Getting Caught Up

I cannot believe it's already the second week of November. I had every intention of keeping this updated throughout October, but as you can see that idea failed! November has been such a relief following the craziness of October. We celebrated our fourth anniversary, dad's birthday, my birthday, and Abby's first birthday. So, here go the updates...
The first two weeks of October were so easy and relaxed. Back in Sept Dave was told that he would be going to Arkansas the week of our anniversary, but the company would pay for Abby and I to go there too. Awesome!!! Well, that didn't happen because the company up there didn't want to pay for a tech to be there the whole week. Plan B: Dave and I were going to go to Ft. Worth the weekend of the 9th and stay the night and go to a concert because someone had graciously given us backstage passes. My beautiful daughter who has never had a cold in her whole one year of life deiced that it was the perfect time to get one. Plan B quickly went out the window. The next few weeks were pure madness. Dave was working almost 80 hour weeks and we never saw him on the weekends. Sometime he would work a full day, come home and then have to leave at 930pm and work till 2 or 3am and then get up at 6 and work a full day. Honestly, I don't know how he did it. The day of our anniversary he went in early so that he could come home and have dinner with us. I cannot believe that it has been four years already. I feel like I just met him a few months ago in Oklahoma. I used to think that we were so different and it amazed me that our marriage worked so well. I see now that we are far more similar than we are different. Here's the thing, Dave and I couldn't care less about things...cars, jewelry, the newest electronics,clothes... we truly know and believe that money does not make you happy. We both try to put God first in our lives and try to do what is best for our family. We do have a lot of differences, but that is what make life interesting. I know and respect that Dave is the head of the house hold and in return he leads our family in a Christ like way. I am so happy that I get to spend the rest of my life with him. Like our pastor said " divorce is not an option, murder may be, but divorce is not"!
The week of my birthday was also crazy, in fact it really didn't feel like my birthday because I was trying to get everything organized for Abby's party and was still dealing with Dave's crazy schedule. The night of my birthday Dave made me brownies( i am not a cake person) and he and Abby decorated it for me...
That's true love, and there's nothing better than that!!!

O Yes She Did!

This afternoon I was in the kitchen making Abby's lunch and she was playing in the living room. As a new mom I have come to recognize when it's too quiet. Sure enough, I look over to see what trouble she has gotten into. As you can see she was having a good time. All I could do was laugh. It was so funny to watch her doing this. She was truly fascinated with pulling the wipes out of the box. Of course, I had literally just refilled the box so there were plenty in there...go figure!
Yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch with six other friends. It was so fun. I am so grateful to have stay at home mom friends, I can't imagine trying to do this on my own. The kids loved seeing the animals and it was a really nice day out. Here are a couple of pictures from the pumpkin patch...

Almost a year

I thought I would throw in some cute pictures to follow the last post. Abby is almost a year now,I can't believe how fast time goes. She is doing great and is keeping us very busy. She has her first cold and that has been a little rough. On the bright side of the cold, she has become the best little snuggler and I love it! Here are some pictures of her and her boyfriends and her and the dog.







Dave and I are loving every moment with her, watching her learn and explore her world. I love how much confidence she has in herself. She sees the world in a way that we can't, and I love that she is always excited when we go somewhere. We are celebrating her first birthday on the 30th and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't rain! On top of her birthday we are looking forward to our anniversary and my birthday. Gotta love October!