Happy 3rd Anniversary!

Traditional Anniversary Gift: Leather 
As a material, leather is durable, warm, strong, flexible, and has a sense of resilency to it. These are qualities that help marriages continue to thrive.

Modern Anniversary Gift: Crystal/Glass 
Crystal can dazzle with its beauty and the way light dances off the multifaceted surface. It is a gentle reminder of how a couple in a meaningful marriage can touch the lives of others.

Travel Anniversary Gift Ideas: Luggage

This year I got a Kindle Fire for Mother's Day but for our anniversary I got the leather case. I just love what the leather symbolizes. <3

For my husband I purchased him a new wallet with his initials and filled it with 6 $25 gift cards to his favorite places.

LOVE Day 2013

My Husband is always so sweet! He knows how much I love the Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies.

We both got new kicks too!

(Doing calf stretches after running. Helps with preventing shin splints.)

My son had a Valentine's Day social at school so I got to spend some time with him and make cookies...

But first meet my Sheriff of Love and my Lover Boy.

D's friend Sophia.

T just eating the sprinkles...

D's artwork.

Valentines Day 2013

D's school had a social for Valentine's Day where the parents could come and decorate cookies with their children. I'm glad I'm able to attend these things with both my boys. I know lots of moms would love to be able to do things like that but are unable to. 

I love my boy's shirts this year. I purchased them off Zulily. LOVE that site!

 D decorating his cookie. T loves going with me to drop D off and pick him up. I can't wait until he can enroll because he just loves the interaction with the other children and he loves to play with all the toys.

This little girl is so cute. She's always talking to me and I think she has a little crush on D. :] Not sure though. She loves taking pictures too. So cute!

T just eating some sprinkles. Don't mind him. ;] 

I got the hubs some of his favorite foods for V day and it was also his birthday on the 4th so he got spoiled. I forgot to capture a picture of his gifts but I will make more of an effort to capture his things also because I love looking back on special occasions.

He got me some running shoes and some girl scout cookies. My fav!

I love his sweet notes. <3

What I love about you T

1. I love when you walk around and around. Just to walk. You will walk from one room to the next for no other reason other than to walk. :]
2. I love when I try to pick you up while you're walking you will speed up and giggle. It turns into a game of me chasing you. 
3. I love when I ask for a kiss, you'll stop what you're doing and move your face towards mine with a smile on your face. Sometime just your forehead. You kiss with your mouth open.
4. I love seeing you play with wheels. Anything that you can spin, you will.
5. I love playing Itsy Bitsy Spider with you and Patty Cake. You love them too. 
6. I love how you love to cuddle with me. If I'm sitting on the couch you like to sit on my lap and lean against me. If you're sick you'll lie on me and fall asleep. If I'm lying on the floor you'll come sit on my belly or my back and bounce.
7. I love that you love your blankey.
8. I love that you RAWR.
9. I love when you put your bottom lip out like a pout. But over exaggerated.
10. I love seeing you play at the water park, the beach, or in the bath. You love water.
11. I love that you love books. You flip the pages over and over. And sometimes you babble. 
12. I love how you say Hi, Bye, and wave with your hand.
13. I love that you'll pick up my phone, put it up to your ear, and say Hello? Sometimes you do it with random objects
14.  I love how you love to take things in and out of something. Clothespins in and out of a jug, lids in and out of a wipey box, snacks in and out of your container.
15. I love how you look in your K Swiss.

What I Love About You D

1. I love how you're so sweet
2. I love when you come up to me and say, "I want a kiss" with your lips already to go. :]
3. I love that you are Mommy's little helper
4. I love your contagious laugh, the one that's truly laughter. I also love to hear it from another room, it puts a smile on my face.
5. I love your crinkle face
6. I love when you say pirate slang. Like Ahoy Matey! Yo Ho Ho, and call me Cap't Mom
7. I love how when you finish tracing a letter of your name you say, YES!
8. I love when you say, "I'm going to miss him" when we drop Daddy S off to work, or if he goes to bed earlier than us.
9. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your imagination
10. I love when you think T has gotten hurt you'll come running from wherever you are in a panic to kiss him better and say, "D to the rescue!"
11. I love how you run up to me after a day at preschool, scream, "MOOOM" and wrap your arms around my legs
12. I love collecting your artwork masterpieces (to me)
13. I love seeing you learn something new
14. I love that you've taken on the role of Big Brother with such pride, enthusiasm, and excitement.
15. I love the things you bring to my life. Without you, I don't know where my life would have gone. But because of you my life has deepened, become enriched, worth meaning, and lively. I thought I'd be the one teaching you the importance of life, however you're the one teaching me. I'm truly grateful to be your Mom and I love you beyond measure. <3

P.S. I Love You

 My Husband and I leave one another notes on this. We'll then move it to their side of the bed. I LOVE my Husband's sweet thoughts. He's seriously the best! I couldn't ask for anything better. <3

Easy to make, frame, and a lined piece of paper. I've always loved handwritten notes and letters so the lined paper brings that feel to it.

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50 Reasons I'm Glad I Married You

I came across this and wanted to make my Husband feel special. Instead of the 100 Reasons Why I Love You (which we've done)

50 Reasons I'm Glad I Married You
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I wish I knew how to make cute printables. I could make it cute!
I'm not going to post the 50 things I wrote to my husband because they're personal however, I just wanted to throw the idea out there for others. :]

Cute Love Quote

I left this on my Husband's side of the bed...

Happy 2nd Anniversary!

Traditional Anniversary Gift: Cotton

Cotton. As a material, cotton is both durable and versatile. These are both important qualities in a successful marriage. Cotton has also been known as a symbol of great prosperity.

Modern Anniversary Gift:
China. Many people describe love as being elegant and beautiful. In the same way many people view love, china is seen as elegant and beautiful, too.

This year I received 2 sets of sheets and the hubs got two new bath towels with a massage gift card.

Happy 1st Anniversary!

Traditional Anniversary Gift:
Paper. It symbolizes the strength in paper that comes from the interlaced connection of the paper's individual threads.

Modern Anniversary Gift:
Clocks. Henry Van Dyke wrote, "For those who love, time is eternity."

This year the hubs received a book titled, "What I Love About You" by Kate Marshall and David Marshall