Friday, December 2, 2011

We'll be Friends Forever....


Ok, at first that post title reminded me of the Zack Attack song from Saved By the Bell, does anyone else remember when Zack formed a band???


Anyway, what this post is really about is my amazing friend Felicia came to visit a couple weeks ago. Here is how it all happened...

Seth had a free round trip flight from Southwest that needed to be used. I have been kind of down lately missing my family and really missing Felicia. It had been about 3 1/2 years since we had seen each other. She lives in D.C now, so that makes it even more difficult to visit. My husband, who happens to be the GREATEST husband in the world, decided that we could use his free flight to fly Felicia out here to visit. Felicia's husband, Dave (who happens to be the second greatest husband in the world) took time off work so he could stay home with their kids. So we did it, we booked her flight and the excitement began.

I seriously can't even tell you how excited I was to see her. Anyone who knows Felicia knows she is the funniest girl and is so nice. And anyone who knows Felicia and I together knows it equals mayhem!!!

The second I picked her up from the airport it was like we had spent every day of the last 4 years together. We were laughing and talking and catching up. That night we went downtown and went to the 12:30am showing of Breaking Dawn with Cyndy and some friends. We had the entire theater to ourselves, so the 6 of us just laughed and pretty much made fun of the movie to whole time. In case you are wondering, yes, we did plan her visit to also coincide with the release of Breaking Dawn so we could watch it together:)

I spent the rest of the weekend trying to show her all the amazing places in Oregon. I even managed to take her on a little "Twilight Tour" of places where they filmed the movies.

It was an amazing 5 days of yummy food, watching Vampire Diaries, sightseeing, a lot more yummy food, and laughing until we cried..."I'll have the tender juicy steak please!"

It was so hard to say goodbye to her, I cried the entire way home from the airport. I miss her like crazy and I wish we lived closer. I am so grateful for the amazing friendship that we have. It is crazy to think I met her almost 10 years ago, and we only knew each other for a few short months before I moved back to Michigan, but when I left we stayed really close and our friendship has continued to grow despite the many miles that always separate us. She is more than a friend, she is like a sister to me (and it helps that she lived with my sisters for a while too, and my whole family loves her!) I am so glad I have been blessed with a friend as amazing as her!

And thank you to Seth for taking care of everything while she was here. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful, supportive husband. I love you Sethy!!!!!

And also thank you to Dave for holding the fort down while she was gone., you are great...GO WINGS:)

Here are just a few highlights from her visit:

Visiting the falls


Multnomah Falls


The beautiful view


This is how we spent every night..laying in bed, eating, and watching Vampire Diaries:)


Voodoo doughnuts


Monday, November 28, 2011

Somebody had a birthday...November 24th

SETHY!!!!



I know, I know, I am late blogging about this, but in my defense Seth's birthday was on Thanksgiving this year, so that altered our celebration a bit.

We held off celebrating Seth's birthday until yesterday. Kathy made him beef stroganoff for dinner and I made a banana cream pie for dessert. We celebrated as a family and once the kids were in bed we all stayed up way too late playing Apples to Apples, it was a lot of fun.

Tonight me, Seth, Scott and Cyndy went out to Oswego Grill happy hour for the final birthday celebration. I have been dying to take Sethy there, so this was the perfect excuse.

Happy birthday babe. We love you so much! You are the BEST!!!!!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

4 month check-up

I can't believe this sweet little boy...


is already 4 months old!

Here are the stats from his check-up today:

Height: 26 1/4 in (90th percentile)

weight: 15 lbs 9 ounces (50th percentile)

head: 17 1/4 inches (90th percentile)

He is laughing and cooing so much more now. He loves tummy time and is so strong. He has started scooting in circles during tummy time. The doctor said he is physically as strong as a 6 month old. She even commented about how she wouldn't be surprised if he was crawling by the time he was 6 months old. I sure hope that doesn't happen, I am not ready to be chasing him around just yet.

Last week he discovered his hands. He was looking down at his hand and opened, then closed it, and got this big smile on his face when he did it. Seeing his hand was a whole new discovery for him and I love watching him learn and grow.

Things have been very busy around here lately. I only have 2 weeks until graduation, so homework is keeping me busy. My friend Felicia also came to visit us last weekend and I had so much fun showing her around. I will blog all about her trip another time, right now I need to get to bed, I stayed up way too late while Felicia was here and need to catch up on my sleep.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Take your shoes off, take a break...

Tonight Kimmie said yet another thing that made us all laugh.
She told me that when she "has a baby in her belly she will go to the hospital, lay in bed and watch tv, take her shoes off and take a break, just like mommy did."
Yep, having a baby is that easy:)
She is going to be a great mom one day!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Happy......

Veterans Day! Wait, I feel like I am forgetting something...Happy 11-11-11...no wait, there must be something else...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CYNDY!!!!

We love you!!!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

99 years later...



Last night my Great-Grandmother (Granny) passed away at the amazing age of 99! I thought since we knew it was coming, and since she had lived a long, full life, that I would be fine when it happened, but as I sit here typing this it brings tears to my eyes. It has been over 2 years since I have seen her and I am wishing I would have been able to go visit her one last time. I know she lived a long, happy life and I am glad she has returned home to Heavenly Father, but I am left wishing I would have taken advantage of all the years I had with her. Unfortunately, as Granny got older, her memory got worse, so when we would visit there wasn't much deep conversation happening. We would sit and visit, and she always made me laugh, but I wish I knew her better. I wish I knew about her childhood, and what life was like for her growing up in such a different time and place. I will miss her fun, flirty personality (yes, even at the ripe old age of 99 she was still flirty!) I am just happy that when I did last see her, we were able to get a 5 generations picture, that is something not many people get to experience. In fact, shortly before she died my cousin had his first grandchild, allowing them to get a 6 generations picture.

The one thing I am taking from this is that I want to do all I can to learn more about my family history. I don't want to just know names and birthdates, I want to really know the people!!


5 Generations




Granny giving David kisses


Granny & David


Tuesday, November 1, 2011