Happy Anniversary, Part 3

What?! Another anniversary post, you say. I posted about our anniversary back in April where I mentioned how it was filled with surprises. Well, there was just one little surprise I didn't mention though...

We found out we were expecting for our anniversary! It was the best present we could ask for. It's been a long and difficult time, including a miscarriage the first time we tried back in October. I am now 13 weeks along and can now breathe a little sigh of relief for getting this far. I actually just got back from the doctor where we heard the baby's heartbeat! I've also been experiencing the "joys" of being pregnant, which haven't really been joys to me. Is it just me or do people not tell you everything about being pregnant in fear of halting the human race? Anyway, some things I have been experiencing so far:

-Becoming an eating machine. Rarely do I feel full before feeling hungry again.

-I've had morning sickness that lasts ALL day. It is just now starting to subside to mornings and nights.

-Don't even get me started with how many times I have to pee now! I really should count one of these days.

-My face resembles that of a teenager going through puberty.

-I can't seem to keep from falling asleep during the afternoon.

-I can't watch an episode of Oprah (no matter what it is) without becoming teary eyed. That also applies to most commercials as well. Oh, and I actually cried during the Bachelorette on Monday when one of the guys gave a heartfelt goodbye.

-I have somehow forgotten how to talk. I forget basic words and switch around my sentences. For example, "can you get your wall off the feet". Which should have been said, "can you get your feet off the wall".

-Sweets don't appeal to me whatsoever. I never thought that day would come. I just hope I'm not forever ruined.

-I could eat a cheeseburger for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

-My sense of smell could challenge a Blood Hound. I can smell our spice cabinet throughout our whole kitchen. I never knew raw chicken smelled so foul (ha ha). I can now smell the Thai restaurant that's down the street through our open window. And some of our tupperware smells suspect.

I'm looking forward to learning more about pregnancy that people don't seem to share. I know all of these may seem like negatives, but I'm actually grateful for them in a weird way. It means I'm pregnant and that in 6 short months I will be a mom! I can't wait!

Happy Anniversary, Part 2

All our festivities for our anniversary are over. We had a fun last few days surprising each other. Well, Travis always surprises me, but I was successfully able to surprise him. He surprised me with a a professional picture of Bridal Veil Falls during the winter. That's where and when he proposed so I thought it was a very thoughtful, special gift.

We both have a love for BBQ that is almost as strong as our love for each other. I was watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives with Guy Fieri and he just happened to be visiting a BBQ place that is a half hour away. I thought it would be fun to surprise Travis with a good BBQ lunch since he never seems to want any gifts. The place is called Gorilla BBQ and it's located in a railroad car turned BBQ shack. They open at noon and close when they run out of meat which I've heard is as early as 3! Since there is nowhere to sit and eat your food we took ours down the road and ate overlooking the beach. Unfortunately, it was a windy, cool day so we weren't able to go down on the beach.Yes, this is the owner and he has PORK RIBS tattooed on his knuckles! Photo courtesy of his website.

**Post edit: Oh yes, and the food was finger lickin' good!!

Happy Anniversary!

It was our 4th wedding anniversary yesterday. I feel like I should feel different, like how you think you should feel a year older and wiser for your birthday, but you don't. We like to say to each other we've been married for this long and nothing to show for it (in the kids department, that is)! Anyway, the 4th year is the year for flowers. My family has been very sweet to get us gifts for every anniversary. Our first year we were married they sent us a big box full of paper goods like paper plates, paper napkins, and notepads. Our second year we enjoyed gifts of cotton which were some nice sheets and beach towels. The third year they decided to give us both the traditional and modern gifts of a leather basketball (with our anniversary date on it) and crystal lovebirds. Since it's the year for flowers they gave us a fuchsia plant. I've been wanting to buy some kind of foliage for our balcony so it's nice to have something now. I just hope I can keep it alive.
More to come about our anniversary after this weekend...

We've made it 2 years!

On Sunday the 22nd, Travis and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary. We didn't do much. We came home from church and Travis surprised me with a pan full of brownies that he was hiding in our cupboards. He had made them the day before while I was away shopping. I had been away all day and didn't come home until around 10 Saturday night. When I walked in I told him it smelled like chocolate and he covered by saying he didn't know what I was talking about (he's quick on his feet). Anyway, you can tell he obviously didn't wait for them to cool before he tried writing on them with the frosting because the words melted together. Oh well, he's just an amateur when it comes to decorating. The real celebration came on the Friday before when we decided to drive to Richmond. We went to the Cheesecake Factory! Neither of us has been and it was definitely a nice treat. I took Amanda's recommendation and got the Crispy Chicken Costoletta. A good choice! Three very thin chicken breasts, lightly breaded and sauteed to a crisp golden brown. It was served with lemon sauce, mashed potatoes and fresh asparagus. I couldn't get enough of the lemon sauce and almost asked for more when our waitress came by to see if she could get us anything else. Travis got the Chicken Madeira. Which is their most popular chicken dish! It was a sauteed chicken breast topped with fresh asparagus and melted mozzarella cheese, covered with fresh mushroom madeira sauce. His also came with mashed potatoes. We HAD to get dessert so we finished our meal off with their Chocolate Tuxedo Cream Cheesecake. There were layers of their fudge cake, chocolate cheesecake, vanilla mascarpone mousse and chocolate. Let me tell you it was perfect! It had just the right amount of chocolate. After dinner we walked around the Short Pump mall which is really nice. And that was it for our anniversary. No gifts, just dinner. It was nice and cheap ;)