Happy Valentine's Day! (Or Hubby Brag Day)

"You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs,

but I look around me and I see it isn't so
Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs and

what's wrong with that?

I'd like to know, 'cause here I go again
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you"

I LOVE Valentine's Day.  I will readily admit that I love the cheesiness of it - the gifts, the dates, the commercialized excitement of it.  I think it's cute.  Of course, people will say, "Oh...I don't need a holiday to prove my love".  Well neither do I, but we have one, so I'll sure take advantage of it, thank you!  I certainly am one to find fun in cheesiness though...with me, it is the thought that counts for sure :)

Please enjoy this throwback - taken on what we call "the" date :)

Do you know who else I love?  My sweet precious hubby, Nick.  He is all for my love of cheesiness, and figured it out from almost the first moment when he started writing notes on the back of my (paid for) restaurant checks when I'd visit him during his shift when I wasn't working.  I think the first gift he gave me was a frame with the first picture we'd taken together in it (which is hanging in my kitchen now) and a giant peppermint stick.  How he got that I loved peppermint in a matter of 5 days of knowing me, I'll never know!

Of course, it's great to be married to a super romantic guy, but Nick is also my best friend.  We really really love being together!  I guess coming from the background that I do, I never had super high hopes that my marriage would be that great...I wanted it to be successful, but I was hyper-aware of the reality that is most marriages.  Before you go shaking your head at how I've only been married a year and 7 months, just know that I know that we really our blessed :)  Nick is consistently focused on the Lord, whatever our difficulties (and we've had a list of them already in our short marriage), and is always a solid leader in our home, making sure our focus is constantly on the Lord.  He is humble, funny, giving, and gentle.  I am madly in love with him...even more than I was when he swept me off my feet in fall of 2007.  I am one blessed woman!


That saying, my hubby has spoiled me with a week of valentines! 



With the possibility of Adrian coming so soon, I am sooo excited to be part of this parent-team with Nick. He is going to be an excellent Daddy! I have every belief that my child will have no doubt in his mind that his Dad loved him and cared for him and pored everything he could into him. How awesome is that?


Ps. Want to know what I got Nick? Wii Sports Resort - found for a super good deal on amazon.com.  He's a happy man.

I hope you all are enjoy your love celebration day!