Happy St. Patties Day! Wordless Wednesday.

   

Happy St.Patrick's Day

I'd like to say that Iwill be celebrating and toasting the day with a tall, cold, green, frothy ale with you, but Monday night while baking my husband his (2nd) birthday cake, I rapidly became very ill with the flu and my hubby had to finish icing his own Birthday cake! I was so sick, I couldn't stand up anymore.  I was up all night sick, and into th early morning.  My hubby had to go get me Ginger Ale at 5 am bc I couldn't even keep water down.  I had felt a little nauseous earlier in the day, but dismissed it.  My hubby had been actin glike he didn't feel well either, but I thought he was just recovering from his birthday weekend celebration. 

I had used a vacation day to have my hubby's birthday off, and then it ended up kicking me in the butt, and I had to stay off my feet all day.  I could barely find the energy to feed the pumpkin, or carry her to her crib for naptime, literally laying on the couch all day and taking two naps when the pumpkin napped.

My father (papa) came by and took Nik for a walk so I could take a nap, as my mother came down sick with the flu at the same time I did.  Although, when he returned with the pumpkin after the walk, he said that he was pretty sure he was now coming down with the same thing. 

Finally around 6 pm, I got a little energy and made Nik some dinner as my husband went out to eat with his parents.  We didn't have any food in the house but with my hubby gone all day, I knew that it was up to me to take care of Nik.  My hubby went out for a couple drinks with friends to celebrate his 30th, so the pumpkin and I took a shower (since I hadn't showered in a couple days) and I put the pumpkin to sleep.  My husband came home and we lit his cake, and watched American Idol and then we were both out like a light. 

This is not exactly how I planned to spend my two days off this week, especially for my hubby's 30th, and one of my fav holidays, St. Patties Day.  Although I'm feeling better my flu has now turned into a cold.  We're pretty sure that we all got it from Nik. She was kinda fussy over the weekend, and my mother said she threw up while rocking her with a bottle Saturday evening, but we all thought maybe it was just some bad milk or what she ate during the day, because despite a little fuss, you wouldn't have thought her to have the flu. Especially not what I just had because it was the second worst I had felt in all my life.  I hadn't had the flu since I was seven years old, and one other time when I was 26.

So, whatever this bug is, hopefully none of you catch it.  It's supposed to be a beautiful day, hopefully I can take a walk today with the pumpkin, since I was under the weather yesterday. 
God bless you all this St. Patties Day!!
Luck of the Irish be with you!!

Shhh...

This past weekend. I threw a 30th Surprise Birthday Party for my hubs.  It was a smashing success and everyone had a Marvelous time!!  We took a few photos, but I just took them with my point and shoot, so I have nothing fancy to show you.  I really wanted to take some marvelous photos, but it was hard enough for me to fanagle a surprise birthday party for my very intuitive, investigative husband and have it be a complete surprise to him (which it was) to handle the details, and to keep a very tired, very fussy 11 month old up way past her bedtime content through the end of the party.  I was exhausted by the time the party rolled around!!

We had it at a local eatery, and they did a fantastic job!  The food and the service was absolutely fabulous!  Good wine, salad, bread, pasta, italian beef sandwhiches, gelato ice cream, desserts, lemon chello, and espresso.  I made a three layer Italian Creme Cake that everyone said turned out fabulous, (although I was so full, I didn't eat any!)

I was dying to tell you all about it, but in case my hubs read my blog, I had to keep it a secret down to the very last minute!  I literally picked my hubby up at his office minutes before the party (with the ruse that I had arranged an intimate dinner for the three of us)...I had to...otherwise he would have suspected! 

Afterwards, we had a party bus us for our ride downtown for cocktails afterwards at two fabulous local establishments.  Although my camera battery died right after dinner (of all the times not to document an occasion...)!  I will try and upload a couple pics tonight or tomorrow.  I have never thrown a surprise party for anyone, and my husband always told me that I would never be able to throw a surprise party for him bc he's too clever (Ha! Gotcha pooks!)

30 is considered one of those "Over the Hill" marks (along with 40, 50, and 60) and so I got him an huge infaltable walker, a cane with all these little old folk gadgets, huge reading glasses that look like Harry Carry glasses, a Birthday hat, and a Hearing cone.  Along with Big balloons, confetti, and 30th Birthday signs.  Mimi and Papa (my parents) watched the pumpkin for us for the rest of the evening, and we had a wonderful night of cocktails, good conversation, and fun, all to ourselves and family!

My mother-in-law made us a huge breakfast the next morning, and then we all attended my niece's play at her school, and she was absolutely, hands down the best one in the play, the most animated, the only one we could actually hear on the stage, and the most beautiful!!  I was floored at how magnificent she was.  I always think that child (young woman) can never surprise me anymore with how truly amazing she is, and yet, she always does!

The pumpkin was thoroughly exhausted after a long weekend, and a time change, and went to bed a little early. My hubs and I watched a movie together last night and shared some yummy buttery popcorn, a snuggle, and some yummy chocolate eggs.

Tomorrow is my hubs actual 30th Birthday, and I am making what is supposed to be "The Best Chocolate Cake" ever.  We'll see...

And Wednesday is St. Patty's Day!!  And then the Pumpkin's 1st Birthday is next!  Can't wait!

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye. Au Vietizane.Au Revoir. Wordless Wednesday??!!

(Yep, that's snow falling.)

(Good Bye Winter, Hello Spring!!)

I love you pumpkin.

Today was a beautiful, beautiful day, I wish it could be like this everyday till Summer.  But we have more cold and rain headed our way I think...But today, today was beautiful.  A little taste of Spring and I LOVED it!!  As excited as I am for Spring and Summer.  I must say I'm a little nostalgic for winter to come to an end.  This was my pumpkin's first winter, first fall, first Halloween, first Thanksgiving, first Christmas, first snowfall, first New Year, first Valentines Day.  So many firsts, and they will only ever be firsts once...I don't want to let them go, let them pass by...

I know there are many more firsts ahead, and we can't wait for those too...but I am going to treasure this fist year with our pumpkin.  And miss it.  She's getting so big so fast, and time is just flying by.  She'll be one in a couple weeks, and while she'll always be my baby, she won't be a baby for much longer.

I am nearing the end of my Family Leave Bonding as the pumpkin is almost one, and I think it is starting to hit me that my Wednesdays with my pumpkin are coming to an end, and I am just getting sappy.  Maybe there's another alternative to staying home a day a week with my pumpkin in the future, but for now, I am feeling a tid bit sad for our special days that are coming to an end.

Love you pumpkin. 
Love your chubby yummy soft cheeks and little feet:) 
You'll always be my little pumpkin. 
Even when you're a big pumpkin:)

Oscar Night.

(Yes).

Wordless Wednesday.

(Mmmm....)

Ha!

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