happy birthday to my mr. wonderful!

Happy Birthday my love! Dinner at the "Dojo"/ Sakura in Jax. The first place where we ever had lunch together.
From left to right - Justin, Tanya (baby J), Shells, Teala, Tori, Ted, Baby girl, Cindy, Ted and Todd

Baseball with the Fam

With less than 24 hours notice, my Mr. Wonderful and baby girl were on our way to Tropicana Field to experience our first Tampa Bay Rays baseball game. As a family, we've visited Turner Field with BeFrie and her fam a few years ago when they opened it up to the public but we hadn't ventured out to an actual game together. We ended up with some fantabulous seats...Not necessarily for watching the game but for hanging out with the opposing team and socializing with some really fun people. So, wait, I take that back. The seats were awesome for experiencing our first game together. And, considering Baby Girl does prefer to be free to run around vs. sitting in one place for a few hours, I'd say it was the best way for all parties involved to enjoy the entire game. We did it all. We cheered the home team on, ate popcorn, admired how nice the field was and wondered if the top of it opened up. Overall, we had a great time and definitely want to go back very soon. Go Rays!

Happy Birthday to Mr. Wonderful - Bahamian Style!

Happy Birthday song and a Boston creme cupcake

Mr. Wonderful with his friend from highschool and his wonderful sister.

S. baked the cupcakes. She's the sweetest!

S. brought the party up from south Florida

Celebrating Mr. Wonderful

happy birthday my love.

i am so glad you were born.

Magic Beat the Heat

Happy Sixth to My Mr. Wonderful

for our sixth anniversary, we headed to the SWAMP in Gainesville to

watch the game we missed the night of our wedding six years ago.

the final score was a bit different than 2004 but the love i feel for my

favorite Florida boy is the same and so much more.

Happy Father's Day to My Mr. Wonderful and My Baby Girl's Father

Baby Girl gave her daddy gifts first thing in the morning. She made a bag with a tie on it that was full of cards, handprints, a little football and a book that had things about the baby girl and a thank you to dad for always being there for her.

Mr. Wonderful took this pic while playing all day on the beach. Even though he was under the weather, I just knew he would love spending the day with his baby girl on the beach. They swam in the ocean and played in the pool and in the sand. It was great to see the two of them just have fun together.

Family photo on Father's Day. I love you Mr. Wonderful. You are an amazing father!

(Rock Star mom and dad let us adopt their oldest daughter for this shot. We've watched her grow, grow and grow since she was a little baby.)

Happy Halloween from Shamu's Spooktacular

Fake puffy starfish is fine to touch.

Real people in costumes not so much.

Not into little Ms. Butterfly. She was so nice
but it didn't matter.

Sea Witches...She's holding it together pretty well here.

Don't worry! Mommy's got ya!!

Anniversary Weekend at Keystone

Family photo with our flower girls 5 years later.

Baby girl visits the Big Red Barn (BRB is a great book)

Baby girl was my biggest fan at Keystone Idol.

Frog anyone?

Josh driving the golf cart. Very cool!

Celebrating Ted! "Birthdaying" it up with friends and family.

Happy Birthday to My Mr. Wonderful!

He and Baby Girl in Melbourne.

He and Baby Girl in Wisconsin.

Happy Valentine's Day

HER FIRST VALENTINE'S DAY...I've got plenty of pics to post from Saturday AKA Valentine's Day with Super Mom Shah and her baby J. Baby Girl had a fantastic day hanging out at the Winter Park Farmer's Market. She saw trains, lots of people, played in the park, wore J.'s hat and drank from his sippy cup. We shopped along Park Ave. Super Shah and I both bought new dresses which is a miracle in itself to find two dresses on sale and in both our sizes. J. and Baby Girl fell asleep for awhile which was nice. We ended up walking around quite a bit and then headed out after the boys were done golfing. The afternoon was low key which was good after a very busy morning.

Got a special delivery of roses which was completely unexpected. The card was signed from Mr. Wonderful which was so incredibly thoughtful since the day fell on the weekend and I really didn't expect flowers. Usually, they arrive at my office.

That evening, Mr. Wonderful and I headed to dinner with S. and her hubs. This was our 8th Valentine's Day together which prompted a fun game of trying to remember what we did the first, second, third...

A big hug and five pairs of shoes that fit just right to my friend who provided much needed childcare for the evening. Baby Girl went to bed early so having someone willing to come over and hang out while we enjoyed an adult night out was so awesome.

Here's to love and my love, Mr. Wonderful, Baby Girl and good friends to celebrate it with!

It's December what?

Back again...Finally finished quite a few things I rambled on about below. I have a ton to post about the little one.

Every day baby girl continues to amaze me with the way she sees the world around her. I've been home for a few days and I've been giving her some down time in the morning. Usually, Mr. Wonderful and I are flying out the door to get her to school and us to work so I decided to just relax, catch my breath...Let her sleep if she wants to while I drink my coffee and catch up on blogs and a few things around the house. I still take her into school but for a few hours instead of several. She loves it there. It has been really nice and both of us start the day relaxed and refreshed. Now, if I could just figure out how to install a giant tub in my master bath. That would really be something.

Fall Festival @ Annunciation

So right down the street from us is a huge Catholic Church and over the weekend, they had their Annual Fall Festival. Mr. Wonderful and I decided to check it out so next year when the baby girl is running around, we know where to take her to have some fun. It was quite the operation. They had tons of food. I tried a Goop Dog for the first time. They raffled off a Hybrid car. There were funnel cakes which we avoided somehow. Phew! We watched a little football in their sports bar tent...What a great idea! Their craft area was ok. The main action was the kids area and the food.

Baby girl loved just people watching and being outside. It was a beautiful day so I'm glad Mr. Wonderful went even though he was recovering from his trip to Gainesville where the Gators beat LS WHO? Hahaha...

I love, love, love the fall even in Florida!

Worst thing that happened over the weekend...The Dolphins lost by one point. My brother forgot to tell Mr. Wonderful that they were going to lose AND baby girl didn't wear her cheerleading outfit. I think it would've helped 'em. Next week!

GO GATORS! (for Mr. Wonderful and Chaz)

Mr. Wonderful visited old stomping grounds with his friend Chaz.

Thankfully the Gators won! GooooOOoOOoOooooo Gators!!

Happy Anniversary Mr. Wonderful!

2004 - walking into our wedding reception as mr. and mrs.

2008 - an anniversary cake we received in the mail from the lay's

Thank you to my Auntie Mila & Uncle Bob for sending us a very yummy cake...It was almost too pretty to eat. To my mommy glow who wrote us a beautiful card. AND to my Mr. Wonderful, who surprised me this morning with a card right when I woke up and then in the car...I love you and all that we have become together. I am so thankful to have you by my side every day. Here's to us!!

She loves her daddy!

Mr. Wonderful and I go to see Jesus Christ Superstar

Saw Jesus Christ Superstar at the Bob Carr tonight.

Both Mr. Wonderful and I agreed it was okay.

THANK YOU Andres and Maria!!

Happy Father's Day to my Mr. Wonderful!

Message for SML!

MISS YOU!

Love,

DWG