3 fantastic years...

Today is our three year anniversary. There aren't words to describe how wonderful our marriage is. Paul is the sweetest, most humble, most loving husband and father I could have ever dreamed of. We knew the night we met that we would get married and we still carry that same incredible love all the time. In such a short time we have been through so much and together, with God's help, we know we can go through anything and still stay strong. I feel so blessed to have him... I can't even explain. Thank you God for picking the perfect husband for me.

We exchanged simple gifts last night (leather is the gift for anniversary #3) -- a wallet and a phone case. Tonight we had sushi (what we ate on our first date) and watched a lame-o love story called Wedding Daze about a couple who got married on a whim. Now we're just enjoying a normal evening on the couch. Later this weekend we'll head to Philly for a little anniversary get away... i'm so excited!

A {short} trip down memory lane...



Our First Photo -- At a bed and breakfast in the Poconos


While we were on our way to dinner on that trip we stopped and set up the camera to capture the sunset that night...



Our wedding was perfect... the best day ever...



Our First Anniversary was a little hectic.... we went out to dinner and pretty much fell asleep over our meal! Noah wasn't yet a month old.....



Our second anniversary we were still all wrapped up in a colicy infant, but we managed to set up a romantic dinner in the yard (sushi, of course!). The anniversary was cotton, so Paul got me a beautiful white azaela bush that looks like cotton and a beautiful Egyptian cotton tablecloth for the dining room. I got him slippers with a gift certificate for a couples massage.


Tonight the sky was perfect... it reminded me of that first sunset on our first trip. We look a little more tired and a little more worn for the wear, but we are just as happy as that day we stopped to take our picture in the sunset.....

And as I lay in my dear hubby's arms on the couch right now I am certain that all is perfect with the world.

What? You don't care about my toes?

Well, maybe you don't care about my toes, BUT, i got a pedicure today because Yaz won us tickets to the Sex and the City Premeire and Private party in Philly next week!!! We get to see the show before it hits the theaters and go to a huge free party afterward where we can win all sorts of goodies from the show!!!! We have snazzy dresses and great shoes and we are going to have so much fun!!! I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!! My friends think I am like Miranda, butI want to be more like Carrie.....

Scottish Games

We had a great day Saturday at the Fair Hill Scottish Games. Hundreds of bagpipes and kilts, haggis and goat burgers, and of course Scottish Beer! It was really fun to see and I love the sound of a bagpipe! Noah had a blast and danced the day away.

A boy and his dog

We got Sophie for Noah so that he would have a dog to grow up with. She continues to be the best dog ever and is so calm and gentle. Noah jumps on her and falls on her and takes her bones from her and she doesn't make a peep. We are so grateful for that! He wakes up from naps saying "What's Sophie doing?" and when she goes outside, he pushes his food away and says "All Done, I want outside." Here he is trying to get her to blow bubbles with him.

SOPHIE!!!!!

At Noah's party last week, the Malin's brought all sorts of animals including two little puppies. One of the puppies just sat in Nina's lap the whole time and was super calm and sweet. Everyone fell in love with her.

After the party was over, Paul said how much he wanted the dog and so we looked into it... the male dog was spoken for but the female was still available! So, yesterday we went and picked her up!! She is a mutt -- border collie, german shepherd and chow-chow. We met her parents -- the father is pretty large but the mother really isn't, so we're hoping for the latter. She is the calmest dog ever! She just lays right by us all the time, unless we are out in the yard and then she loves to run. Despite how fluffy she is, there really hasn't been any hair on us at all which is awesome.

We tried to look up Noah's daughters and wife in the Bible but they don't name them, so we were bummed. We looked through lots of names and then we decided on Sophie because it meant "wisdom" in Greek. I smiled when Paul chose the name because it is my great aunt's name. He asked if that upset me and I said no... we never really see her. We thought we'd leave the middle name up the the family who had her. When we went to pick her up we asked what her given name was and they said Amelia. This is even more hilarious because Amelia is Sophie's sister (my other great aunt!) I like it because in a round about way it reminds me of my grandmother Stella and her sisters. So... we are thrilled to welcome the newest addition to our family and we can't wait for you to meet her!

Baby #3-- Riley

Told you it was baby season here! Our 4th friend to welcome a baby in a month's time. Tania and Dave are proud to announce Riley, born May 1st!!!!

Noah's 2nd Birthday

We planned a barnyard themed party for him and it was great. Members of our congregation have a farm and brought some live animals for the kids to play with... Noah kept choking the kitty but that's okay. We had piggy cakes and hay bales and cow balloons and milk jugs. Yaz made these awesome "feed" bags with chex mix in them for everyone -- so cute! Noah's birthday present from his grandparents, uncle and us was his new swingset. We were trying to move away from lots of gifts and this way we could get something nice that would be around for a while. All the kids played on it for hours and hours.

It's so hard to believe that he is 2. I know everyone says that and everyone says -- oh it goes by so fast, but he is really a little boy now and no longer a baby. He talks to us and walks around and is less and less dependent on us every day... sniffle. I said to someone that I wish I could just keep him right here. He was a difficult infant, but he is a wonderful toddler, so happy in so many ways and so smart! I love that he isn't to the point yet where he "wants" presents and just thinks it's fun to pull wrapping paper. He sat forever at his party just drawing on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk. And cake! He loves cake so much. We taught him to say Happy Birthday and so he was walking around to everyone at the party saying "happy birthday Noah." Happy 2nd Birthday little man!!!






Wow... I can't believe it is over. We had such an amazing day....and my baby is 2!