4 Years Ago

4 Years Ago

{I married my best friend.}


3 Years Ago
{We celebrated 1 year by going on a picnic.}


2 Years Ago
{We celebrated 2 years by going out to dinner.}


1 Year Ago
{We celebrated 3 years by spending the weekend at the casinos.}


And 6 Weeks Later
{We heard the most beautiful sound ever - a tiny heartbeat!}


And 8 Months Later
{We met our precious baby boy!}



Patrick,
I am so glad that I met you 13 years ago. I am so glad we both knew, at such a young age, that someday we would be married and have many beautiful children. I am so glad that we are fulfilling all of our dreams together. I can't imagine being on this journey with anyone else but you. You are the most amazing husband and father, and I am thankful for you every day!
Happy 4th Anniversary, babe!
-Alicia

36 Reasons for Our 3 Year Anniversary

3 years - 36 months - 36 of the reasons I love him (in no particular order)

1. He loves me more than I ever knew was possible
2. He eats with me even when he's not hungry
3. He's going to be an amazing dad
4. He goes without so I can have
5. He laughs at my jokes, and actually thinks I'm funny
7. He's a kid at heart
8. He admires his grandparents and their love for one another
9. He can read my mind and finish my thoughts
10. He's the nicest person most people know
11. He gets up with me in the morning, even when he doesn't have to
12. He talks to his mom every day
13. His patients love him
14. He's willing to move wherever we have to for my residency
15. He'll drink wine with me no matter what time of day
16.He's as weird as me
17. He worries about his brother as if he's his parent
18. He treats me as his equal
19. He thinks I'm the smartest person he knows
20. I can count on him for anything
21. The Notebook is one of his favorite movies
22. He wants to be a dad as much as I want to be a mom
23. He likes the house to be clean
24. Little things make him happy
25. He calls my grandmother when I'm too busy to think about it
26. He makes really good coffee
27. He prays with me
28. He knows how to start the perfect bath
29. He was always going to be my husband, even when I was 13
30. He likes to do yardwork
31. He worries about money so I don't have to worry about it
32. He does wonderful "voice-overs"
33. He is insanely attractive
34. He folds laundry just the way I like
35. He loves to sing
36. He makes me more happy than I ever dreamed possible

Show Us Your Life - Our Proposal

Since I was so busy with my best friend, Court's, wedding this weekend, I was unable to Show You My Life on Friday. So here I am now, finally getting around to it.

Friday's Show Us Your Life was about proposal stories.

So I'm not really into the cheese, but my cheesy husband had to cheese to the max for our proposal - and I loved it. Of all the cheesy things to do, he proposed on Valentines Day. We were living in different states at the time, so he came in town for the weekend. First thing when he got there, he gave me flowers and a beautiful antique sapphire (my birthstone) necklace. I'd been hoping we would get engaged soon, but since he gave me this necklace (a decoy), I just knew we weren't getting engaged. Enter disappointment. *He knew he had to throw me off somehow* We had reservations to our favorite restaurant, Anthony's, that night. The whole time at dinner he was drinking like a fish and kept getting up to go to the bathroom. Keeping this in mind, I still had no idea what was going to be happening. On the way home from dinner, a thirty minute drive, that boy had the air conditioning on full blast in FEBRUARY. He was a nervous wreck, and I was clueless. When we got the the house, he told me to put our leftovers in the fridge while he went upstairs to my room to let the dog out. When I finally got upstairs, my room was pitch black. At this point you'd think I would have figured it out - but no. I opened the door to my room and there was a path of lit candles to the far end of my room, where he was standing with a table of champagne, chocolate covered strawberries, and a ring box. Rose petals and candles everywhere. Ahaa, I get it now - enter shock, stage left. He led me into the room, since I'm stiff at the door not moving, and I can't remember a single thing after that. I know he said the sweetest things and I said yes - and that was the best decision I ever made!

Hubby-isms

Let me just say, I haven't seen my husband in about a week and a half. We have both been so busy with school, and in and out, we have barely had enough time to have a conversation. Well, he finished school yesterday and has a week off before he starts his last class in nursing school! Woohoo! Anyways, he was so sweet and woke up and took me to school this morning. On the car ride here we had some time to talk. When we are almost to school, this is what he says to me:

"Don't put all your piggies in the blanket"

I said, "Baby, don't you mean 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket'?"

That kid never stops cracking me up. And is it wierd that I knew exactly what he was trying to say?

I love and miss that boy!