happy anniversary!

today is chris' and my third wedding anniversary!! (it's also chris' aunt susie and uncle mike's wedding anniversary! and bishop's birthday! what a busy day!! OH, and lest i forget, it is aunt steffi and barrett's three year dating anniversary - their first date was our wedding!) chris and i had quite the adventure today. we dropped thalia off with yiayia and father jerry, who is recovering from surgery, and chris and i went to stony creek metro park. we were going to go mountain biking on this off-road trail. we had just gotten chris a brand new bike over the weekend. well, we get to the park and chris notices, rather uncomfortably, that his seat isn't tight and keeps tilting backwards. he thought maybe he could deal with that, so he started riding his bike around the parking lot to get the feel of it and he went to switch gears and all of a sudden heard a "tink". would you believe the gear broke in half off the back wheel!!! how crazy is that?! so needless to say we didn't go mountain biking. but we did find a cool nature trail and hiked that. and we had a nice picnic lunch and stuck our feet in the lake. all in all, it was nice just being outside with each other and getting to chat and just spend some time together. then we got erma's on the way home - best frozen custard in town!
...my daughter is so funny! i put her to sleep just before sitting down to type this. and just now she started to fuss. so i went into the nursery and she is on her back grabbing her feet (her new favorite pasttime!) so i gave her her pacifier and she rolls onto her side and passes right out!! how funny is that!!
speaking of thalia, she is on quite a milestone roll! she is getting much better at sitting up on her own. usually she can stay upright by herself for quite some time, unless she is upset or reaches for something. she isn't crawling yet, but she is working on it. she can push her chest way up in the air now. and sometimes she gets her knees bent up. but she can't put that together yet. however, in the meantime she can spin herself in circles! if you put her on her back, she will roll onto her stomach and turn herself in a circle. it is so funny to watch!
thalia has been very lucky to get to spend a lot of time with her extended family this week. yiayia is in town for a week to help care for father jerry so we have some cute pics of her and thalia coming soon. on sunday we went to her great-godparents aunt lori and uncle bob's house for dinner. and thalia got to kick her feet in the pool! she loved splashing yiayia. pics of that adventure on their way too!! and today uncle mike and aunt susie are here playing wii for our anniversaries!! it is really nice having them back in town and right down the road! oh, and on saturday i got to meet up with two of my favorite girl - christy, who married her sweetheart jon earlier this year; and kristin, who had her own little bundle of joy, ethan, a couple months ago. yep, another boyfriend for thalia!
whew, i think it is an understatement to say we have been busy lately. but we are doing well and are in great spirits! pictures to come tomorrow or friday, i promise.
love you all!!!
c, c, and t