My Thanksgiving Miracle

This thanksgiving my parents and sister joined Nick, Noah, and I in Madison. It was by far one of the best times we've had together as a family. There is nothing quite as delightful as seeing the family who raised me delight in my new family. From my perspective there is almost nothing more beautiful than watching my husband and father hanging christmas lights, my sister volunteering to take care of some of the more physically demanding household chores, and my mom by my side as I navigate my first Thanksgiving meal (which by the way was a real hit and that in and of itself could be my "Thanksgiving miracle".) Equally as exciting for me was watching them all ravish their love on Noah, who was only too willing to be adored. :-)

(Warning: Unashamedly expressing love for my husband below, if you don't like good love stories, don't keep reading...:-))

However, this year, as Nick and I hosted our first holiday together, I was overwhelmed with gratitude that after 4 years of being together and 2 1/2 year of marriage Nick and I not only do life together, but we still enjoy being together. According to the "experts" the feeling of being in love should have dissipated by now. Sure, our relationship isn't sustained by the warm, tingly feelings of infatuation, but I'd still rather kiss my husband than watch TV; I'd rather be in the same room reading together, then traversing the earth without him.

Great story....picking up our Christmas tree this year I was kissing Nick goodbye before he drove off with the tree (I had another ride) unaware that the men were still tying the tree down to the roof of our car. I apologized as I walked off and heard the man say "oh, keep it up." Nick later told me that he looked at the salesman and said mischieviously "you'd never know we were newly weds". Maybe 2 1/2 years isn't a long marriage, but I never want to take for granted one single day that we aren't just going through life, but actually loving our life together.

Praise the Lord for all of his mercy in our lives that we are allowed to love one another!

Noah's First Halloween

Noah's First Halloween
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We dressed up Noah as a Lion for his first Halloween and sat out on our front "porch" with our candy bowl so that a) he could crawl around and b) we could meet people. We've now met three of our neighbors, and had lots of fun seeing the creative (and not so creative) costumes.

In the meantime, oh my gosh he was so cute!!!