Awards

Just a quick note, we are at Travis' big awards for Air Force Recruiting....

Let's just say.... tonight I get to go home with the ROOKIE RECRUITER OF THE YEAR.... but don't feel bad for him, because he gets to go home with SPOUSE OF THE YEAR!!!

More later- including pictures.

Lemons?

So... I got to thinking, since I'm going to have a baby soon (like within a year soon...) I'm allowed to start thinking about some sort of baby shower right? 

I had seen this idea several years ago, and filed it away in my brain.  It seems even more fitting now....

Lemons.

As in "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade".


And the food could be lemons.  And daisy's everywhere... because I love daisies!

And I'll somehow figure out how to use this awesome yellow damask pattern in the invitation or something.... because tell me- is it not gorgeous!

My mother in law told me that I'm not the one that is supposed to plan my own baby shower... ya, right!

I'm crafty, and that's a how I roll.... and I'm going to pull this off somehow... someday!

I love him

Travis is not a huge fan of taking pictures... he's worse that a little kid about it sometimes.  If it can't be captured within one or two shots, then it ain't happening.

I had gone with my girlfriend to get photos taken of her two year old son, and twin one year old girls.  We had a blast, and the photographer is awesome!  She kept things moving, so I booked a session. 

Trav was not happy, but I told him it would be his Christmas present to me... So he sucked it up.  He actually ended up not hating the whole experience.  She was so good!  And, the best part about it is, she edit's the photos and then gives us them all with the copyright, so we can do whatever we want! WHOHOO!!!

She always puts some 'teasers' on her facebook page, so I snagged them.  I can't wait for the whole set to come in!  {yes, we are quite aware that Travis will need to buy a gun when his daughter is old enough to date! However, it became even more evident after seeing these pictures of her}

Waiting

Some numbers....

Three weeks of bedtimes past 11pm

Four revisions sent to my mom

Seven profile books needed

23 pages in our profile book

$.29 per page (x 161 pages)= $46.69

$5.99 per portfolio x 7 needed= $41.93

$10.00 off $25.00 at Staples (whoohoo!!)

166 days since we mailed off our initial application

3 major meltdowns in the  last 24 hours

1 huge check- {the largest we've written EVER!}

But after all of that, at 3:00 today, Travis dropped off our seven profiles and our check.

We are officially a 'waiting' family.

Really?

Could it be?  We are really done with our adoption profile?  It doesn't seem like it?  We've sent it back and for to the agency.  My Mom has edited it several times.  I've been up until at least 11 every night for the past 6 of the last 8 nights working on it....

I've sent it to a few people who saw the first batch, because we figure more eyes on it the better! 

*hint hint*  if you are a good editor, and would like to see it, drop me a line- lovemarriagecarriage (at) gmail (dot) com!

ps- my husband is laying  (lay- lie- I'm not a grammar teacher) next to me, and is questioning my question mark at the end of the third sentence.... I told him it was my damn blog, and I'd write how I wanted- my theory- I'm questioning the fact that we could possibly be done... "It's my blog, and I'll blog how I want to, blog how I want to, blog how I want to" (sung to 'It's my party...)

And then he started doing flashbacks to this episode... (sorry of the bad quality, it was all I could find on youtube)

(A More Real) Love Story

Cheesehead!!!

hey Brett... you thumbed your nose at us when you signed with Minnesota.... guess what, EVERY cheeshead across the country just thumbed their nose at YOU as you slipped on the final play of the game.... go home, because we ain't your home no more! GO PACK GO!