10 Years Ago Today

Wow - 10 years ago today, Aaron proposed to me. After rushing through his last final of the week, we headed off to Kansas City to the Plaza. I could tell 'something' was up on the way to Kansas City by the way he was acting, but I wasn't positive what it was. We were planning to meet his brother Doug & fiance, Anne, as well as his parents for dinner.

When we finally arrived at the Plaza, we didn't go to the restaurant. We went straight for the horse & carriages & took a little ride through the Christmas lit Plaza. It was beautiful! Aaron had prearranged for the driver to stop in front of a fountain so he could pop the question. He was planning for a secluded, private fountain....but the driver stopped right in front of the Cheesecake Factory where we had MANY curious onlookers watching as Aaron proposed. I, of course, said yes & then we finished our ride....while our driver proceeded to talk to us, rather than let us have our little private moment.

After the carriage ride, his parents met up with us & his mom had a dozen roses (well, eleven, since one head popped off in her car) for me. I said it was ok, because we had been dating for exactly 11 months, so that made it more significant :)

Here's a pic from the night he proposed.

Snowy Day Project

We really wanted to go outside and play in the snow yesterday, but the bitter cold temperature turned us away. A friend said she was going to do a Baby Jesus project with her little girl, so we decided to do the same! Thanks Kara - Brecken had a blast & carried Baby Jesus around with him the rest of the day/evening. Baby Jesus even slept with him.

Noteable News

Helper?

Leighton apparently didn't think Reese was doing a good job feeding herself, so stepped in after he was finished with his own.

Turkeys

We enjoyed our Thanksgiving celebrations with both families & were able to have a night out consisting of pizza & cards in Sabetha with friends.

We ended our trip with Leighton's 18 month check up yesterday. He is 35" tall (98th%) and 22 lbs 7 3/4oz (5th %). We also found out he has an ear infection. We have been really fortunate with both boys - this is our first one between them!