10 friggin years...

you might say i've been a little busy...i haven't been keeping up with this blog in almost a month (tsk tsk). last week Chris and celebrated our 10th Anniversary (in Belize!) along with Papa EJ birthday, Madison's birthday, and Thanksgiving! the last week alone was enough to put me in a serious food coma (from which i'm still recovering). it's hard to believe that we've been married for 10 years (15, if count the 5 years of dating)! i can't imagine what the next 10, 20, 30, 40, even 50 years will be like...we've already experienced so much in just this 10 years that it's hard to picture it getting any worse or better. i imagine the only thing that will top the birth of my 3 boys will be the future birth of my first grandchild (but we have a looooong time before that ever happens).

here's to you Babycakes....i'll call you squishy and you will be my squishy...

what happens when mommy isn't looking...

it seems my 20 month old is very crafty with a stool and his grubby little fingers...i head off to do the laundry and he comes in with a handful of Oreos! i went off to inspect the kitchen and found an empty bag of cookies!! mmm...guess he won't be needing that lunch after all...

wow, it's really 7 in the morning....

feel blessed that 1. i'm up this early 2. i'm in a good mood (thanks to 2 cups of coffee) and 3. you're getting a cool story out of me...i just read a friend's blog that got me to thinking (HockeyMan) and of course i was a little mad that it made me cry so early in the morning, but it did get me to thinking. yesterday, to him, was a very significant day and to everyone else just another ordinary day (unless it was your birthday or something); he celebrated "father's day". i got to thinking about the day(s) that Chris and i found out that we would become parents for the first (second & third) time, which is what mr. hockeyman was referring to. i remember Colin's like it was yesterday...September 5, 2001. it was lunchtime and i was at home from work (yes, i at one time had a real 9-5 job) when i recieved a phone call from my OBGYN's nurse. "Ash, you might want to sit down, hon." after that, i almost threw up in my mouth and passed out. we were not expecting that phone call...at all! i was already 6 weeks along....no idea i was pregnant, but it was the best surprise, and one that i will never forget.

now, to the rest of this crazy story...so, it's a few years later, January 5, 2005...thought i was sick from bad oysters...nope, Preston was about to make us parents, again! a couple years later, July 5, 2007...once again i thought i was sick (this time it really was a hangover from 4th of July - oops!) but baby Nolan was ready to make us parents, again! so, did anyone notice a trend? no, not that we have all boys, but the days that i found out that i was pregnant...all on the 5th! i had no idea, and it creeps me out just a little. but, i now have my own holiday - Happy Parent's Day! - let's just hope that it doesn't mean i'm going to have 5 kids....