Happy Birthday Dayne!

Today is my first {born} dog child’s birthday!! Dayne turned five today! Five wonderful years with a girl’s best friend. What more could a girl ask for?? Well 20 more would be nice….
Dayne was so so small and cute when I first got him.


I miss him being that cute little snuggly fur ball!! I had no clue how much he would grow…
This was when he was about a year old…
 
And now….


Happy Birthday Baby Boy!!! Mommy loves you!!

The Way You Love Me

Dear Bert,
      I love the way you love me. I love the special little ways you show it. Like when you surprise me with coffee in the mornings when you get off work. Or bring me a bowl of fresh strawberries randomly.

I love when I come home and the chores I hate doing have already been done. The dishwasher has been unloaded and the clothes are folded and my heart flutters because you know I hate doing those things so You do them for me.

I love that you go to church with me. You want to go to church with me, and I cherish that. I love that you agreed to take a marriage class and you are actively involved in our book. Not every husband would do that.

I love that you accept my unhealthy obsession with animals and you don’t criticize me for my craziness. And I love that you are involved in animal rescue too. It makes my heart happy to have someone who is accepting of my obsession and willing to help in any way possible.

For all these things I am truly grateful. I love you with all my heart.
Brittany

Post it Note Tuesday

Holloway Productions

So Holloway Productions the best thing EVER. Tonight the Hubs and I are doing a promo shoot for Lance at Holloway Productions. Lance shot our wedding video and let me tell you...he's the most AH-mazing person EVER. Whenever I want to smile, cry, or fall out from laughing I watch our wedding video.

Lance did such a Fabulous job and one {special} thing he does is make a "Music Video" with a song of your choice. Our song was "She's Everything to Me" by Brad Paisley and the music video is so amazing!! We had friends emailing the link to our video to people all over the country. People who have never even met us were crying after seeing this video. I'm partial but it is AWESOME.

So enjoy....

Brittany + John Paul Music Video from Holloway Productions on Vimeo.

Dear God....

It's me Margaret Brittany....

I have a slight HUGE obsession with Blogs. I love to read about other people's personal thoughts and how their lives play out. But lately I have become burnt out on reading about how {happy} these people are Every. Single. Day. Can they really be this happy with their significant other, and never feel frustrated or angered or just plain over it?? Am I a horrible wife for having these terrible feelings {sometimes}.

I occasionally find myself whispering this prayer:

Dear God,

It's me. Brittany. Please give me the patience to deal with my husband. Why does he get on my nerves?? Why does he have to ASK me what needs to be cleaned in order for our house to be in perfect "showing" condition. Can't he just take a look around.

When we are working {together} on HIS homework, why must I think only murderous thoughts and secretly wonder how he made through nursing school without me. Why is my prayer then "Dear God, please give me the strength to not kill my husband."

Love,
The worst wife. EVER.

Am I the only wife who whispers these prayers under her breath? Am I really the worst wife ever for feeling frustrated with my husband? I love my husband. I really, really do. He is my joy and the reasoning behind everything I do.

{But} he frustrates me. He angers me. He occasionally provokes me into B*tch mode and I just can't help it.

This year my prayer will be:

Dear God, 
It's me. Brittany. Please give me the strength and courage to love my husband with {all} of myself. To love him solely and carelessly. To laugh and run and play with him like we are 5 year old children. To not care what others think of me. To bear my feelings for all to see and not care what the return glance, thought, or comment means. 

Give me the courage to love like this and not have a care in the world. 

Love always, 
Brittany

Baby Blues???

So some of our friends are preggo! Awesome! I mean they could have waited on me but I guess they weren't concerned. Seems like a lot of people I know are pregnant or have just had babies. It makes me want a baby of my very own!! I know we aren't really ready for a child seeing that we have no money and no room!! {Awesome!!}

So in the midst of this Debbie Downer mood, I stumble across a blog and begin reading a girl's story of her turbulent pregnancy. This poor girl had hyperemesis. In other words, she threw up and was nauseated all day everyday for the duration of her pregnancy. I'm not talking a little stomach discomfort and a gag here and there. I'm talking projectile vomiting. ALL DAY. E-V-E-R-Y single. DAY. No thanks. Not for me. I don't do nausea and I definitely don't do throwing up. I'm sure this hyperemesis is rare but you know I don't need to take any chances.

So I've decided that I will just borrow TBMommy's kid! WHAT?!?!?!?! I can't borrow your kid because of some aforementioned incident??? Awesome!!! I guess I will have to find someone else's (is this a word?) kid to borrow and get my baby fix!

New Blog...

So I have decided that with the new year I will start a NEW blog with a {new} purpose. I find myself thinking on a daily basis of things that I wish I could say out loud. Well what better way to vent my feelings than typing them out for others to read.

This blog will now serve as {my} personal journal to write down my true feelings, no sugar coating allowed!! I am excited about this new purpose and I can't wait to share my feelings on "paper."