Every reason for all that I do begins and ends with you...

Sunday, September 20, 2009

1 year, 1 wreck, 1 BABY later

What a year we have had!

Today we celebrated our one year wedding anniversary... Well we drug out the celebrations all weekend actually. Aspen spent the night at grandmas house Friday so we could go to the Brad Paisley concert, and that was SO amazing! He sounds great in person and I really recomend seeing him if you get the chance. It was our first concert at Fiddlers Green, which turned out to be a great venue as well- After picking up the midget saturday we hung out and Sunday we had family photos taken. Elin (same wonderful photographer from the wedding) took some of the most amazing pictures of us and our beautiful baby. As soon as we get them I will post to the site and everyone can check em out!

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The sweetest part of our celebrations may have been reading letters we wrote to eachother before the wedding about why we have chosen to spend the rest of our lives together. Chris's brought tears to my eyes and I am so happy the rest of my life will be spent in the arms of someone who knows me- good, bad and ugly- and deeply loves me for all of the above. I look forward to reading those letters every year on our anniversary as a reminder that the foundation we continue to be built on is one of trust, communication, respect and above all else- unconditional love.

Like I said before- it's been one hell of a first year... and we look forward to a (slightly) calmer 2nd year; however, this coming year we have: teething, potty training, a zillion diapers to change etc...

sigh, life is great and I wouldn't change a thing!!!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Chunkster McGee

So, today I took Aspen to her 5 week checkup and she is in the 95th % for her age! She weighs in at 10lbs even and has grown 2 inches since birth... Her next appointment will be October 5th where she will get all her shots and I will probably cry :-(

I also went to my post-partum checkup and everything is great for the mama too!

Check out these photos that show our growing baby-

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Saturday, September 12, 2009


What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life... and most importantly, cookies. ~ Rudolph Giuliani

A child needs a grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world. ~Charles and Ann Morse


Yesterday was Grandparents day, and Aspen got to see some of hers! Grandpa is feeling a little sick, but we got to talk to him on the phone... These were some of our favorite quotes about grandparents, especially since both apply to the wonderful people in Aspen's life that we are so blessed to have.

ASPEN SAYS "HAPPY GRANDPARENTS DAY"