Anniversary Week (and a Request for Prayer)

Hi all. Isaac has been working in Atlanta the last two days, and since I'm still on maternity leave, Mark and I got to go with him. We drove down to Greenville, SC on Tuesday night. Mark did so well in the car! We stayed in downtown Gville and walked to a restaurant for dinner. It was so nice to walk to dinner and eat outside. We really, really enjoyed it. The trip to Atlanta was good too. I think our little Bugaboo was sick of his car seat, so he had a brief meltdown. But we managed to get him calm in about 10 minutes. Not bad at all!

Mark and I went to dinner with Isaac and some of his work friends. It was a little odd being the only woman, but everyone was so nice. It's restaurant week in Atlanta, so we got a nice 3 course dinner for $20.10 (Isaac's was on the company so we could afford the splurge.) Too bad I knocked over my soup all over my foot and Isaac's coworker with the diaper bag. Mark was a little fussy, so I went to change him. Big mistake to try to get to my seat, negotiate the tiny space with a diaper bag, and try to put Mark back in his car seat! : ) Of course the saucer the soup was on shattered into a million pieces. But I wasn't burned or cut. SCORE! Now I just have a nice little bruise on my foot and under my big toe nail. Isaac's coworkers were SO gracious about it, but I still feel so dumb. Oh well, I guess that's parenthood for you!

Our 2nd anniversary is Monday, so we've been trying to make it a special week. We made coconut shrimp with pineapple salsa before we left Raleigh. It was so good and is actually a Cooking Light recipe. It's a little time consuming to make, but totally worth it. I made this previously for Isaac on our first Valentine's Day together, and I'm so glad we pulled this recipe back out.

We were planning to go to the Tom Petty concert on Saturday night, but we've had a last minute change in plans. Apparently Isaac's grandmother really isn't doing well. So we're going to drive to visit her this weekend. We're only about 4 hours from her since we're in Atlanta, so we really can't pass up this chance to visit. We'll have lots of more anniversaries together, but not too much time left with Nana. Please pray for Nana and the whole family. She is such an amazing woman and she will be dearly missed--although we are confident that God has prepared an amazing place for her in heaven, and that the angels are rejoicing over this incredible woman of God. I am especially blessed because Nana passed down so many wonderful characteristics to my mother in law Lynn and my sweet husband. Our world will never be the same because she was in it.

Nana has handled her cancer diagnosis with such grace and courage. I am praying these verses for her:

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me...

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever."

(Psalm 23: 4, 6)

I'll write another post when we're back from our trip. Have a great week everyone and hug someone you love. Make sure they KNOW how much you love them.