Honeymooning

Brian and I just got back from the most romantical honeymoon ever. We think it is safe to say that we won honeymoon. We stayed at El Dorado Maroma resort south of Playa Del Carmen in Mexico. It was a delicious week!

       

 

Imma Mrs

Two weeks ago tomorrow Brian made an honest woman out of me. 

It was wonderful and magical and perfect in every way. 

The ceremony was my favorite part, so here are the vows that we each wrote and kept secret till we read them to each other in front of our family and friends...

Brian's Vows:

I never thought it would be possible to find someone who's values align so closely with my own.  I never thought I would get so much happiness from the happiness of another person.  I never thought I would meet someone I loved as much as I loved robots…

Meeting you changed everything.  It changed the way I look at the world, and what is important to me.  When I am with you my needs are met in a way that I've never experienced before.  

And so, I make these vows to you:

I vow to remember that Love cannot be taken for granted, it must be earned everyday.  I vow to bring the strength of my Mind and Body to support your needs, and the needs of our family today and as it grows.  I vow To encourage you when you need support, to listen to you when you need to talk, to comfort you when you are sad, To try and make you laugh when times are good or even when there not. 

you are smart, beautiful, you make me laugh, my eccentricities seem normal to you, in short, your everything I ever wanted.

And so, I want to tell all the most important people in our lives here today, that I love you more than robots.

but thats not all...

One of my favorite authors wrote the words "Love doesn't divide, it only multiplies."  I couldn't understand exactly what that meant until we met, and you brought another very special person into my life.  You and Julian showed me that you don't have to share love in a family, you just end up making more and more.

I never thought I would enjoy playing toy soldiers as a grown up more than I did as a kid, or that I would look forward to reading goodnight moon at bedtime as much as I do.  Living life with the two of you is more rewarding than I can put in to words, and both of you help me to be the man that I want to be every day.  

And so, I want to tell all the most important people in our lives here today, that I love you both more than robots.

And my vows to him:

Because of you, I see the possibilities. Your big ideas inspire me. Your strength liberates and soothes me. You are what I come home to, where I can truly rest. 

We often joke that you are perfect and you are. You are perfect for me. You are what I deserve.

The truth is I really do love you more than bacon. And so, these are my vows to you: I promise to love you, to honor you and obey. I promise to put everything I have into our little family. 

I promise to always remember that everything is better with Brian. 

It just doesn't get any better than this, that day, our life. Ridiculously awesome. 

Countdown to the Wedding!

So not much of a blogger these days. The day I wrote this post, Brian and I went on a romantical date on the Queen Mary. He proposed marriage. I said yes. We have a wedding that is happening in 22 days! We are so excited, a little stressed and very hungry. I have very little time for blogging, but I am going to put up a few pictures of us now. Then it's back to planning, dieting and stressing!

We got a Backyard

New Shoes, Stairs and Bubbles!

The Bug got new big boy shoes with laces! He now has a shoe fetish that makes his Grandma very proud.

We took The Bug on his very first trip to Disneyland. The stairs were his favorite attraction.

And we discovered bubbles.

Playing Catch Up

Much as happened since I last updated. I want to get back into the habit of documenting The Bug's life, so I will cover the last six months or so in a couple of posts.

Firstly, I met someone who has changed my life nearly as much as Julian has.

He makes everything better, every joke more funny, every minute with Julian happier and every day more hopeful. I love him in ways that I thought would be impossible. Every bit of me that I thought belonged to Julian alone is now shared amongst us three. We are a perfect family; happy and itching to grow. Brian, The Bug and Me.

julie's 1st haircut

the ducktail is no more...
oh how I miss those long curls already.

xmas photos

xmas jammies and slippers

flying his airplane w/uncle daddy

julie bug's got a little captain in him

nursing a toddler

When Julian was just a few weeks old, I thought I was going to have to give up breastfeeding. I did for three weeks and pumped exclusively. Three weeks of hell. After we got back to nursing again, four months passed of infection after infection and torn up nipples that wouldn't heal. It was terrible. Beyond terrible and I cried everyday. I hated nursing and he wanted to nurse all the time. Then I decided to try some neosporin on the nips and they healed up proper. I've had three more infections and/or clogged ducts since then, but for the most part nursing has been going fabulously. Had I quit, I never would have known the joys of nursing a toddler. Sure, babies are cute and nursing them is sweet, but toddlers are FUN! Julian can hardly contain himself when the nummers are coming out. Why on earth would he just lie there and nurse when he can flip and contort his body into new, exciting positions? He is usually either motorboating me in between sips or fondling my belly. He kicks his legs on whatever he can reach and flips over so that he slides way down, almost off my lap. He pokes my eyes out and plays with my hair. He generally just acts like a goofy little son of a bitch and I love it. I almost missed out on this. I almost missed cuddling in bed when he gets home from visits with his dad, when we just chill, nurse and reconnect. Julian will be 16 months old in a few days. In many ways time has gone by so fast. I know it really won't be all that long till he doesn't want or need to nurse anymore. One more year? Two? Three? All very short time frames. I still want to go till he is 35 and his fiance asks me to stop.

I was hoping at least for "asshole"

Julian said his first dirty word, thanks to Grammy. We were talking to Grammy on the speaker phone in the car when she said, SHIT! and so did Julie.

SHIT SHIT SHIT

Thanks Grammy!

I was hoping for something less ordinary. I figured it would be my word of choice, ASSHOLE. Since he is in the car with me a lot and I am forced to drive the same streets with a bunch of assholes, I thought he heard that one enough to repeat. But shit is easier to say, so shit it is.

jeebus, my kid is gorgeous

just a swinging: part II

Gma's House

making history

You should see the other pirate

I am a Pirate

Did our Halloween photo shoot today. It didn't go so well. At least Julian is still cute when he is grumpy.

just a swinging