Geeky Happy Baby....

Something about these photos makes her look so geeky in such a sweet way (= She was clapping away to a song, not sure which. She is wearing her new black shoes from my Uncle Harold (=
This afternoon in the car I was praying outloud and heard Layla starting to sing the words to Jesus Loves Me using the few words of each line that she knows. It was SOOOO precious!

7th Anniversary Part Two

Dessert is the best of course, so here is our white and dark chocolate fondue! Tom surprised me with this on Sunday night but he also had dessert plans elsewhere, so this was part of the SECOND night we celebrated. SOOO yummy!!

Tom and I had a LOVELY anniversary on August 3rd and 7th (= We did fondue and dessert on the 3rd and then a great dinner on the 7th with food so beautiful we had to photograph it. Thanks Tina!

Mine was this lovely pork chop will all sorts of fanciness (= Tom had the seafood medley pictured above AND two appetizers! Since I'm not a big seafood fan we thought it was a good time for him to just order whatever he wanted without having to worry about sharing with me.... It was a great place.

First Haircut

It was finally time to cut Layla's hair (= She had a long chunk in the back that just didn't blend in anywhere. I just didn't know how to deal with that and then all her curly parts in the back so I went to Great Clips and had them do it! I was surprised at how well she sat on my lap. I think she was really fascinated by being able to watch everything in the mirror. I saved a little bit of hair so we can remember how red her hair is if it changes color soon. We don't think it will change since her eyebrows are the same color.... I had no idea how much attention redheads get, by the way! I don't know where the saying about blondes having more fun came from, because Layla ALWAYS gets comments on the hair color.

Old Friends Play Musical Chairs

We knew Mike and Ginger back in Minneapolis and Ginger was a LIFESAVER the week before we left for the US. She came over and helped mom and I pack for ages, it seemed. She also gave me some great shoes (= Finn, her oldest had somehow increased her shoe size with his arrival (= My favorite shoes when I was pregnant were from Ginger.

Anyway, true to our life stage, we met at the food court in the mall and then took our food down to the kiddie play area. We pulled a table and chairs near the thing so we felt close enough to be responsible but far enough to eat and talk. Delicate balance. Then the closed the play area for cleaning so we dragged our table and chairs to the nearby play area and kept talking. Then they re-opened the original play area and we dragged everything back over......You do what you can to have a complete conversation during these years (=

It was lovely. We wish them all the best with what they are doing and where they are serving.

7 Years!

Well we've hit the seven year mark! Hard to believe. Tom had a lovely evening planned and thankfully I was able to make it through and thoroughly enjoy it - I had been throwing up 24 hours previous to our romantic dinner, drinks, dancing and dessert. Layla had been TERRIBLY ill with some stomach thing and threw up enough to make us take her in to the dr. The next day I got sick but not NEARLY as intense, for which I am grateful.

Anyway, we had fondue, flowers at the restaurant, then drove to the Broadmoor for dessert, fancy drinks and dancing to the very slick band that plays there. Their lead guitarist has played there for 17 years!!

Anyway - it was a lovely evening (=