

She told me that I was her favorite Aunt, but not to tell anyone!

Andrew was in love with her from the minute he saw her and told us that he loved her several times a day while we were there.And while we were there we got the kids Easter out fits. Here is a picture of Andrew posing.

Isn't he a dapper dude! Handsome! You can't see it in this picture, but he has a pink tie under his vest.

I'll get better pictures of the girls in their dresses, but this is Emma minus the cute little purse she has.

And here is Paisley in her dress with Uncle Brooks. They were so cute. We had matching dresses for Emma and Paisley. Elizabeth had a different dress, but it was the exact same colors just a different style. So of course we had pictures of them taken. That was a TON of fun! (That's meant to be sarcastic!)
We got home from there and I though things would be winding down, but I was wrong. The Friday after we got back, Paisley had some bumps on her belly and I figured I'd watch them and see what happened. Well, on Saturday, she had more! Panic! So I go to the Dr.'s office and he tells me it's nothing, just some cold spots and that she's not contagious. So we carry on with life that day and visit some family and go to church on Sunday. By this time she has some more, so I begin to wonder again if this is something else. So we ask a nurse that goes to church with us and she says it's Chicken Pox. My first suspicion! Dang! So we take her to her Dr. (the one we saw on Sat. was the on call Dr for the clinic) and he confirms it! My little baby has Chicken Pox.

This is on the down swing of it so things look good.

This is her back. There were more on her bum, but I thought it wouldn't be a good idea to post them.

But the good news was that she was happy the whole time! No itching at them and being miserable. She smiled the whole time. So all in all it was a good experience. Oh, and to top everything off Paisley learned how to crawl while we were away in TN. So here is a video of her doing her thing. I'm going to be in so much trouble now. They're all mobile!! If no one hears from me in a while just know that I've been committed!!!