Six years ago today...I walked down the aisle and married my best friend.

Six years ago today...my husband held my hands....

"These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and vibrant with love, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as he promises to love you and cherish you through the years for a lifetime of happiness.

These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future.

These are the hands that will love you passionately, and, with the slightest touch, comfort you like no other.

These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes- tears of sorrow, and tears of joy.

These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief engulfs your heart.

These are the hands that will give you strength and support when you can't do it alone.

These are the hands that, when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch."

Six years ago today...I formally joined my life, with his.




Six years ago today, I was part of the most fun wedding ceremony of my life.
(I'm probably a little biased...)

(Our Pastor was late and had to change in his car....
but he forgot to change his shoes). :)

(I never expected to laugh so much at my own wedding ceremony. It was perfect. It was us.)

(I'll never forget when our best man dropped the rings and how loud it was on the marble floor.) :)

(You would think that we were whispering something romantic. Nope.
We were asking each other how long we were supposed to stand there and stare at the statue because it was a REALLY long song.) :)


Six years ago today...we had our first kiss, as husband and wife.

Six years ago today...I danced my first dance with my husband. At last...my love had come along.

Six years ago today...I began the start to the rest of my life.

Six years ago today...I married my husband.

I love you. You are an amazing husband, but an even more amazing father.

Dorothy & Her Lion

You will have to excuse my lack of enthusiasm today as it has been a pretty tough week filled with late nights of Mama heading back to work after the babies are in bed and more late nights of the Squishy waking up at all hours. Ack. After heading to bed about 7:45 last night, he was up at 8:30, 10:00, 12:30, 3:00 and up for good at 5:00.

::: refills coffee cup for the 57th time this morning :::

However, I did finally have a minute to download some of our pictures from Emma's Dorothy's first night of Trick-or-Treating! The night started out pretty chaotic despite me getting home from work early, but after lots of chaos and wrestling toddlers and infants into their costumes we were off!!

Emma's costume was pretty big on her, but luckily her Mimi was able to do some modifications which made it much better. The bow lasted until we got to the end of the street and after that it was a lost cause.

Is this not the cutest little Dorothy that you have ever seen? She was so excited she couldn't even stand it.

Squishy on the other hand wasn't so excited. :) He was pretty cranky but once we got outside in the stroller he did pretty good. What.a.lion. Adorable.

One of our first stops was at a house that we stop at often when taking Shamie on walks. They have a couple of little girls and a new puppy named Percy. Emma is in love with Percy. She talks about him non-stop and gets so excited when she sees him that she squeals with joy! I was trying to get a cute picture of Dorothy with her Toto, but they were bouncing all around and I was trying not to let Jackson roll away in the stroller. :)

Emma wanted one of the adults to go with her to each house but she did amazing.

Our little Lion just hung out in the stroller as quiet as can be. Half the time, his lion hat would fall down on his face but he was so quiet that we didn't even notice! This is what he looked like for most of the night. :)

My Dorothy. My Everything. Love.

I am pretty sure that if you look up the definition of "Chill-axin" in the dictionary, you will find this guy.

I couldn't help but snap a picture of Dorothy's Ruby Red Slippers.

I'm sure that there is more, but my brain isn't functioning today so that's all I got.

Dining Room Decisions...

Since we are closing in on finishing up our Master Bath updates, I've started to think more about what we want to do in the Dining Room since that is our next project. We already have a dark color painted (which we still like), but I really want to brighten the room up by adding chair-rail molding and something else. I know below the molding will be bright white, but I can't decide whether I want picture frame molding...or something a little more modern.

Choice #1: This is actually pretty close to the color that we have painted...

Choice #2: From Jenna Sue's Blog (which I am LOVING right now).

Right now I am leaning towards a combination of the two...which means the boards like in Choice #2, but lower on the wall, about the height of the molding in Choice #1.

"A lil' bit scared of da mask"

That was the phrase that Emma is continuing to say after her first night of Trick or Treating. :) We heard that no less than fifty times last night. :)

We had a great Halloween with the babies. Jackson was pretty cranky so stuffing him into his lion costume wasn't exactly easy but once we were outside in the stroller he was good to go. Emma on the other hand was ready for some candy! She did an awesome job! We had to avoid some of the house with some scary decorations but she actually went up to the house (with either Daddy, Gigi or myself), rang the doorbell herself, whispered "Trick or Treat" and then yelled "HAPPY HALLOWEEN" after getting her candy.

There was a little power ranger at one of the first houses we went to that we kept bumping into throughout the night. He was so cute, may 5 or 6, but Emma was not a fan of the mask. She kept running away crying but the little boy felt so bad, he would lift up his mask and wave. He was really sweet but poor Emma was "a lil' bit scared of da mask."

After each house that we went to, on the way back down the steps she kept saying "Oh! I like that house!'" or "Oh! I like that door." Give a toddler a piece of candy and they are yours for life. :)

Emma wasn't much of a fan of handing out candy since anyone in a mask was pretty scary to her. So for the remainder of the night, Dorothy sat quietly in her chair watching Halloween shows coveting the pink pumpkin full of candy. I took a couple of pictures throughout the night but wasn't able to get one of both Dorothy and the Lion together because of Cranky McCranky Pants, so we will have to pick another day to get them dressed up for a little photo-shoot. Emma didn't want to take off her costume last night, so that shouldn't be too hard for her. :)

For now...here is a quick phone picture of the Squishy Lion, once we were back at home eating dinner...

He is such a flirt.