8 years

Today, Andy and I have been married for 8 years! 8 YEARS! How did that happen?? ;)

Year 7 proved to be one of the more difficult ones for us. We started it off (literally) with the birth of Chloe and found ourselves struggling through months and months of sleeplessness, work demands and just life in general. All of this combined didn't always bring out the best in either of us, but through it all, we still managed to come back to what mattered the most...the fact that we really just love each other.

Looking back on the past 8 years, I wouldn't change a moment of our life together! All said and done, I am excited for another year of being married to my best friend! I love you Andy! Thanks for an amazing life together! :)

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I hate to damper the mood with this, but if you get a chance, could you please keep Chloe in your thoughts prayers. She has been running a high fever (as high as 105.0) since Friday and we finally took her into the doctor yesterday. After a few tests (one of which they had to catheterize her for a urine sample) we still don't have any answers. Her Doctor is concerned and basically has us on a 24 hour watch to see if there is any improvement. She did have a small amount of fluid behind one of her ears, which she said she wouldn't even consider an ear infection, but decided to put her on a course of antibiotics just to be safe (which if you know me, just adds to my stress). We started them yesterday and are praying that for one reason or another, her fever starts to subside. Her Doctor said that by Thursday she either has to be markedly better or we will need to start doing more tests and such to figure out what's going on. That could possibly include hospitalization. :( We decided last night to cancel her birthday party that we had scheduled for tomorrow and are hoping that we can celebrate with a healthy little girl next week. I'm trying not to get too worried, but it's hard. Murphy's law usually sets in and as soon as you see the Doctor they get better...unfortunately Chloe woke up this morning still burning up from a fever. It's so hard to see your kids sick...especially when they are so little and can't communicate anything to you.