'Da Bears

Mickey's sister, Betsi, scored Panthers vs. Bears tickets for Mickey's birthday. It just so happened that the game fell on the weekend before Mick's birthday so it was perfect! Mickey has been a Chicago Bears fan since he was a little boy. And, of course, I consider myself a Bears fan now too!
Mick and I have been fortunate to be able to watch the Bears play in Atlanta, Chicago, and now Charlotte. I've always heard "3rd times a charm" and that was true in this situation: our 3rd game, but the 1st one where the Bears won! We had a fun time tailgating, watching the game, and spending time with family.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Mickey!

I love you!

Keeping it Real

For all of my loyal readers who feel like this girl has it all together, I hope this post doesn't disappoint you. I just want to keep it real. When I awoke this morning, I had one goal: To clean up the extra bedroom. Eventually this room will become the nursery and even though we are a few months away from making that happen, I wanted to take the first step and get it back to a presentable state. It always amazes me how fast a space can get out of hand. It all started with a stack of items that needed to go to Goodwill and a stack that needed to go to the dry cleaners. From those two stacks it quickly turned into this:

Two hours later, I am proud to show you this:

What'cha think? I am very pleased with the progress. I definitely consider it a Saturday success!

BIG NEWS!!!!

This video says it all. No other words are needed.

I (We) prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me (us) what I (we) asked of him.

- 1 Samuel 1:27

1st Visit from the Tooth Fairy

We had a quick, quiet, but very exciting visit from the Tooth Fairy on Thursday night! And man, the Tooth Fairy is very generous these days. :) She left Mackaylan a special note, $2, and the new TinkerBell movie. Did you know that the Tooth Fairy and TinkerBell are friends? Well, that's what the note said. Pretty cool, huh? Needless to say, we had one very happy 5 year old in our house on Friday morning!

The only problem is the Tooth Fairy accidentally took Mackaylan's tooth pillow with her. She must have had a very busy night! Hopefully she will return it one night very soon. :)