Brandon and I celebrated our 6 yr anniversary this month! I can't believe how quickly those 6 yrs went by! I was thinking back to how we started dating and it made me think of the book What I Wish I'd Known When I Was Single. I remember reading that book and for some reason I kept thinking about Beegh and how he would be a great guy to date. It was so random to me b/c Beegh and I had always been friends and we kissed a couple times { once purely b/c we have the same birthday and thought what the heck we both need a birthday kiss right!}, but it was never anything serious. Anyway crazy that a book is what got to me start thinking about dating Beegh. The weirdest part about it was when I came in from reading the book { I was outside by the pool} my little brother was on the computer. He was on aol IM { we loved chatting on there, anyone else?} and he said to me, hey I am talking to Beegh's little brother Spencer. How random I didn't even know my little brother knew Beeghs little brother. So I asked him to get Beegh's e-mail { Brandon was on his mission}. So I got his e-mail and we started e-mailing here and there. Towards the end of his mission we e-mailed almost every week. Anyway long story short he came home, we dated, fell in love, got married, moved away, had Sharlie, went through school, had Cole and moved again!
Thinking about that book made me remember a conversation some of my friends and I had. We were talking about things we thought about kids before we had them. So I guess it was a What I Wish I'd Known Before I Had Kids or What I Thought I Knew Before Kids conversation. It was funny to think back about how I viewed motherhood before I had any kids. We were saying how we use to look at babies walking around with a binky and think my kid won't have a binky when shes that old. I use to think that kids should be potty trained by 2 1/2 . I am not going to even attempt to potty train Cole until he is at least 2 1/2. I use to always think that once I started potty training my kid no way would I put her back in a diaper or pull ups! With Sharlie I couldn't take cleaning up one more pee puddle so on went the pull ups . My kid will never sleep in my bed {thankfully that only lasted a week b/c I was determined to stick to that one!} I will always do Sharlie's hair so cute. You know there are just some days that I do not want to fight the hair battle. My kid will not be a picky eater. Sharlie was the worst! Thankfully she has gotten a lot better, but sometimes it is still a huge ordeal. It was so easy to look at people with screaming kids and think my kids will never act like that. Ya right Sharlie has thrown some huge fits, especially when its time to leave the park. I use to see moms ignoring their kid saying mom, mom, mom a million times and think just answer your kid! Now I totally understand why you just ignore them sometimes. I use to see moms getting mad at their kid for little things and think that they were a mean mom. Now I understand that sometimes after a full day of little things it can wear on you. Of course there is the flip side to all this... before having kids I never realized how much I could love someone. Of course I love Beegh, but the love you have for your kids is just so different. Another thing I love about being a parent is how it gives you a whole different perspective about our Heavenly Father. Whenever I am doing something "for my kids own good", it does make me think about how I need to trust Heavenly Father and his will for me. Most of all having kids makes me realize just how much He loves all of us. I know how much I love my kids and to think that He loves us more than that is just incomprehensible.
Anyway older parents always tell me that these aren't even the hard years " just wait until they are teenagers" is what I hear a lot. Of course I think oh my kids won't be like that. My kids won't sneak out, my kids won't lie, my kids will love family home evening, I will get along with my kids and they'll think I'm awesome! haha I can't wait to see what I'll be wrong about then! Actually, I can wait.
Some favorite pictures of the last 6 yrs. Having film wedding pictures makes me feel old!
What are some things you wish you would have known?
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I wish I would have known how big of a decision getting married is. I would still have fought hard for Dev but maybe dated other guys a little differently!
First off, YOU'RE SO gorgeous. I mean, SERIOUSLY photogenic! In EVERY single picture!
Second...gosh, where to start?! I wish I would have known that the second I get something right as a mom, the next kid will be completely different! :)
Brandon and I always talk about how the BEST parents don't have kids. lol. It is SO easy to watch from the outside looking in and see how YOU would do it...when whatever issue comes along, it's a whole different ball game! ;)
Hope you guys are doing well! We think of you and wonder how you're settling in and adjusting to residency! Hoping the absolute BEST! You guys deserve that!
Love the video! It made me choke up a bit becaust I feel like our life timelines run pretty parallel and it kind of hit me that a lot has changed in the past few years even though it hasn't seemed that long.
I think I second Rachel's "every kid is different." I feel like I'm relearning how to be a parent with Jonas. I have to approach everything with him differently.
Such great pictures! how fun!! We're so glad we've gotten to know you guys and hope to get to know you even better!!
Aww lookin at your pictures makes me miss you guys! Rachel was right, you are so photogenic and so freakin cute. Your post made me think of a bunch of things, but then lookin at your pictures made me forget all those and think about how much fun we all had together during school. I feel like none of us really said bye to each other and it makes me sad to think how we're all gone and doing our own thing now. Even though school was torture for them and lots of times for us too, i kinda miss it. Anyway, I hope everything's going good for you guys and that you are lovin it there.
Love all the pics! Your kids are so adorable, like Cindy said it seems like there was no official goodbye! Hope residency is being kind to ya :)
aw you guys are making me miss all our fun times in Ohio! I feel like the cruise was the closest thing we had to a goodbye party. Well I miss all you girls and think about you often! Hopefully we can just all get together at our husbands continued education seminars in Hawaii etc! ;)
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