Celebrations or Not

Scott and I just recently celebrated our three year anniversary, which just so happened to be Suzy's 10 month birthday. We decided that we would celebrate the weekend before our anniversary due to him being away during the week. I am sure that when you see the word "celebrate" you automatically think that we did something romantic and full of love, don't you? Well, apparently "celebrate" to us is a bit different that what it used to be..... In our dictionary the definition for celebrate reads: go shopping/play golf all day without your spouse, get exhausted, and watch funny home videos at your local Mexican restaurant. You may also think that we went out and had a few margaritas and laughed hysterically at the funny home videos... Yeah, well, you are wrong again. El Charro is in our lovely dry county and Scott was the only one facing the TV. I sat staring at a bowl of carbs while he watched little boys throwing objects at their dad's private areas or a drunken bride busting her butt on the dance floor. As he was watching whatever it was on TV he laughed out loud, so it must have been pretty entertaining. He was burning calories laughing and I was collecting calories scarfing down chips and cheese dip. We left the restaurant, went home, and went to sleep. I think I may have been asleep before Scott even came to bed? I am telling you what..... We must do better next year. It is a must. Last year I was massively pregnant and this year was a total flop. It sounds as if I am upset about our celebration this year, but it is exactly what we wanted. We had a sitter, we planned to go to dinner, and I planned on going to bed early and sleeping very late. Now, we may have discussed going to Como earlier in the day, but we were just too tired to make the trip down South. I think our anniversary was just lovely, but I will admit that we should take more time together and try to do exciting things when we have time together. Maybe next year!

One of our first "public" outings in God's Country (Starkville).

 

In New Orleans a few days before the proposal. I think the green stripes may have been his favorite shirt. It obviously held up well. I haven't seen that shirt in a good while. Maybe he lost it.

 

Backyard Bash 2011

 

The night of the actual anniversary.... This was the best part of the whole day. Rocking this little rascal to sleep.

Suzy started walking in full force that weekend. She was all over the place. I actually took a video of her and posted it to Facebook where many of my friends commented that they couldn't believe she was already walking. Well, now she is almost running. She traded in those crawling knees for those fast feet and never looked back. I will be baby proofing our house as soon as possible. I am scared to know what torture my Christmas tree will endure this year with this little monster on the lose.

I was very surprised to see a little happy on the kitchen counter when I came home from work Monday afternoon. It was a sweet, sweet card from Scott and a gift certificate for a pedicure. The man does know that these feet of mine need all the love they can get. He did a great job. I was very shocked to have something from him. I kind of felt bad for not doing anything for him, but we decided we weren't buying gifts. He always makes me out to be the bad guy when we decide on things like that.

 

I'll leave you with some Smith Stats:

* Suzy is a walker. I mean she is a machine. She doesn't want to go unless she can walk. She no longer wants to be toted.

* She still struggles with having a cold/allergies constantly.

* She is taking Similac Advanced formula now and we can slowly start adding whole milk

* Her favorite snacks are: Cheerios, Cheeto Puffs, Fruit Loops, Danino Yogurt, and banana rusks.

* Her favorite "people food" things are: English peas, mashed potatoes, sausage muffins, cheese, cheese pizza, cheeseburger, tator tots, French fries, strawberry muffins, grilled cheese sammy, and cheese grits.

* She is still struggling with bedtime issues, but the doctors say that she is just going through a growth spurt and that it is typically normal. She wakes up around one or two in the morning, I pick her up, she is immediately back to sleep. They say not to pick her up and just to sooth her while remaining in the bed. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. She isn't hungry; she refuses bottles. She just wants out of bed to be rocked back to sleep.

* She has a grand total of 8 teeth. These teeth may have a lot to do with the problems mentioned above, but I feel sure they are the problem with her eating habits. She will not eat anything unless she has had her teething tablets a few minutes beforehand. Her not eating drives me bananas, but if she has those tables we usually can get a meal or two out of her.

We are trying to teach her early.