7 Year Anniversary!

Today DH and I celebrate our 7th year wedding anniversary! We went out last night to celebrate at our favorite local upscale resturant. They happened to be having a Wine tasting event which we didn't know orginally when we were planning on eating there. Little did I know that wasn't the only thing I didn't know last night.

So we got to the resturant, and were waiting for the wine tasting to start (you taste 5 wines paired with a little appetizer to compliment it). The waitress asked if we wanted to start with a cocktail...(they make the best Martini ever there, the Ruby Red Pama...so good) Well since the wine tasting was supposed to start shortly i decided not to order my martini because i wanted to be able to have time to drink it.

So the wine tasting starts and the lady is telling us about the winery, and the wines...the they handed out the first one...and at first they forgot us(you can choose to do the wine tasting or just have dinner there) but we eventually got the first one. Then as we were tasting the winery woman was walking around the tables talking and she stopped at our table. So I mentioned that it was ironic that she was talking about Napa and that is where we were on our second anniversary and that we were celebrating our 7th tomorrow.

Well then we get the next wine and they bring me mine and it has a curly pink ribbon tied to the stem...at first I think awww that is sweet ..that they put that on after finding out we were celebrating...the a few seconds go by and I am looking at the ribbon and see a ring in it...i honestly first thought...wow that is sweet...that is crazy that they had a fake ring to tie on for special occasions...then I look at it closer adn realize that it is a real ring and I say out loud..."That looks just like my ring" and then I freak out to realize that DH had bought me the matching anniversary band to my wedding band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He had stopped at the resturant before coming home and gave them the ring and told them to tie it on my martini glass because he knew that I would order one..well we kinda screwed them up since i didn't order it since we did the wine tasting...hence why the ribbon came on the second glass. All the waitresses came over to look at it and wish me congrats. It was incredible

I was(and still am) TOTALLY shocked. We have been joking about it since we got my wedding band and the guy at the jewlery store said he "saved the mold" for an anniversary band....and DH all along has said maybe for 10 years.....so imagine my suprise that he had done this!!!! He had the new mold made a couple months ago when he took in my rings to have them reappraised since we changed insurance companies....I guess he picked it up 2 weeks ago and it has been in his desk. The funniest part is when my rings were at the jeweler my girlfriend said to me "I wonder if he is having the other one made" I was very quick to tell her that there was NO WAY that he would be doing that and even mentioned it to DH. (Little did i know that he called my friend shortly after and told her that indeed he was doing just that!)

It is beautiful and I LOVE it....but even more I love him! After 7 years of marriage he can still completely suprise me!!!!

I am a lucky girl!!!!

A Fantastic Article on Infertility!

I saw from a friends wall on FB today this amazing article on infertility..I had to share! A very well done article from someone on SELF magazine. The only thing that would have been better was to have a piece on adoption in there as well.



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38311820/ns/health-womens_health/

Must get back on the wagon

Okay it is now August 3rd (which honestly I still can't believe) and it is time for me to get back on the heathy eating/excercise wagon! I have been so bad lately and I can tell. I think I am up about 5 lbs! But even more discourageing is I can tell in the way my clothes fit. I have worked too hard to get and keep this weight off I am not going to put it on again!!!

My biggest problem lately is my eating and even worse my drinking! I have been drinking way too many extra alcoholic calories. I need to get back to no weekday drinking. DH and I have gotten into the bad habit of having a drink (or two) in the evenings while we zone out and watch tv. NO MORE. I need to cut that out along with the snacks i have along with it!

So i am commiting today to no drinking Monday-Thursday (and probably most sunday's but not all) Although i know tomorrow night if i go to my book club party at the gals house with a boat and pool it will be hard to pass up. See this is the problem with summer! Way too many outdoor social activities where i partake in too many empty calories!

Also no more junk, i have been eating too much pizza, taco bell etc lately. I started my day today with a protein shake, and will be having a salad with grilled chicken for lunch with extra veggies.

I also need to get in a 3rd workout day a week at minimum, even if it is just walking. I have been decent at goign to my AOS workouts 2x a week and although they are awesome and I am building muscles and getting stronger, I need more cardio throughout the week to try to get a handle on burning off this extra 5 lbs. I may try to start swimming seeing that we are paying for teh Y membership and since DH is mostly off the wagon as well, no one is using it this summer...and i also never signed iz up for camp like i said i would. So we are spending $65 /month for nothing.......I like swimming and although i have not done it in forever i think it wil be good to balance out my sore knees versus if i try to jog. But i have to get goggles and a swim cap first i think....

I know i can do it, i have done it many times before, i just wish i didnt' have too! I hate getting older, metabolism slowing down (not that mine has ever been all that fast to begin with).

I have got to get this 5lbs off though so better start today!

The quilt is done!!!

Well Grandma finally finished Izzy's quilt. It is amazing! She did the design and of course all the sewing herself! It came out so cute. She even made it as a duvet cover so that in the winter we can put a comforter in it. It will truely be an heirloom forever in Izzy's family. She loves it to...

Izzy at 3 1/2!!!!!

I really cannot believe my child is officially 3 1/2. Seems so much older to me than 3 ....even though it is a mere 6 months. I have been so slacking in doing updates on my girl that I wanted to be sure to do one this week

Where to start miss Izzy! You have blossomed into such a special little girl and not just to us. I get endless comments from friends, neighobors and even strangers about what a sweet, beautiful little girl you are! (you save your most sassy, tantrum moments for the comfort of home and mommy and daddy, although for the most part you don't have many)

We have finally fully potty trained in teh last month or so. The pull ups are no longer needed for pooping and you finally go on the potty...although you still really only go at home on your little potty you refuse to go anywhere else...but hey it is serious progress!! You have also gotten really good at wiping yourself and washing your hands all by yourself.

This is a common theme we here lately ..."I do it all by myself"--You can get dressed all by yourself and even put on most of your shoes....you can get on the swing all by yourself..even the higher one...although you haven't chosen to figure out the pumping of your legs. You often help yourself to a cheese stick in the fridge all by yourself or your favorite dessert popcicles including going to get yoru own sisscors and cut it open yourself. You have also started "reading" all by yourself and it is so funny to hear you read your books to me (or the cat or a favorite stuffed animal) You have a fantastic memory and you can often recite the books almost word for word depending on teh book.

You have been doing a bit better at night time, you still go to bed great, after your stories and then mommy or daddy laying in your bed for just a few minutes...but you like to come down into our room in the middle of hte night. Lately you have been doing better and staying in your own bed until about 6am and then I put you in our bed and you snuggle up with me and fall back asleep. You are definately starting to take after me...you like to sleep in (as long as it is in our bed and I am with you)

You love to dress up, and you are very into ballerina's right now..I guess I should think about putting you in dance class. Yesterday you found a new dress up outfit i had bought for you about easter time but never gave you and you wore it almost all day long, even to a friends house for a play date. Sure enough this morning you had to put it back on to go to Nana's. Your other favorite hting is lip gloss. You LOVE lipgloss and insist on taking it with you most places.

I love listening to your perspective on things and espeically when you get really excited and animated telling a story and you flare your arms and roll your eyes. You remember everything to the point it is almost scary. The best is when we are just relaxing at home and you will come sit by me and say " Lets talk mommy" I will say what do you want to talk about, then you will say something like"Lets talk about bugs", Bugs dont' actually bite" Don't know where this is coming from but you love to use the word actually..another favorite lately is amazing...this mornign on teh way to nana's you were looking at the sun as it was coming up and behind clouds it looked like it was changing colors so you said "look at the sun, that is amazing!"

You love to play with the big girls next store much more so than the other kids your age. Last week you spend the entire day next store with the 9 year old and had the very best time playing anything from makeover to collecting grass and rocks pretending that they were items from teh grocery store. The 9 year old also exposed you to a few cartoons you don't normally get to watch like Spongebob and Pheineas and Ferb...

You are the sweetest most affectionate girl lately. You love to give hugs and kisses and tell us that you love us. Of course same goes for your grandparents who can't get enough.

We are so blessed to have you as our daughter and I love getting to be your mom and watch you grow up into such a special girl!

There is more I want to say but everytime i go to write these i forget all the cute thinks you have said or done that I want to add..so hopefully I will add more as I think of it.

Potty Update

I don' t have a long time to write but I wanted to be sure I documented that I think we have FINALLY conquered izzy pooping on the potty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She has been fully potty trained for i don' t know 8 months at least, sleeping in underwear, peeing on potty, no accidents...but she had still insisted in pooping in a pull up and refused to do it on the potty. She has had poop anxiety for a long time and we have had her on mirilax for close to a year to help her but she would not go on teh potty!

Well a couple weeks ago we were at home depot and she had not option of a pull up and had to poop and did it on the portable potty in my car! Ever since then i have refused to give her a pull up and she has been doing GREAT. I think she has gone 10 times in a row now. She is still a little nervous and prefers me to be in teh bathroom with her versus anyone else...but she is doing it!!!!! She no longer even asks for a pull up!!!!!!

We made a poop chart with stars and prizes and this seems to help although i think she was also just finally ready.

I am so PROUD!

Little Swimmer!

I will post pictures as soon as my friend sends them to me...my camera was dead so she took the photos but I am so happy to report my girl is a little swimmer! I guess the swimming lessons did pay off because on Sunday she was quite the independant swimmer with her life jacket or water wings on. She was a little fish both in the lake and in the pool! I LOVE LOVE LOVE that we don't have to hold her anymore! Granted we can't not be in teh water but at least she is comfortable and confident enough to swim solo!!! I am so proud of her and I am looking forward to a summer filled with swimming!!!