It’s our 5th year anniversary today. We both can’t believe it’s been five years. We’re happy, healthy and still in love. Not much more we could ask for without being selfish.
No big plans for our anniversary. Adam is working tonight, tomorrow and Sunday. But we don’t need a big what to do to celebrate. We will do something special when we have the time. In the mean time we’ll just keep enjoying life!
When Adam and I were planning our wedding (5 years ago!) we needed to pick out a song for our first dance. We didn’t have a “song” but there were certain songs that I had come up in our short 1.5yr relationship that would have worked. The first song that came to mind that I thought he’d be all over was You are the Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne, but he shot it down saying he’d heard it to much. (I guess I overplayed it oops) So I began searching the web for the perfect song to present to him.
Last week I came across the play list I had made. As I listened all those feelings that the songs evoked in me at that time of my life came rushing back. What you want in a life partner, what that person means to you, what defines the two of you. And one song, When You Love Someone, still resonates the most with me. (It was my top choice) I just love this song...It explains everything I felt and still feel about love. Bryan Adams…you nailed it.
When you love someone you'll do anything
You'll do all the crazy things that you can't explain
You'll shoot the moon, put out the sun
When you love someone
You'll deny the truth, believe a lie
There'll be times that you'll believe that you could really fly
But your lonely nights have just begun
When you love someone
When you love someone you'll feel it deep inside
And nothing else could ever change your mind
When you want someone, when you need someone
When you love someone...
When you love someone you'll sacrifice
Giving everything you got and you won't think twice
You'd risk it all no matter what may come
When you love someone.
Yeah
You'll shoot the moon, put out the sun
When you love someone
In the end we picked a remake of a classic. (I now wish we had just used the original, but we needed a longer/slower version.) We both love The Beatles, so In My Life was our final decision.
It’s our song, I smile every time I hear it. I am transported back to that beautiful September evening where we swirled in the middle of over 200 people and my husband sang the words I love you more in my ear.
Do you have a special song or songs. Music has always moved me…And it already moves Ms. Charlie. Sad face…start singing Wheels on the Bus…she can’t but smile and clap along!
I came across a post on Facebook on how to know if a guy is “boyfriend” worthy. I’m well past that stage, but I do have a young daughter who will someday have a boyfriend. So I read the article and thought, did Adam meet these criteria? Luckily he did…but just to be sure I did what they suggested and replaced his name in the following:
Adam is patient, Adam is kind. He does not envy, he does not boast, he is not proud. He does not dishonor others, he is not self-seeking, he is not easily angered, he keeps no record of wrongs. Adam does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. He always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Adam never fails.
Sound familiar? Here is the actually passage:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. – 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Kind of neat isn’t it? But it is so true. Does your love stack up? Someday I’m going to have to listen to my daughter tell me how “in love” she is. Someday I’m going to have to hold her as she cries over her first broken heart. And someday I’m going to have to meet the love of her life. And I’m going to ask her…”does he measure up?” And when he does, I’m going to smile and give her my blessing. Because we all deserve true Love.
And it seems our dreams have come true.
Do you have a Valentine?
I do.
But he had to work last night, so we’re going to be celebrating tonight.
I have never been very big into Valentines Day, I think the whole thing is silly and makes people who aren’t in love feel bad. But if someone wants to give me a heart shaped box of chocolates I’m not going to say no. And of course it all changed for me when Adam proposed on that day…so now it’s got a bit more meaning to me.
This year I had an idea of something to do for Adam early on. So a few week ago I got started and when it finally came in the mail I was so excited I wanted to give it to him right away.
Check it out: Adam's Present
If you can’t tell-it’s a photo book of some of his best photos. I am so proud of him and I really hope he likes this. Maybe now he’ll be motivated to pick a photo to enlarge and hang on the empty nail in our bedroom. I won’t hold my breath though.
We hope you all enjoyed our engagement day.
I realize I tend to post in spurts…like I’ll have all these posts for a week and then 2 weeks go by and I’m like-oops.
So here’s what’s been going on…in no particular order..
Adam liked his cake.
Took us a week to eat it.
He’s already talking about me making it for Thanksgiving.
I was busy sewing for a week, while Adam was in California, for our new niece Zoe. After finding out she was a girl I could finish the quilt with all the bows. If it was a boy I wasn’t going to do the bows.
I tied 48 tiny little bows…
The back is a nice fine fleece.
She also got some new outfits. 2 of which were 1st timers for me:
And I attempted my first time sewing with a knit. I was really proud of the way my onesie was turning out until I realized the PATTERN was incorrect and my leg pieces where short. But I was beyond fixing the issue by the time I realized it. So the crotch of poor Zoe’s onsies was all jacked up. Lucikily she’s too young to realize it and I fixed it as best I could when I got up there.
I love the fabric I used for the jumper. I bought it on super clearance last fall from Fabrics.com. 
I also loved this romper and the sweet polka dot print.
I knew it was a risk picking this fabric as that precious blue is know as Carolina Blue in North Carolina and Zoe’s Dad is just like my husband…a big Carolina Hater-they went to NCState. But josh was sick of all the pink…so maybe she’ll get to wear it…just not at an NCSU game.
The last piece I made for her was one I’ve done a few other times. I think it’s the cutest little romper – and I hear Zoe got her photos taken in it already. I can’t wait to see!
This fabric is super sweet too. It’s bunny Toile. I liked the fabric so much that when it was on sale I bought it in pink, blue and green!
We made the long trip in the car (9.5 hours) to North Carolina to meet Ms. Zoe over Labor Day weekend. It was a nice relaxing time with family. We played cards, ate, drank, held the baby, fed the baby and danced with Ms. Kylie. I wish we lived closer so that we could do this more often. Here are some of my favorite photos from that weekend.
We had bought this glow-sea horse for Kylie and she didn’t put it down the whole weekend. It was her baby 
now I know where Adam gets his smiling abilities from!
Big girls!
Zoe Slept a lot while we were there…makes for great cuddles.
Rare awake time with her that weekend. I think she likes me.
Adam had Ultimate Sections this past weekend. His team played 3 games Saturday and 2 on Sunday. I made it down to support him both days and enjoyed the fresh air despite the hot sun. His team came in 2nd and will be headed to Regionals in Little Rock AK in a few weeks.
I love this face
I go in for my Biopsy Wednesday morning. As I said before, I’m not worried, but your prayers are always appreciated. I’m almost 2 weeks without Caffeinated Coffee. I did cheat and have a couple of Arnold Palmers this weekend-but I figured the tea in those is pretty weak anyway…
Jordan is the best Pre-rinser. The other night after tacos we put the pan on floor for Jordan to clean it up. We always put the pans just outside of the kitchen. That why they’re not always under our feet when we cook. Well we came back in a while and found she had moved the pan into the kitchen and wedged it into the corner. Her head was crammed into the pan and basically under the toe kick! We laughed so hard and luckily got to snap some pictures.
Today is our anniversary. It’s been 2 years and it’s been wonderful. We’ve been through a lot in this last year, but we never focused on the bad. We both always have such positive attitudes. My friend Kristi, who has had a horrible year, said to me: “Pleva, I love you and the la la land you live in. It’s so not reality. Don’t ever get out of it. I wish I could live in such denial”. But I don’t think we live in denial nor are we naïve to the fact that bad things happen to good people, including us. We just know that as long as we have each other-we’re going to get through it, together.
All you need is love.
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So there you have it- a super big long catch up post. We have a busy week ahead of us. Russ arrives Thursday and Hockey season is firing up. We still have lots to do around the house, parties to plan and of course Fun to be had. Have a wonderful week.
