Zach and Nathana

Once Zach got home, we let Nellie dig into her cake!  It was adorable and she loved it! Now our birthday girl is out for the count.  I think she had a pretty good day! ; )

I just discovered picmonkey and am going crazy making collages! Nellie at 4: Weighs: 24ish lbs.  I say that because she is too hard to weigh, but has lost weight since on her new diet! Her likes are listed above, but Nellie dislikes: Baths, being told no, dogs that are bigger than her, dogs that are smaller than her, dogs other than her cousins!  ; )  Not being able to get the rabbits that sit outside the fence, being scolded, running out of breakfast or sup-sup.  Just being real, our girl loves to eat! Nicknames: Nook, Nooker-roonies, Schnucks, Sweetness, Boog-a-noog, Boog, Nellie Wellie.  The crazy thing is that she actually comes to all of these.  Never did I think I'd call her so many things! Favorite toy: Her Kong when it's filled with fruit or peanut butter. She just isn't really into her stuffed animals much.  She doesn't know how to play with them as well as she knows how to tear them up. Haha! Thing Nellie did this year: Stayed...

My sweet, dearest, Nellie Girl, Today is your fourth birthday, and I couldn't be happier to say that we're celebrating it together.  I hate to think back, but in May I couldn't have told anyone if you'd be here to celebrate it or not.  That thought terrified me at the time, because after all, how could my world keep spinning if you weren't in it?  I am not ashamed to admit I begged and pleaded God to heal you, no matter what we had to do.  The fear of  knowing we may not be able to afford "fixing" you nearly drove me insane.  The night before taking you to Louisville I barely slept an hour due to imagining every possible scenario that might unfold the next day and again begging God to let whatever treatment you needed to be within our reach.  I thanked him and continue to thank him for making it possible to heal your little body.  I know you are a dog, but God even cares for you, and somehow in this life, I have done something right to have your...

For our 4th anniversary we went to Little Italy to celebrate. We didn't exchange gifts because we both agreed that our Nellie girl alive and well was the best gift we could have!  This past year has been one that I have mixed feelings about. There are honestly many times that I would give anything to forget, but thankfully the good outweighed the bad.  Still, I am so glad to see this year over and start a new one.   I've run into people I went to school with who find out I'm married and seem so surprised it's been 4 years, and sometimes it even surprised me it's been that long. Sometimes it feels like much longer. ; )  It's even a little hard to remember what life was like before we were married. I know that I love us, though.  God has been faithful to us these 4 years and I know will contribute to bless us.  I say it every year, but I love Zach more now than I ever have!  Thank you sweetheart for loving me when I am unlovable, cranky, and stubborn. Yo...