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jay and i celebrated 7 years of marriage on sunday. yay!!! how fun. i thought i'd write about our wedding and how we celebrated our 7th. here's what sticks out in my mind the most when i think about our wedding: - my poor mom who did EVERYTHING. i didn't even know what my flowers were going to look like. (ps - she also "quit" being my wedding planner and then took the job back, ha.) i must've been zero help. - jay and i didn't care too much about the ceremony. we were just excited to start our life together! which my mom thought was smart and sweet...but again annoying. - jay really didn't care about anything except NOT having to wear a tux (we just bought him a nice black suit) and FOOD. homeboy showed up with paper and pen when it came to picking out our reception meal. hilarious. - we did decide we wanted a family and super close friends ceremony and a BIG reception. so we only had maybe 60 in the chapel and over 300 at the reception. so mu...

sweetest morning ever. i was about to leave and gabe freaked. his must've hugged me for 5 minutes straight, including pats on the back. too darn cute. he also kissed me 15 times at least. oh.my.heart. he has been so cute and funny lately. i guess he's always been that way we're just seeing a new side of him. he's trying really hard to talk. it's precious. (not his passionate but unrecognizable G talk...but real words!) he's got mimi, mama, dada, pop-pop poppy (he renamed my dad), josh, claire, ava, allie, dd, vasa, Jesus, amen, his birth moms name and a few other names down pat. he's working hard on madison :) he can tell you what noise most animals make. jays favorite is the donkey. it is hilarious. we don't talk about cats. because cats are evil. last night he was playing in his kitchen while i was working in mine. i teared up. the sweetest little noises and jobs...ahhh, so cute. i can't get over it. he's not as "sweet" wh...