My Valentine...

Happy Valentine's Day 2013
It's our 1st Valentine's Day together!

We had made reservations at the Melting Pot in January so I knew we were going there for dinner. Before dinner we exchanged our gifts at home. It was fun. He surprised me with a new Vintage Pearl necklace that I love. He got me the secret love message heart. It's adorable. It has a secret message on the inside of the heart. He gave me a beautiful necklace for Christmas that was a longer one, made up of charms representing our love. I love it, but it was hard to wear everyday. I wanted something I could wear everyday, and this is perfect. I made him an "Alphabet Book of our Love" that I created off of a Pinterest idea. It was cute and he loved it. He also was super excited about his own copy of Battleship. After we did our little gifts we headed to dinner.

The funniest thing. As I got into the car I noticed something different. The music started playing. Chris's music plays through his iPhone in his car. It's bluetooth. It's always the same music and I recognize most everything. This time it was different. I knew this song. It was Donna Lewis' song, "I Love You Always Forever". I started singing it. As we were pulling out of the garage I looked over at Chris, smiled, and said..."Um, that's funny. This is a new song. Did you plan that or something?"
He just smiled at me and said, "Maybe." It was the cutest thing ever. He had made a playlist for our drive to dinner! Too cute. Too creative. I love him so.

We had been to the Melting Pot one time before, with a special Teacher Discount event. This evening was much different, but totally wonderful. It was a fantastic meal and we loved every bit of it. It was a special time with just the two of us for our First Valentine's Day together. We finished our lovely dinner, headed home and relaxed for the evening.

Happy Valentine's Day, Chris. I love you.

Pre-Valentine Dinner -- It's an iPhone front camera picture...so it's a little blurry.
But, it's us. I think we're cute. 

YUM. 

I heart him. So cute. He accidentally picked out the pink fondue fork for dessert.
I ended up with the black one. I thought it was funny.
His favorite was strawberries.
My favorite were bananas. 

It's February...

I can't believe it's February! 

In honor of the month of love, here is a post with my favorite song for my sweet Chris, whom I love more. 

Picture with a print from somewhere in the blog world. I'll do better to bookmark next time.
Banner is from the $1 bin at Target.
Colored with love by yours truly. 

Never knew I could feel like this

Like I've never seen the sky before

Want to vanish inside your kiss

Everyday I love you more and more

Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings

Telling me to give you everything

Seasons may change winter to spring

But I love you until the end of time

Come what may, come what may

I will love you until my dying day

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace

Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste

It all revolves around you

And there's no mountain too high no river too wide

Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side

Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide

But I love you until the end of time

Come what may, come what may 

I will love you until my dying day

Oh come what may, come what may 

I will love you 

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place...

Come what may, come what may 

I will love you until my dying day 

Come What May 

Moulin Rouge Soundtrack 

The Beginning of Us

So, we had the movie date night on March 17th, but we spent all day Sunday together too. Ran some errands. Ate some FroYo. You know, all the normal stuff. I was giddy with excitement and it was hard to hide that from my friends.

March 2012
First picture together

Needless to say, Chris and I fell for each other and we haven't been apart since. 

It's funny that Chris and I met in March. The spring is a big time for my family because four family members have birthdays in March, April, and May. We also had Easter too. He was such a good sport and he went with me everywhere. 

April 2012
Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was fun for us. We went to my brother's house to play with the niece and nephew. We also dyed eggs with my mom there too. It was cold and rainy outside so we hid eggs inside the house and Chris was a great sport about it.

The Spring was a good time for us. It was a time of change in my life as I finished up teaching at one school and landed a new job at my current school. Springtime was busy at school with testing, end of year fun things, Special Olympics, etc. We still saw each other every day and knew we were meant to be together. I was the luckiest (I still am...) girl in the world.

It all began with a bowl of soup...

I can remember March 17, 2012 like it was yesterday. I was 33 and single. That was the story of my life, at least until March 17, 2012. I like to think of this day as the beginning of the best for me.

It was St. Patrick's Day. I woke up early with a little pep in my step. See, it was the week prior that set this up as the best day ever. Being a single gal, I tried meeting guys in a variety of ways. It seemed like I just had bad luck. I was always able to tell stories to my fellow teachers of my adventures in online dating. This time was different though. We talked the weeks before and played that new-at-the-time game, Draw Something, with each other as a getting to know you tactic. Friday night, March 16th, he asked me if I'd like to meet for lunch at Panera the next day. Immediately I became more nervous, which always happened, but I agreed to meet at a Panera close by. We didn't set a time, but rather we'd text in the morning and see what was best for both of us. I had a hair appointment that morning so I was up and ready. It seemed like decades had passed until I got his text that he was ready to meet.

I got in my car and headed that way, so nervous all the way. I pulled up and parked next to this cute boy in a  black Honda Pilot, with an adorable dog in the front seat. He waved at me. I waved at him. We both got out of the car and I think he hugged me. He introduced me to B'Elanna, the beautiful border collie, that went with him everywhere. We went inside.

This is where it all began. We both had broccoli cheese soup. I don't remember if it was Pick Two or just soup in a bread bowl. I know I should remember all of these details but I was too excited about meeting him. I immediately felt at ease and comfortable with him. We talked for hours. It was the middle of the afternoon so we had lots of time, except I had to babysit later that night. We used our time wisely and got to know each other a little more. He was so cute and I couldn't stop smiling. We came to a point where it was almost time for me to leave, but he asked me if I wanted to see his apartment. I had never done that before, but I felt the biggest sense of peace with him, so I went with it. We got back into our cars and I followed him to his apartment. It wasn't too far from the place, and it would be quick too. 

We got there and went in and up the stairs. I totally felt comfortable with him and it felt good. He gave me the grand tour. Can you believe it was spotless? Cleaned very well. It was nicely furnished and well taken care of. I was impressed. I told him I had to go to babysit and he understood. He asked me if I'd like to come over and watch a movie after babysitting. Of course, I said yes. We walked down the stairs and he led me outside. He gave me a sweet kiss on the cheek and I was out the door. 

I hadn't even gone two miles when my phone beeped at me. "I like you." 

Needless to say, I went back for a movie night and the rest was history. It all began with soup for Chris and Emily.