Princess Maicey

A princess party for our princess!

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to...  even though I was crying because Aunt Jenny saved my life when I tried to eat a poison packet out of one of my presents...

My new bike from Grandma and Grandpa (and blogger is being dumb and won't let me flip the picture.... UGH!!!!)

These cakes were adorable, but you wouldn't let anyone eat them...

Oh princess Maicey... you sure are special :)

"But I like my teeth IN my mouth!!!!"

On a quiet Tuesday evening in the Munn house, we were sitting on the couch chatting about our day and Sam very calmly says, "Mom, why's my tooth wiggling?!" All of our quiet moments were gone in a second.  Since he is only 4 years old we had never even explained the idea of losing teeth, so I tried to give him a VERY quick rundown of how it works: wiggly tooth, it falls out, tooth fairy... Sam stopped me at the "it falls out" part with a SHRIEK unlike I've ever heard.  "But mom, I like my teeth in my mouth!!!  How will I chew up my fruit snacks?!"  After approximately 20 minutes of crying and fussing, talking on the phone with Oma, and me taking pictures of course, we finally convinced Sam that it had to come out.  He sat calmly on the counter while Rob looped a piece of string around the little tooth and pulled.  We cheered and screamed and called everyone we knew to tell them the good news.  All of a sudden, Maicey is sobbing her eyes out... "I don't want that fairy in my house!!!!"  One drama after another... how many more teeth do we have to lose in our house?

Where has the time gone?

Three years ago right now I was running around my house frantically packing my bags and kissing my baby boy knowing that our lives would never be the same.  The next morning we headed to the hospital for a full day of labor, working hard to get my beautiful baby girl into this world.  At 11:59PM stubborn Maicey Kay Munn finally came into the world at a healthy 9 lbs 5 oz and 21inches long.  From that moment on, our family became complete.  As she grew she continued her stubborn streak, always pushing us to our limits, making us laugh along the way, and wrapping us around her perfect little finger.  She's been a blessing to our lives and today and always we celebrate her being in our lives!  Happy 3rd birthday Maicey Munn, we love you!

I swear it's my New Year's Resolution people...

Okay, I know you're probably ready to give up on me... I don't blame you!  I admit it, I'm a terrible blogger in 2010.  It's a new year and I assure you I'll do better! 

The last 6 weeks in the Munn home have been a little OC... that's our way of saying Outta Control in our world :)  Between Thanksgiving, a cruise to the Bahamas, 5 Christmas celebrations, and a major house renovation, I'm EXHAUSTED to say the least!  So here's the recap:

Thanksgiving was spent at the Munn's side this year.  It was a wonderful day of family and yummy food.  The highlight of the weekend was heading out to shop on black Friday.  We left home at 10pm and arrived home at 9 the next morning.  It was a night of CRAZINESS and lots of family memories to say the least!

In mid December, Rob and I headed out to Maryland to spend some time with my amazing aunt and uncle and cousins.  They have this MASSIVE Christmas party complete with more food then you could ever eat, karaoke, and maybe a few adult beverages... just a few though :)  It was a blast... til the next morning flying to Miami to catch our cruise ship!

 The cruise to the Bahama's was AMAZING.  It was our first chance to travel as a married couple since our honeymoon.  It was so great to eat a hot meal together and remember what it was like to be in love and in tune with each other.  It was also LOVELY to soak up some sunshine while it was -6 here in Iowa :)  It was a wonderful week of time with each other before the madness of the holidays began.



Christmas needs it's own post, so that shall be in the works this week.  Until then, join me in my New Year's resolution to take a moment, and take a breath!  Happy 2011 to all!

Surprise!!!!

Short post for this beautiful Sunday afternoon... last night we celebrated my mother in law's 50th birthday with a surprise party for her with so many friends and family members.  It was a wonderful night of laughs and memories for a wonderful mother and grandmother that we love so much! 

Am I really that old???

I like to think of myself as a pretty fun, down to Earth, keep it light sorta person.  I try to see things from my students points of view on a regular basis as I was in their shoes not that long ago... However; over the past few weeks I am realizing quickly that things are MUCH different then when I was a kid.  I love all of my students and honestly would do anything for anyone of them, which is why I think I'm just now realizing this.  The high school girls (and even younger!) swearing like it's their jobs, and the disrespect I hear in the waiting rooms to their mothers, and the rolled eyes when asked to do something they don't wanna do... It's just becoming RIDICULOUS! 

So today, I want to share with you all a story from my past:
I was 15 years old and went out to dinner at Olive Garden with my parents and sister.  I brought up to my parents at that time, that my 17 year old boyfriend that lived in Cedar Falls had asked me to his prom.  My mother informed me I must have been out of my mind if I thought I was going.  I argued and cried and whined and finally said "you're ruining my life and I hate you!" to my mother.  Without skipping a beat, she reached over and smacked me across the mouth.  I was horrified (as were my sister and father who didn't take one eyeball off their pasta!) and sulked in my teenaged drama for weeks.

 It wasn't until these recent realizations of how disrespectful today's youth are that I realized how important that moment was for me.  Do I wish I could have gone still to this day, yes I do... but ultimately it was her decision and she did what she thought was best for me, because that was her job.  Thanks Mom, I really do appreciate that smack upside my head. 

So to all of you mom's out there that are "ruining your children's lives!!!" Great work, keep it up... you're making some really great adults :)

the Sconsin O'dells

In the middle of August, we took a MUCH needed family vacation to the Wisconsin Dells.  The kids call it the Sconsin O'dells, and it's quite possibly their favorite place on Earth.  We stayed at the Wilderness resort and the 8 waterparks, huge indoor playground, and ridiculous arcade were enough to keep us running around like crazy tourists for 3 days :)  The best part though, was having no schedule, and having time to hang out as a family.  It wasn't until we got this vacation rolling that we realized we'd never taken a vacation with just the 4 of us!  We've always gone with other family or friends, and although it's always fun, we definitely need this time to reconnect.  Here's a few highlights...

This was at a really super fun restaurant called Buffalo Phils.  A train brings you your food!

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Being silly downtown

Hooray for SWIMMING!!!!

This was on our mini golf course :)  Cracks me up everytime!