Sunday, November 26, 2006

Oh my God it's DONE!


Well, 2 days worth of work, $150, and wow, wow, wow. What a nice room Annie has. It's absolutely adorable. And it's something that she won't grow out of for quite some time. Tinkerbell is the theme. We figure since Tinkerbell's been around for about 50 years, she's not going to go out of style for a long time yet. I'd like a Tinkerbell room too, but I think Steve wouldn't like that too much.


Friday, November 24, 2006

Today is the dreaded beginning


Annies room. WHAT A MESS!!!!!! I'm about to embark on hours of frustrating cleaning. Mayanne and I are going to put everything in one GIANT pile in the middle of the floor and sort. Garbage, Thrift Store or Keep piles. Then on Sunday, Steve and I will tear up the crappy carpet, move all the furniture and start painting. I will post the after pictures probably on Monday.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

How I started my day....



Makenna got a really cute Disney Princess tea party set for her birthday. She absolutely loves it. Everyday we've been having tea parties. Not just her and I, but the whole family has been getting involved in this extraveganza. She's so adorable as she pours the tea and tries to hide her 'proud' smile while she does it. We have big people conversations and use all our manners. She's 4 and all grown up now. Oh what fun!

Saturday, November 18, 2006

The Fantasticks

I've got sooooo many things to blog! I'm trying to treat this as a bit of a scrapbook type thing, so I want to have as many memories as possible in my blogger thing. Forgive me for talking about all the things in the past. A lot of the time I'll be blogging stuff about me. Hopefully all this "me" talk won't horribly bore the people who read this.
In the summer I was in another musical. The Fantasticks. It's one of Broadways longest running shows ever. There are only 8 people in the play, but it's incredibly entertaining. It was a lot of work, but worth it in the end. I ended up stressing out, as I do with most of the plays I've been in. This time though, I gave myself an ulcer. I'll be sure not to stress myself out that badly again.

Our wedding day...

We got married on March 25th, 2006. It was a super small, but perfect wedding. I still can't believe I'm Mrs. Burrows. So weird. We had 11 guests at our wedding. I originally wanted to invite everyone we know, but now looking back I'm very happy with the decision we made. The wedding was planned in 4 weeks. My dress was $9.99, my shoes were $9.99, my hair was $30 and my bouquet was $40. I made my veil for about $3. I was a VERY BUDGET BRIDE. However, I felt like I was worth a million bucks that day. The ceremony and dinner were at Golden Heights Restaurant. Such a pretty place.
I had no intentions of crying on my wedding day, but the second I started walking down the isle, the tears started flowing. Why do people cry at weddings? I just can't understand the emotions behind it. Even Steve had a hard time keeping the tears back. My 2 grammas, mom, dad, 2 best friends, and steve's gramma were all bawling. How could I not cry with all those other tearful faces looking at me? The kids were all very good that day. All 3 walked me down the isle with pride written all over thier faces. Mayanne and Makenna were my bridesmaids and JP was Steve's best man and ring bearer. So cute. I decided to have the kids walk me down the isle rather than my dad because dad's are supposed to give their daughters away. I kinda figured I gave myself away a long time ago to Steve (with dad's blessing of course), so having him walk me down the isle seemed to have no traditional meaning left behind it. I wanted the kids to be a huge part of the wedding process, and they were.
Anyway, it was a wonderful day. I'm so glad we took our relationship that extra step. I love what we've got, I cherish every moment we have together as a family. I'm so glad our closest family members and friends were there to share our special day.

Happy Birthday Makenna!






Geez, my baby girl is 4 already. Shes growing up way too fast. Like all parents seem to say, "it was yesterday when she way born". I remember it so clearly. I decided to go for a walk on November 18th with the other 2 kids. 1/2 way through my walk I started thinking "geez, I'm gonna get diarrhea". My stomach was killing me, so I walked to steve's work and asked to use the bathroom. No poop, just really bad tummy cramps. I was in total denial of being in labour and just told steve to finish his day at work. When he got home my stomach cramping was now coming in waves, and believe it or not, I was STILL in denial. It was MY THIRD CHILD, and I refused to believe I was in labour. So dumb. Well around 7 pm I said, "alright I'm in labour, lets go to the hospital". So we went, the nurse said I was in labour for sure, but was not yet dialated, so I went home. I only lasted until about 9:30 pm at home and I told Steve I HAD to go back. The pain got pretty intense. Well, I was dialated to around 5 cm's which was good enough for them to keep me at the hospital. ALL NIGHT LONG I had horrible contractions every 3 minutes or so. Poor poor Steve. He was exhausted from working all day, and fell asleep in between each contraction (so did i). Dr. Sebastian broke my water at around 7am (I was so mad at him because I knew it'd make the pain way worse), and at 8 am on November 19th 2002, out came Makenna!! It was a epidural free delivery, the best way to go I'd say. The 1st two kids were epidural deliveries, and it just made it way to hard to push. My body literally heaved Makenna out.
Anyway, HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY MAKENNA! We love you so much.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Makenna's new room






I really wish I had taken a before and after picture of Makennas room. I'm kicking myself for not doing that!
For the kids birthdays (nov 19, dec 8 and dec 11) they are getting room makeovers. Makennas room was 1st, and she was TOTALLY THRILLED! All week she's been handing out hugs and kisses to Steve and I to say thank you for her new room. For Mayanne and JP's rooms, i'll do a before and after shot of each. For now, here's pics of Makennas new room that she is sooooo proud of.