3 year Anniversary!

Yesterday Ryan and I celebrated our 3rd Wedding Anniversary!!!! We have had alot of ups and downs in the last 3 years, but I wouldn't trade it for anything because we are both better people and are much closer because of the things we have gone through together. It feels like so much longer than 3 years. I have a crazy tradition that every year on our anniversary I watch our wedding video. Ryan thinks I'm crazy but hey, I enjoy it. Yesterday I actually got to watch it at exactly the same time as our actual wedding 3 years ago. Pretty cool if I say so myself. LOL This is actually the first anniversary that we didnt go away for the weekend on a mini getaway,  but we enjoyed what we did do instead. We really didn't want to have someone watch Zoey, we wanted to enjoy the day with her. So went went on a road trip to Branson and Springfield on Saturday. We started the day by sleeping in a bit and then got up and drove to Branson to eat at Panera Bread for lunch. That place is our favorite place to eat and eat there every time we go to Branson. After lunch I wanted to head to Old Navy and pick up some cheap flip-flops for the summer. Then is was off to Springfield we go. We headed to Bass Pro and we had a blast! We spent 2 hours just walking around and looking at everything. Zoey LOVED the waterfall and ducks that were in the water. She just sat in her stroller eyes wide open just watching the ducks swim around. I think we are going to have an outdoors girl. Ryan's happy about that one! We each found something we just had to have there. We found Zoey a cute "My First Fishing Hat", Ryan found some sunglasses and I found some shoes that I have been wanted, but they were at a lower price!!! I love that I'm a bargain shopper! Ryan does too! :) We then headed to Toys R US. Zoey had gotten a swing at one of her showers and we already have one and she hates it, so there was no point in having another one. So we finally got to take it back and Ryan and I got to have a little shopping spree for her. It was a Toys R Us/Babies R US combined so it had everything she could possibly need. We got her some cute summer dresses, summer outfits, a swim floatie for us to use at the lake this year, a jumparoo that she can use to help strengthen her legs, some bowls for when she starts to eat baby food, spoons to go with, and some rice cereal that we are hopefully going to start her on here soon. We also spent about 2 hours in that store. It was fun for us to go around and find things for Zoey and we still have some money left over to come back and get her more stuff when she gets a little bigger. After all of that shopping it was time for dinner at one of our favorite places, Texas Roadhouse! It was yummy as always and Zoey was full of smiles the whole dinner, especially when the country music came on!!! Thats my girl:) We didnt get back until midnight but we had a great day together.
On our actual anniversary yesterday we both had to work. But we did get to go out to dinner with Ryan's parents and all 4 of us celebrated our anniversary. We got married on their 38th Wedding Anniversary so it was kinda cool to get to celebrate both anniversaries last night! I didn't get any pics from either day but here are a few from our wedding day!

                                             Ryan waited for me to walk down the aisle to him!

          Walking down the aisle with my dad. I so thought that I would cry down the aisle but I held it in.

                                           Staring at each other for what felt like forever, LOL.

                                               Our Wedding Party right after we got married.

                                             The Newlyweds, Mr and Mrs. Ryan Kaye!!!!!

                                         We are still so much in love, as we were that day!

                                        Right as we walked into our reception, can you tell I'm happy?

That was a great day, but so stressful getting ready for everything, but happy that it all turned out great!

Milestones

Time is flying by! Zoey will be 4 months in just a couple of weeks and it's crazy to think she has been in our lives that long! She is growing like a weed and discovering something new it seems like everyday. For the first 2 months that she was home she refused to sleep in her crib. She has now gotten use to it and sleeps in it every night with one except.....she has to sleep on the pink and black blanket that I made or she won't sleep at night. I think that she likes it because it smells like us. She is like her Mom and Dad both in the fact that she loves to be cuddled up with a blanket to sleep. Most people say don't put babies to sleep with a blanket, but this baby won't sleep without one! I've learned to take what the "experts" say with a grain of salt sometimes. You have to learn to do what works best for your baby and sometimes it doesn't go with what the "experts" have to say about the topic.
  Two weeks ago was a sad day for Mommy. I had to finally go through her clothes and take out what didn't fit anymore and that included moving up a size in diapers. No more Newborn clothes or diapers for this little Kaye. TEAR!!! It was kinda hard, but at the same time I know that it means that she is getting bigger and getting healthier, or chubby. LOL She kicks her legs and moves her arms now, like its no body's business. She looks like she is trying to take off and move. One baby step at a time, this Momma aint ready for her to pick up and become mobile just quite yet. Zoey has also just this week become interested in toys and grabbing on to things. As a mom it is so cool to see her do something new that she wasn't able to do just the day before. I have a feeling that the video camera will now be permenantly attached to me seeing that I don't want Daddy to miss all of the cool things she is doing during the day, while he is at work.
 As of this weekend we in the Kaye household have 2 big announcements!!! Zoey has started teething this weekend. I really can't believe that she has started this early. She is just getting so big. AND...... she has started sleeping through the night! She slept for the first time on March 5th for 7 hours straight!!! I still got up to check on her to make sure she was still breathing. Yes, I am a 1st time Mom, can't you tell!!! The next night she slept 9 hours!!! Ryan and I were totally blown away!!! I can't believe it! It has been such a huge week for her, I don't know what to expect from her next. She has definately been such a huge blessing in Ryan and myself's life. Sorry, no picture this post, my computer cord isn't charging right and waiting on a new one to come in the mail!