731 Days of Sharing My Room

I heard back in high school? college? some female someone (I really don’t recall) referring to their hubby to be as their “roommate for life.” It was sweet and endearing, but never did I think I’d be here at 29, having someone; let alone, my husband to call “my forever roomie!”

The past two years have flown by! Sure, there were days that seemed to drag on between dirty looks, tests of patience, pointless disagreements; but, hey, Mr.Dubs and I are only human after all! I wouldn’t care to share any of my low moments with anyone else besides him. He is my heart and soul and to this day, shakes me to the core of who I am and readily makes me laugh and feel butterflies every once and again.

To my babes, baby daddy, and love of my life:

I love you so much with all that I am and cannot wait to embark on this journey of parenthood with you in just a few short weeks. You are an amazing man, husband, and will be the best daddy in the whole wide world and galaxy.

Saranghae Woori Nampyun!<3

Happy 2nd Anniversary, my love<3

Falling in Love with My Baby Daddy

I’ve heard from male co-workers, cheesy lines from romantic movies, psych shows on human relationships, etc. that many husbands fall in love again with their wives after the miracle they witness called labor & childbirth.

While I appreciate the sentiment and wholeheartedly believe that my husband will be one of the sappy daddies to feel and say the same thing; I wanted to write about a different perspective: how I’ve fallen in love all over again with my husband throughout these few months of pregnancy. I don’t give him enough credit verbally, but wanted to write this down for my own memories and reminder that I need to love him more for all of these things and more!

The biggest thing has been his patience through my aforementioned bouts of crazy. I am an honest woman and repeatedly told Mr.Dubs throughout our dating that all women are crazy, and that I’m fully aware of my level of crazy; that he’s better off that he’s with someone who fully admits than with a woman who completely denies the fact that she’s crazy on some sort of level. Add to that the pregnancy hormones… and boy oh boy — have you never seen an uglier monster than ME! LOL. He’s been a sweetheart through it all, though he has def had things to say back at me sometimes (and deservedly so!)

Else wise, it is more of the daily loving, spoiling, caressing, and protecting that he gives me that helps me to get through the darker days.

Just a small sampling from what my preggo brain can recall:

• Since our BFP, Mr.Dubs has not let me walk up or down stairs (outdoors/external) without holding me/my hand.
• He brings me a glass of water to bed every night.
• He asks me every morning how I’m feeling, wishes us a good day and tells us (me and baby) that he loves us.
• He asked to borrow children’s books when I was headed to the library for some leisure reading, so that he could start reading to the baby (mind you I’m only 23.5 weeks along) and get practice!
• He cooked dinners and picked up meals during the entire first trimester when I was nauseous and fatigued. (He works longer hours than I do, so this was a HUGE blessing and support).
• He painted the entire nursery and fixed everything (without complaining) that I had messed up on my half-ass attempt at painting it last month.
• He talks to the baby and prays for the baby daily.
• He is (overly?) protective of me when we are out in public after reading about pregnant women being targets for criminals/etc.
• He tells me to rest and relax without feeling guilty, when I feel like I’m being a lazy pile.
• He bought a “Dad is Pregnant, too!” book and started reading before I even bought one (I have yet to buy one, as I do most of my reading through apps, blogs, and internet!)
• He tells me I’m beautiful when I least expect it, and tells me I’m more beautiful than ever before with the glow of carrying our baby boy! :*)

And there’s so much more… but enough of the sap, ’cause I can only do girly-girl for only a short while.

Seriously, can he be any more cute:

I don’t know when you ever read this blog on your own babes, but thank you for being you, thank you for being our rock. WLYSM.

Happy V-day Lovahhhs & Hoaaas!<3

 

It was about this time last year that I was able to send out Valentine’s happy mail to some of my dear ITC friends. Did I realize back then how much they would impact my life? Probably not. Am I a better person for knowing them? Most definitely.

To all my ITC friends who’ve been with me through the last year+… Thank you! Thank you for your friendship, your words, your support, your ears, your hearts, your laughter, your tears, your shoulders… for sharing your life with mine and for taking in my life with yours… I am blessed far more than words can convey…

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Mr.DJW and I don’t usually celebrate V-day out, but he made dinner reservations at a local Italian bistro that we have a $25 gift certificate for from a Christmas gift. And because  he’s not expecting anything — I sent him two dozen of these yummies:

I hope he doesn’t eat them all at work and brings some home for me to eat! We were also going to go watch my boyfriend Channing Tatum in “The Vow” after dinner, but since the Red Wings are playing a record-breaking game tonight, I obliged him by offering to watch the hockey game instead. Don’t worry — I’ll still drag him to “The Vow.”

Happy Tuesday (because really, Vday is yet another Hallmark holiday!) and all my love to you and your loved ones on this Cupid day.

xoxo

MrsJYW

Tuesday Thoughts

I can’t believe how quickly our first year of marriage went by. People always warned me about the wedding day being a blur, but never did I hear anything about how fast the first year of marriage is, aside from the good ole’ “the first year is always the hardest,” saying.

I definitely cannot relate to that statement, but at the same time it wasn’t an easy year either. We got most of our kinks out during our year of engagement/living together, so our first year as newlyweds was definitely not a surprise and definitely not the hardest.

However, we did have new lessons to learn and new challenges to face. It wasn’t always pretty, in fact, I think around May of this year – it was WW3 in the Dubs’ household. Sorry to take the rainbows and butterflies out of the picture, but face it, that’s reality.

Above all else, through our marriage fights, we’ve learned to come out of it stronger, better, and more mature both as individuals and together as a couple. The same thing we’ve always done in our relationship, just on a whole new level of commitment. A marriage is a constant dynamic of change and growth; we’re both lucky enough to have found each other and found that our moments of marriage bliss far outweigh anything else.

49 more ’til our 50th anniversary!

It only gets better from here…

Today, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I am so blessed for all of the wonderful people in my life. And for that, I will always be grateful. And true to my brother’s bday msg… “It only gets better from here…”

Well, here I am world! The big 28, OFFICIALLY!

This week has by far been the craziest week at work since I started here two years ago. Maybe I jinxed myself with this weekend camping trip and birthday festivities? Anyway, I didn’t get a chance to keep my word on daily bday week entries, but alas, the birthday giveaway is something I couldn’t walk away from!

I’m a “keep it simple” kind of gal so I’m keeping it reeeeeal sweet and simple. Just a few sweet things to make someone’s day brighter with a lil’ HAPPY MAIL. Today, I am giving away:

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$25 Giftcard to my fave – TARJAYYYY

and a couple odds/ends: journal, fuzzy socks, and random surprise gifts that I pick up from here until next week when the giveaway will end! [Note: The furbabies are not part of the giveway]

Happy Bidding on this free Birthday Giveaway!

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Be back with bday week pictures soon!

xoxo,

MRS. JYW