Happy Birthday

Happy 71st Birthday to the best dad ever!

We love you.



p.s. I have the best husband ever too. He brought me some beautiful flowers today for no apparent reason. I really really like him.

Early Christmas present

Matt took the day off and kept it a secret until it was close to the time he normally leaves. He has off all the way until next Friday. I'm so happy to have him home for all the festivities!

What a great surprise!

YAY!

The car was done early! I got to pick it up tonight, thanks to the gracious assistance of mom and dad.

I'm so happy to have it back. It looks perfect and they even detailed it for me.

This almost makes me feel better about the situation with the credit cards...almost.

Surprise!

I received a wonderful surprise tonight. Matt got off work early and I actually got to spend more than five seconds talking to him in person. This is a rare occurance these days since our schedules are completely opposite, and it was fabulous! (Not that we did anything special...but still...)

See, usually our face to face meetings consist of me giving him a kiss before I leave for work at 5am, a hug and quick chat when we trade off the kids around 3pm, and a kiss goodnight from him when he gets home from work at about 12am.

Ah, if I had only appreciated the days we were home at the same time a little more! But I think I took it for granted that we would be the "normal" little family that got to spend all our evenings and weekends together. I must admit that although I'm content with our life and how we've been able to juggle everything so we don't have to rely on a baby-sitter/day care for the kids, I am a little jealous of the women that get to stay home with their kids and then have their husbands home in the evenings and on the weekends. What I wouldn't give to have that kind of schedule!!

I guess that just goes to show that it's hard for us (or at least me) to appreciate what we have until it isn't there anymore.