Simple Things

Ok...I know Mom's across America are ALL writing blog posts about Mother's Day but oh well, this is my contribution.
Mother's Day for me this year was perfect. After about 2 weeks of house guests in and out we sent the last one off on yesterday morning. It had been a GREAT time getting to have friends in our home, old and new however we were just about worn out. Side Note: Can I just say how much I love our house?? Andy if you read this...Thank you once again for my beautiful home.
So we were exhausted, however the simplest events of the day made it the most perfect Mother's Day for me. Andy had already bought me some great kitchen stuff, including an awesome new knife...but not like a shank...it was for cooking. We sent Andy's dear friend David on his way back to Oklahoma and then loaded up to head to the Denton Campus. Great service. Ran a few errands...which Andy and I never do together...hit Best Buy for another step in Andy's quest for a cost-effective surround sound system for our home, had some Chipotle at my request where Bella infact sat quietly and ate her chips and guacamole and then headed home. The afternoon was spent with a new Elmo DVD about potty training mixed with intermitent dance breaks as Andy hooked up our new electronic addition to the living room. Bella took turns in and out of her bed refusing to nap but still being a little too sassy to be awake. Between her visits to bed she was successfull at doing her business in her potty which was a much needed victory for her and I both. Tried to put her down one last time before heading to my parents house for a quick dinner with the fam...discovered her totally naked in her bed an hour later...no nap. Headed to Mom and Dad's where we had a great time. Our visit there ended with a slight boo-boo to Bella's chin after having a meeting between her face and the brick floor, however it wasn't too bad since 3 minutes later a small special bowl Beba (my mom) had was placed in Bella's line of sight, full of ice cream the incident was long forgotten. Headed back home again.
Bella was in bed about an hour later sleeping soundly as Andy fed his latest fascination...Craig's List. I sat and watched Dateline compliments of our DVR about the Comic Book Murder of 1990. Didn't finish the show due to being "paged" from the front part of the house. Bella was covered in sweat, drenched and mumbling "no more night-night" but still not quite awake. I turned down the lights in the living room, just enough to keep her sleepy but still allow Andy to discover that he can indeed buy frequent flyer miles on Craig's List. Bella sank into our couch, tightly snuggled up to my side, but totally taking up my spot. We relaxed. Bella never falls asleep anywhere besides a bed, unless she is sick. But this time she slowly nodded off next to me. As I sat and soaked up the sweet precious touch of my tired, sweaty little girl I thought about the day. What made it so great? Nothing imparticular at all. Simply the little things.
Not sitting at church by myself.
Having lunch where I wanted to eat and not having my child embarrass me in the process.
Sat through a DVD where the words Pee and Poo-Poo were used at least once in every sentance, but paid off with an afternoon of potty success in the Tilly House.
Watched my darling husband pretend he did not enjoy the sillyness of Bella's random dance breaks as he toiled away to give me some music in my home once again. Somthing that I truly love.
Enjoyed a great meal and time with my amazing family.
Fixed a boo-boo.
Got some unexpected snuggle time with my precious little Bella.
Nodded off to sleep with my sweet Andy by my side after hanging on his every word while he ended our day together by thanking God for what a great wife I am...man I wish that were always true.
Not much to anyone else I am sure, but an unforgettable day to me.

Loving in Life

Life has been a roller coaster since I met Andy. I have never met someone before who intrigued me like he did. I didn't start out as his biggest fan, but my spirit was in love with him from the first time I ever saw him speaking from the stage. It was an event that no one showed up for...it was a total flop. My dad and I were 2 of 8 in the audience. Andy had worked so hard and the night was a disaster. But I walked away from that night knowing for some reason knowing that he needed me. I just had no idea what that was going to look like down the road.

We never actually dated, just knew we were a fit for what God had for both of us. Honestly as of lately I think we have both started to learn that the reasons we thought God put us together are not set in stone. They seem to be changing just as we do. The more we learn about each other it seems the more that our roles to each other have needed to adapt. Not gonna lie, it can be really challenging. But I guess I have decided that this is what marriage is all about. I don't think that one day you look up at each other when you are in your 80's and you decide that you have finally figured the other one out. Maybe its that way for some, but that's not what I want. There are so many sides of life that I want to see. I want a life full of experiences. And at the end of the day, if the goal is to keep striving to be more like Christ anyway then shouldn't I always be changing, growing and learning? I guess where I am going with this is that I don't think its such a bad thing to realize that there is still so much to learn about someone who you are supposed to know inside and out. To me, I think love should always keep growing. I never want to say that I finally know how to love my husband in the perfect way since I hope it always gets bigger and more definite to who we are at whatever point in life we find ourselves in.

In closing I will say this at the risk of him getting made fun of for it. No matter what may come our way, at the end of the day God giving Andy to me as my leader and my husband is the absolute greatest honor I know that I will ever have in life.