Just Pictures: Rainy Day

Valentine's Day

Sullivan is such a sweetheart.  When he woke up from his nap this afternoon I grabbed my camera and snapped a few pictures of his delicious face.

He loves playing on the bed or couch.  Anything with pillows.

A few days ago I sewed these little angel pants for Sully.  The pattern looked kind of like little cupids to me. I loved the fabric so much I made a couple pillow cases for our bed this morning.  I just traced a pillow case that I already had, cut it out, then ran it through the serger and that was it.  

Sully let me know that picture taking right after nap time is not ideal.  Duly noted my dear. Duly noted.

We finished off our Valentine's day with my first ever attempt at a souffle.  It turned out to be a joint effort but came together perfectly.

It was everything I dreamed it would be and more.  So creamy, light, and decadent.  Arty and I both LOVED it!

 Happy Valentine's Day!

~Megan

Just Pictures. Breakfast

Just Pictures: Bath time

Our Love Story

Today I'm linking up with Becky from frommrstomama to share a little bit of our love story.

November 2009

1. How long have you and your significant other been together?

Since April 2003, so almost 9 years! Wowza!

2. How did you meet? {What's your "love" story?}

We met at a college swim meet in November 2002.  I was a freshman and he was a senior at a different university.  My friend knew him and introduced us.  The three of us went out to dinner at a noodle place and I stayed in touch with him through AOL instant messenger.  We made it through four years of long-distance love, between four different states (IL,AZ, CA, WV).  And the rest is history as they say.  

3. If married, how long have you been married? If not, is this the guy you hope to marry? {do tell}

It will be three years July 18th.

4. If you are married, where did you get married at? Big or small wedding?  If not, where would you like to get married? And will it be big or small?

Our wedding took place in the morning on the beach in our FAVORITE spot, Newport Beach, California.  About forty-five people came. It was total perfection.

Click here to see more pictures :)

5. Do you have any nick-names that you call one another? Do share!

We mostly use the normal one's like honey, love, hon, babe, amor.

6. Name 3 things you love most about your honey.

Hmm...I love he gets excited and interested in things that I am passionate about.  Whether it is a craft project, or photography he is right there cheering me on.  Another thing I loved about him from the very beginning was his intelligence.  He is excelling in dental school, and that is so attractive to me.  Plus he does math in his head so he is a great shopping companion, especially when sales are involved(which is the only time I go shopping...haha!).  I also love that he makes me feel safe and secure.  When I am near him I feel like everything is going to be ok as long as we're together.

7. Tell us how he proposed? Or your ideal proposal?

He woke me up to propose on the morning of my birthday at 4am.  I do remember smelling a cake being made but I just thought he was baking a b-day cake.  So he walked in the room and asked me to to marry him and he was holding the cake in one hand and the ring in the other.  

"proposal cake" April 18th, 2007

8. Is he a flowers and teddy bear kind of guy for v-day, or strawberries, champagne, and rose petals?

He LOVES to cook so for Valentine's day in the past he has cooked a great meal, lit some candles, and popped open a bottle of wine.  We do have an October baby after-all ;)

9. Are you a sunset dinner on the beach kind of girl, or pop a movie in and relax on the couch?

Definitely a sunset dinner on the beach!  The beach wins most of the time.

10. Tell us one thing you'd like to do with your significant one day. If you could do anything? Go anywhere?

I want to go to Fiji or Seychelles so BAD!

11. Tell us what you plan on doing on this Valentine's Day.

Our little family of three will probably go out to dinner and then we'll go home and I'll make some dessert and then we'll see what happens next.  Pretty laid back but still awesome none the less.

12. Are you asking for anything this Valentine's day?

He got me a IPAD!  I told him that it is a combo birthday and Valentine's day present.  Sooo spoiled.

13. Give us one piece of advice of keeping a relationship strong and full of love.

I think that listening is very important.  It is so easy to get distracted but if you make an effort to connect with your partner daily and let them share the things on their mind it shows you truly value each other and keeps you on the same page.

14.  Show us a picture of what love means to you.

 This picture shows love, hope, and excitement.  Family and love go hand in hand.

Thanks for reading a little of our story.

~Megan

This little blog

Hello there! I am horrible at this and I PROMISE I will only ask once but if you like my little blog please vote for us over at Top Baby Blogs.  You can vote once per day.  Just click the link below and follow the cues.  Its really easy!  This is my first time ever doing this and I am feeling nervous and a little embarrassed.  

Thank you so much!

~Megan

Silly things a mom will do

Every day I fall more in love with this little guy.  I do crazy things to get a good chuckle out of him, and if thousands of people were watching I would still do those things because its so worth it.  Those smiles and laughs are like sticky gold stars for my heart and I want to collect millions of them.  

  I showed him that its fun to pretend to be a tree with arms reaching up to the sky and one straight leg way out to the side like branches, all while balancing on the other leg, or "tree trunk" if you will.  He liked it so much he joined in too.  We balanced together.  So there we were in the living room, two trees side by side, giggling.  Oh those giggles!

I sing for him.  I make up words to songs and belt it out at a pitch and volume that only he could love.   But since he loves it, I keep doing it.  I think becoming a momma has been great for my self esteem.  Suddenly I am hilarious and I always have a captive audience who claps for my performance.

We play outside, which is our FAVORITE thing to do.

He never wants to come in the house and would rather stay out no matter the temperature.  I love seeing his face fill with excitement as we walk out the door, his fingers wrapped around my thumb.

He always finds little treasures on these adventures.  Mostly in the form of rocks.

See that orange on his chin?  He found a highlighter, need I say more?

He was looking for the birds :)

Sweet Sullivan, I just can't get enough of you.

~Megan