Welcome to Fantasy Island

Well, over the weekend Dan and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary. We thought we would get a sitter and take a quick weekend trip to paradise. The weather was absolutely beautiful on Peter Island. We sunned on the beach, napped in hammocks under the palm trees, sailed the little Hobie Wave Sailboats, ate fantastic meals on the beach, enjoyed the amenities at the Spa, took the ferry over to Tortola to shop, spent sunsets at The Loop, and slept in each morning. Wait a minute.... that's not our life now. That's where we were three years ago for our wedding and honeymoon. This is our life now... hanging out in a blow-up kiddie pool in our weed-infested backyard! Really, we wouldn't change a thing about our life now because we love being Fenn's parents. We did get a sitter on Saturday night and went out to a great new restaurant here in Knoxville called RouXbarb. I highly recommend the Pimiento Cheese Beignets! We loved the restaurant; it was very lively and it seemed like a lot of people knew each other. It kind of reminded us of a couple of restaurants we loved in Georgia. And we love that their policy is BYOB. It's kind of nice to be able to take your own bottle of wine... cheaper, too!

Roll Over Alert! When we got home from dinner, we were playing on the floor with Fenn. All of a sudden, he rolled over from his back to his tummy! Daddy saw it this time, but Mommy didn't. He hasn't done it since. So now he has rolled over both ways. I hope I don't freak out the first time I find him on his tummy in his crib.

On Sunday morning (our actual anniversary), we skipped Church and went to another favorite place, Gourmet's Market, to have a late breakfast at Cosmo's Caffe. You can sit outside on the patio and we love that they allow people to bring their dogs. Afterward, we went home and opened presents. I gave Dan the traditional 3rd year gift of leather: a new wallet and a belt. Not really exciting, but he needed them. Dan gave me a place setting of our china... which I really love! Afterward, we decided to go to Toys 'R Us and buy a pool for Fenn. We were eager to see how he would react to the water because he loves his bath. With that first dip of his feet into the water, we were thinking "Oh no, there's $30 wasted." But his reaction was only because the water was a little cold. After that, Dan eased him in more gradually and he ended up LOVING it! He started off slow with some basic patting the water and watching Daddy squirt water with the little plastic fish we bought. Then he discovered he could jump up and down in the water (with Daddy's assistance, of course). Now THAT was fun! Before we knew it, Dan had him on his tummy and he was kicking his feet like he was really swimming. He even dunked his face in the water a couple of times and sucked in a little. It didn't scare him, though. He would go right back for more. We could hardly get our little bean out of the water. I think we might have a swimmer on our hands!