T.G.I.F.

Happy Friday, Everyone! I've been looking forward to this weekend and our anniversary celebration! Some of our plans include:

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Hope you have a great weekend as well!

Four is for lovers.

Four years ago today, I married the man that I loved. As the journey of our lives brings us through changes, additions, adventures, and misadventures, I love him more every day. Thanks for making my life wonderful and making all my dreams come true, babe! You're my lobster!

Food Network finally got to me.

We watch the Food Network pretty much every single night of our lives on a fairly regular basis. My hubs is a cooking fool, and there is just something entertaining about watching people make/eat/showcase delicious food.

Our Top 5 FN Shows:
1. Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives
2. Next Food Network Star (my personal fave)
3. Worst Cooks in America
4. Iron Chef America
5. Dinner: Impossible

Of all the things that Andrew & I have in common, love of food is a big one. But although I love to bake, cooking is not my forte. However, in my current effort to be more domestic and crafty, I figured I might as well get crafty in the kitchen too. So I enrolled in what I'm affectionately referring to as the Andrew Klahn Culinary Institute.

Turns out, its actually pretty fun to cook when you have a witty teacher, lots of time and no small person hanging on your leg wanting to play. Not sure how this is going to help in the dinner department, but I do see some leisurely late night time in the kitchen with my sweetie!

Beach Bunny Baby.

This month, we took Delaney on her first beach vacation! We rented a condo along with our good friends The Vansickles and their son Gavin (two weeks older than Delaney). In summary, it was a total blast! The kids had a great time playing together, and Delaney is a beach lover already. Fortunate for her, since we are headed back again later this year!

living the beach life

being silly with Daddy

serious sand play

having a ball

our family

cozy baby seat made by Daddy

first steps in the sand

playing in our condo with Gavin

not a bad car rider (for at least half of the eight hours each way...)

Want-A-Holic.

I love to shop. (Cue shocked expressions and loud GASP here.)

Lately, most of my shopping consists of online purchases, mainly for Delaney or our new projects around our home (more on that later). Why don't I buy for myself? Sometimes I do, but I seem to have a knack for finding myself things that are, ahem, not seen on the clearance rack - which, let's be totally honest here - is where I get the most delight out of buying things.

What am I putting my pennies in my piggy bank for now?

Pippa Medium Grab

Ray Ban RX5227

What's on your wish list?

Daddy's Girls.

In an effort to be just like Mommy (hopefully only in the most positive ways), Delaney has decided to become a Daddy's girl. She loves everyone in our family so much, but there is definitely a special bond between Daddy and Delaney that is so beautiful to me. Like me, Delaney is blessed with a wonderful, kind, generous, and loving Daddy. I can't wait to see all the fun and mischief these two will get into for the rest of our lives!

And I'd be remiss in my Father's Day posting if I didn't talk about my very own Daddy and the special relationship that we have. My dad is one of my best friends, my advisor, my boss, and the first great love of my life. And I'm a clone of his brain, a sounding board, his little girl, and hopefully someone he can always be proud of. I love you, Dad!

Breaking up is hard to do...so will you take me back?

Darling Ladies:

...and Gentleman (which, let's face it, is only my husband once in a blue moon and possibly my dad when my mom shows this to him)

Please forgive me. I've done it yet again. I'm like the ex that you keep believing will change, but they never really do - or so I've heard, as I have only one ex who wasn't much of a boyfriend in the first place, and I managed to hang on to that next boyfriend for the past nine ohmygod has it actually been that long already?!? years.

But back to my apology. If I promise this time to blog more often, be more interesting, and show more pictures of my cute kid, would you come back and stay awhile? Pretty please?

There is so much to discuss!