Happy 1 year!

Tyler and I celebrated our first anniversary last Sunday. I cant believe it's already been a year. Or, I can't believe its ONLY been one year with how much has changed in our lives. It's crazy that we already have Hallie..there are times when I find myself wishing we had enjoyed married life together longer, but I would never change having her here with us. I know she was sent to us for a reason, and although sometimes Im not sure why or how, I know she will bring us many blessings having her this early. At least Tyler and I have now been together three years, so we have had our time to be just us, and to learn about eachother..because there is no time for that now! Please dont get me wrong though, I do NOT regret having Hallie, I love her more than life itself!

We celebrated our anniversary on Saturday. We slept in, played with Hallie, and got the house cleaned! Then my mom came over and watched Hallie so we could go out. We first went to Cantina Laredo at the San Tan Mall. We split a steak and chicken fajita platter. It was very filling, but I was saving room for dessert. MEXICAN BROWNIE! If you have not tried this, you need to! A huge chcolate brownie with pecans and walnuts comes out on one of the fajita platters so its nice and hot. Then they scoop vanilla ice cream on top and then pour a vanilla creme sauce over it so it sizzles and carmalizes the brownie. Sooo good.

After dinner we went to the pet store to of course look at all the cute boxers that we wish we could have, but definitely could not handle. Then we went into Helzberg, just to see if they had my ring. The San Tan store was the place I first saw my ring two years ago, and I have never seen it since. I love that Ive never seen anything close to it, because that means its unique! After we were bamboozled to buy everything we saw, we headed over to the Disney Store just for fun. We were actually just killing time.

I have been asking, no begging, Tyler to go ice skating for a few years, and Ive always been told no. He broke his wrist once roller blading, and has been scared to try ice skating ever since. I have never been ice skating as a couple, and Ive always wanted to because I think ice skating holding hands is just so cute. I finally talked him into it, and then we found out we get in free being military! Score! Tyler was a little nervous, but as soon as he got onto the ice, I realized that my vision of us skating off into the distance wasn't much of a reality. I have gone ice skating about five times, and I still have to hold on to the wall for the first few rounds. Not Tyler I guess. He got on the ice and skated off! He was a pro at it! But we had so much fun, and Im glad he liked it.After ice skating, we went to Blockbuster and got some movies. Then we came home, and we snuggled with this little one

Speaking of little one, she is two months old this week! We went to the doctors, and she's now 10 lb 10 oz. 24 inches long! Her jaundice is gone, and she's looking good. For her stomach issues, the dr. suggested that we give her apple juice. I was so excited that she gets juice! I was telling the dr. that hallie is always upset and crying. She was asking if she smiles on command, and just after I told her Ive only seen her smile in her sleep, SHE SMILES at the Dr!!! I was so frustrated! I didnt get the first smile! The person that was soon going to give her shots got the first smile! And I havent seen her smile since...So the dr. thinks her communication skills are slow, but not a worry until she's four months. But she thinks she'll catch up soon. Her gross motor skills are beyond what they should be at her age, since when she's on her tummy she can push her chest up and look around, and grab something when its in front of her. So she's doing good, I just hope that she starts getting happy soon. She did so good getting her shots, and afterwards she slept the whole day snuggled up next to me. I want to give her shots more often, because she was such a peaceful happy baby...which I never would of thought.