Marin is Turning 3! Or as she would say…”free”!

My baby turns 3 this Sunday. Can you believe its been 3 years? It's such a cliche' to say it but "They do grow up fast!" We decided to not have a huge party this year. Birthday parties are so expensive and she won't really remember it anyway at this age. My mom asked me if I remember my birthdays when I was little and I can only remember as far back as maybe 7 or 8 years old. But I think we'll still have lots of fun. We will probably take her to Peter Piper Pizza or something and I am going to let her pick out an ice cream cake at Baskin Robbins. And of course she has lots of presents already stacked up on the dining room table. They are not all from me and Eric though...I did buy more than I initially thought I would but she also got presents from my friend Christy and my mom sent one as well. My poor mom spent about $10 to ship Marin her gift and then decided that her and my dad were going to come up for the weekend. So she could have saved that shipping cost. Next year we plan on taking Marin to DisneyWorld for her 4th birthday. We have a Disney Rewards credit card that we used for the past year and a half so we racked up a few Disney dollars to help pay for it.

The Chicago trip was fun! Marin had no problems on the plane ride. She actually really enjoyed it. On the flight back we were waiting for our name to possibly be called for standby (we used our friend Darren's buddy passes) and Marin watched the other passengers boarding and started to get worried. She kept trying to pull me up to the line to board because she wanted on that plane! We finally got on and was spoiled with the amenities of the 777. That is the one with the 5 seats in the middle and 2 on each side. I had never been in one before so it was quite nice. We had our own screen in front of us and got to pick which movie we wanted to watch and it also had games (the remote served as the controller). It was pretty neat. Marin got a little restless towards the end but who can blame a kid after being cooped up in a small seat for 2 hours.

So what else is new? Oh, Christy found out she is having a boy! So I have been shopping for little boy things. Since she and I are both huge baseball/softball fans I have picked up a bunch of clothes with little baseballs on them. I'm a sucker when it comes to shopping for baby clothes or any kids clothes for that matter. Anyone who has seen Marin's closet can attest to that. Anyway, I am anxiously awaiting Darren and Kelli to find out the gender of their baby (or I-Mixed as Darren likes to refer to it). I wish I had a guess but I really don't know which way I would lean. Maybe I'll ask the Tarot cards... Yes, I bought Tarot cards and a learning guide but I have not picked them up in several months...maybe I'll try and practice again.

Well, enjoy the photos we took during the Chicago trip...there isn't many since Eric forgot the camera almost everywhere we went.