All My Bags Are Packed...

I`m Ready to Go!!

I am totally excited for the next week to pass by quickly
because i will be visiting family and friends!
I get a chance to see my nieces and nephews BUT
 the best thing ever is i get the see my newest niece.
I have seen pictures and spoken to her (well i've spoken, she's cooed)
 only on Skype so i cannot wait to
 hold, hug and give her a million and one kisses!!
in person.  Can you tell i am excited?!!

Of course i never like to be away from my Mr. Pancakes for too long but family
and bonding time is important and although i wish he could come with me,
economically it didn't make sense so while i go and have fun,
Mr. Pancakes will be here in our bed all by himself which i know he won't mind at all!

I aslo miss traveling...there is something magical about traveling,
and since i haven't done much all year, i was happy to puchase my ticket,
 pack my bags and ready to leave on a jet plane.

So to prevent me from singing the song,
Leaving on a Jet Plane by Chantal Kreviazuk,
 i will share the video with you!!

The Traveling Pancakes!

!!!!  This is quite a cute story  !!!!

Before Mr. Pancakes and i started dating, i was a huge traveler, always going somewhere, doing something, having a blast with my girls and family.  I had actually come from a trip to Africa when i met Mr. Pancakes.  Therefore, it was very dismaying to realize that Mr. Pancakes did not have a passport.  I almost started judging him when i realized he did not have a passport...i was like how is that possible? How can one not have a passport? Big traveling snob, huh? Anyway over our almost three years together, i have asked him to get a passport and he has put it off.  Recently we talked about going to Canada and of course since they changed their rules and regulations, one needs a passport to cross their border.  And TONIGHT when i came home, he told me to close my eyes.  Of course, i thought it was a surprise for me! Anyway, i closed my eyes and he put something in it and told me to open my eyes which i did! And there it was, his passport! I was so excited, i felt like he proposed all over again.  My man has come into his own and now has the ability to travel the world whenever he wants, with me of course by his side.  We are definitely ready now to talk about the honeymoon! I am so excited fellow bloggin' buddies because this has been a LOOOOOOOOOONG time coming.  But they say, men do things on their own time and i am glad his time has finally come!  It was definitely worth the wait! 
Now we just gotta save up for those airlines tickets that will make the passport all the more worthwhile.  But his first traveling stamp is definitely going to be from CANADA!   

Have there been things you have asked hubby, fiance and or boyfriend to do that took a long time and when it was finally done, it was worth the wait?