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We Struck Gold!

Thanks to my dearest mother-in-law Mark has developed this great love for the holidays, I mean all holidays big and small. For example...St.Patricks day for me has only ever been a day that I need to wear green so I didn't get pinched at school, but I woke up this St.Pattys day to a whole new experience. My sweet husband got up early to begin his preparations for the day, which began with Matthew and I awaking to a breakfast of green. Green pancakes, green applesauce, green milk and all of our dishes and silverware were green also. While we ate, our little leprechaun dad was off preparing a little scavenger hunt for Matthew. Before we began Mark made us put on our 4 leaf clover attire. Which consisted of shamrock bandannas and oversized clover glasses. We looked ridiculous but it was very exciting to make a holiday which is usually not so exciting in my book, fun. Matthew actually really quite enjoyed running from room to room to find clues which led us to where our next destination would be. Its a wild guess, but I think the little green gummy frogs at each clue was quite the motivation for our almost 2 year old sugar lover to keep on going. Our last clue led us to "the trunk of moms car" and in it we found the pot of gold! No really, it was a pot of gold. Mark bought a little dutch oven kettle pot, that he filled with 1 dollar gold coins and lots of green candies. We were just thrilled! and I cant forget to mention the family sized box of Lucky charms. Yum Yum. For lunch we were told to eat our green tortellini, green grapes, green gatorade and green snowballs. Oh I love my husband. I think this will actually be a really fun tradition to do for years to come. I dont think Marks mom realized that the little baggy of green candies that she left on her kids beds would mean so much to her son. But it did indeed and Mark has taken it to a whole new level. I truly believe though that these are the things, the memories that will mean so much to our children in the end. Happy St. Patricks Day!

Our Anniversary

This past week Lindsey and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary. It is amazing to think that 4 and a half years ago I had never even met Lindsey and now I can't imagine my life without her. The above video is the same video that we showed at our wedding reception - I wouldn't expect many to watch the whole thing but I do recommend jumping to about the 15:30 mark if you want to see Lindsey dance. Hopefully in the next couple days I will be able to put up a new video showing what we have been up to for the past three years.

Let the shopping begin!!

Mark, Matthew and I are thrilled to announce that on August 7th, 2009 we will be having a baby GIRL! With Matthew we weren't 100 % sure about his gender until the day he was born. Thank goodness this little one was not so shy. I have already had to practice much restraint while going to the store and not allowing my hands to grab every pink and frilly thing on the shelf. But all the pink socks and onsies and blankets and dresses and bows speak to me in such a way that I can hardly resist. As for a name for our little girl on, it's not for sure, but for a long time Mark and I have talked about the name Lucy Mae. But most of you know how the naming game goes, and if any of you know Mark, its not a for sure thing until it is written down on the birth certificate. We cant wait for our new arrival!

Our Fish

A week or so ago our good friends the Larsen's brought over a beta fish for Matthew. Matthew was pretty excited and we even went to the DI and bought a nice little tank for a few dollars. Matthew was really excited so I got the tank all setup and told him to get his pajamas so that after we could put the fish in the tank. Anyways he ran to Lindsey and got dressed and came scurrying back. Well I took some of our food storage water - so that there wouldn't be any chlorine in the water - and filled the tank. As Matthew watched we put the little fish out of the bowl that he had been in right into the new tank. Well, it turned out that the water I used was FREEZING cold and that betas are tropical fish. So when I dumped it right in the fish immediately sunk to the bottom and died. I tried to hurry and get him out of the cold water and into warmer water but all that did was make him twitch a few last times before he finally died. So once again we have no pets (last fall I had goldfish that Lindsey made me release in the local pond) and the Larsen's ended up with our "new" tank.