Sorry, sorry, sorry!

PLEASE forgive me! I have been the worst blogger this past month. I've been super busy with work and the kids. We just got back from Disney World this weekend! OMG! Sooooo much fun. We had a great time. Don't worry, I'll have a separate post dedicated to that vacation. It was perfect :-) For now, I will leave you with one of my favorite pictures from our trip:

This was right after the Electrical Parade and before the Magic Kingdom fireworks :-) 

Your 3 Words - Video edition

My Y3W this week is a quick little video, because this week was too exciting to put into words!

Lilly has been taking 1 or 2 steps and then falling for about a week. Well that was NOT the case last night!! Can't believe it! I'm happy and sad all at the same time! Mostly happy because she's heavy and I won't have to carry her around everywhere now, and sad because my baby girl is not so much a baby... 

Way to go baby girl!!!

A little bummed today

Earlier this year I applied to a PhD program in Rehabilitation Counselor Education at Michigan State University. I earned my Master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from MSU in 2005. I've always wanted to get my PhD and become a professor... well, apparently now is not my time. I got an email this afternoon letting me know that I was not selected because my entrance exam scores were too low... I hate standardized testing and I get really bad test anxiety. I know I didn't prepare as well as I could have, but its too late for that now!

Oh well... there's always next year. I am a big believer that things happen for a reason, so I suppose I'll let the big guy upstairs guide me on my next journey :-)

I cried for all of 5 minutes after I read the email. But really, I have no one to blame but myself. So, I put my big girl pants on and I am moving on.

Your 3 Words

I would feel weird not acknowledging the tragedy in Japan before doing my Y3W. I know many of us have heavy hearts for the families that lost someone is today's Tsunami/Earthquake in Japan. So sad. Praying for all of the people who lost their livelihood  and more. May they be able to recover from this devastation...

Now on to Y3W:

We bought Lilly's new big girl car seat and she got to ride in it yesterday for the first time!! She loves it!

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A trip down memory lane

My sister-in-law made me realize today that I didn't have any wedding pictures on here! Ooops! Anyhow, while I was looking around for some pictures, I realized that this year will be our FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! What!?! That's crazy-talk! Next week will be our 12 year dating anniversary.... craaaaaazy!

Well, enough "talking." Here are some pictures from the magic day that has led us to where we are today, 5 years later... with our own house and 2 kids!

Wedding date & location:  Key West, FL May 18, 2006!

(These last 2 pictures are courtesy of our photographer, Kelston Chaves)

All of that has led to this:

In Lilly's Words

It occurred to me this morning that I haven't made a post about Lilly's 1st words! As with Brock, I never really said "OMG! {insert word here} is her first word!" With both kids, it started off with dadda and mamma. Then hi and bye. I guess her first real word (not like mamma, dadda, hi, and bye aren't) was 'baby.'

Anyway, here is a short list of the words Lilly is saying now:

Mamma
Daddy
Baby
Hi
Bye
Dog (and she barks)
Gato ('cat' in Spanish)
Ow
Wow

She also signs "more" and "all done."

She is also mimicking us all the time. She's so funny :-) She also loves to hum, sing, and dance! She's got music in her soul!!