Today is 11 years. On Thursday, May 22, 1997 Shawn and I eloped.

11 years since Shawn came home from work, drove to my Grandma’s and said, “Do you want to get married today?, ” and I said, “sure.”

11 years since I weighed 102 lbs. and Shawn 195.

Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and do things over again, most days I don’t.

I don’t mean the big things like getting married or having kids. I’m talking about little things like not eating cheese and pickles for a snack when pregnant. Not wearing this to get married. (Though I can save myself some embarrassment because I did not go so far as to wear a hat.) Though these (not exact, but close enough), I still have and wear, I even have them in pink.

Happy Anniversary Babe!

I am going to publicly apologize for the quality of the photos. I am to lazy to hook up the scanner.

Today it’s official. She’s a Tweeny Bopper.

As of 5:31 am she is the big one-oh. Thankfully I talked her out of waking me up at 5:31 am. She really wanted to. She wanted to be with me the exact second she was born, as she put it. While that’s a nice sentiment, I can wait a few more hours, thank-you-very-much.

We surprised her at school with balloons, a rose, cake, and punch. She turned a lovely shade of red when I walked in the door and everyone started singing. It was probably one of the most embarrassing and fun things I have done to her. But hey, when you hit double digits it’s a big deal.

So big that she made a sign to pin to the back of he shirt to wear to school. So big that I had to paint 10’s on her fingernails, but I refused to do her toes, they still looked nice from Mother’s Day. So big that she has been talking about this day for weeks.

I think she was just as excited about today, her actual birthday, for which we had absolutely nothing planned, as she was her actual party.

After school we are taking her out to “dinner.” We’ll eat early to get in on the lunch prices. So there will be more photos to come tonight. With an added bonus. Check back tonight to see what it is!

I think that this was possibly the best Thanksgiving ever.

There was food, of course.

Lots of photo opportunities.

A game of hide and seek. Well, sort of. BB “hid” these from her Mommy and I “found” them today.

But the best part of today, other than the food and company was the impromptu trip to the tide pools. I haven’t been to the tide pools in years. It was so much fun.

Next time I will make sure that both girls are wearing the proper shoes though. SuperChic was very frustrated that she couldn’t go with Daddy and Rapunzel to see the dinner plate sized Star Fish. And to tell you the truth so was I.

I hope you all had a happy, safe, and memorable Thanksgiving.

Now lets get ready for Christmas.

I’m thinking about hitting Target at 6am, but I may change my mind. I really want the good sale prices, but I also hate crowds. The bad thing is some of the things I bought last week are on sale. I know they’ll honor the prices under nomal circumstances if an item goes on sale within a few days, but I’m just not sure about this sale.

Worst case scenario is that I buy the items again and then return the ones I paid full price for.

Tonight I want to take you on a walk with. A little jaunt down memory lane if you don’t mind. And if you do, feel free to leave and go read someone else’s blog or check your email. It’s ok, I don’t mind.

Today while going through a box of computer games I came across a disc labeled: Pics 11-02 to 11-04. Could it be? Really? Yep. It’s a good portion of the pictures that are on my old hard drive that died a few years ago. I’m still missing photos from 11-04 to, probably, 2-05 but I’m sure I can get some of them from family members.

So lets start that little walk, shall we.

First stop, our apartment in Addison, IL. eleven days before SuperChunk was born, and sixteen days before she was due. Yes, SuperChunk, she didn’t become SuperChic until a few years ago.

The second stop is November 22, 2002. The day SuperChunk was born. She was 9 lbs, 4 oz. and 22 inches long. Rapunzel, Ladybug, and Shawn were all there with me when she was born. It was a great day.

February 2003.

March 2003

May 2003

September 2003

January 2004

June 2004

November 2004

Thanks for taking the trip with me. As you can see at one point Rapunzel was bigger that SuperChic. Though it didn’t last long. There are more photos here if you aren’t bored to tears yet.