5 Years!!!

Happy 5 year anniversary to my wonderful husband!
It's so amazing to look past these 5 years and see how God's taken care of us. Here's some highlights of the past 5 years, the good, the bad and the ugly :)


1 bedroom apartment (2005)
getting our first baby (the cat) ( October 2005)
9 months of house hunting (2006-2007)
Finding "the house" and then not being able to get it (too many times)
changing jobs (October 2006)
Our first nephew was born! (Oct 2006)
Finally getting our dream home! (May 2007)
Moving day!
M losing his job the day after we moved in
Septic tank collapses (July 2007)
Job hunting..
M Finding a teaching job (fall 2007)
hating teaching job, changing careers (winter 2007)
New job for M (Jan 2008)
We're going to be parents (March 2008)
Awaiting the arrival of our first baby (2008)
The best day of our married life, our princess was born! (Nov 2008)
Our first trip to Disney as a family of 3 (March 2009)
Getting an agent for M's book (2009)
Agent leaving
Sending out the book proposal (2009)
Not getting a publisher :(
Back to square 1 with the art world..
Kevin is created (Spring/summer 2010)
Our first niece is born! (May 2010)
Our 2nd nephew is born! (June 2010)



There has been SO much more that has happened... I have loved every minute of our lives together and can't wait to see what else God has for us. I'm so thankful for my husband. He is so patient and kind (and it takes a lot of patience w/ me). He's generous and selfless. He is my best friend, my helper, my forever boyfriend. Watching him play with our daughter makes me fall in love with him more and more. I still don't know what I did to deserve him. We are such an unlikely match, he is cool and calm. I am paranoid and high strung... But we are a fit. God brought us together and I am so thankful for that. He is my prince charming in every way!

No happenings...

I have been slacking on blogging... There's nothing much to blog about. Life is dull, and there are no complaints about that. lol Baby girl is growing fast, we are 1 1/2 months away from her 2nd birthday. It feels like we just had her first birthday. I am enjoying this age so much, she is learning so much. Everyday brings new words, new behaviors, new funs...
She loves to read books, loves to play with mommy and daddy. Her new favorite thing to do is grab her favorite toys (all of her Disney playhouse characters) and hide underneath my dining room table. I am not a fan. Not only does she leave her mess there all day, she constantly yells "mommy help, stuck" so I have to move all the chairs for her to get out. lol I let her play in there sometimes b/c she seems to like it so much, it's not really harming anything. I just hate toys everywhere. I like to keep her mess contained to her room. Alas, it provides a great opportunity to teach her to clean up :)

She is also very much in LOVE with Disney Princesses. I haven't really introduced her to anything like that b/c I didn't think she was old enough. But a friend of the family gave her a princess lunchbox and now baby girl is obsessed w/ Princesses. We got her Princess PJ's... :) And we watch Princess and the Frog (or Princess froggie) about 4-6 times a week. lol She loves it!

Nothing else is going on.. Just doing our same mundane routine. BUT again, no complaints here, I like mundane. I thank God for mundane days with my family. :)

Birthday celebration!!!

This past weekend was M's birthday. To celebrate, we went to Hollywood Studios. There were 5 of us and we had a blast. Even though it was hot. Baby girl had a blast and totally impressed us with her excellent behavior. She got to see all her favorite playhouse Disney characters.

Waiting to go in...

Kisses for Handy Manny

Little Einsteins is her favorite!

Walking with daddy... Mommy made her dress and bow!

birthday kiss for the birthday boy :)