5 years and counting

Saturday Thad and I celebrated our 5 yr anniversary. Nothing super exciting, just dinner and a movie, but it was soooo nice to go out just the two of us. Thad also surprised me this year with REAL jewelry. He gave it to me early because Andi spoiled the surprise. He came home from work monday and said he had some Christmas shopping to finish and took Andi with him. I guess he wanted a girls perspective because he let her make the final decision between two things. Of course the first thing she says when she came home was "Hey momma, we got you heart necklace." Completely disregarding the whole secret and surprise conversation she and Thad had on the way home ;) I remember when 5 years seemed like forever and even waiting the whole year for Christmas to roll around again took so so long. But the last 5 years have flown by so quickly I can hardly believe it. For those who complain that i never post pics of myself here are a couple comparison shots.

5 years ago in the good ol King Henry courtyard

Yesterday in the good ol living room

Ugh! And now we see why I don't post pictures. I still have baby weight to loose, I need a tan, and I need my long hair back I think.
Anyway, other events of the week. We went Christmas caroling with my family and some friends for FHE and Andi thought it was the greatest thing ever. We had our ward Christmas party on friday night which was nice. And we are officially 100% done with christmas prep. Everything is wrapped and ready to go.
Sammy gets a new cast Wednesday morning, so we'll get to see how he is progressing. Last time the Dr seemed impressed so we hope he continues that way. Here are a couple of cute shots from the week. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas to everyone!

Thad thinks he's going for the cookie. . . I think pacifier

This was his cute Sunday before Christmas church outfit. Of course he wore pants, but this was after his nap at home. I made a big deal of coordinating outfits for church and then failed to get a picture of it. Don't worry we were stinkin cute in our red and black.


He broke out into a big smile and we almost caught it. This is it fading away, but we should get some good smile pics soon, he does it a lot now.