Alyssa's baby shower

Today was Alyssa's baby shower. It was such a fun time and I am happy that I was in town for it.

Birthday weekend night two

Night 2 was at my Dad's house. I had some friends over and they also had some friends over. It was a great time!!!!


My Brother brought Skyy over for a bit. I can not believe how much she is growing!Rachael and I.Becky and I (She was the other Birthday girl)Brenda and I. She was a great bartender!

Bonni and I

Di and I

Awwwww!!!!

Birthday weekend night one!

Let the Party Begin!! I spent my Birthday weekend in Traverse City hanging out with friends and family. Night one (Fri the 24th) we had dinner at LaSenorita and then headed to Northern Lights for some (well a lot) of cocktails!!


Amy and I. It was SO good to see her!

Chris and DA

Shaun and Phil

Me, Dad and DA

Shaun and I

Me with my Mom and Dad

Me and Jen! Miss this girl so much!

Happy that Rob even decided to stop by!

We signed the lease!!!

We signed the lease on our new place today and we are SO excited. The current tenants move out on the 27th and they need a couple days to paint and then it is ours. They are thinking even the 29th which is a couple days early so YAY! Now I just need to get my ass in gear and get packing. I have done quite a bit but it sure is a lot of work!! Here are a couple pictures. They are from the Craig's list listing but I will make sure to show more once we move it.



This is the amazing kitchen that I am actually looking forward to cooking in. Granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.

The bathroom is small but has been completely redone so it is really nice.

This is the living room. It is smaller but I think it will work out just right for us :)

BIG NEWS!!

Shaun and I are Moving!! We decided the last couple weeks that we can NOT live here anymore. Our landlord is a NUT job and I can not deal with her bullshit anymore. We looked at a place tonight and we loved it!! It is quite a bit smaller than the place we are in now and it is several hundred more a month but it is SO much nicer. There is a dishwasher (SCORE!!) and in unit washer/dryer (DOUBLE SCORE!!!) Now I just need to find enough money for the 1st month and sec deposit! Anybody have a money tree or have any ideas on how to get some cash quick???? I will keep you all updated!

Gabbi's Hospital Stay

So it all started in November when we noticed Gabbi acting a little off. She would get to where she could not hold her head up very well and it seemed like she got tired from walking after a very short time. We took her to Banfield and the did a bunch of tests and found nothing wrong. They gave her an antibiotic thinking it might be an inner ear infection. The medicine seemed to work and she got better. Early January it happened again and I took her back to Banfield. They gave her more antibiotics and sent us on our way. Couple of weeks later she was not quite right again. Our neighbor Ruth recommended her vet so we took her there. Both Banfield and the new vet refered me to Dr Podell an animal neurologist. I finally made an appointment last Wednesday. He did a couple tests and noticed that something was a little off so they wanted to run more tests and an MRI so I had to leave her behind. They called me later telling me that her potassium was low which was making her muscle enzymes deteriorate which was causing her to be so week and she could not hold her body or even her head up. They were going to admit her and do an ultra sound and look into a way to get her back on track. With the ultrasound they found a tumor on her adrenal gland. Shaun and I had to make the choice to have the surgery or not. She is like a kid to us so we of course chose to do the surgery despite the VERY high price. You can't put a price on love. She had the surgery on Friday and it went perfect. They had to keep her for 72 hours after to make sure that all her vital stay steady enough to bring her home. We were so excited to go visit her on Saturday night. She was just as excited to see us and was a complete ham. She purred the whole time we were there and was very cuddly. It was hard to leave her again but knowing that we will be bringing her home soon made it easier. Tomorrow is the day we bring her home. I am not looking forward to the bill and I am curious to what her aftercare is but I just want her home!!!

Skyy's week long visit

We had so much fun with Skyy for the week. She kept us super busy and it was go go go! She did great on the drive down and never stopped talking... at all!! LOL Quite amusing :) She spent a couple days at work with me, she had a couple of evenings with Uncle Shaun when I was working, we went the the Chucky Cheese, the children's museum at Navy pier, Rainforest Cafe, American Girl Place, The Hershey store and MORE. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the week.

She played with my old Barbies quite a bit. She could not believe how much stuff I have.

Counting our tickets at Chucky Cheese. That was a fun place!!!Photos from the Children's MuseumPlaying with her Barrel of Monkeys. She really liked putting them all together. 14 in all.On the train headed downtown Saturday morning.

Rainforest Cafe The Hershey StoreHer new American Girl Twin babyThe extra outfit I let her pick out. A ballerina.

We had so much fun while she was here and we were sad to take her back and we look forward to having her again!