Happy Anniversary!!!

Happy 7th Anniversary to me and the Hubs!!!

Today is not a mushy post because I don't think I can top last year's post (it's one of my all time favorites).
Today is all about having fun, enjoying each other and our family.
Today is about us.

Our Wedding Day: January 7, 2006

Our 1st Anniversary (Noah was born 5 days later)

Our 4th Anniversary (not sure where pics of the 2nd and 3rd are)

5th Anniversary

6th Anniversary at Disney

Today we're headed to Seasons 52 for dinner then to see Les Mis.

I promise that the Hubs won't be wearing the same purple dress shirt that he's worn in almost every picture.  

Fairytale Ending

Let's get my craziness out of the way before the fun stuff.  My son turns 5 tomorrow.  Well I guess he's already  5 since it's after midnight and technically it's January 12th.  I don't know why this is bothering me so much.  5 is just a number.  He's not getting his license or going to college.  He's in PreK for crying out loud.  But it's killing me. I almost cried talking about it at work multiple times.  Which makes me feel even more stupid.  Oh well.  I guess I'll just cry a little tonight, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life as I watch my lil man grow up.

Now that's out of the way.....

So I left off with us getting to Magic Kingdom after a great day at Epcot.  We always go to the Melting Pot for our anniversary.  It's sorta a tradition.  {A little back story....Noah was born 5 days after our 1st Anniversary so needless to say, I was HUGE and ready to deliver at any moment.  The Hubs, a little paranoid for our first pregnancy, wouldn't take me anywhere for our anniversary that was more than 15 minutes from the hospital.  I talked him into going to the Melting Pot in Maitland (I got him to leave the city of Orlando....huge feat).  And we've gone there ever since} This year, we decided to have a Disney weekend.  We made a reservation at Tony's, a cute Italian restaurant at Magic Kingdom and planned on eating there.  Well Friday afternoon, I just happened to be at my desk at the right time.  The Hubs called and asked if I would mind if we changed our reservation to Cinderella's Castle.  Yes....THE Cinderella's Castle.  How awesome?!?!?  We've been there once before but it's been years.  So we booked it.
The whole ride to Orlando I was kinda upset (ok I was legit upset) about the time of the reservation.  It was an 8pm reservation and fireworks were scheduled for 9pm.  I'm sorta a snob when it comes to watching the fireworks.  I have a specific spot I watch them in and if I'm not in that spot, I might get a little whiny. But I sucked it up for the sake of the Hubs.  We checked in for our reservation, hung out with Cinderella for a moment, then were whisked away to our table.
This is where the Hubs outdid himself.  He realizes how bratty I can get with the fireworks.  He requested a window table when he made our reservation!  Not only were we greeted with magic wands and royal swords, he managed to make sure I had a perfect view of the fireworks.  It was amazing!!!  I might have teared up a little but I'll never admit that ;)
If you've never eaten at Cinderella's Royal Table (that's what it's officially called), you should definitely try to go.  It's hard to get a reservation (I don't know how we lucked out to get a table) but so worth the money and effort.  It's a 3 course meal fit for a princess!  I started out with a cheese sampling.  I had honey drizzled brie,  lavender infused goat cheese, and white cheddar sticks.  The Hubs had an amazing salad.  For our entrees, the Hubs got roasted beef tips with potatoes and asparagus (supposedly it was like butter...I don't really get what that means so I hope you do) and I had a asparagus, mozzarella, and prosciutto stuffed chicken breast with leeks and artichokes.  AMAZING!!!!  And for dessert...the Hubs got a cupcake with different toppings to create the ultimate cupcake.  I ordered almond cheesecake with lingonberry jam.  She accidentally brought out chocolate mousse so we ended up with 3 desserts.  To say they were TO.DIE.FOR would be the understatement of the century.  During dinner, the Princesses come and visit every table.  We had visits from Ariel, Belle, Aurora, and Snow White.  They took pictures with every table and every one of them wished us a happy anniversary.  We even got to see a loving proposal (I'm a little jealous of the proposal!)  All in all, we left very full and had the most amazing anniversary to date.
After dinner we hit up Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain.  The Hubs and I are roller coaster people but can't go on any when we have the kiddos.  So it was nice to actually get to ride a big kid ride for a change.
The Hubs definitely did a great job.  It was the little touches, like requesting a window table so I could watch the fireworks, that made it so amazing.  I may have to take back all my talk about him not being romantic if he keeps this up!!!

What an amazing view!!!!

    

A quick trip to Italy

Before I go into our amazing weekend, I wanted to say Go Bama!
I don't like LSU or Alabama at all.  They're rival SEC schools to the Hubs's Gators {which I could care less about too (Gator Hater, right here!!!) but it makes my marriage easier when the Gators win} but since they're playing in the big BCS game, I figure I have to cheer for one of them.
Why did I choose Bama?
Easy.
Purple and Yellow don't match.
Yep, that's right folks.  I choose teams based on their uniforms.  I also choose based on mascots.
LSU almost had an edge because they have a really cool tiger eye painted on the center of their field but that doesn't pull them in front of Bama.
I also like houndstooth (but not as much as this girl)....just another reason to like Bama!

Anywho...back to my weekend
We headed up to Orlando Friday night, checked into the hotel, grabbed some dinner, hit up Target (I forgot my brush and the Christmas clearance section happened to be 90% off...had to buy something!!!), and headed to the outlets.  My running shoes, which I also wear to work, are sprouting holes all over the toes.  I'm pretty much one more toe hole away from looking like a bum.  So we hit up the New Balance outlet for some running/work shoes.  Then it was off to CityWalk for margaritas and live music at Margaritaville.  I can't remember the last time the Hubs and I actually sat at a bar and had drinks together.  It was fun and we actually stayed awake long enough to enjoy it!  Then it was back to the hotel for some much needed sleep.
Saturday was our anniversary.  We really didn't have much planned except dinner reservations.  We headed to Epcot since we don't get to explore it with the kids.  The Disney Half Marathon/Marathon was this weekend too so we got to cheer on the runners running that final mile of the Half through Epcot.  Watching them really made me upset I didn't sign up for the Princess Half again this year.  Oh well, I'm determined to do at least 1 runDisney event next year.  We rode some rides and headed off to the worlds.  We had an amazing lunch in Italy (how many people can say their Hubs have taken them to Italy for lunch???), wandered around some more and then headed home for a nap. We woke up, got dressed and headed out to Magic Kingdom for our amazing dinner.
Here's pics from Friday and Saturday

Starting off our Anniversary weekend the right way!!!

Lunch in Italy

Our restaurant in Italy

An anniversary ride on the carousel

Dinner was so amazing that it deserves it's own post but I'll give you a hint.  It involves this:

Stay tuned to see what a great job the Hubs did!  He's on a roll this year!!!

I Do....Again and Again

Six years ago today, at this very time, I walked down the aisle towards my future. 

Six years later, I have 2 amazing children.

Six years later, I still wake up next to my best friend every day.

Six years later, I would still walk down that same aisle, towards that same future.

I would do it over and over again.

I couldn't imagine a different life for me.

I couldn't imagine sharing my life with any other person.

I just couldn't. 

No matter what I think when I'm mad.

No matter what I say in the heat of the moment.

No matter what.

I love you like the day we met.

I love you like the night you asked and I said yes.

I love you like the day we said I do.

Thank you for making me a better person.

Thank you for making me a mother.

Thank you for making me a wife.

Thank you for choosing me.

Thank you for loving me.

Because I choose you, over and over.

Because I love you, forever and always.

Off we go......

I'm so excited that the Hubs and I are sneaking away for a "grown up" weekend!  It's been far too long since we did anything that was just us.  Plus it's our anniversary so why not spend it by ourselves?!?  Once we clock out tonight, we're off to Orlando for a fun filled weekend.  We're going to try to be cool adults and hit up a bar or 2 tonight (after shopping the outlets first).  We're old and lame so I'm hoping that we'll be able to do this without getting too tired.  Saturday we're hitting up Epcot and Magic Kingdom and Sunday it's Animal Kingdom.
{Disney again you ask????  Abso-freakin-lutely!!!  The Hubs and I are HUGE Disney fans...if you haven't noticed already....we almost got married there too.  Plus it's a free trip for us with our passes}
I can't wait to eat a meal, or 2, or 3, without having to: cut up someone's food, inhale my food in no time flat, make sure crayons, cars, trains, and princesses are readily available, or fight to keep people from going under the table. OK and I won't lie....I'm stoked I can ride all the big kid rides at Disney that we can never ride with the kiddos!
So how do I speed up the clocks????