Happy Birthday Badger!

Well my puppy turns 1 year old today :) We adopted Badger back in the beginning of October and he has been the perfect addition to our family. Seriously, I never knew a dog could be as good and sweet and mello as our little Badge. Back in November, I did a birthday picture post for Bailey so I thought Badge deserved the same. Here's a look back at the first year with our handsome boy...

Crazy.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - The weather in the south is insane!! I never imagined weather could even be like this. Last year, I was in California most of the time so I didn't really experience a southern summer. Well its officially summer here now and just about every day over these past few weeks the temperature has been in the high 90's and it's so humid that you can literally see the humidity when you walk outside. Seriously, I walk to the mailbox and I am drenched by the time I come back in. Gross! And the heat lasts all. day. long. There are no cool mornings or cool nights; it's hot and humid 24/7. But the weirdest thing about southern summer weather has got to be the random downpours and lightening storms. At about 2 or 3 every afternoon, massive storms roll in... the kind where raindrops are the size of quarters and the thunder shakes the whole house. I will never be able to get used to this unpredictable, insane weather and its just another reason why I'm dying to get back to the west coast ASAP!

And to add proof to my crazy weather stories, here is a picture from when I left work yesterday (sorry it's not the best pic, it was taken on my phone). It was a perfectly clear sunny day and then this huge storm flew in out of nowhere. Look at the sky... Have you ever seen anything like this?? It blew my mind! Crazy.

Siblings

As you all know, my dogs are like my children; and recently I've been realizing that they've become like siblings too. I mean it makes sense - They are always together! They play together, sleep together, and like all siblings can tend to get annoyed with eachother on occasion. Well, actually its just Bailey that seems to get annoyed. You see, Badger (being the puppy) always wants to play with her and when he's not playing he wants to sleep right on top of her. Bailey's kind of a loner dog most of the time and, well, like all girls sometimes she just needs her own space. So what does she do? She goes and hides somewhere that Badge can't fit... under the bed. It's so hilarious! She can barely fit herself (literally she wiggles to get in and out) but she loves it under there! And Badger, being the patient little guy that he is, will just sit and wait at the foot of the bedframe until she comes back out to play. He loves his sister :) Seriously, these two just crack me up! Check it out...

The 2 Year Mark

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! As I mentioned yesterday, it was our anniversary this weekend (woo-hoo!). Originally we were hoping to do a weekend getaway of some sort but in the end staying home seemed to be in our best interest. Jake has a big checkride coming up in the T-1 and I have enough homework and work-work to keep my head spinning. Plus we decided that we would rather save that money for our BIG trip that we hope to take after Jake graduates pilot training in a few months. Yess!!

Anyways for our anniversary, I told Jake that I just wanted to dress up and go somewhere nice for dinner... totally low-key and perfect! So I got to put on my little black dress and he took me to my favorite restaurant in town, Harveys, where I indulged in some seriously tasty prime rib :) Here's a picture we took before dinner...

I also took some time this weekend to pull out the wedding box [a.k.a. a large plastic bin stuffed with sappy, wonderful momentos] and look through everything, watched our wedding video and remembered what it felt like 2 years ago when we said our vows. I think what made this year's anniversary so special is that I was actually with Jake... Last year, he was training in Colorado and I was in Europe! So now here we are, entering year 3, and I am so excited to see what God has in store for us. All I can say is that every day I am more and more thankful for the man I married. We complement eachother perfectly and know eachother inside out and I couldn't imagine a life with anyone else! Yeah, the 2 year mark feels great :)

Happy Anniversary to Us

Today officially marks two years since I said "I DO" to my wonderful husband. I'm in awe that it's already been two years... I still think of us as newlyweds! I plan to write more about this occasion and how we celebrated but right now I want to get back to enjoying what's left of this wonderful weekend :) In the meantime here's a look back at our wedding day two years ago. The best day ever!!!