Happy Anniversary!

June 23rd marked our 2 year wedding anniversary. What a well traveled road it has been! I'm usually pretty good at holidays, I'd celebrate the third Friday of the month if something "special" happened on that day but lately I've been a little off and very not on top of my game. Todd took the prize this year, hands down. He told me first this morning, I'm usually first to say it and selfishly liked being first, ha. He planned for Lulu to go to Nana's, Brandi picked her up this afternoon.

Did you know that Cotton was the traditional gift for the second anniversay? I had no clue! He did his homework and bought me some brand new sheets because I haven't really liked our old one's since being pregnant. Yep, really high thread count sheets. He bought me a new book because I'm almost done with the old one and the best card I'll ever get!

I've been craving a burger from the casino so he offered to take me there, my butt is too big and too uncomfortable for the ride at this point so we opted for local and had dinner at Bonsia downtown. It was quiet, fast and really good!

Our years together get better and better. I'll have big shoes to fill next year!

Who's your daddy?

While is was way too HOT yesterday, it was a really great day at our house! Todd and the girls got in the pool early, J and Sue came over with Kennedy (Sue and I are both pregnant and due in a few weeks). I think the boys really got to enjoy their day. I even made banana pudding and chocolate pie.

Just a few things the girls and I are grateful for...

~"Daddy" is not just a name for Todd, it is the thing he takes most pride in. He's goes above and beyond and it shows in how much Grace and Madison love him.

~ The days that he takes them to hit balls at the driving range or to play basketball (he's the only one that ever has his little girl tagging along)

~ The way he has to call Grace when goes to Nana's and then gets upset if she's too busy to talk

~ The way he makes me laugh and drives me nuts all at the same time - most of all, the way he is patient with me when I need it most and his ability to let me vent and not fight back just because he can

~ While I don't care for his over-the-top, manic cleaning spree's I do appreciate that he does laundry, vacuums and empties the dishwasher

~ He dresses the girls in the mornings and takes turns bringing them to school

~ He regularly offers me "ME" time

~ Although it's been a while... he's a really good kisser too :)

~ He's provided more than I could ever ask for

The list does go on... we've got a lot to be thankful for and baby Camerom will be just as proud of his daddy as the rest of us are!

He brought me a bowl of popcorn but I wanted a back rub!

Sitting in the bathroom feeling sorry myself because I'm pregnant and Todd's not! My back really, really hurts and he's an idiot because he doesn't offer to rub it. I want flowers, I want flowers and a thank you for being pregnant and for bringing his first son into this world, the very first Lancon boy. I want to hear thank you, and I want my feet rubbed and I want a sweet note that says something only a good husband could say because he adored his wife. And my thoughts go on and on about how he just doesn't get it. I make my way to the sofa, Grace fell asleep (thank goodness because she was a pill tonight). He goes into the kitchen and later emerges with a bowl of popcorn just for me. I'm craving chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream, not salty popcorn. I politely decline and then think he's not so bad after all. Even though popcorn was the last thing I wanted, at least he thought about me! :)

Lucky me and my great husband!

Original post date: 5/19/2009

Pregnant, emotional, overly dramatic... to describe myself on a good day. I've invested a great deal of time in trying to be good at the things I do. I am and I love being a mother, a sister, a daughter, and a friend. I also love being a wife although sometimes I take being married for granted, almost as if it's just another role in life wherein it comes with the kids and the in-laws, etc. But... it is so much more than that. I've realized that I have more than a lot to be thankful for when it comes to my marriage... I have everything to be thankful for. I really do have a great husband. Sure, we've had our ups and downs, even a few tornado's but at the end of the day he is the man I want to spend all of the other days with... he is my "forever." We argue, fuss, pick-on each other and most days we drive each other nuts but he does love me. And lord knows he has to put up with and deal with way more as my husband than I do as his wife! It's harder to tolerate me than I'd like to admit but he does and oddly enough - he very rarely complains, especially in relation to how much complaining I do! I know that in a week from now I'll be mad at him but that's all a part of marriage. I don't believe in one true love. I beleive that one day we fall for someone and it's up to us to decide whether or not that person is the person we want to do forever with. Wwen we say I do... it's not just to the honeymoon and the good days, its to all of the above and all of the below! Its to getting fat, raising kids differently, hating some of each others friends, bad breath, terrible hair cuts... and it's also I do to loving you even when I'm not in love with you and it's vowing to always do whatever is possible to fall back in love. When I'm not strong, Todd is strong for both of us. When I'm stubborn, he becomes the bigger person and helps me along the way. I hate that he thinks I'm messy because I'm not but then again... maybe my version of messy and his are just too different things. So... in the end, I love my husband and I am so, so lucky to have him.