5th Anniversary

Yesterday marked the 5th Anniversary of the day Adam and I said "I do" and agreed to start our own family. The day entailed Morgan going to daycare, me going to work a little later (due to a long/late all-day work meeting), and Adam flying home successfully (no delays/broken planes) from Barbados (which he said we could go visit sometime, unlike the Dominican Republic where he started his week). Since everything went well and Adam was feeling ok from the 12 hrs of continuous travel, we took Morgan to the Homecoming football game in Muscatine where she was SO VERY EXCITED for the drums (marching band), busses, and crescent moon (she has known this shape for a while already). It was a relatively calm night and just what we needed after a week away from Adam.

Tonight (Sat), Morgan is going to a sitter's and Adam and I are headed to the Quad Cities for a delicious, kid-free dinner at Biaggi's (a lovely Italian place with the best wine I can't have...although I'm not going to lie - I'm going to have a half glass of the one Adam gets) :) to celebrate. We haven't done gifts or anything yet since buying a new house is still in the running for a 5th Anniversary gift to each other. :) Otherwise, I'm not going to lie, I'm hoping for something blingy in a classy sense. :) Adam just informed me that he would have liked tickets to a post-season Brewer game. Glad I know that now that it's in full swing...(no pun intended).

Morgan did well this week while Adam was gone. Thursday at 4:33am she woke up and announced over the monitor, "Mama! Wake up time!" to which I almost ran up the stairs for damage control to find she was ready to get up and get going. I changed her diaper (she's been wet about half the time lately over night) and finally showed her it was still very dark outside. Thankfully she went right back to sleep then. I, however, did not, between the baby kicking, me thinking about how the day was going to go, and having a sore throat (Morgan finally shared her cold with me. Awesome. But expected.).

Thursday evening Morgan and I braved the 35mph winds and met some friends at the Homecoming parade in Muscatine. I totally overdid it and pushed our new double stroller (complete with Morgan and friend, Cooper in it) for the walk there (some uphill) and that was a mistake. I was super sore when we got home and thought I was going to fall over if I didn't lie down soon (contracting, not just being out of shape). Note to self - be less excited about the double stroller use next time and let someone else push it when they ask. The parade itself was cute and short and Morgan nabbed TONS of candy. At first I think she thought it was just to pick up and "collect" until she saw me stealing a tootsie roll...then she was all about eating it immediately. :) No worries - she has a tootsie roll and half a sucker on the way home.

Last night we had a good time at the football game but Morgan didn't get to bed until 9pm, up at 7am this morning, so I'm hoping for a good LONG nap since I wasn't tired when she went down but now am. Here's to hoping for a quiet next hour while Morgan and I nap, Adam watches the Brewer game, and the dogs enjoy their new (gross) cow bone bones outside in the sunshine. :-D

PS. Morgan's party supplies came today. I haven't opened them yet but am DYING to. However, they are upstairs and I'm not getting up unless someone delivers and ice cream sundae to my front door.