5 years of wedded bliss

Dane and I had our 5 year anniversary on Friday...whoo hoo! We both worked (me during the day and him at night) so we barely saw each other. He and Anna did come and pick me up for a lunch out, so that was a treat! Saturday night was our big date night out. We started at Ricardo's for dinner. Ricardo's is a great little locally owned Italian restaurant here in Lacey. It has such an intimate and romantic atmosphere inside and the food is to die for. Unfortunately, earlier that day we did not plan well, and we both ate too much junk food over at a friends house while we watch the Huskies game (that was a heart breaking loss). So we were sitting there at Ricardo's and trying to decide between all these delicious entrees. Neither of us were that hungry, but we still forced ourselves to order a yummy appetizer and then a delicious dinner. It was wonderful. Next on our schedule was a movie...in an actual theatre! :) I hadn't been to a movie since before Anna was born...how sad is that? We were a little early for the movie, so lucky for us, there was an indoor mini golf course next door. So we played nine holes, Dane won, and I got mad. I hate loosing. I didn't let it ruin our night though, and we enjoyed the movie "Invention of Lying". It was very different, but we both walked out agreeing that we liked it. I just felt uncomfortable through most of it because everyone is brutally honest (they live in a world where no one knows how to lie). It was kind of vulger humor, but we got a kick out it. :) Dane's folks were awesome and came over to watch Anna for us and they put her to bed with no problems. She was once again a little angel while we were gone. :)

Today was a lazy day...Dane went over to his buddies house to watch football and Anna and I had a girls afternoon together. She made me laugh today at nap time. I put her in her crib around 11:15 for her nap and I could hear her up there talking to herself and wrestling around. After a while she started calling me for and wouldn't stop. So I head up to see what she was up to...she had unzipped her pj's and gotten one leg out of them and didn't know what to do next. So I got her all fixed up and left the room. 15 minutes later I still hear her up there...same senario. She starts called for me and saying "uh oh". So I head back up...this time I find her completely out of her pjs. So I tell her now she gets to take her nap in just her diaper. So I leave the room and close the door again. 15 minutes later she's still not asleep and now she's crying. I think maybe she's cold so I start feeling guilty. I head up and of course she's all smiles when she sees me. I put some sweats and a tshirt on her and tell her "I'm serious this time..it's time for you to lay down and go nigh-night." She looks at me sweetly and lays down. I leave the room. 15 minutes later I hear her start to cry and this time kind of hard. This is what I find:

She had pulled her shirt up over her head and had it stuck like that. As frustrated as I was with her, I couldn't help but laugh out loud...and I couldn't stop! She won. By then, it had been over an hour since "nap time" had started and she obviously wasn't going to sleep. I tried again at 2:30 and she slept till 4:30! Victory at last!

Here are a few other pictures from the weekend around the house:

Coloring with her markers...one of her favorite things to do. Anna knows about 7 letters and always requests which ones she wants us to write. "o" is her favorite and she's always saying "I want more "o's" after we've written one. It's pretty precious. She knows o, e, i, c, p, b, and d...I don't know if you've heard, but she's kind of a big deal. Oh, and if we write her name and ask her what that spells she says "Anna". Ok, I'm done bragging now. :)

Here, she was running around the kitchen corner and yelling "boo" when she saw me...it was cracking us up!

And here's my brave girl showing mommy how she can leap off of our huge fireplace step. She's such a daredevil just like her mama. She would clap for her self when she was done and say "yay!". She's so modest.