Welcome to the newest member of our family....

We had a new addition to our family Saturday!  We got a new car!  :) 

I haven't taken any pictures yet, but I will.

After a lot of thought, Gary and I decided that we are going to go from a two vehicle family to a one vehicle family.  Both of our cars were getting high in miles and starting to break down a lot.  So as much as we hate starting fresh with car payments we decided we would rather pay a monthly car payment than the stress of not knowing when the car is going to break down next!  Plus now that we are parents, we need a vehicle with more room. 

So I did lots and lots of research and we decided on a Mitsubishi Outlander and we love it!!!  We traded my Subaru in on it and we are trying to sell Gary's Saturn.  So if anyone wants to buy it, hint hint... hehe

Less than a minute with Lyla

For anyone who is curious, this is what my life is like!  I thought I would just record a little bit this morning!  Chase Lyla all around the house and try to get ready for work!  ;)  Happy Friday Everyone!

What happens when Daddy is sick all day.....

So Sunday morning Gary woke up sick with strep throat.  So that meant it was just me and Lyla all day while he was in bed.  For all the stay at home moms out there this is probably not a big deal.  But for me, I'm used to having backup!  We did good though for the most part and even got the laundry done with Lyla's help! 

We were sitting in the living room playing and the next thing I know Lyla takes off in to the kitchen.  She comes out with her two lunch boxes, one slung over each shoulder and proceeds to wave and tell me "bye bye" and started doing laps around the house!  I guess she had enough of me and wanted to go to daycare!  hahaha

After that I decided we needed to go back outside and play.  I had put her in her swimsuit earlier to play in her pool but she was acting tired so I decided not to put her swim stuff on.  I didn't want to change her out of a wet suit and swim diaper to put her down for a nap.  So outside we went, normal clothes, normal diaper and her crocs.  She walks straight over to her pool and steps over the side and sat down!  She was soaked!

So the moral of this story is Gary isn't allowed to be sick again for a while!  We survived, but barely!  ;)

Em's Shower

We had Em's bridal shower on Saturday.  We lucked out and had beautiful weather and a nice day!  She got lots of nice gifts. 

We tried to take a picture of all the girls in the wedding.  I hope this isn't a precursor of what Lyla will be like for wedding pictures!  haha

Reasons that I LOVE being married to Gary Burge! :)

I was just thinking last night what a lucky girl I am!  I've been fighting a cold (yes you read that right, a cold in the middle of summer) all week.  We got home from work and hit the ground running as we do every week night.  We have a normal routine and we split up the chores pretty evenly.  After I put Lyla to bed and came downstairs it was already 8:30 and I was totally exhausted.  I still needed to clean up the kitchen and pack lunches and get everything ready for today.  What does my wonderful husband do?  Told me to go to bed and he would take care of it!  Some girls expect big romantic gestures, I'm head over heels for my guy because he will clean up the kitchen for me!  So that got me thinking about all the different things I love about him and here are just a few of the things:

• He makes me laugh!  A LOT!  We find the same stupid things hilarious!
• He is a wonderful father to Lyla.  She is totally daddy's little girl and I fall more in love with him every day that I see the two of them together!
• He cooks.  I HATE to cook.  Its punishment to me.  But he happily cooks us all dinner almost every night!
• He's hot!  I hate when people say that looks don't matter in relationships.  Yes they do!  And Gary is hot and that makes me love him more!  hahaha
• He makes me feel safe.
• He is a good secret keeper... until he drinks, but thats another story for another post!  ;)
• He is a gentleman.  Gentlemen are hard to find nowadays!  He opens my doors, makes me walk on the inside of the sidewalk, basically he spoils me!
• He puts up with my over the top OCD habits.  Example:  He knows only to take one q-tip out of the container at a time.  He knows not to move the magnets on the fridge.  He knows not to use my blanket, my spoon, my cup (I have some sharing issues...).  I could go on, but it just makes me look bad, you get my point!  He puts up with a lot of my crap!  Speaking of my annoying habits he puts up with... 
• He puts up with my ADD habits as well!  I get bored SUPER EASILY and he knows that and tries to keep me entertained!  haha
• He lets me have the last of the ice cream.
• He is a big kid and that is so much fun!

I just love him to pieces!  <3

Winnie the Pooh

Lyla got a present in the mail yesterday from her cousins Lisa, Tommy, Madison and Eliot.  It was a very sweet book that you can record your voice reading it and it is Madison and Eliot reading it to Lyla!  Such a sweet gift!  There was also a birthday card that sang Winnie the Pooh every time you opened it.  Lyla was instantly obsessed with this card and was running around with it all night!  She actually cried when I took it away from her so I could give her a bath!!  You did good Lisa!

Happy 4th of July!

We had a really great weekend and I'm so sorry to see it come to an end!  We all got out early on Friday, we went to a party Saturday afternoon.  Then Saturday after we got home and put Lyla to bed we could hear fireworks.  Gary and I got to watch a full fireworks display from our living room window!  It was pretty awesome!  Then Sunday Erin and Andy and Kozmo and Darwin came to visit!  We had a blast!  Lyla loved being outside all day and getting licked to death by dogs all afternoon was definitely an added bonus for her!  ;)  Monday the three of us just hung out all day and took Lyla for ice cream in the afternoon!  A fantastic weekend!