Anniversary, Amazing Friend and "Sweet Girl"

Yesterday was an awesome day for me. Greg and I celebrated 7 years of being married. I still can't believe that 7 years have gone by already because it stills feel like just yesterday. I remember walking down the aisle towards Greg. My Dad was at my side and I was smiling big and bright; I was so ecstatic, nothing could have made me happier. I still re-live my wedding day in my head alot. Mostly because like I've said before I'm a hopeless romantic and I LOVE weddings. However, I do know that the marriage is what's most important.
Yesterday by chance Greg was home in the morning. He usually leaves for work way before the kids and I get up. However, this week will be a very busy and hectic week for him at work since his business partner will be away 2 days at the end of the week. Therefore, Greg was able to take off the morning yesterday.
So we decided to go out for brunch with Arjay in tow. Adryana was at school so we knew it would be alot easier with just one child. We ate at First Watch in Wesley Chapel and absolutely enjoyed the food. We've been there before and we always enjoy the food. They have some really good breakfast items and I actually ate a sandwich that was really good too. It's the grilled chicken terriyaki sandwich. Mmmmm...
Going to First Watch was more of a last minute idea since it was only over the weekend that we knew Greg would have the morning off. We kinda celebrated in Ft. Lauderdale too so I knew that Greg would not be expected anything. But when you are married to someone like me, you have to always expect the unexpected. Let me explain.
With my best friend's assistance, I had something already in the works. I had a dinner planned for us. No fancy restaurant or anything like that, just right here in our home. I used my kitchen table, put a nice tablecloth on, cloth napkins and candles. I even had some of our wedding pictures on the table. For dinner I made chicken Parmesan, garlic toast and garlic mashed potatoes. All are Greg's favorites. My friend took the kids out and I was home waiting for Greg. I knew he would be home soon because I called him.
Once I heard him open the garage, I lit the candles and turned off all the lights in the house. I also had his I-pod playing. Once he came him, I gave him a kiss and wished him Happy Anniversary. He was shocked, he had to catch his breath; literally. He wasn't expecting anything. He was looking around and then he said, "where are the kids?" They usually rush out to meet him when he comes home. After I filled him in, we danced to the song that we did our first dance to at our wedding. It's called, "After all is said and done." A beautiful song from the Best Man movie. We ate, talk, laugh, toasted each other and reminisce about our wedding day and the past 7 years. It was beautiful and even more romantic than being in a crowded restaurant. Happy Anniversary my darling. I hope you know how much I love and adore you. Thank you for being a great man of God and an awesome husband.
So, what's the part about an amazing friend? You probably already figured it out. My best friend, Keveta, was in on this plan. I could not have done it without her. She's been an amazing friend to me for 15 years now. I love her dearly. I know that I have a very rare friend. She always goes above and beyond for me. I am so grateful to her and to God for placing her in my life.
The part about a "sweet girl." That is actually what we call our daughter, Adryana. She is the sweetest little girl ever and so a few years now Greg started calling her "sweet girl" and it stayed with her. She was so instrumental in helping set up for the dinner. She helped with the table and she was so in awe of everything. She made cards, one for me and one for her daddy. She said that she was so happy that we were having a dinner date. She wants me and her to have a dinner like that too is what she told me so I told her that really soon we would.
It was really a great day yesterday. I have to add that I was not feeling really well when I got up yesterday morning. I actually considered not having the dinner either because my friend had a lot of errands to run and I wasn't sure we would even have enough time to get ready before Greg came home. However, I realized it was just like the devil to ruin everything so I could not allow him to win. God is bigger and He helped made everything perfect.