Wednesday, February 16, 2011

My Love

I don't mean to brag, but... I have the best husband in the world.

I don't know what I would do without him - I probably would have droped out of nursing school a long time ago. Without him, our house would be a constant disaster, we would never have clean clothes and many nights we would go hungry because I forgot to go to the grocery store.

Some of you have told me that you don't know how I am in nursing school and have a toddler. I will tell you right now that it is because of God's grace ... and my husband. For the past two and a half years he has picked up the slack that I can not keep up with... not because he cares that our house gets out of order, but because he knows that I do. On top of doing his job and my job at times, he also puts up with me when I am tired, emotional, and sometimes downright ungrateful. Through all of this he is a constant encourager - he tells me not to quit, but to keep going, reminding me that I am almost done.

Uriah Dortch - my other half and the love of my life. I do not deserve you. I love you with all of my heart - as big as the sky ;)

This Valentines Day, we decided to celebrate at home. We fed Addison early and put her to bed so we had the night to ourselves. Uriah told me he was making me a special dinner...


It was these really nice steaks with carmelized onions on top, asparagus and these potato things:


It was probably the best meal I have ever had... and I am not even a big fan of red meat! Uriah was very proud of how these steaks turned out. Never knew I was married to a chef!

That's all for now.. Just wanted to brag on my husband a little bit. Hope everyone else had a great Valentines day :)

Until next time...



Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Christmas in Florida Continued...

To continue on with pictures from our time in Florida...

Addison rounding the corner on Christmas morning....


Our make-shift "stocking" as I forgot to pack one :/


Addison was very excited...


The pretty tree





Daddy's girl


Addison was very excited to open presents... It was almost torture to her when we made her wait until after breakfast. :)


Mim and Addison





Veggie Tales!








Uriah's new kicks...


Pop and Mim


Later, we went to the beach and picked up some pretty sea shells... 


















 


Another day, we went for a walk....





















We had tons of fun in Florida... Thank you Mim, Pop and Pappy for having us!

Until next time...

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Christmas in Florida

Thanks to Mim and Pop and Uriah's Dad, we were able to go to Florida for Christmas. Addison was so excited about getting on an airplane. For weeks before, Uriah would point to an airplane flying overhead and ask Addison, "Do you want to ride on an airplane like that?"... Addison's response of course was "Yes, I want to! When do I get to go on the airplane??" ... So cute

So two days before we left, Addison started to complain that her ears were hurting. She came down with a low grade fever the next day so I took her into the pediatrician. Just as I suspected, she had an ear infection.... the day before we were to get on a plane...  I saw bad things... mainly a screaming, unconsolable child ... and being very embarrased on an airplane full of people.... Thankfully, that didn't happen.

Before getting to the airport, we told her that when we got on the plane, it would be really loud, but it would be okay. I could tell she was a little worried, but she could not wait to see her Pappy (Uriah's dad).

While in Florida, we got to go to the Zoo:

Addison waiting for the Zoo to open the door... she was a little impatient.


Pretty birds... 



A Wallaby!! So cute..

I love them...

Family Photo op... 

Addison and Pappy after seeing the bats..
  






This was crazy how close we were to them...




Yep, ridin' a camel...



These birds were mean.. and very loud.. Addison got pretty scared...


Addison loved this Lama... :)


More pictures to come of Addison at the Aquarium, some other random pictures of our trip to florida and Christmas morning....

Until next time...