Did ya miss me???

Ok, I'm baaaack! I know you have missed me while I've been away. Really I've only been away because I haven't had a camera in over a week, so there have been no pictures to document anything. While I did get the camera back yesterday, I still have no pictures of anything new, so sorry, just another boring, non-picture, post of my ramblings. heehee

Well, we truly enjoyed our vacation or "staycation" last week. Marc had the entire week off from work and it was wonderful. The kids went down to Columbia on Monday and spent the night with Nana and Pops while Marc and I went on a real date! We even slept in the next day until 8:30!!!! For those of you out there that still think that is early, just wait until you have 3 kids running around at 6:15 every morning! We got the kids back on Tuesday afternoon, and stuck close to the house for the rest of the week.

On New Year's Eve we had our friends, the Grants, over for a low-key celebration. We put the kids down around 9:00 and then enjoyed an evening in playing games that don't have anything to do with princesses, candy gumdrops, Dora the Explorer, or whatever else! ;) It was really a fun way for us "old people" to ring in the New Year. Welcome 2010!

So taking a cue from my friend Mary Beth's page, here is a look back at what has happened with us in the 21st century so far. It has definately been packed full of life changing events, wonder what the next decade will have in store for us.

2000- Graduated from Clemson
Got married
Got a job at Rich's (Macy's) as a sales manager
Bought our first house
Bought our first 4Runner

2001- Marc started his Masters program
Don't really remember a lot from this year, I think we were just busy enjoying life as a newly married couple

2002- Bought our 2nd 4Runner
Got pregnant

2003- Gave birth to our first child, Andrew (more to come on that tomorrow) :)
Decided to move to the Charlotte area and put our house up for sale
Quit my job at Macy's and got a new job with Wachovia in Charlotte
Marc got a job working for a company in Monroe
Moved to Fort Mill
Finished my contract with Wachovia and started looking for another job back in Greenville
Marc started managing a chiropractic office (probably the only good thing that came of our move to Charlotte this go-round)

2004- Marc and I both got jobs back in Greenville, and we were able to move back
Bought our 2nd house
Marc got promoted after being at his new job for only 6 months
Bought Marc a new car

2005- Got pregnant again
Got laid off from my job due to cutbacks
Became a stay-at-home-mom
Traded in the 4Runner for a Tahoe
Andrew started preschool
Gave birth to our 2nd child, Mary McLean

2006- Marc got promoted again and we found out we would have to move back to Charlotte
Andrew was potty trained
Moved back to Charlotte and started renting a townhome
Bought the lot to build our current home
Got pregnant....again

2007- Moved to our current home which we absolutely love
Gave birth to our 3rd (and final) child, Emma
Traded in the Tahoe for something bigger, a Suburban
Marc left his job that had him traveling 4 nights/week so he could be home more, taking a sales job here in Charlotte

2008- Marc got an offer to go and work for a Cardiologist group as a Practice Manager
Mary McLean was potty trained
Andrew started Kindergarten
Mary McLean started preschool
Marc got a small promotion taking over more practices within his group

2009- Andrew started 1st grade
Marc got another promotion to a co-director position
Emma was potty trained
Emma started preschool

So in 9 years, we have gotten married, had numerous cars, changed countless jobs, moved even more times, had 3 kids, our first has started school, and our younger two are quickly growing up. We are no longer in the "baby" phase of our lives, no more cribs, diapers, or bottles, and we couldn't be happier. We are totally blessed with the life we have, and count our blessings daily!