He (WE) Made It!!!

HOORAY!!!!!

I never thought this day would come. Congratulations to my main squeeze on graduating from business school this weekend! Almost three years of very hard work, long long nights, and busy weekends spent studying and we have finally made it!




Can I just say I'm glad that's over with? And I'm not even the one who had to do all the studying! I'm so glad to have my husband back -- I just keep thinking of all that we can do now that he's so available!! YAY!!




Grandpa Michael, MawMaw, and Grammy came this weekend to attend the graduation ceremony and celebrate with us. We were so happy to have them here! The ceremony was really cool and ended with bagpipers playing for the graduates as they left the chapel. Of course, I brought my camera, but left the battery at home. Sheesh!

We got a babysitter for the kids on Friday evening and all of us adults went out to a nice dinner. Just as we were finishing up our meal, the babysitter called to tell us that she was having trouble putting Tanner in bed. I got on the phone with him and he was crying ... it was so sad! I think he just missed being with all of his favorite people! We came home as soon as we could, and he seemed to be happy again. He loved staying up until midnight with all of us, opening graduation gifts, and eating cake. (On a sidenote: I think every celebration should end in a two-layer chocolate cake, don't you? This is probably because I grew up watching Donna Reed, but I'm seriously thinking it should be a tradition around this house.)






What else have we been up to?

1) Jon and I went to dear friend's wedding in Greenville, SC. It was a blast and we were so lucky to have Kat/Pat and Lauren/Daniel there with us!

2) Landon. My funny boy. Landon had a speech evaluation last week and has qualified to receive speech therapy. I am thrilled for him and so excited to get started! He loved the evaluation ... the speech pathologist made the whole session so much fun for him and was already starting to get sounds out of him that I hadn't heard before. Our next step is to take him to an ENT. He's had lots of ear infections and the speech pathologist is worried that he isn't hearing well. We're just feeling lots of relief that the ball is finally rolling in this process! How exciting that our little man will be making some strides in communicating with us!

3) Tanner. My sweet, cuddly, tenderhearted little Tanner. He was sick with a fever today ... I felt so bad for him. Last week, I gave him a kids umbrella and he literally played with it all week. We watch Mary Poppins a lot around here, so he loved pretending that he was her. "Jane! Michael! Over here! Spit-Spot!" It was so hilarious. He even took that dang umbrella with him to school. Of course, it broke by Friday morning.








4) I'm just finishing Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy. Loved. It.

5) Jon and I are really enjoying watching American Idol together. I'm afraid he might go into withdrawal now that The Bachelor is over, though. Hehe!

Okay, time for bed. The goal is to update this more now that I have someone to get the kids ready for bed every night!! :) Sweet!