40.40.40

I turned 40 on Friday. I was in denial. Than on Thursday night we went to my sister's house for the family dinner and I walked in and found Trix standing there-Brian had flown her in. Screams in very high pitched decimals came out of my mouth. I couldn't believe they pulled that off without me knowing!

Brian and the kids woke me up with presents and balloons, the surprises continued with pedi's and a lunch at my mom's clubhouse.

 Than I was told to be ready at 6:30 and opened the door to find a stretch hummer limo, courtesy of my Mom.

 Than I was told we were stopping for a drink before dinner. Instead I walked into a surprise party with everyone I love most in the world.  Friends from when I moved here when I was 12 to new friends from our new neighborhood.

I haven't felt that special in a long time. It was awesome! My sister and hubby put so much thought into the surprises and activities. I honestly felt so loved. And oh did I laugh. The deep belly laugh over and over again throughout the weekend.

My first 40 years on this earth have been plentiful. I have loved,  I have become an Aunt, I have become a Wife & Mother. I have great friends. I am blessed beyond belief.

10 months old

Our boy is 10 months old.

-Taking a few steps

-Busting through 4 teeth at once (insert exhaustion on the part of his parents here)

-When you tell him no, he laughs

-When he is doing something he shouldn't and sees you coming, he turns and crawls as fast as he can in the other direction, laughing

-Climbing the stairs and trying to kill himself every 3 seconds (insert expensive baby gate here)

-Loves his Daddy more than anything

-Starting to drive his big sis crazy by always trying to grab the i pad

-Wearing 18mon/24 month clothing

-Huge grins and laughs all the time

I love you Boo-Boo!

38 years

Happy 38th Birthday to my love! Wow. 38. I would make fun of you if I wasn't turning 40, 11 days after you turn 38.

We celebrated out with Uber ride downtown, declared to the Waiter that we were not rushing, and had a few drinks before we even opened a menu. No rushing, no kids distracting us...just the two of us with a delicious steak house dinner and good conversation.

Love you, Babe!

Skiing

I'm a bit behind on this post but the day was so special, I need to rewind a bit!

We headed up to the condo in Frisco. I love that place. My dad is every nook and cranny.

Than, we headed over to A Basin. I was dying with excitement. I was a little nervous though, as I went through, in my head, all of the possible meltdowns- helmet, goggle, weird boots. Instead, our girl rocked it. She thought the boots were "silly" and she loved wearing the ski clothes like her daddy.

She had an awesome teacher and I could hear her giggling. Miller and I hung out on the sun deck and I watched her go up and down the hill. After a few trips up the Magic Carpet, she told her Teacher that she didn't like the baby hill and wanted to go on the chair lift. I love that she is fearless. She had a 3 hour lesson and cried when it was over!

We grew up skiing and I know my Dad would be would have been so thrilled to see her "cruisin'" as he called it!

We can't wait to go back!

Goodbye 2014

Dear 2014,

You were so kind. You brought us a son, a beautiful new home and a new life in Colorado Springs. Those are all huge life changes by themselves, but put together,  it makes for a pretty spectacular year.

There are no words for how much I love this boy. He is all that is sweet and right in this world.  He is pure joy and makes my heart warm when I think of him.

 There are no words for how much I love our new house (that gives us beautiful views like this) every day. It's everything we wanted and a lot of hard work went into giving our family a house that we will watch our kids grow in.

There are no words for my love for this girl. I am stunned by her beauty inside and out. She and I are connected to the depth of our souls. 

There are no words for how much I love this guy. As a couple we are in the best place we've ever been. Im lucky to have him as my partner in this life. 

2014 wasn't perfect but is life ever perfect? We are healthy and happy. We are loved.  I'll take it and we will figure out the rest as we go.