Well we made it through Alyssa’s third birthday party without a single problem (well, it did rain a little but the kids seemed to enjoy it). We had her party at the Chattanooga Zoo on Sunday, since her actual birthday was on a Monday. I really recommend this zoo for birthday parties. It was the best party we’ve had so far. The staff set up and cleaned up the party room. They even served the cake. The party room walls were lined with animals for the kids to see. There were turtles, snakes, rabbits, ferrets, lizards, etc. They even got the snake and rabbit out for the kids to hold and pet. Then they took us on a tour of the zoo where the let us watch them feed and pet the hyena and had the snow leopards to tricks for us. It ended with a treasure hunt for the kids, with goody bags filled with stuff from the gift shop as the prize. Alyssa had a girly Thomas the Train cake and plenty of presents. She had a really good time and has been asking to go to the zoo for her birthday everyday since.

On another good note, we took Alyssa’s pacifier away from her four days ago. We told her the monkeys from the zoo came and stole them while we were out getting groceries and that giving up her pacifier was the only way she could have her party at the zoo. She cried for about 30 minutes the first night and has only asked for it a couple of times since.

I have a few pictures from her party and a few other pictures from Papa and Nana Curtis’ visit to Chattanooga this past weekend. We went out to eat Cracker Barrel and then we also went up to Grandma and Grandpa Curtis’ farm in Dayton. Alyssa got to feed a baby pig and the ducks and geese. She also got to pet a baby chicken. The farm was a lot of fun for her! I’ll be back with more pictures this weekend and some news on our move! Love to everyone.

Well there isn't anything too thrilling going on in our lives right now...oh wait...maybe this counts: we are moving to Texas! We've been going back and forth with this idea for a few months. I think we've finally settled on moving. There's a lot to get done and take care of before we go, but if everything goes as planned we will be out of Chattanooga by August 31, 2008.

Riverbend was a week ago. We took Alyssa to see the fireworks and she was terribly scared. But then again she is scared of everything! We are trying to get her over a lot of her irrational fears. Her birthday is only a couple of weeks away and she is getting very excited. Yesterday she was walking all around the house singing the Happy Birthday song.

We spend most of our time at the pool and Alyssa is doing good about getting in the water. She mostly sits on the steps. Last weekend I was holding her and she told me she wanted to swim by herself. So, I let go of her (she was wearing a life jacket) and she tread water for a couple of minutes. She was very proud of herself!

Not too much going on these days. It's getting up into the 90's here so we are spending as much time as possible either inside or at the pool. We took Alyssa to see Kung Fu Panda last night and I have to say I thought it was hilarious. Alyssa got a little antsy towards the end but was well behaved the rest of the time.

Riverbend is going on this week, so we've been spending a little time downtown. Tomorrow we're going to watch our cousin Kendal in the Riverbend pageant. We are hoping to be able to get out to Houston sometime before the summer is over.

Alyssa's birthday is coming up soon and we've reserved the Chattanooga Zooon July 13 for her birthday party. We are pretty excited. We plan to buy her a bike and a kids digital camera as she has been begging for both lately. Here are a few pics from our pool fun. Oh and I dyed my hair brown!

Woops! Sorry it's been a whole month since I've updated with any news or pictures. As for news, we haven't been up to too much. We're working alot: Amy got a second job at Yankee Candle. And then spending the rest of our time with Alyssa. Actually, Alyssa is spending this week with her family in Memphis. She loves spending time with them and vice versa. Plus it's a nice little break for Mom and Dad.

Our three year marriage anniversary is coming up on May 28 so we spent last Friday night in Nashville and went out to Dave and Buster's. It was a lot of fun. Since then we've just been spending the past few days at the pool.

Now for the pictures...

Well, Alyssa got her ears pierced today. She went with her cousin Hayden to get her ears pierced about a week ago. Ever since she has been asking to get hers done. We would tell her it was going to hurt and she would change her mind. Today we were at the store and she said she wanted to do it and this time telling her it would hurt didn't change her mind. So she did it and it went really well. She only cried for a minute and once she saw them in the mirror she LOVED them!