Vermont Part One

To our surprise, at a visit to Adeline's Grammy's house last week, we were given an envelope... with a gift inside. Our family had sprung for an awesome weekend B&B in Arlington Vermont. This was a gift to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary, so maybe you would think that just the two of us would go and have a quiet weekend... that's not how we roll. We packed up the car Friday afternoon with one big bag of clothes for Mommy and Daddy, a bag of diapers with wet bag and cloths, a bag full of toys and baby books, a breast pump and parts, & a bag full of Baby clothes... AND a Cute little Baby... we hit the road, destination The Arlington Inn. It was a short drive (about an hour and a half) we were blessed with a sleeping baby for the whole beautiful, hilly, tree lined ride! The Inn is beautiful, not unlike a home we would have in our alternate wealthy mid 1800's life.

We settled in, to our beautiful room, and got ready for our 6:00 reservations... fine dining with an 11 month old, we are brave! A little polish and we are good to go.

After dinner we went to the Northshire book store. This was one of the best bookstores I've ever been to, their kids section was huge and included a play area. We left with a book for Mama, a book for Dada, and 4 for Baby. Addy had fallen asleep in the car, so when we got back to our room, we quietly put her into bed for the night. Rachel and I sat up reading our books and taking breaks to discuss the following day, but didn't want to stay up too late... we had a ton planned. We were up and out to breakfast as early as allowed by baby. We all shared a nice meal in the Inn's Breakfast room.

Daddy changed Addy's outfit after breakfast, and was sure to make sure it matched his... and we put this day in gear... and we're off...

TO BE CONTINUED...

How to be in Love

Along with the start of Fall comes another new year of Marriage. In my life, I haven't been around good lasting Marriages, so how did I end up with such a balanced, beautiful, loving, fun, & strong marriage? I guess it depends on your perspective as to the success of ones relationship, and this is how I see it.

• My wife and I spent a long time growing and maturing together. Even though when I first met her I had a feeling she was the one, it took 8 years of working through things and experiencing life to get to the eye to eye heart to heart that was needed for Marriage.

• We don't yell, or argue aggressively with each other. If we have a disagreement, we treat each other with respect and work through it.

• I have so many great memories of things that we have done together. weather it was going to shows together or taking a drive through the countryside, we have an appreciation for similar things and know that experiencing them together makes it ever better.

• Our hopes and dreams are shared. Sometimes we daydream together like kids, "when we are older will we live in the French, or English Countryside?"...

• Hey, I'm not going to front, I have one of the most beautiful women in the world as my wife!

• We could probably do a sitcom, seriously we have some funny exchanges. Humor really can be a glue that makes a bond even stronger.

• There isn't any question that I love my wife in the deepest realest way that I can. There isn't anything that I wouldn't do to make her happy, as she is what makes me happy... and another anniversary is here and times haven't faded, they are just in focus as they were on that Fall day in 2007....

... and each year is just going to get even better, especially now that we have this little side car on our journey.