Love

In honor of Valentine's Day, a post on Love!

When I was younger to say that I was obsessed with love would be putting it mildly.  When I started picking out passwords for things it would always be 0214.  I remember my dad asking me what those numbers meant once and I said that's Valentine's Day, February 14th, 02-14....  I couldn't even believe that he had to ask! 

I was always very concerned about having a boyfriend, liking a boy, does a boy like me.  In October I would already be worried about if I would have a date for prom.  Because if I didn't have a date for prom, I wouldn't have the wonderful memories and pictures of being in love when I was supposed to be. 

When graduation came I was much more concerned about how I would stay together with my boyfriend (we all know in the long run that didn't happen) than I was about going to school or getting a job. 

My favorite book is Love Story.  Favorite movie Dirty Dancing.  I love the whole idea of love.

There is no other feeling in the world like falling in love.  The excitement and anticipation of the next time you will see or talk to that person.  Are they thinking about you like you are thinking about them?  Trying to look your absolute best every time you see them.  Never wanting to hang up the phone because you can't focus on anything but them.  Sitting at home after a date and recounting every second of the evening.  Its truly an amazing feeling! 

And one day (if you are lucky) you fall in love for the last time.  Instead of coming to a tragic end (which I have also been known to obsess over - if you can't be in love then its good to have a horrific story to explain why you are currently single) this love will keep growing.  And with that growth there are new things to get goosebumps about - the proposal, the wedding, the newness of living together.  Its like falling in love all over again!

Then things quiet down.  You get in to a routine.  You are still in love, don't get me wrong, but its a new kind of love.  You already fell, all the uncertainty is over and you are comfortable.  The trick is to not lose the love in the comfort.  You have to keep things interesting, you have to remember those feelings you had when you first fell in love.  You have to remember why this is the one you picked to keep forever and always.  Sure you might show the love in different ways now but as long as you still show it, that is whats important. 

I don't look for big extravagant gestures to show love anymore, now its in the details.  Gary cooking and cleaning up after dinner or giving Lyla a bath so I can just sit for a minute.  Anytime that we can spend a few minutes together just the two are of us are special nowadays and I cherish them very much!

If you are super lucky you do get to fall in love again - you have a baby.  This is a love that I could never even begin to explain.  And it grows more and more each day.  Its something deep inside that no matter what, its not ever going to go away! 

I feel very lucky in love!  If I had known 10 years ago that this is where I would be today, I would not have been so worried!  But it also wouldn't have been as much fun!  ;)  

I am very happy right now living in my happily ever after.  <3

Just Bringing Sexy Back

In case of any of you are curious about what the Burge family likes to do on a snowy Saturday morning, here is your answer:

WE DANCE PARTY!   :)

Rough Weekend

I got a call late on Thursday from daycare that Lyla had a fever.  So that just kicked off our weekend and canceled all the plans we had.

I stayed home with her on Friday and the poor thing was just miserable.  Saturday morning we called and took her in the doctors office.  They said she just had a nasty virus and it had to run its course.

By Sunday morning this is what we looked like:

hahahaha  She had slept with us and woke up around 7:00 saying she was hungry.  SO Gary, being the good daddy he is, got up and went downstairs and made breakfast.  I guess he kept waiting for us to come down and eat.  Eventually he came back upstairs to check on us and this is what he found!  We had both just totally passed back out!

When we did get up and moving her fever had finally gone away and we are just left with a bad cold.  So Lyla and I went shopping and left Gary home to start working on painting our bedroom.  He got a lot done.  Here is a little preview, I will post more pictures when we get it all set up, I'm pretty excited for the pink to be gone at least!

It looks a lot darker in the picture than it does in real life!  Its dark, but not quite that dark!

January Resolution Recap

My resolution for the month of January was no eating out.  Well I pretty much failed!  I did really good at the beginning of the month, but I didn't succeed in going the whole month.  I found that Friday nights are the hardest for me.  After working all week, the last thing I want to do is cook something and then have to clean up after we are done.  So I would much rather run through the drive thru or pick up a pizza.  And speaking of pizza, I learned something else this month.  It is WAY CHEAPER to go to Little Caesars and pick up a pizza and bread sticks than it is to buy a frozen pizza or the take and bake pizzas!  So yes, this past Friday night I picked up Little Caesars, BUT I would have spent more money if I had stopped at the store and picked up a pizza.  And added bonus, we didn't have to wait for it to cook, it was ready when we got home.  And if you have spent any time with a hungry Lyla you can appreciate that!  She does not enjoy waiting for things to cook.  So you win some, you lose some.  I am at least trying to continue to only eat out once a week if I can help it and I think that does make a difference. 

Next up for my February Resolution is mailing letters the old fashion way to my friends and family.  I think I will have better luck with this one!  I just need to go get some stamps!

Chickenpox? You be the judge!

So yesterday I get a call at work from daycare that they think Lyla has chickenpox and that I have to come in and get her.  So I took her to the doctor and the doctor said he couldn't find anything to make him believe she had chickenpox so I got an excuse and she went back today.  But here is what she was like after dinner last night, this does not look like a sick kid to me, but you be the judge!

Snowy Saturday

We had all kinds of plans for Saturday, but those changed whenever we woke up to this:

So we all bundled up and headed out to play!

The neighbors were out too, so Lyla had a partner in crime!

 She seemed like she was having too much fun so we had to put her to work!



We ended the day with some chili that Lyla enjoyed very much!  :)



Just a Little Bit of Snow

I had quite the adventure getting home last night!  It was the first time that there was snow/bad roads when I left work since we moved and I was not loving the fact that I had to travel so far just to get home!! 

The snow started really coming down at about 4:00, when I left work at 5:00 it was still coming down.  I was on the phone with Em telling her that I had to clean the car off and she thought it was so funny because where she was there wasn't even a snowflake in the air! 

So I left work and headed to get Lyla at daycare.  The roads weren't good, but they were totally driveable.  I wasn't panicked in the least.  I just threw it in 4 wheel drive and was just going along my way.  To get to Lyla's daycare, you have to turn off of the main road, which is flat, on to another road that has a pretty sharp bend and a VERY BIG HILL.  So, I turn off of the flat road on to said bendy hilly road and almost immediately I am forced to stop.

From where I was stuck all I could see were two or three suvs ahead of me, and through their windows I can see flashing lights up where the bend in the road is.  At first I thought maybe a utility pole had fallen down or something.  Well the longer I sat there parents were parking on the side of the road and walking up the hill to get their kids.  Other parents were turning around in the road and going to see if they could find an alternate route.  I on the other hand was not wearing appropriate shoes for walking through a snowstorm, up an icy hill to then carry my one and a half year old back down, I also was not keen on driving on unfamiliar roads, lost, in the dark.  So I just sat there, stuck. 

After about 45 minutes, I was the first car in line (because everyone else had turned around).  I found out from an old lady walking up and down the street that a car had slid backwards in to the bank and she called the cops to report it.  While waiting for them to get there another car came down the hill and crashed in to them.  So what we were dealing with were two wrecked cars, two tow trucks, a cop car, a line of cars with parents trying to get their kids at the top of the hill and a bunch of snow on the road and no way for the plow truck to get through!  It was quite a mess.

Eventually I made it up the hill and in to get Lyla!  I got her in the car and we creeped back down the hill and over to Gary's work to get him.  By this point, my nerves were just totally fried.  Gary got in to drive home.  We went to get on the highway and there was an accident on our ramp.  So we couldn't go that way.  We had to take a different route, get on at a different exit and creep down the highway the rest of the way home!

Once I finally got home safe and sound, I did have to admit that the snow is very pretty when you aren't trying to drive in it!  Here is what it looked like when I got home: