30 Day Challenge

Today is the day I start the 30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge . I start today because I found out about it today and why wait until tomorrow? Follow the links provided and join me! 

God has blessed me with an amazing husband, one made just for me. Daniel suits me and complements me in so many ways I never could have imagined; ways that I am still discovering and still learning about today. And I know, that I know, that I know, that I do not appreciate him as much as I should and that I definitely don't tell him that I appreciate him as often as I could. So, today I start making up for six plus years of encouragement FAIL.

Mwahaha. He's never going to know what hit him. ;)

First Family Pictures!!

Look Look LOOK!! Our first family pictures! They are here! Hooray! I am so excited! I wanted to have some "One Year" pictures taken of Coen so I called on April. You can visit her photography site here. I thought she did a great job. Coen was not entirely cooperative that day so he's not looking in most of the family pictures and the ones he is looking in he's making a funny face. He's gritting his teeth actually. Oh well. The ones of just him turned out even better. Here are a few so you can see how wonderful they turned out!!

 

 

I can't wait to put them all over my house! I was so excited I just had to share!

Sixth Anniversary

Yesterday was our sixth wedding anniversary! What a long way we've come!
Our one year anniversary was a weekend camping trip followed by a swanky hotel stay on the Riverwalk in San Antonio. There were gifts to be opened, a wedding cake tier to be eaten and romance galore!!
The next three of our anniversaries were the most important, thought about, planned out days of the month of November. We always watched our wedding video after coming home from some delightfully romantic evening out. The world stopped spinning and everyone, even complete strangers on the street,  knew that the eighth of November was our special day. Right? :)
Of course last year our fifth was only a few weeks after I had Coen. I had a new baby at home, I was still trying to figure out breastfeeding and I was chock full of crazy new mommy hormones and emotions. In addition I was still trying to master walking upright and wearing pants after the c-section. That night was hard. We left Coen with my parents and I was away from him for the first time ever. We make a very quick drive to Fort Worth and ate at the nearest restaurant from I-20, Razzoo's. I spent the whole diner trying to focus on talking to Daniel and not thinking about my baby, Daniel spent the whole night asking me if I was OK and my milk dropped twice. Needless to say we ate fast. We might have watched our wedding video, if we could find it.

This year though....this year was different. Coen is a big boy now, and Gramps and Grammy have kept him numerous times. He got dropped off the five thirty. :) Daniel made us a reservation at Michaels at 7:00. Michaels is a swanky little restaurant and bar in the seventh street district. (I've wanted to eat there for the past three years, ever since Daniel and I volunteered at a Christmas C.F. benefit there.) We sat at a cozy little booth by the fireplace and surveyed the menu. The prices reflected the quality of the food. Everything at the benefit was amazingly delicious. I couldn't help but want everything on the menu. Fortunately Daniel agreed to order the new special, a five course meal! Whoa buddy! I'll spare you the details so you won't drool on your keyboard.....oh, what the heck! First course was a carrot and parsley cream soup, second was a surf and turf of lamb and scallop, third was pasta and salad, fourth was halibut with some type of olive paste and the finale was peppered beef tenderloin with asparagus and their scallop potatoes, of which they are famous for. We ate everything. I would have licked my dishes had we not been in public!! Daniel and I left heavy in the tummy, lighter in the pocket and happy all over!! Although neither of us had anything alcoholic to drink, we both said that we felt intoxicated from the wonderful food. Best dining experience EVER. I highly recommend. We headed straight home and picked Coen up around 10:30. Yeah, we ate for three hours!!! HAHA! He was sleeping soundly and never woke up the whole transfer home to his bed. Best night ever. Best anniversary ever. Best husband ever. Love love.

5

November 8th was our fifth wedding anniversary! I can't believe that we have been married for five years! Good grief, time flies. We left Coen with my mom for a few hours and drove into Fort Worth to have diner. It was kinda weird to be alone again! :) On our way home we talked about life and our time together. We both agree that, since having a child, time seems a lot more....tangible. Before Coen, I measured time by how much I changed. Not the greatest ruler, I know. In my mind I always look the same and feel the same. Now that I can watch something else grow and change I realize how quickly time goes by. I also used to measure my "success" by things that I accomplished. Of course, that was never much. Each year that passed was another year I hadn't been to Europe, re-decorated the living room or lost 10 pounds. Now, every day that goes by is another day I survived, another day I was able to take care of my child. And when I make it to the salon to get my hair cut without finding spit up on my clothes, I feel like I have accomplished something. It's so much more rewarding. :) Anyway, It's been a wonderful five years. The best of my life. I have to give most of the credit to my husband, without whom none of this would have been worth it. Love you babe.