4 Years

Yesterday was our 4-year anniversary. I meant to post, but I had it in my head that I needed a picture of us together and that never happened and completely forgot that I had originally intended to post pictures from our wedding. I've tried several times to load my pictures from Sharyn onto my computer (they are on a CD and I've never put them on this computer. They were on our other computer but that doesn't turn on anymore...) but it keeps giving me an error message after about half of them load. I'll have to try again some other day. Anyways, I was able to load the candids that I have, not sure who took these.

I remember feeling super relaxed on my wedding day. A few jitters before walking down the aisle, probably more worried that I would cry over anything else. When we were taking pictures before the wedding (Jeff and I saw each other before to get a lot of the pictures out of the way before the ceremony) I was scarfing down ham rolls because I was so hungry. ;) I remember someone laughing about that. Anyways, we had been dating for 4 years before that so it's not like I didn't know what I was getting myself into. In fact, 4 years felt like way too long and I was definitely ready to be married. I guess that's what happens when you start dating before your 16th birthday.

A few details about our day:

• The entire family (siblings and their kiddos) was able to make it to the wedding. I'm not sure if I ever expressed how happy that made me. That's kind of a big deal when two of the families had to travel over 800 miles to get there! And in case you don't know my family, see the picture below.
• I designed my dress based on a dress I had seen in a magazine. My cousin, Mary-Jane, made it. 
•  My sister Amanda (who was my maid-of-honor) got married 3 weeks before me. We heard a lot of "Your poor mom!" But I think she actually said it was easier because she was able to buy everything at once rather than planning the weddings completely separate. I know I had a lot of fun comparing details with Amanda. There are pictures of us at home with our dresses on somewhere. 
• Jeff has lost a ton of weight since our wedding! 
• We got engaged in September and chose this day to get married because Jeff was in school and he had this week off so we could go on our honeymoon.
• And apparently that's all the interesting facts I have about our day.

The only thing that I remember going "wrong" was forgetting our marriage license at the church. We headed off to our hotel and then about halfway there, realized we didn't have it. We were going on a cruise and since I wasn't 21 yet, we might need it to get on the ship. Turn the phones back on, call my mom and dad. An hour later we were finally on our way again. (Our church is half an hour from my parent's home, the opposite way as the airport.) Of course, as it turned out, no one questioned my getting on the ship and we never needed it.

Happy Anniversary, dear!

Big Brother, Little Brother

Oh yeah, he's going to be a great big brother.

"I super pooped in my diaper."

Yeah...I really wish you'd stop doing that.

I'm not sure why it looks like Adrian was crying, I don't think he was.

The Stork has Landed

Our big huge bundle arrived on March 21.

Isaac Martin. The computer rounded his weight up to 10 lbs so that's what all of his records say. Whew! Yeah, I really did have a big baby! If you recall, my belly was pretty doggone big so I shouldn't have been so surprised.

I was able to have my vbac and I'm not sure when I'll quit celebrating that victory. It was quite the battle to get there which still has me shaking my head. I'll tell more about it later, no nitty-gritty birth story, but there are a few things I'd like to mention.

Adrian is home again after being at friends' and cousins' houses for nearly a week. INTERRUPTED TO SAY: he literally just fell asleep next to me, out of the blue. I guess he was more exhausted than I thought! END OF INTERRUPTION. He's been pretty good so far. Earlier, I was looking for Isaac's pacifier so I asked Adrian if he knew where it was. He told me, "He didn't want it anymore." I had to ask a few times where it was, with the same response, before he finally told me, "I threw it over there."

I think that after a few weeks of adjustment, he'll be a really great big brother.

Psst, Emily posted a few pictures of Isaac on her facebook page.

Favorite Green Blanket

These picture are from a few days ago when Adrian was supposed to be napping on the couch.

I don't have to tell you how well that worked out.

Day 14: Flowers

There are no flowers blooming here, yet (that I'm aware of although I did see some trying to poke their way out of the ground). This is from Mom and Dad's garden last summer.

A Springy Kind of Day

All day long Adrian "zooms" his cars on the couch.

He may also wear his pajamas all day long. You'll never know. Or maybe you will because it's becoming a common theme in my pictures.

We had some lovely weather this weekend and we actually made it out twice yesterday. TWICE! That's huge for me! Pathetic, I know. I fully plan to get out once the little babe arrives. Of course, since it was so warm and puddly (apparently that's not a word) Adrian wore his rain boots. They are from last year and I'm surprised they aren't pinching his toes yet. He loved splashing in all the puddles and slush. (We went out again in the evening with Jeff pushing Adrian in the stroller, all of this slush was completely melted.)

We walked for about a mile and I'm telling you, this little guy is my perfect walking partner right now. He was walking at the perfect pace for my current waddle. He probably could have done another couple of miles but my boot was rubbing a sore spot in my ankle so I was ready to go home. We stopped at the school so he could run around for a bit first.

I don't feel like I'm "so ready for winter to be over," just yet. It feels like we hardly had winter and it went by so fast, but these warm days do get me excited for warmer weather!