Major Update for Blog!!!!

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!


Ok where to begin. I know its be a while since I've blogged...and thanks Kat H for getting on me for that. :) But so much has been going on that I just dont have the time. So lets begin with the house.


The house has finally started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As of last week, we have a concret foundation floor, and poured concrete walls for the basement!!!!! We are really excited! We hope and believe they are starting to frame this week. Which would be soooo nice! I think once we get that up and a roof on, it will really hit us that this house is going to be ours soon. We also last week got a permitt address for the house! We have a real address instead of Lot #35. :)


Germany news: Everyone is doing well. Robbie's father and stepmom however did loose their older puppy a few weeks ago. She was really old but lived a happy life. They did adopt another doggie so now they are back to two pups. We are still hoping to be over there for Robbie's bday this year.....

My 30th birthday.....OMG! For this I have to go back alittle ways.....Ok my bestfriend Minhee has always been in the states (She now lives in Canada with my goddaughter Marissa), for my birthday. This year Marissa is in Kindergarden. So we thought they wouldnt be here till the summer. Well a few things happened in Canada and Minhee decided a few weeks ago she was going to come home. So at first she told me Mayish, then changed it to April 1st. She had told everyone this new day and her parents and I were the last ones know about the new date. She was trying to make it a surprise for us. So these past few days Minhee has been saying to me how she wishes she could be here on my actual birthday, which I kept telling her its no big deal, and I would see her the following week. So then she told me that she wouldnt be able to call me on my birthday bc her husband was taking her to a restort for the night. Some quality time for them before she comes here for 5months. Okie Dokie. So March 22, she told me she would call me later on the 23rd. Ok fine. Robbie brought me to work on the 23rd and also picked me up saying it was easier because he was taking me out to dinner that night, then driving two cars. And because it was my birthday. :) People at work did give me a party. Pasteries for the morning breakfast and a great cake for lunch! So Robbie picks me up at 4:30 and we start heading all around VA/DC/MD. And I asked him where we were going. He wouldnt tell me at first then finally fessed up that we were going to PF Changs at Whiteflint Mall. I asked him why all the way in MD when we have one in Sterling and Arlington. He said they didnt have reservations for tonight. Ok weird....they dont take reservations...but whatever. So we get to the mall, and Robbie has been putting his foot down on me buying stuff to decorate the house before we get in there. So he takes me to Pottery Barn. He says "Do you want me to see if we can eat now?" Since its 6:30pm and our "reservations" are at 7:30. Ok fine. Whatever, I'm shopping. So he comes back a few minutes later and says we can go eat now. So we go downstairs in the mall to get into the back door of PF Changs.....well the back door is two glass doors. So walking hand and hand towards the doors, Iook into the resturent and see a little korean girl....and I said "Hey thats my Marissa!" At the same time Marissa spots me and tells someone near her "Aunt Erin is here!" and points at me. I open the door and around the corner is MINHEE! That was it. I started crying!!!! I hugged my goddaughter and my bestfriend. My face according to everyone was priceless. Minhee's cousin Kimberly was also there. She had picked them up from the airport at 2pm BWI and had brought them to meet us for dinner! So we get settled down and I'm still crying..and laughing. Well another one of our friends show up, Greg, and we decide to do the presents. Minhee got me clothes, a nice warm blanket that says Canada on it, 2010 Olympic shirt, oragomie that she made, a cd, and a tigger doll with a maple leaf outfit on him. And bollons, even with one that says "Over the hill" on it. Marissa made me some orgamie also. Robbie...like he hadnt done enough said there was another surprise. Mind you everyone knows all this that is going on. From the dates that Minhee was coming in, to the dinner, to every surprise Min and Robbie had planned. That includes my 5yr goddaughter! She even knew what was going on! So Robbie hands me a present the size of a card but its wrapped. So with Marissa at my side I start to unwrapp it and take the card out of the enevelope. Something slipped out and Robbie grabbed it. So for this part I have to take you back to 3weeks ago when I mentioned to Robbie about going away for my bday weekend. He said that was a good idea and I thought I figured out where he was taking me, and even his sister confirmed it. I thought we be going to Busch Gardens Williamsburg/VA Beach this weekend.....So I read the card to Marissa, and then Robbie hands me something....after a few moments I realize what was in the card....TWO TICKETS TO GO SEE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NYC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Robbie is taking me to NYC this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yea that set off another thing of tears! I had remember I mentioned to my mom one day a few months ago how cool it would be to go to NYC for my 30th bday....oh my mother was involved...she bought our train tickets. Even Robbie's sister was involved in all of this. Minhee, Greg, Kimberly and Marissa also got me a Korean Birthday Cake! Which I love so much! They are soooooo expensive but all sooooooooooo good! Just having the people I love with me on my birthday was the best present I got.Having Robbie, Minhee and Marissa there for my 30th birthday was undiscribable. And everyone knew the real date Minhee was coming home, including her parents.I was the only who didnt know! If you all know Minhee and I, we are very close (since we dont have sisters, and we met junior year in highschool at seton), and we cant keep secrets from eachother at all....Min said this was the hardest weeks of her life esp. talking to me every day and me wanting her to come home so she can have a vacation from Canada. She told me that she almost slipped at times and it was hard for her to keep it from me. She also said that's why every time I wanted to talk to Marissa, she wouldnt let me because she is 5yrs old and didnt want her to accidently tell me about the surprise. Poor kid. Marissa was sooooo good the whole night, even though they were up at 3:00am to catch their flight down to MD. Marissa was just so happy that they were there and everything. Minhee said that she kept asking her when it was time to go and surprise Aunt Erin. :) Minhee and Greg also got me a giftcard to use anywhere for a shopping!

So thats been my life in a nutshell the past few months. Minhee and Marissa are here till the end of August. Which means they will be here to see the house and stay in it. Marissa also brought a present for Chase, which she did give to me but I'll have her there with him when he opens it. :)

I will post pictures through out their stay here, the house being built, the NYC trip, and anything else that happens. We are all going to the Cherry Blossom festival on 4/10. Minhee and Kimberly have never seen them and of course Marissa hasnt either. So we are excited about that and going to the Washington Zoo to see the pandas, and ofcourse dye easter eggs! So all these pictures will be up online on Facebook and Snapfish!!!!

Thank you again to Minhee, Robbie, Kimberly, Gregg and Marissa for my making 30th birthday one to remember and a very special one! I love all of you!