Steady As We Go

It's hard to believe that five years have passed since Scott and I said our "I do's".  I still remember every moment of our wedding day, from waking up to the rain that morning, seeing each other for the first time just outside of our church with the rain lightly falling above us, running out to the limo under a rainstorm of bubbles from our guests.....you get the picture.  "They" say that rain on your wedding day will bring you good luck.  We had enough rain that day to bring us a century of luck.

However, as we all know, you certainly need more than luck to make a marriage work.  It takes work from both parties,  understanding,  patience and support from your family and friends (just to name a few important pieces that come to my mind). 

Five years ago we committed our love to each other and couldn't wait to see what life had in store for us.  I truly feel God has blessed our marriage and am thankful that we work hard to keep Him a center in our marriage, admittedly some days more than others.  He had a plan for us, though we didn't know it quite yet.  Just a month before our marriage, we were so lucky to be introduced to a wonderful group of people through a study at our church that happened to be in the same boat as us - both in age and relationships.  This group has made such a big impact on the health of our marriage, more than they could possibly know. For that,  I am so thankful to you all and hope that we have helped in some way as well.

In just 5 years, we have had the opportunity to travel, make our house a "home", see our favorite band in countless numbers of shows around the country and most importantly, be blessed to have two healthy and happy children. With the good times also comes the tough. We've also experienced sadness from a miscarriage,  worries over family dealing with serious health problems,  even the possibility of me losing my job while pregnant.  Through it all we've leaned on each other and our faith in God.

There is a line from the song "Steady As We Go" by Dave Matthews Band that we danced to for our first dance as husband and wife:

"When your load gets heavy girl,  I will lift you up"

Scott,  you have more than lived up to this in the 5 years as my husband.  I feel so lucky to have you as my partner in this journey of life and as the father of my children.  Thank you for making me your wife five years ago.  I look forward to every year with you!

Six Months with Addie Rose

**This post was written last week,  just realized I never published it!**

As we're well into her 6th month, I'm feeling....embarrassed.  I can't believe I have been so horrible at documenting our new addition.  Lately the only time I have to share about Miss Addison Rose is sharing a quick picture I've snapped on my phone.  Thankfully I've started a new project for both of the kids (keeping a separate journal for each of them), so their lives ARE being tracked somewhere! ;)

We're still somewhat in survival mode in our house.  Learning to juggle two full-time jobs, the house, a busy toddler and a little baby girl trying so hard to keep up with her rambunctious brother......oh, and we can't forget Koda (who I'm sure is feeling forgotten these days)! Phew!  Let's just say most weekends we're playing catch up.

Addison had her 6 month check up the end of February and she is growing steady.  Staying right around the 22nd percentile in all categories,  she's on the smaller end of the spectrum, but no concerns from her pedi.  She's eating plenty and we actually started her on solids that night.  First food was smashed up avocado and she loved every bite!  She's also tried bananas,  peas and yogurt. 

She's working on sitting up and will last about 5-10 seconds before toppling down.  I imagine within the next month she'll have this trick mastered!

7 months is creeping up quickly,  so I'll leave you with her first 6 month shots :-)