Happy Father's Day

Daddy:

Thank you for always playing with me, talking to me, giving me snacks and food, making my bottles, changing my dirty diapers, making up silly songs to sing to me, letting me pull your hair while riding on your shoulders, affectionately referring to me as "stinky" (my most used nickname), staring at me like I'm your favorite, and for loving me so much!

I think you are the best Daddy a girl could have! I love you!

Love, Addison

Jordan: You are such an awesome Father! I love you more than even and want to Thank you for being so great!

A Night to Remember

So about a couple of weeks ago Jordan told me not to make plans on a random Wednesday evening. I couldn't figure out what he had up his sleeve. I went through every type of anniversary we have and couldn't figure out anything special and monumentous for that date. Anyway, I as I pulled into the driveway I saw our table and chairs set up on the upstairs balcony. So when I walked through the door, Jordan greeted he all dressed up in a suit. I still could NOT figure out what was going on. Jordan led me through the house (that he cleaned!!) to the bedroom. (NO, this story is not going where you think it is so get you mind out of the gutter! :) AND, NO this is NOT the night I got pregnant. I know you were thinking it. ;) ) He had the dress I wore to my senior prom laid out on the bed along with some heels and jewelry. He just told me to get dressed and that I could take my time. I was trying to do something with my hair when my friend LeeAnn walked in. I was even more confused at this point but happy to be sharing the evening with our close friends. Turns out the whole thing was just an nice evening that the boys planned as a surprise for us mommies (also a belated Mother's Day present). They had babysitters for the girls and cooked and cleaned...had everything taken care of.

Here's the table before we ate. LeeAnn and I. My big bulky Nikon is difficult to use for a self portrait, but we made it work. Chuck and LeeAnn

Jordan and I

Chuck and LeeAnn again

Jordan and I again.

Here's the food table.

We had the most amazing salad with strawberries, feta cheese, walnuts, mandarin oranges, and raspberry vinaigrette. So good. I ate two bowls... :)

We had delicious steaks, twice baked potatoes and bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar to dip it in. Everything was so, so good!

This was the dessert. I know it doesn't look that great, but it was super tasty. Chocolate cake with white icing. And the message says, "Breast Moms" as an homage to us breastfeeding mothers. Yes, you may roll your eyes now. haha. I wasn't going to take a picture but I figured it would be a once in a lifetime experience so I better document it. :)
After we ate and hung out for a while, we got our babies back from their babysitters (Thanks Mom! Really Appreciate it! Love you!) It was pretty late (past 9) but we let them play in Addison's new play house. This picture cracks me up because they are standing in the exact same pose. Cute! ( I just wish my finger hadn't half-way covered up the flash-hence the dark corner. :( )
Playing house. Funny that little girls love to play with sinks and dishes, washing machines and ovens. Just wait a few years, girls, and all the joy will have faded from "playing" with the household appliances!
I just couldn't get a great picture of them. But they were both so, so tired.

And this is what happens when you let babies stay up playing waaaay past bedtime. Aren't they adorable!

It was such a wonderful evening! I so enjoy talking with LeeAnn and am so thankful for her friendship!

Thank you so much Jordan (and Chuck, too, who originated the idea!) for loving me and creating such a special night for me! I love you!!

Happy Anniversary!

I cannot believe that we have been married for five years today! I can remember everything so clearly from our wedding like it was yesterday. I remember going to get my hair done up, fixing myself a grilled cheese sandwich and then not eating more than a few bites, getting ready at the chapel, five minutes after putting my dress on and getting all 20 of the buttons clasped having to pee and take the dress back off, cramming fries in my mouth 30 minuted before the wedding because I was so hungry,

waiting in front of the closed double doors with my arm hooked through my dad's while the last bridesmaid walked down the aisle, seeing Jordan when the doors opened, cutting the cake and NOT shoving it in each other's faces, I could go on and on. It was such a good day, but I also remember being so exhausted! Here are some more pictures of that wonderful day:

These are some of my favorite pics from my bridal portraits.

We were so young!

My sister looked so good! I still love my bridesmaid dresses!

Mr and Mrs Jordan Cline!

Leaving for our Honeymoon to Charleston! I loved my going away outfit! I felt so cute!

Not only is today our Wedding Anniversary, but it is also our eight year dating anniversary and the anniversary of when we got engaged six years ago! December 30th has been a special day for us for a long time. This year Jordan took me on a shopping spree at the outlet stores in Blowing Rock. We both took the day off work and spent the whole day together. We ate lunch at the Daniel Boone Inn Restaurant. It was a great day and I hope we get to spend many, many more anniversaries together!

This was on our one year anniversary. We still look so young!!

This was a few months before our two year anniversary. We were on a cruise in the Bahamas/Key West.

This was in between our three and four year anniversary. We were in the middle of building our house (as you can see in the background). I remember this summer as being such a fun summer! We were definitely at a high point in our relationship!

Jordan: I love you so much! I never thought that having a baby would bring us closer together, but I think it definitely has. I see you interact with Addison and I can see how much you love her and how much she loves you, and my heart just wants to burst with love and happiness. You are such an amazing husband and father. Thank you so much for being so wonderful and for everything that you do for Addison and I. It's been an amazing five (eight) years with you and I hope that we'll have at least another fifty years together! I love you Baby!

Rock Band

On Wednesday of last week, my cousin, Zach, and sister, Kyla, came up to spend a few days with us. Zach is in the Air Force and is stationed at an Army base in Georgia (please don't ask me which one. He's told me numerous times and I don't remember). When he gets long weekends off, he drives up through Charlotte, picks up Kyla, then spends the time here with us. So with Zach and Kyla came Rock Band!! I am normally not one for video games, but I love to play Rock Band! Wednesday and Thursday nights consisted of Zach, Kyla, Jordan and I having lengthy adult conversations about current world events ROCKING OUT until nearly midnight while Addison slept peacefully in her room. It amazes me how she can sleep through all of that noise!!

Then on Friday we had the big Rock Band Party! That just means we added our friends Jessica and Brenden to the mix (Go here and here for pictures, I don't have them up yet). We ate Chinese food and then stayed up until 2 am playing rock band and then just talking and goofing off. It was a lot of fun! I always love to hang out with friends!

Kyla and Zach had to leave on Saturday morning, so that Zach could get back home to sleep a bit before work on Saturday night (He works night shifts). I'm so glad that Zach is semi-close by and can come over every month or so. We never really got to spend much time together growing up since he lived in Reno and I lived here. It's nice to finally get to know him after so many years. Our next rock out session is scheduled for Thanksgiving. Can't wait!!

Oh, and I have to mention this: On Friday Jordan, Zach and Kyla went to Mocksville to pick up dinner while I was putting Addison to bed. They had been gone for a while and I called Jordan's to phone to figure out where they were. His phone started ringing on the kitchen counter, where he left it. So I called Kyla's phone and she answered it and asked if I had just called Jordan.

"Yeah, but he left his phone at home, so I'm calling you."

She got excited then, and said that just moments before, Jordan suddenly started patting around for his phone because he heard it ringing, but he never found it (you know, since it was sitting in the kitchen where he left it). So apparently we are just so connected that he knew I was calling him when he didn't even have his phone on him. WEIRD!!

Happy Father's Day (Yeah, It's a little late...)

So in honor of Father's Day I just wanted to dedicate a post to my wonderful husband, Jordan.

Jordan, You are the most wonderful father that any child could ask for. I love to watch you with Addison and love how gentle and patient you are with her. I love to see you show her off to everyone when we go out. You have to be the proudest Dad ever. Thank you so much for doing so much for both of us. I want you to know that I don't take how much you do for us for granted and I appreciate you much more than I can ever convey to you. I love you more now than I ever have! Baby, you are the best!!



From Addison:
Hey Daddy!
I just wanted to let you know that I think you are the best daddy in the whole world. You always know how to make me happy when I'm fussy even when Mommy is super frustrated. I love it when you take me into the bonus room, turn the radio up, and sing to me at the top of your lungs. I just stare up at you and am so comforted by your voice that I just go to sleep. You don't lose you patience with me even when I pee on you in the middle of the night when you pick me up without a diaper on (which I have to say, isn't the smartest move on your part. Mommy did think it was very funny, though. We were high-fiving on the inside).


I know that you love me so very much and I want you to know that I love you very much, too. I was telling you this when I smiled for the very first time and it was at you. Yes, you, Daddy, were the very first recipient of the Addison grin. Not Mommy. But she says that its okay because she knows that I am truly going to be a Daddy's girl and she loves us both so much that it melts her heart to see us interact like that.

So Happy Father's Day, from both of you girls!! We love you!