Happy 3rd Wedding Anniversary!

Today is the husband and I's 3rd Wedding Anniversary. I cannot believe we have been married for three years. It sure doesn't feel like it, granted we haven't spent the last three years physically together. We haven't actually spent an entire year together since we first started dating. It's crazy! I cannot wait until we are actually able to celebrate our anniversary on its actual day. It sure would be nice. The husband is of course amazing and sent me a gift already. He got me a Vera Bradley skin for my laptop and a Vera Bradley lunch box for school. I hadn't even asked for anything and he came up with this all on his own! He really is a great guy.
I honestly never thought I would find a guy like him....I didn't think they existed and I also thought I was independent enough to not need a man. I had my share of relationships growing up and I was getting discouraged, especially after I graduated college. I was afraid I was going to have to settle just so I could get married. I actually thought about adopting another cat (I had two at the time), but I really didn't want to be the cat lady. I had done some eharmony dating when I lived up in Michigan and after another relationship failed, I decided to give it another shot. I am so glad that I did.....because that is how I met my amazing husband. You can read about it here. He truly is my best friend. I love talking to him, spending time with him, doing things with him. I feel like he completes me in some way. I never knew I could love someone the way I love him. It's hard for me to put into words just how much I love him and how much he means to me. I feel that I'm not very good at showing him how much I love him and wish I knew a better way to show him, but I just don't. I just hope he truly knows how much I do love him. I am so proud to be his wife and stand by his side. He is an amazing father, friend, soldier, leader, husband and man. I love him with my whole heart. If you want you can read about our first and second weddings. :) Yes we had two and once you read them you will understand why.
M,
These past three years have been amazing. I love you more today then I did on this day three years ago. I never thought I would find such an amazing man to love me, to be the amazing father to our children, to be my best friend. I just hope the next three years are better than the previous and maybe the Army will let me have you at home a little more :) just maybe. You are the love of my life and I am the luckiest girl in the world to be married to you. I love you!

At our second wedding

Anniversary Care Package

The husband and I are going to be spending yet another wedding anniversary apart. :( I wanted to send him a special care package. Something that was different from the normal package. I found the idea for cake in a jar on pinterest. I thought..."what a great idea!" So I set out and made it. I should have put it in more than three jars because there was too much cake batter in each and it overflowed. I added a container of frosting for him to add on top once he got the cake.

I then made little tops for each jar. I was pretty proud of them. I hot glued them to the lid.

Then I made banana nut bread. He really likes it and I am fairly good at making it. Although I thought it would be a good idea to vacuum pack the bread.....haha....not so much. Don't ever vacuum pack bread unless it's frozen. It totally squished the bread. I took it out as quickly as possible and it regained some of its original shape. I was just hoping that it still tasted good.

I also had to include his favorite Combos. I had quite a stash built up. He loves taking these out on missions and every time they were on sale I would buy some so any time he asked for a package I had those to add.

This is the finished box. I also created the '52 Reasons Why I Love You' book. Again I found the idea on pinterest. It took quite awhile to make it and I was really proud of how it turned out. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of it. But that is what is in the box with the blue ribbon. That is left over ribbon from our wedding. :) I sure do love that color.

He got my package about a week after I sent it. I asked how everything turned out and he told me the cake had a bad taste to it. :( I couldn't believe it! He said it smelled good, but did not taste good. He thought it was the frosting that was on top. Then I told him I didn't add any frosting because there wasn't room at the top. This is when I found out that the jars were only half full when he got it. Uh oh! I think the cake melted on its way to the sand box. :( I was really disappointed because I was so excited to be able to send him cake. I'm not sure if it's because I didn't seal them good or if it was the temperatures, but the Cake in a Jar did not travel well. Thankfully the bread turned out good. :) I was really happy at least one of them turned out good. He said he liked the card book I made, although that was about all he said.
Overall I think he enjoyed the box. I know it's nothing fancy, but it took quite awhile to make the cake and the bread on top of working. I think it was well worth it. I love to bake and it was a lot of fun and relaxing for me to bake.
I'm glad it got there in plenty of time. I just wish we could spend our anniversary together. Ah well. I should get use to it I guess. :)

This weekend and Baby E's first swim (warning: Photo overload)

This weekend was pretty great. Friday night I hung out at our house with the kids. It was raining pouring outside, so it was nice to just relax at the house with nothing pressing to do. Saturday we woke up and took my car to get its oil change. I swear I have been soooo spoiled. My dad used to take care of my car when I lived in Michigan, then M took over once we became serious. It is really nice to have someone else worry about that, but alas M isn't here and it had to be done. I took it to the dealership and waiting for an hour with both kids. They behaved REALLY good. We got quite a few compliments from people about how good they were. :) Go me!!!! Afterwards we packed their stuff up and I took them to my mom's house for the night. Yup that's right.....I was getting a night to myself! Holy cow! During the afternoon I was deciding if I should call a friend to go out to dinner, but then I decided I really needed to just hang out at home by myself. After I dropped the kids off, I went for an amazing massage, compliments of my amazing husband. He knows I've been SUPER stressed lately, so he told me to go get one. It was very relaxing. Although I could do without her massaging my legs, but whatever. Then I ran to Target and got our little Baby E her first bathing suit. Oh my goodness! It is sooo cute! I really enjoyed my night to myself. I at Panera for dinner, watched two movies....uninterrupted and enjoyed a skype date with my amazing husband. It was a GREAT evening, even though I did miss my little boogers.

Her first bathing suit

Sunday when I finally got the house cleaned and grocery shopped, I went to my mom's to get the kids. She was already in the pool with Little L and waited for me to put Baby E in her suit, knowing it was important for me to put her in her first suit. I know I'm weird.....I can't help it. She loves her bath time, so I was pretty sure she would like the pool. She looked sooo cute in her suit! Of course I had to get her a hat and sunglasses. When we put her in, she just watched everything, taking everything in. Finally she started to smile. She really enjoyed herself. She was in the pool to at least a half hour. That tired her out and she went down for her nap shortly after. I'm so glad she likes the pool. Little L LOVES to swim. He is in my mom's pool every weekend. He will try and convince you to take him in almost every day. He is becoming such a great swimmer too. He reminds me of a duck, he is calm on the top, but underneath the water his long legs are kicking furiously. He is so happy to be in the water. I have a feeling once school is out, we will be spending a lot of time at my mom's pool.

Suit with sunglasses

The whole outfit...pretty cute huh?

Little L and Baby E in the pool

Little L, me and baby E

Our happy water baby

Having fun in the pool

One happy baby

I also took a few other pictures of Baby E today too. She has a really cute outfit that almost doesn't fit, so I wanted to make sure I got a few pictures of her in it before it had to be put away.