Celebrating One Beautiful Year

Tim and I celebrated our first anniversary a few weekends ago and here are some pictures.

He did a good job surprising me (which is extremely hard to do).

Unfortunately I had a 102.+ fever, throbbing headache and forgot my make up bag, but other than that it was wonderful.

He is so sweet to me. 

He started the weekend off by giving me flowers...yes, orchids.
My favorite.

We drove to Chicago on Friday night.

The next morning we went garage saling, because I love it so.

Made out like bandits on some cool stuff I "needed".

Next he took me to get my nails done.

(At the same place that had done them a year earlier for our wedding.)

I've been wanting him to try some horchata for like two years now and we finally got some.

Yummy, yummy stuff!

After that we hit another garage sale, tried to buy some stuff but the guy decided he really liked us and gave us everything for free.

Nice guy, I like him.

We made sure to stand in the exact spot we got married a year ago to the minute.

I have this restaurant and it's my favorite restaurant so where do you think Tim took me for dinner?

I've been wanting to go there with him ever since we've been together but it just hasn't worked out until this trip.

He took me downtown, we walked by the lake, we took one picture and the phone died.

We waited an hour and a half to get into the restaurant then ate super yummy food.

You'll just have to take my word for it because I have no documentation. 

The next morning I was feeling pretty bad so we just laid low till the afternoon then he took me to an Inn by lake Michigan.

We had stayed just down the road at a bed and breakfast for our honeymoon last year.

It was so nice to go back.

That evening we went out to eat at a place that specializes in seafood.

We had some homemade tomato soup that Tim declared was the best he's ever had
and had some seafood, of course.

(You'll have to forgive the cell phone pics.)

After dinner he presented me with a necklace he made just for me.

Pretty talented.

Who thinks he should open his own Etsy shop?

In the morning he took me to my favorite place.

The beach!

Someone asked if we were on our honeymoon...what a silly question, why would they ever think that?

The ocean! I'm so happy!

Tim trying to make me laugh, and succeeding quite well I might add.

What women doesn't love a man that can make her laugh? 

While on the beach Tim read me a song he wrote for me.

He's been working on it for almost a year, whenever he has spare time.
It was so cute.

This is the part I've been waiting a year for...eating our awesome (gluten free) cake!

The girl who did our cake made it exactly how I wanted it to look.

Check it out!

And she made it taste awesome too.

Needless to say the cake was gone rather fast.

We had a lovely time together but were so happy to come back to our little smooie.

It was amazing how much we missed the little guy just being gone less than 24 hours.

We didn't even know him a short time ago and now he's so important to us.

Next post will actually have him in it, I promise.

I love you Tim!

Yes!

Tim and I just recently got to go back to the place he asked me to married him.

Katie (the photographer who captured me saying "yes") met us there and it was fun talking and thinking about all that happened just a year ago.

You'll have to read the story of how Tim proposed and how Katie crawled around Starbucks trying not to be seen.

We had to take Evin to the special spot. 

They took the bench I was sitting in away, so a chair had to do.

 

Evin's Birth Day

You always wonder how you'll handle labor...or at least I did.

I have a pretty high pain tolerance so I figured things might be easier on me, 

I mean, how hard could it possibly be?!

Well, on August 11th I found out.

Let's just say it was one of the hardest things I've ever done and my respect for moms has shot through the roof.

Of course now is where I interject "but it was all worth it", which it was and is, but sure didn't feel like it while it was happening.

Giving birth to a new human being is a beautiful, wonderful thing and everybody's labor will be different, some better than mine and some worse.

I was blessed to only be in labor for six hours, which is pretty rare for a first time mom.

But of course quick labor is often harder and more intense...anyways enough talking, on to some pictures.

 Brand new



When Evin was born he cried a second and then looked around with his big beautiful eyes.




I can't believe he's already three weeks old!
He has gained a lot of weight and is now sporting a double chin.
His handsome double chin will be on the blog soon, so stick around.

I hope you all have a fun Labor Day planned.
My crazy busy weekend has already started and it's been great!
I had friends from TX for breakfast and another friend for lunch...anybody want to come over for dinner?