Category Archives: Paul

Mar 9 2013

11 years

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This past Tuesday, Paul and I celebrated 11 years since we started dating! (We’ve been married 6.5 years.) For Valentine’s Day, I made him a collage of some of the pictures of us throughout the years.

Collage I made for Paul

It was a fun walk through memory lane as I went through pictures of us to find the ones I wanted to include in the collage. We’ve really done a lot of fun things together. Here are the pictures I included on the collage. I was limited to pictures that had high enough resolution to print, so these aren’t all the pictures I have, but I thought you might enjoy them. I was focusing just on pictures of us, and we seemed to stop taking pictures of just us when Savannah was born. :-)

Toshiba Digital Camera

Spring Break during his junior, my sophomore year – March 2003

2003-06

Visiting Lima, Peru in June 2003

2003-07

At the beach in Florida, summer 2003

Toshiba Digital Camera

Paul’s graduation from Taylor, May 2004

2006-04

Going to a Braves game, April 2006

2006-05

Engagement picture at Piedmont Park, May 2006

2006-07

Rehearsal dinner, July 2006

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Our wedding, July 2006

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Our wedding, July 2006

2006-08

In North Carolina for our honeymoon, August 2006

2006-11

Our first Christmas together, December 2006

2006-12

Going to Universal Studios for my birthday, December 2006

2007-03

Visiting Blue Ridge, Georgia for Paul’s birthday, March 2007

2007-04

Walking around downtown Atlanta, April 2007

2007-05

Camping at Magnolia Springs, May 2007

2007-11

One of our many explorations around metro Atlanta, November 2007

2008-02

Climbing Stone Mountain on leap day, February 29th, 2008

2008-07

Family wedding on Hilton Head Island, July 2008

2009

Our family grows! Christmas 2009

2010

The beach in the Dominican Republic, April 2010

2012

Our family continues to grow! Christmas 2012

Apr 7 2011

sickness

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Paul is never, ever sick. Before this week, he called into work sick only twice during his almost 5 years at CNN. This past Monday, he called me in the afternoon saying he felt sick. I offered to pick him up, and he immediately accepted which surprised me. He was really feverish, so I put him to bed and got him Gatorade and chicken soup. Tuesday he called in sick. It was so weird to have him around the house! But he wasn’t really there – he slept much of the day, coming out only a few times. He went to work today, saying he had a lot he needed to get done, but he still felt pretty terrible. I picked him up as soon as his last meeting was done, and took him to the doctor (per his request). I had to drop him off because Savannah was much too hyper to wait quietly in a waiting room. Also, since I didn’t know I wasn’t coming right back home, I didn’t have her diaper bag or any toys with me.

While we waited for Daddy, I noticed Savannah’s diaper had leaked badly. I think that was contributing to her fussiness, so we went to a nearby drug store and picked up a small pack of diapers. I feel like this is the second time this has happened, so I’m thinking leaving a few diapers in the car for emergencies is probably a good idea! I also went to Target and found a cute little skirt on clearance to replace her wet pants, and because I hate the look of sposies and no pants. :-)

Anyways, the diagnosis was a bacterial infection. Paul was advised to stay home from work tomorrow, and to stay away from the two of us as he is still contagious. He was also given some antibiotics.

That’s the current adventure in our lives. Pretty boring, I know. I just hope neither Savannah nor I get sick either!

Feb 14 2011

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Today when I was at the grocery store, I picked up these:
Valentine's Day tulips

Hopefully Paul doesn’t see this until he gets home from work. :-)

Paul proposed to me by putting a ring in a tulip, so I thought it was an appropriate flower for Valentine’s Day! I chose purple because it’s my favorite color, hehe. I was going to make some red velvet cake for dessert, but I decided it probably wasn’t a good idea to have a whole cake floating around while I’m trying to lose weight.

(By the way, I reread that blog post from 2004 and wow, I sound like a high schooler. Heh. It’s also somewhat hard for me to read it and know that 3 months later we would break up, followed by many months of heartbreak and sorrow, before we finally were able to get back together and mend our relationship. I am glad that we’re together now!)

It’s been gorgeous today – the thermometer in the car read 60. I took Savannah to the park which she adored; she LOVES the park, especially swinging and sliding. It’s also good exercise for me because the park is about a 20 minute walk from our house. On the way there, a cute little fluffy dog came up and greeted us, which totally made Savannah’s day. She barked for like the next 3 minutes until she got distracted by something else. I love these warmer days, and seeing these flowers just makes me so excited for spring! I’m sure we’ll still have a few more cold spells before it’s really spring, but I’ll take these warm days while I have them. :-)

Jul 29 2010

happy anniversary!

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I can’t believe it’s only been 4 years since I walked down the aisle to meet my beloved at the altar! It seems much longer, but in a good way. :-) I have loved being married to you, Paul!

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(I had planned to write more, but our wireless router is about dead in the water… I have spent a very frustrating morning trying to get websites to load!)