Mama and Bebe

William calls me "Mum" and "Mamaaaa". He calls himself "Eee!" and "Bebe". He'll call to me to get my attention, "Mum. Mum! Mamaaa!" and then when I respond he goes off on a little William-language tangent for a full minute. Very seriously. He apparently has a lot to tell me.

I love this age...


Please excuse my appearance. This was taken literally within 3 minutes of walking in the door from my kickboxing class. Eek!

Valentine's Day

We actually got to go out for V. Day since my mom was here. Yay! Thanks Mom!

Our day included the following:

Yum.



Loved it.



This guy made us dinner. It was delicious and exciting. We saw him in the kitchen. Hehe.



I had butternut squash ravioli and John had spaghetti bolognese. They were both amazingly tasty. Though the ravioli was basically dessert -- quite sweet. For dessert I had chai creme brulee. Um...incredible. John's flourless chocolate cake was really good, too. I can't wait to go back.

I'm so excited to find out who wins Top Chef. Fabio is in the top 4. Only a couple episodes to go!

P.S. I love you, John. Thanks for being my Valentine. :)

Just Because...

I just found this picture of John and I at Lake Geneva (not sure if we're on the Swiss side or the French side here) and had to share. I came across it randomly and it made me really happy. :)

Eight Years

Happy Anniversary, my love.

Thanks for being my best friend, the daddy, and everything I ever wanted.

Christmas time-ish 2006 in Malibu.

10 Years

One of our first photos together.
Wow. 10 years. It's been 10 years since John and I first met. 10 years since we started on this journey together. And now here we are, more in love than ever, and with a little baby, too.

I spent part of this evening re-reading emails we exchanged back at the beginning of our relationship. It's interesting to see how immediate it was. How we instantly knew that we were just sticking together. It makes me so happy. And I love that back then we never could have imagined what we'd be doing in 10 years, and how much more we'd love each other. We were just meant to be. I feel so incredibly lucky to have found my perfect partner.

I love you, John, always.

So to celebrate we stayed at Four Seasons (Woot! Corporate discount!) and had dinner while Ruth watched William. We picked him up later and then we all three spent the night. In the morning we walked around the grounds and then went out to lunch. It was incredibly fun and John spoiled me to a ridiculous extent -- not that I'm complaining ;). And we were cracking up that William's first hotel stay was at a Four Seasons. He's so posh. And the hotel was amazing. It was so much fun.

These photos are clearly from the Four Seasons website





And I don't want to be brag-y, so I won't list all the many surprises John showered upon me, but I will say I'm extremely spoiled. And John, you're way too generous and sweet. Here is a photo of my Mother's Day necklace that arrived in time for our anniversary, though.

Amazing custom necklace by Kathryn Riechert!
Thanks again, John, for an unforgettable anniversary! Here's to 100 more! (Whoa, we'd be insanely old.)