Gettin leid.

It has been a little while, but I have been a busy lady! My hubby is turning 25 on May 21st, so I have decided to throw him a Birthday Luau in our back yard! He's seems to be prettyexcited, and so am I! I've ordered leis, Hibiscus straws, flower hair clips for the ladies, and an inflatable plam tree that doubles as a cooler, all from http://www.orientaltrading.com/, for an aweswome price! I'm a 100% bargain shopper ;) Dustin picked up a few tiki torches from Wal-Mart, along with two mini table top torches from Target. I haven't been able to look atanything else, but I do recall seeing some really cute tiki man cups at a local Dollar Tree, so I might be able to find some other goodies there as well! I was thinking about making a pineapple upside-down cake to fit the theme, but then I remembered the ladies from http://www.sweetstackscakes.com/ that made my beautiful weddng cake. They make amazing cakes for any occasion, and I'd love to see what they'd have in mind for a luau! Of course, I'm trying to spend close to nothing for this party. I guess i'll just wait and see what I end up spending on everything else. I'll still have to spend quite a bit on the pineapple-ham kabobs I'm planning on making, not to mention drinks...and a birthday gift.........sigh. Anyway, it should be fun and I'm so looking forward to it!

Tanzi blowing bubbles!

My hubby and I are also very excited about our beach trip in June! He was laid off of his job for 7 months before our wedding, so we didn't get to take honeymoon. We could barely afford our wedding! This is a very long awaited trip for the both of us. Since this will be our "honeymoon", we won't be taking Tanzi to the beach with us this year. I think she may be a little too young for a long road trip like that. I don't think any of us would make it there sane! haha It definitely won't be the same without her though. I can hardly make it one full day without her! I hate to think I will ever miss out on anything she does. She learn new and funny things everyday at this age. It's easy to miss one thing! I will probably take on a couple special small trips this summer to make it up to her :)

Safari Adventure!

Yesterday Tanzi and I went to Briarwood Safari! It was about an hour long trip from our

house, and it was SO MUCH FUN! They had all sorts of animals, and we got to feed and pet

them all. We rode on this trailor thingy that was pulled by a tractor, and we rode for about an

hour? The animals came right up to us and ate right out of our buckets (or hands). At one point,

Tanzi had her whole fist in the mouth of this HUGE deer-looking thingy. Scared the crap

outta me!! Well, not really, but almost. Thank God it didn't bite down or anything! Tanzi

especially enjoyed throwing the feed at the animals, and at everyone else! Haha I have to say

that the LLAMAS were my favorite. They were so gentle and sweet, and fluffy, too! The

zebras were absolutely beautiful. Never really realized how amazing they are. The buffalo

(not sure what the plural form is? hehe), were massive, stretched ther tongues out for

their food. It was kinda bizarre. There were also chickens, pigs, antelopes, emu, ostriches, and

many, many more!

At the end of the day, we were all pooped! But it was definitely worth it :)

So, I'm waiting for some pictures to upload and figured I'd try this out! To be honest, I really

don't have anything special to blog about right now. Actually, YES, I DO! This is my first time

blogging, so let me say a little about myself.

I'm a 24 year old married gal, and a mother to a 16 month old. I've been in and out of college

since high school, but pretty much quit when I got preggers. I'd like to go school for Aesthetics

maybe, but right now would be impossible! So I guess I'll be blogging about my everyday day life

as an almost full-time stay at home momma (I work two days a week as a manager at a

fast- food restaurant).

Before I got pregnant, I was working full-time and schooling full-time, and was doing very well

for myself. I lived with three other girls and my dog Rudy, and loved my life! Then everything

changed when we (my bf of 5 months and I) found out I was PREGNANT!! We were both in

shock, and from that point on, I was totally sick, puking my guts out up until the day I gave

birth!

Now here we are! Dustin and I got married when our daughter was 11 months old, and we are

one happy family!