I am so thankful to my sweet mom. She is such a wonderful, Godly woman and I am grateful that I have her to be an example of the kind of mother I want to be to my children. I'm also thankful that I have her genetics. I complain now that people think I'm 15, but one day I know I'll be happy to look half my age. My mom definitely looks half her age! So thanks, mom, for a) being a great mom and b) for having such great genetics - and passing them on to me. My (distant) future children say thanks too.
Here are some photos of the weekend:
My mom and stepdad, Chris
My brother, Nick, and nephew, Taylor
lovely and delicious cake by www.loveandcupcakesal.com
Mimi and Taylor
Can you tell we're related?
Li'el Bugah
That night Mom had several close friends come over for a little partay to celebrate her first wonderful 50 years of life. At around 9, we got a call that totally shook us and took us by surprise. It was my grandmother calling saying that my granddad had been taken to the hospital for chest pains. So we cleared out the house, packed up our bags and took off to Huntsville, about 2 hrs. north of Birmingham.
Finally at about 11:30, Rob and I arrived at the Huntsville hospital. We got to see my granddaddy and saw that everything was ok. After a few hours, Rob and I decided to check into a hotel just 1/2 a mile from the hospital. The next morning we visited my g'dad and found out that, thankfully, it was not a heart attack. Instead it was a herniated esphagus. Not good, and very painful, but still better than a heart attack. We were so relieved.
Once our visiting time slot was over - btw should not be called visiting "hours", because it was actually visiting minutes - we headed to Hartselle to visit my grandmother before heading back to Birmingham to meet Rob's parents.
I am so thankful that we had time to meet with my wonderful "In-laws" (parentheses because this is not how we feel about each other). They brought so much serenity after a crazy night like we just had. They were so flexible with us and took a ton of stress off that we had been feeling for the last 12 hours or so.
Yes, we met at McDonald's. At that point we would have eaten anything.
Needless to say we were exhausted after this trip. We probably drove at least 15 hours that weekend. We got home to Jackson at about 8 pm. Right about the time we pulled into the city limits, I got a call from the lady I nanny for - who is 9 months pregnant. She was having contractions and just wanted to make sure we had made it back to town. They weren't going to the hospital yet, but when they decided it was time, I was going to go to their house and stay with Peyton until they were able to come back home. I don't know if I've mentioned yet, but this all happened the weekend/day of mine and Rob's 1st anniversary.
Once we got home Rob and I decided we would celebrate our anniversary as much as we possibly could before I got called away again. We got some sushi, went home, opened presents, had some of our wedding cake (which was still delicious) and started watching Enchanted - the movie we watched on our first date.
Not but 15 minutes into the movie, my phone rings. Jaime is going into labor. Awesome. I grab my "go-bag", hop in my car, and high tail it out to Madison, MS.
On June, 20 at 4:14 a.m., Brendan Burke Anderson made his grand entrance into the world! Jaime was able to come home with him on Wednesday. He is so tiny, it is unreal. Congratulations to the best family I've ever worked for. I am so happy to get to watch this sweet boy. I don't have any pictures of Brendan yet, but I will post them as soon as I can.
Have no fear. Rob and I did celebrate our anniversary. We just did it 6 days later. It wasn't as lavish and extravagent as we may have hoped, but if there is one thing we've learned this year, it's that sometimes you just have to go with it. We had originally planned to spend a week at a fancy bed and breakfast in Gatlinburg, TN. However, we've had to change those plans because very soon we will be making a huge move and we need to save every penny we can.
I was pretty bummed about this but instead of throwing myself a pity party, I decided to bring the resort to our apartment. We had mimosas with strawberries, chocolate covered and powdered donuts, as well as blueberry, choc chip, and banana pancakes. We watched movies and layed around in our PJs all day long. It was fabulous!! I love our love; that we can be at home just the two of us and enjoy ourselves so much. I could not have asked for a better mate. We were so obviously made for each other it's ridiculous. I fall more and more in love with this man every day. I am so blessed.
Here are some pictures of our Hotel at Home breakfast:
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