He did it!

He did it! He did it! He did it! So what did he do?  I'll get to that, first, let's chat about yesterday.

It was our wedding anniversary, 6 years married 10 together! The time has flown by.  We've had our ups and downs like any relationship, but it's been almost all up!  In this time we've owned 2 houses, had 2 kids, lived in 5 cities together, and had 4 dogs (we adopted 2 that ended up having to go back due to life changes).  We have partied, chilled, and now like old people look forward to going to bed at night!  Hopefully that last one changes once he's done with exams and our kids are a little older.  ;)

So our day: After getting up in the morning Girl and I headed to the kitchen for our morning routine.  When I was getting her milk I noticed that Jared forgot to take the veggie platter he had purchased for work.  They had a potluck.  So I had planned on having to make a trip to St. Paul that morning.  Luckily he bought a new one on the way to work so we didn't have to go. When I came downstairs I found that my WONDERFUL husband had left this for me:

  

Each card has a memory on it, some funny some sentimental.  I laughed, I cried, and overall I was overwhelmed with how wonderful my husband is.  I also realized setting this up was why he forgot the veggie tray.  Silly boy! The present was a pair of pearl earrings.  We made a "no buying presents" rule    once again this year.  So how the heck did he get these?  Well, the jewelry store sent a coupon for free pearl earrings.  I left it on the island for him to use.  ;)  LOL The earrings are pink cultured pearls.  Not too shabby for free.  He also brought home a dozen roses, he says flowers don't ever count as buying something when it comes to special events.  I concurred.  hehehe

 

(I love the way the picture above turned out!!)

 

Back to our morning, it consisted of going out to do returns: the veggie platter to Rainbow, some stain to Lowe's, and I had to pick up our prize from the diaper store.  We made another stop to price check some things for Jared, but didn't get anything. The rest of the day was normal and uneventful. I did make some delicious and healthy taco soup for supper!  I gave Jared the option of eating that or making his FAVORITE meal (frozen pizza) and he chose the soup!!  It WAS really good. mmmm  Luckily there was plenty left to freeze so we will have it again next week.

After Girl went to bed I brought out my exercise ball and bounced on it with Matthew almost all evening.  It kept him from crying the night away like he usually does.  It was AMAZING!!  Needless to say I see a lot of bouncing on the exercise ball in the evening in our future.  Then it was bedtime.  Good day overall!

Oh I forgot to tell you what he did!  First we must establish who did what.  Was it Jared or Matthew?    What's your guess?  The answer is: Matthew.  He had a rough time falling asleep, but once I put him in his carseat he only cried for 5 minutes then 7 hours later he woke up to eat.  Yes, that's right I said 7 hours, straight.  He didn't even whimper, whine, or stir.  It was solid sleep.  It was AMAZING. I feel SO refreshed. I mean WOW, wow, WOW!!  He is just like his daddy, giving me the best anniversary present ever.  I don't expect it to be a nightly thing, but now I know he CAN do it!!