{ mr. staples }

Our sweet little greer is two weeks old. She has brought such a sweet spirit into our home and I can't imagine life without her. I love her SO much. But the last two weeks have been harder than I want to admit. I really don't remember it being this hard with Rowan. I remember being in pain, I remember sobbing a couple of nights when she wouldn't go to sleep, I remember telling my sister that it was HARD. But for some reason, this has been harder. I haven't gotten more than one or two hours of sleep at night since we brought Greer home. And when you are trying to recover, take care of yourself, take care of your two-year old who is having such a hard time adjusting to this new life of hers, and take care of this precious new baby PLUS not sleeping.. everything is much worse. I've had break downs that have even scared me. Well, what's the point of this? ....... Jord.

This guy has stepped up to the plate more than I ever thought possible. He's let me cry. He's listened. He's been the best dad to Rowan. He's called into work when we've had a rough night. He's cleaned the house. He's made dinner. He's done the grocery shopping. He's taken Rowan on outings. He's taken the screaming baby out of my hands so that I can breathe for a minute. Literally, He's done everything for me. I never want to forget this, because I truly don't know how I would have survived the last two weeks without him. 

I love him more than words can say. Literally, more than words can say.

my valentine.....

i honestly am so filled with love today.

love for alot of things, and love for alot of people.

but mostly, love for my sweet little girl... and my sweet husband.

i know i've mentioned it before, but im really clingy these days.

and obviously, over-the-top emotional. 

on our date night on wednesday, i sat across the table from jord at olive garden

and just started crying. (dang hormones.)

we talked about our baby girl, and how excited we are for it to be the three of us,

but then we started talking about how different it will be....

and also of how much fun it has been for the last 3 years of it just being the 2 of us,

everything we have been able to do, the friendship & kind of marriage we've built.

thats when i started crying. 

i knew it was coming. big changes happen to everyone at some point. 

but i cant help but think of how sad i am to say goodbye to "just the two of us".

dont get me wrong: im so happy for this baby girl thats coming into our lives....

i love her already more than i can say,

but i cant help but be sad about closing the chapter on the life we have right now.

cause i know that things will never be the same.

jord, you are my best friend in the whole world.

there are a million things to say about how much i love you and why,

and what i love about you. 

but i'll save it for later......

 i honestly cant imagine loving you any more than i do right now.

although, i know i will.

here's to you, sweet valentine!

our marriage is turning two..

our marriage is turning two on sunday.
i can't even believe it.
two years? thats crazy.

but since we will be aboard a ship to mexico on sunday,

i thought i would post about it today, because our marriage deserves this post. and so does jord.

and i dont care if anyone reads it, except for him.

jord.
you make me laugh harder then anyone i've ever known.
i love that we have developed a language, and if anyone heard it, they would think we were crazy.
i love that we can never stay mad at eachother for very long.
i love that you call me on your lunch-break everyday. even though you know i cant answer.
i love that you snore really loud, and all night. {i dont love it when im awake, listening to it. but i love it right now, cause its so you.}
i love when you talk about our kids {to be}.
i love the face you make when you find out i've spent money. its priceless.
i love when people ask you if you played basketball, and you didn't, but you say yes anyways cause you're so sick of people asking. ha ha
i love coming home to you.
i love your smile. i melt.
i love watching movies with you.
i love that i'm so happy when im with you.
i love when you kiss me on the forehead.


i love that im sitting at work right now crying, thinking about how much i love you, and how much you mean to me.
how does life get any better than this?

i love you more than words can say jord. happy two years.

viva las vegas

i have a lot to update...
but i left my camera at my parents.
just wait a little bit longa.

but i DID want to share a little bit of our weekend gettaway.
this semester already been really rough on the both of us,
and the bitterness of the logan weather has taken its toll.
so on a whim, we decided to GET A WAY.
we went to vegas.

although i still believe that vegas is hell on earth,
{i recall saying "jord, shut your eyes" about eighty-seven times}
we had so. much. fun.
just the two of us.
i didn't even take any pictures.

highlights:
we stayed at the new planet hollywood westgate towers.
we ate out alot. at really great places.
we shopped. alot. {we might have stopped at anthropologie twice....... plus two}
we slept in everyday.
we went and saw LION KING. {absolutely amazing!}
and we were just with eachother. all day.

it was the perfect valentines day/weekend.
and like this time, i fell in love with him all over again.

mi amour

yesterday was the first day in 1.5 years that BOTH jord and i had the day off from work,
with nothing to do ALL day long.

we stayed in bed until 11
got up and made some breakfast
worked on some projects around the house
did a little cleaning
went to cafe rio for lunch
{im embarassed if you saw us... we were a sight to see}
got back in bed and watched a movie
laughed a lot
took a nap
got up and showered
had some of our best friends over for dinner
went and got some ice cream
{and watched a couple swing dance in the ice cream shop.. so random}
and then got back in bed at 11 and watched another movie
with treats. and eachother.

it honestly was the most fun i've had in a long time.
and i fell in love with him all over again.

{one year.....}

last saturday, may 16th, we celebrated our first anniversary!

i CANNOT believe we've been married for a whole year... it absolutely FLEW.
we are definitely newlyweds, no longer.

i woke up to a beautiful bouquet of flowers, the sweetest card, and breakfast. we then headed down to salt lake and re-lived our big day, starting with listening to all of our "wedding songs". besides being sealed in the salt lake temple, i've never been through it, so we did a session; that temple is beautiful! i was quite overcome with emotion, knowing that jord and i had started our life together just one year ago in that temple, and that our marriage knew no end. I am eternally grateful for the gospel in my life, and for being sealed to an incredible companion.

On our way to the temple, we happened to walk where we took our engagement pictures... so we "re-took" a few.... showing how grown up we are, one year later. (actually 1.3 years later).

{left picture + 1.3 years = right picture}

and after we did our session, we walked around the temple, re-living all of our moments.

PROPS to jord because he made it feel like it was our wedding day ALL over again. It was just me and him, we were back at the place where it all began, it was a beautiful day outside,

(just like our wedding day) and i felt incredibly blessed.....

{left picture + 1 year = right picture}

i love looking at wedding pics, if you do as well, you can click here.

after the temple, we had the yummiest dinner at PF Changs (where we went the night jord porposed) and then we went and watched our wedding video a billion times, cried every time (well, i guess i was the one crying), and spent the night in salt lake.

and of course, we had to eat our wedding cake... {thanks for adding the flowers mom!}

I also gave jord a book that i had been working on for months (i was quite secretive) all about the things we did our first year; the trips, the holidays, the funny things i learned about him, our quirks (etc.) i was happy the way it turned out....

jord was suprised, and loved it!

*i got the idea from a friend who published all of her entries on her blog.. its a great idea if anyone is interested, got to shutterfly.com

we had an incredible anniversary. jord thanks for such an amazing day, year & well...marriage. but more importantly, for being such an amazing husband and my best friend.

i cant even begin to imagine life without you-

i love you to the eternities! xoxoxo, your loving wife of one year

{happy day of love...}

to the sweetest husband in the entire world

who is my heart and soul-

i couldnt love you any more jord,

thanks for loving me the way you do.

love you my sweets!

the magic number six!

may 16th, 2008... november 16, 2008. we've been married SIX MONTHS!

can we even call ourselves newleyweds anymore? i cant believe how time has flown!

we got to celebrate at the logan temple, and at olive garden for dinna.

and a show after, with treats. (perfect, if you ask me!)

this day, six months ago, i was finishing blasted wedding favors, getting ready for the
wedding dinner.. and pondering my last day as a single woman
thinking, tomorrow is really the day~

here's to the eternities jord.. love you

(i promised wedding pictures long ago, so here are a few!)

WARNING: picture overload

im officially a staples! (as of 2 days ago)

our reception @ the thanksgiving point "rose garden".

the garden was so pretty in itself- but with my moms golden touch,

it was absolutely beautiful. (not suprising, considering who was in charge)

(probably one of my favorite pictures from the whole wedding)

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