My Loves

Happy Valentine’s Day! 

In honor of national love day, I thought that I would share with all of you my loves.  I know I have some new readers around here, so it’s probably a good idea to give a little bit of background info on our family anyway since I haven’t done anything like that in a while.

Brian

My first love.  My favorite person in the whole world. 

Brian and I met back in 2002 through a mutual friend, but we didn’t start dating until August 2003, a year and a half later.  Pretty much from the moment we got together I was smitten and I knew that he was the one.  He fit right in with my family and my friends and he made (and still makes) me the happiest person in the whole world.  I feel like I’m a better person because of him.  I really do. 

We were married in December 2007 and that was the best day of my whole life.  Never once did I question anything or feel like I was making a mistake… it was the easiest decision I ever made to marry him, and to this day I have still never been so sure of anything in my entire life.

He is the calm to my crazy.  The quiet to my loud.  The positive to my negative.  The funny to my… oh wait, I’m hilarious, too.  ;o) 

But seriously, I’ve never ever met a person who complains as little as Brian.  We’ve been together for almost 14 years and I’ve probably only ever heard him complain like five times.  When there’s something tough that needs to be done, he just does what he has to do without so much as a frown or a sigh.  Some days I wonder why he still puts up with me in all of my complaining glory. 

He loves me and our babies oh so good, and he goes along with all of my crazy ideas.  He is my biggest supporter and he even reads my blog every single morning first thing when he wakes up so he can alert me if I’ve misspelled a word or made a grammatical error just so I can get it fixed before the majority of people read the post.  That means more to me than he will ever know. 

Oh, and he makes me laugh every single day.  Ladies, if you are ever looking for a man, please, please make sure that he’s funny because there’s nothing better than laughing every day with the person you love the most.

Now don’t let all of this mushy gushy stuff lead you to believe that our relationship is perfect, though, because of course, it’s not.  We have our share of ups and downs just like everyone else, but fortunately for us, it’s mostly up.  And most of the time, our relationship is easy.

He could definitely stand to brush up on his listening skills a bit, though… ;o)

Brian’s face right now:  -_-

Babe, are you still there?  ;o)

Jacob

My sweet, sweet rainbow baby.  I prayed for him every single day for so long and he was the answer to some of my most desperate prayers during one of the hardest times in my entire life..

At five years old (or five and a half, he would say if he was reading this) he is as smart as a whip, already reading entire chapter books and comprehending things that I had no idea that a five year old could comprehend.  His intellect absolutely amazes me and we just know that he is going to eventually use it to do something great. 

He is extremely literal, he is overly cautious about every little thing (just like his Mommy), and he is very shy around people he doesn’t know… he is never the kid singing loudly and proudly in the front row of the school Christmas program, nor do I ever think he will be.  He loves music and is already well versed in many different genres due to Brian’s and my eclectic tastes.  He is every bit as funny as his Daddy and he makes us laugh every day as well.  When he’s quiet, we never have to worry because we know that he’s doing something constructive… reading, playing with toys, or building Legos.

He is teeny tiny, and I adore that about him because it just means that I can still pick him up and snuggle him like a baby.  And he still lets me. 

Some nights when I’m patting him to sleep, and I’m marveling over the smattering of freckles on his little nose and cheeks I wonder how in the whole world I got so lucky to have him.

Olivia

This girl.

Our spunky little gal. 

From the moment I was old enough to even think about being a mommy I knew that I wanted a baby girl.  A sassy, sweet, girly little girl.  And all of my family and friends used to tell me that I was going to end up having 4 or 5 boys just because I wanted a girl so badly.  (I would have been one of those people who kept trying and trying for a girl even after we had six boys.  Haha.)  So I had always just assumed that I would have all boys since I was conditioned to think that way.  Well, in 2014 we were blessed with Olivia and some days I still can’t believe that we do have a little girl.

But I digress. 

She is always singing.  Always singing.  Or humming.  Or talking.  Or yelling.  Or making some kind of noise.  Always.  Always.  Always.  Even in her sleep she’s loud.  From the first night that she slept next to me in our hospital bed, I knew that she was going to be the loud one. 

She keeps us on our toes.  She’s sneaky and she’s mischievous, so when she’s quiet, you better run and check on her because she’s getting into something!  She’s constantly causing Jacob to get into things that they both know they shouldn’t be into and he does it because she’s so persuasive!  I just know that she’s going to be a leader someday.

She has a heart of gold.  She loves fiercely and she hugs me so hard sometimes that I can barely breathe.  She’s creative and hilarious and oh so much fun and she keeps us constantly entertained.  She’s wacky and wonderful and frustrating and lovely and our lives would be utterly boring without her.  Sometimes I think that we should have a third child simply because she would be the quintessential middle child. 

Maui

Our first baby.

In the fall of 2009, just after we moved into our newly built house, I convinced Brian that we needed a dog.  He had never really had many pets growing up, so it was pretty much up to me to make the decision of what to get.  We searched for months and none of the puppies stood out until we met Maui.  She was the runt of three puppies and her brother and sister were both twice her size, so I fell in love with her instantly. 

She is now seven years old and has maxed out at 4 pounds.  She smells and sometimes acts exactly like my dog from my childhood who had just passed away one year prior to when we found her.  Sometimes I swear she is Bill (my old dog) reincarnated. 

She loves our babies so much and she never showed the least bit of hostility to either of them when we brought them home from the hospital.  She also never makes a peep.  No barking, no growling… nothing.  It’s actually kind of weird, but also really nice.

We just love her so much!

Other Loves

My extended family.  My friends.  Dave Matthews Band.  Wine.  University of Georgia football.  Fashion.  Friends (the show).  The color pink.  Chapstick.  Hearts.  Cookie cake.  Fall.  Pumpkin everything.  Fancy coffee like overpriced Starbucks lattes.  Paper goods.  Office supplies.  Blogging (duh).  Curling up with a good book.  Feet rubs and back scratchins with Brian.  Sleeping late.  Donuts.  Dark chocolate M&Ms.  My new letter board…

…Don’t say you didn’t see that one coming! 

Happy Valentine’s Day, friends!  I hope that your day is full of love and laughter with all of your favorite people!

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