Happy Anniversary to Us :)

So, our anniversary was a few weeks ago, but the celebration was this week. Here are a few highlights :)

Strolling around seeing the sights :)

Sliding down the rail in Caesar's Palace... I know, I couldn't believe it either, but the boy does keep me laughing.

Seems like everywhere we go, we find racing games to race each other.  This was at the arcade at Circus Circus. I won a free race on mine because I WHOOPED JUNIOR'S BUTT! but I got up before I realized it, and Junior stole me game!!



Winning a few chips never hurts :)

The Paris's Eiffel Tower: view from the bottom...

And, the view from the top!

A little side trip to the Pawn Shop featured on the History Channel's "Pawn Stars"

Holding hands on Freemont Street :). (I know, my eyes are closed, but I liked the picture other than that :) and I was having some serious contact issues)

Our hotel pool, or as Junior says "Motel."  He cracks me up; no matter how big or how nice the resort or hotel is that we stay in, he always referrs to our room as our "Motel Room"... I think he even called our cabin on a cruise we went on our "Motel Room." LOL!!



We had a TOTAL blast!!!!!! I'm so glad I'm married to my boyfriend :).

Trains and Triangles

This morning, we made our pancakes on the griddle, so we got to make shapes.  Olivia requested triangles, no problemo.  Tyler, "Thomas the train"! Really?

Here's what I came up with.

the colored sprinkles he put on helped a great deal :)

He Said, She Said

Tyler: Olivia, why don't you like mashed potatoes?
Olivia: I just don't.  Why don't you like macaroni?
Tyler: That's just how God made me.

Aunt Lindsey and Mr. Matt

My amazing sister and her boyfriend took care of Tyler over the weekend while we were at the hospital with Olivia.  And they SPOILED him rotten!!! They went on walks, went to the park, went to hurricane shoals, went to the library, visited Mr. Kent and Mrs. Janice, played, read a bunch of books, went to McDonalds, and who knows where all else.  And in the meantime, Tyler overcame his fear of Mr. Matt's dog, Harry.  Tyler told us today, "I love Harry now." I think his new love for Harry has helped his sister to losen up too. We walked down to their house after dinner tonight to visit for a few minutes.  Here's Tyler and his new pal, Harry :).

Aunt Lindsey also has another cool pet that Tyler has always loved...
This is Siggy, Lindsey's Bunny

And, Tyler is walking him on a leash...lol

I'll spare you the details of my MISERABLE weekend, and skip straight to the good parts...

#1 Olivia is out of the hospital, and the new meds seem to be working
#2 When I left my keys at the hospital, my spare that usually only opens the door worked in the ignition!!
#3 The kids weren't with Junior when someone hit his truck on the way home from the hospital.
#4 Junior is okay
#5 The person that hit him had insurance.
#6 The lady at Suntrust didn't ask for my ID when I went to cash a check after I left my wallet in Junior's truck, and needed money to pay for the dinner I'd already ordered over the phone.
#7 I had friends calling to check on me, cooking me dinner, offering me a place to sleep close to the hospital, giving me a place to shower and nap, visiting us in the hospital, giving a shoulder to cry on, and PRAYING for all of us.
#8 God is taking care of us, and has everything under control.

We're going to be okay!!

No tears :)

My sweet girl had blood drawn for some tests the other day.  Three tubes full!!! and guess what... No Tears!!! (I was so proud :))

And the reward???? A chocolate milkshake, our favorite :)

I figured she needed some calcium and carbs after losing all that blood :) She must have REALLY NEEDED it, because she drank it up like it was her job!!

I LOVE TECHNOLOGY

I was just looking at my online albums that I posted on facebook, and took a little trip down memory lane :).  I just love my sweet (crazy) babies :).

I was checking out some of some pics I took at Christmas time when my cousin Stacy and I took our kids to "the lighting of the chateau" at Chateau Elan.  It was a lot of fun, and I even had the foresight to pack a snack in my purse...lol. (I caught on to the whole "mom" thing really fast). Well, I caught a few more things that night too. They had some of those bouncy things outside for the kids to play on until it was dark enough for them to light up the Christmas decorations, and my kids were bouncing away.  Then, all of a sudden, Tyler comes out for no apparent reason, and runs at me at full speed.  I was SO happy to see that he wanted to come give me a big hug :)..... or so I thought....

If you'll notice in the picture below, that night, I decided to accessorize wtih a scarf...

Well, Tyler noticed that as well.... so he RUNS up to me, grabs the end of my scarf, WIPES HIS NOSE, and RUNS back to the bouncy palace. Seriously, baby???

This was one of those moments where you just sort of realize that THIS IS YOUR LIFE... AND YOU LOVE IT MORE THAN ANYTHING!!!!!