Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!!

It has been a very hectic week here. Grace was not feeling well so I took her into the Pediatricians office and she was diagnosed with Influenza A. She had a fever, cough, and just felt terrible for several days. She is starting to come around today.

Grace has had ear infections, and a couple of colds but seeing her this sick this week has broke my heart and really got me thinking of how blessed we are. Grace only has the flu she will be back to her normal little self any-day but think of those families that have to watch their 16 month olds have some type of incurable disease, I couldn't imagine.

Also, wanted to mention that my Great Aunt Linda is coming in town this weekend from Arizona and will get to meet my daughter for the first time on Halloween. I am so excited to see her face when she sees Grace in person. If you read this Aunt Linda, can't wait to see you!!

Well everyone, I hope you have a safe and fun Halloween!!

Cruise

I just booked us a cruise for January. So when it is cold her in the STL we will be in the Caribbean. That's right we leave from Florida and make two stops in the Bahamas. We will be flying and I have never flown in a plane before so I am super nervous. We will only be going for three nights so it shouldn't be that miserable leaving Grace for that short time.

We have cruised one other time and LOVED it!!!!!!!!!! This couldn't come at a better time for us. We are working at keeping our marriage and friendship as strong as it could be.

Date Nights

So lately Jamie and I have been super spoiled and have went on two date nights, not one but TWO!!! The first one, we dropped Grace off at Ms. Judy's and we went to TGI Fridays for appetizers and walked over to the movie theater and saw "Love Happens".

The second date night, we dropped Grace off at her Grandma JoAnne's and we went and saw "Couples Retreat". It has been so much fun having so much time alone with Jamie. I hope he thinks that way about me.

Hopefully we can continue to have these more frequent date nights, it is so healthy for a happy marriage.

Monkey Joe's

So the other day my Mom and I spent the day together because she was still on funeral leave. We spent the afternoon shopping. We went to HomeGoods and Grace sat in the cart and pointed to things on the shelves, smiled at people in the store, and was just an AWESOME little girl. We were in there forever.

I found tons of cute new Fall and Christmas decorations. I got a few things to decorate outside and some things to put on my mantle and coffee table, etc. I did however get the neatest centerpiece for my dining room table.

After all the shopping, Grace was still being a doll so we wanted to reward her. We took her to Monkey Joe's. Monkey Joe's is this neat place that has all these inflatables that kids jump on. Grace just laughed, threw her little body around, and jumped up and down. I couldn't have loved her anymore watching her show off and and have so much fun.

We will be visiting Monkey Joe's again!!!!!

Pumpkin Patch

If you know me then you know how much I love Eckerts!!!! We took Gracie there two weekends ago, and she had a great time. They had tons for little ones to do, and she just went and went. She went on her first carnival type ride. It was a little airplane that went round and round, and she didn't cry one bit it was like she was in a trance. She sat and watched the Pig Races. It was just so nice being together as a family. I love spending time together and being alone with Grace and Jamie.

The day was very windy and chilly and subsequently later in the week got a runny nose. We got tons of cute pictures and I will post some for everyone to enjoy.