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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...

first of all, i now know for SURE that i cannot live far from my mom. she was in california for 7 days and i missed her...A LOT. like...A LOT. i didnt realize how much i think about her during the day! i wanted to call, text or go see her constantly. yes, i'm 34. so?! it's probably been 3 weeks since i slept through the night without waking up. maybe a month. that is annoying. i am ready for a solid night of rest. i can't even blame gabe. it's just me! i wake up. i can kinda blame jay. he's been a NUT lately - snoring, stealing my covers & pillow, pushing me almost off the bed. ol punk. i love him though. i dont mean to talk ugly about gabe. but he's been somewhat WHACK lately. he's teething, and he doesnt appreciate it. i know it hurts but dang - he's opinionated. we'll leave that at that :) he is getting bigger and much more talkative. sometimes i know what he is saying. other times i wish i knew b/c he is passionate about whatever is o...

oh norman. my dad and one of his friends just left my house. they are trying to fix Gs bathtub. it's clogged. probably with a toy... my dad. what a man. i figured i'd blog about life with norman for fathers day. i'll just write. some will be funny, sweet, some will be making fun (he's used to it...) when he's helping with repairs and such - he basically just stands around and states the obvious while his friends do all the work. it's hilarious. that being said - he does spend most of his retired life helping people. i love that about him. we ALL call him with every need. no matter if its personal, work related, for a friend, etc. norman will help or know who can! he is the most servant hearted person i know, along with my mom. he doesnt really say dumb things but there's 2 i can remember and they never fail to make me laugh... - we were eating at the restaurant in Mexico at disney world. it looks like it's outdoors b/c it kinda has a sky ...

so my stupid cell phone keeps messing up. good times. spent my morning working on that. ugh. i put our new couch together by myself yesterday. sho nuff did. it was just adding the top reclining pieces but i still did it. this girl is pimp. gabe said yummy monday. yayyyy!  he also keeps attempting to say i love you. (melts my heart) and he wants so badly to sing the ABCs. he thinks he is. kid has gigs. every night (almost) we hear him playing his guitar. sometimes sleeping and waking up just to play...we should put a tip jar by his bed and throw money in it. i made a tip jar for jays band with a sign that says "feelin' tipsy"  we went to the beach last week. it was fun!! we had some SUPER fun friends join us. they played with gabe and kept him one night so we could have date night.  let me tell you, however, what wasn't so fun. WHACKED OUT GABE... he slept in our room the first night. bad, bad idea. did i mention it was a bad idea? he slept f...

things i've learned lately: gabe is hilarious. he loves tools, cars and any toy that makes noise. the more obnoxious the better. he also likes to dance with the "beat" of the washing machine, dryer and dishwasher. his birth mom is delightful. (i knew that but am constantly reminded.) is it weird that i love her so much? i wanted to adopt her too the day we met her. my husband is a nut. he works in the yard and swims in a tilly or tully hat? whatever it is, i laugh. gabe is NOT afraid to jump in the pool, go under water or climb in & out of the pool. i, on the other hand, stay tense the entire time he is near a pool. gabe + stuffed snake + buzzing noise = awesome. he is so.dang.funny. compliments from my mom mean the world to me. my nieces are AWESOME. addison had me laughing nonstop at her birthday party. here's some of our conversations: me: "dd, what made you choose a baked potato bar instead of pancakes for your bday party this year?"...

i have no idea what i'm about to blog about. thats always dangerous. i told jay earlier this week that i want to find other pointless blogs (like mine) to read. i am weird. i'm NOT theological, analytical, etc. i just like dumb facts, simple information...i just like to know people. so i want to read blogs that tell me what folks do during the day, funny things that happen, etc. help me find some to follow :) i can't help but laugh that i skipped my run yesterday so jay could sleep in. gabe typically wakes up around 7am. homeboy slept til 9am. aaaaahhhhhh, hahaha. sorry jay :)  we all got to sleep in. thanks Gabe! gabe owed it to me though. i have completely lost a drawer in our bathroom b/c i can't keep gabe out of it. the kid LOVES it. i thought i got all of the fingernail polish out and up higher. apparently i missed one b/c i saw him turn the corner into our closet with it. then i smelled polish fumes...he had busted that mug open. it was all over the floor, h...