The Wedding!
We took a red eye flight from Dulles to Los Angeles and once we hit L.A. all the fun began! Of course we hit all the Toler eating spots, Yum Yum donuts, Tommy's Hamburgers, Pink's hot dogs, (does your belly hurt yet?) And we walked the campus of USC (Dad's Alma mater) to only get pumped up for the Rose Bowl they were playing in on Thursday and that we were attending! We met up with Uncle Rocco (Aaron) and hung out with him on Monday. We then made our way down to San Diego to hang out with Jodi's family (my sis in law). They are just wonderful!!! It was so nice putting names with faces finally since they all lived in San Diego.
12/30
It wasn't a white Christmas this year in norther VA, in fact it was about 50 degrees and sunny. That evening the sunset was gorgeous.
"Now I aint first class, but I aint white trash, I'm wild and a little crazy too...."
So we LOVE having a dog. Annie is definitely a cuddler, loves to snuggle, kiss, and thinks she's a human. That last part is causing us a bit of difficulty recently. Yes, she thinks she ranks right up there with Ash and Austin. Because of her smooth transition, we've spoiled her and she's starting to think she's on our level. In dog terms, that's not good. So, we're working with her on letting her know she's the dog and everyone else is more important than her. I've been attending obedience classes with her and she's really taking well to it. Although on a leash I feel like she's a horse and I'm saying 'whoa nellie' as my shoulder is about to pop out of socket as I'm struggling to pull her back, but we're working on it. Plus, I haven't gotten used to picking up 'steamers'. Steamers are what my family calls doggie poo. Steamy because it comes out hot and it's cold outside...therefore, we've got a steamer.
Birthday girl is now 3. I cannot believe she's 3. We had a great day of Cracker Barrel and Cold Stone. She also celebrated with some of her little buddies at her Princess Party. I think she really thinks she's Cinderella. My mom and I even made her a Princess cake!
We are proud to announce the newest member of our family. Annie Toler. She was born June 14, 2008 and is 5 months old. She's an American Kennel Club purebred Vizsla dog. We have been in the market for a dog for about 6 years and finally we found the breed we loved! We adopted her from Palmetto Vizslas in Charleston, South Carolina last weekend. She's great with kids, no shedding, we don't have allergy problems with her, and grooming her is near nothing. And did we mention she doesn't bark?
To bring in 6, Austin had a non-sleepover pajama party. Including his favorite characters Ben 10 and a Bakugan ice cream cake I managed to make. We did all the stuff you'd do at a slumber party, but the kids moms and dads picked them up. It was a great time!
This week Austin had his 6 year wellness appt and as the Dr. is asking him about how life it, school, how he feels, etc and he suddenly blurted out with a smirk, "I like touching my moms boobies." What on earth? I was horrified. Dr. Edy looked at me and his face was all contorted. I shrieked to Austin, "what on earth are you talking about?" He replied "remember that time I poked your boobie?" The Dr. went on to tell Austin that they're called breasts and we don't touch anyones. As if wierdo mom here was letting her son touch her ta-tas. How embarrassing!!! I looked at Austin and he smiled with content that he'd done his job to say something for total shock value. It worked. Little turd. No lollipop for him after that appt!
Austin turned 6 today. And today was a hard day for me. Not when he turned 4 or 5, but for some reason this year. Maybe because he's gone all day long? I don't know. But he was born at 11:20 am in 2002 on this day. So at 11:20 today, I was in tears. I called Jonathan and he was equally as touched. It's just amazing that little face that looked at me at that minute we met 6 years ago, is now such an independent big boy.
November 13! At an eye cracking 5:59am, Austin was ready to announce to the world that he was turning 6 today. He got to open one present before school and I felt like a hag because we didn't have time to play with it I told a child who just opened a great gift that "you can't play with that" Poor guy. Although we made up for it after school ten-fold.
