Future Daddy...?!

Future GREAT daddy, that is! Everytime I see David hold a baby or play with the little kids it just melts my heart! He is so so wonderful with the little ones and they all absolutely adore him! I definitely look forward to the day when he is the father of my children. (Not anytime soon! Sorry YaYa and Pamma!) He is such a great man with a wonderful heart and tons of personality! He will make an awesome daddy ONE DAY!!


David and 4 week old, Brielle. He used to be so scared and skiddish to hold babies this tiny (and she's really tiny), but he held her and even walked around with her! :)

Uncle Davd and cuddle bug Charlie. Charlie just climbed up in his lap the other night and gave him a hug and snuggle. Awww....so stinkin' adorable!
Maybe I have baby fever....?! I think I might, but I'm definintely not going to act on it anytime soon. It's just so darn hard not to think about babies when they are ALL around you!

V's Birthday Party!

This past Saturday David and I went to this precious little girls 3rd birthday party!
Miss Vera is obsessed with horses, so her mom, Nadia, threw her one fabulous party!

Vera loves her Uncle Dave! Can you tell?!




My handsome!

Even the big 'kids' had a blast! :)

All geared up and ready to ride!

I haven't been on a horse in so many years.

David and I taking our turn with little Brielle. She's only 4 weeks old!

So sweet!

Vera's party was a big success. All the kids (small and big) had a great time. We are thankful the Duncan's allow us to be such a big part of their family. The Army has definitely allowed us to have a very big, extended family! :)

Sneak Peek!

Here is a sneak peek at what the Cibiks were up to last weekend! Any guesses on where we were and what we were doing there?!
I've got many more pics to share with you about this fun day! :)

Tuscaloosa

While I was gone to Canada for the long weekend, David made a trip to up Tuscaloosa for the Alabama vs LSU game! Well, I guess that was just a bonus the real gem was visiting with my little sister, Whitney!

Some people have commented that that's a little too weird that David stayed the weekend with my sister and I wasn't even there. Call it what you want, but I think it's awesome that my hubby wanted to go see my lil sis and spend some time with her! I absolutely love it that they get along so well and love spending time together. I wouldn't want it any other way.

Thanks, Liza, for taking care of my hubs while I was away! He had a great time at the game with you!

David has became quite the Bama fan over the past few years. You would never know he was an Ohio boy and not a true Alabamian! :)

Niagra Falls!

On our way out of Toronto we made a detour in our route home and stopped by Niagra Falls. I was the only one that had never been, but since we were that close I couldn't leave Canada without seeing it! I am so glad we stopped by. It was awesome! I will definitely be going back in the future.

Thank you Pam, Jill, and Susan for a great girls weekend in Canada!!

Until next year.....I LOVE CANADA!! :)

2nd Day in Toronto

We woke up Saturday morning to another beautiful day in Canada! It was quite a bit warmer than the day before and absolutely gorgeous. It was a perfect day to be out and about.

We started our morning out with breakfast at Tim Horton's (Canada's Starbucks Coffee!) No time to sit for a big breakfast...we had to much to accomplish!

Our first stop was at the Shoe Museum! We toured 3 levels of shoes learning the history behind the first shoes all over the world up until today's style. Very interesting!


You can't really tell, but this Christmas tree has shoe ornaments all over it!

This was my favorite piece of art work in the street display window.

And this is what happens after being in a museum too long!! :)

Our next stop was another museum...history or something! ha! We only made it through the gift shop and took a quick rest in these funky chairs!

We strolled the streets of China Town and through some outdoor market. We ran into a thrift shop where Susan found this display of SERIOUSLY UGLY Christmas Sweaters! The funny part was she found 2 just like the ones she has at home and still wears!! YIKES!!

We stopped for lunch a great Asian place. We all split several appetizers and boy were they yummy! Especially the edamame....I killed it! :)

We were on a mission to see other tourist sites around the city. City Hall, CN Tower, and others. Well, we kind of got side tracked when Jill and I came across more shopping!! The moms took us into a great store and went ahead and did their Christmas shopping for us!! We totally got spoiled this weekend! Jill and I both got some great clothes!

We were on a mission for 2 days to find some great boots.

....and look what we found! Awesome boots!

After our boot adventure we stopped by City Hall to see some wall made of nails....? (It was the moms idea!) :) We ran into this cute couple who had just got married at City Hall. On their way out the door they stopped and ask us if we would help the bride with her bouquet toss. Apparently the 3 girls with her were all married and well...since us 4 women were 'manless' she probably assumed we were all single. We gladly accepted as she turned around and tossed her bouquet. I caught it so I guess I'll be getting married next! :)

I gave the bride her beautiful bouquet back. It was the only piece to her evening that made her look like a bride. She proceeded to tear off a rose and hand all 4 of her a rose from it! Too Sweet!

After a long day of walking, shopping, and site seeing we stopped at another local restaurant for dinner.

Cheers to Canada!!

Toronto, Canada

I LOVE CANADA!! That quickly became our phrase for the weekend. We had an awesome girls weekend and definitely could not have planned all the unexpected bits of humor along the way! We were blown away at how nice and genuine everyone was. We, of course, were definitely tourist in a foreign city. You could have pegged us 'Americans' from afar! Whether we were standing on the side of the street, walking through the mall, or riding the subway people would approach us and ask if they could help us find something or give us directions. We must have had a puzzled look on our face, or maybe it was looking at the map that gave us away...?! :) Every time we turned around some Canadian would once again prove that they were probably the nicest people that we had ever encountered.


*Example: Jill and I were in the mall trying on jeans. The sweet girl that was helping us took off her boot and let me try it on so I could see if I liked the jeans with boots! Seriously?! Would anyone in the states do that?


I'll back try a bit now and give you a run down of our weekend.....


I flew into Dayton, Ohio where my SIL picked me up so we could head north to Cleveland to pick up the moms. The tickets flying into Toronto were outrageous, but it worked out perfect that I got to ride with Jill and spend more time with her. We arrived in Toronto late that night and got settled in our cozy Bed & Breakfast.



The next morning MIL, Pam, had us get up early to start our day. Our first stop was the Casa Loma.


We toured this fabulous and huge castle!

Jill and I in the greenroom of the castle

This pic was taken from the very tip top of the castle. It was a great view of the entire city with the Lake in the far background.

We road the subway everywhere!

After site seeing for the morning we headed to a fabulous mall for some shopping. My MIL had told me on my birthday that she wanted to take me shopping in Canada and I could pick out an outfit. Boy.....was she determined for me to find something!! I think we shopped for around 5 hours until I finally found something!! :) It was worth it though. I got a very cute outfit!

This is Pam and I hustling through the mall! :) We had our game faces on, too!
After a crazy afternoon of shopping we went to see the Jersey Boys!!

Oh My Goodness!! Were they ever fabulous! This Broadway show was incredible! We had so much fun and laughed and sang through the entire thing! If you get a chance to see them I highly recommend it!

Before the show we had a great dinner at a local restaurant.

:) Who is that?!

I'll post more pics and stories from our second day tomorrow!

I'm Back!

I'm back from a fantastic girls weekend!! Believe it or not, but I did not take a camera with me on this trip! I know, shocking! I have so many fun stories to share with you guys. There are lots of great pics, but I'll have to wait until I get them from my sis in law and Susan before I can post them. We honestly could not have planned a better getaway. Stay tuned for many pics and fun stories....

Leaving for our Honeymoon!

Last Dance!

Toasts

My daddy's speech

I think she said something about an old 'boyfriend'!!

Best Man speech

AK Heather and Dan

The Traditions

Bouquet Toss There is going to be a fight!

Who got it?!

Notice how she caught it!

My little sis, yeah!!

Taking off my garter....

Where is he going....?

Oh man! No hands!

Garter toss

Leaving on a Jet Plane....

I'm going to bed super early tonight so I can wake up super early and head to the airport! Where am I going? Well, I'm flying into Dayton, Ohio where my SIL Jill will pick me up and we will make our way to Cleveland! But, the fun doesn't stop there! We will then pick up my MIL, Pam and Jill's MIL, Susan as we make our journey to Toronto, Canada!

My mother in law is treating us to a girls get-away weekend! I am so so excited! Not exactly what sure what is on the agenda, however, I do know we will be doing a little of this...

*Shopping
*Eating
*Chatting
*Shopping
*Jersey Boys Show
*Shopping
*Eating
*Chatting
*oh...and did I mention shopping!?!

Remember this? I am so excited that I will finally be able to wear it for several days straight! (I know, I must be weird!) I'm also excited about wearing my new scarf and gloves! Ohh...I'm so excited to be spending a few days in some real cold weather with some great ladies!

I'll be MIA for several days, but I should have some pun pics and stories to tell when I get back next week!

Family

I can't even begin to express how grateful and blessed David and I are to have such amazing families! We truly have wonderful, loving parents and we couldn't ask for more. When God blessed me with David he also gave me the best MIL, FIL, SIL, and BIL that I could ever ask for. They treat me as their own and I love them dearly! David feels the same for my family and they, of course, just adore him!

I also think it's pretty amazing that both of our parents have been married for 30+ years! That is very rare in today's world.

We love you all and miss you all very much!

Sweet Braden

Baby Ivey still growing in mommys tummy!

My mawmaw

Our beautiful mothers!

Cake!

Strawberry cake with buttercream chocolate icing and chocolate gnache topped with strawberries!!

It got messy...

...real messy! :)