This year in August marked our 6 year anniversary. It happened to line up with my Dad coming to visit so we told him to come on down but only if he would babysit for us on our anniversary! :) He graciously agreed!

Since Grandpa was in town we went to Kerbey Lane for brunch and then to Bass Pro Shops for some exploring and Nora loved all the fish and animals (even if they were taxidermied!). We wandered around looking at fishing poles and boats and guns and it was a nice afternoon! We took a family selfie to document the occasion as our official celebration.

That night we had fancy reservations at Sandra Bullock's restaurant-Bess. But truth be told, I just wasn't feeling a fancy place but was feeling guilty about it. On the way there we guiltily cancelled and felt instantly better. We opted for a new Chicago style deep dish pizza place on 6th Street called Gino's. I don't think we loved the deep dish pizza but we loved having a night out that wasn't stressful with being who we aren't. That's something you learn after 6 years of marriage-do what makes you happy and don't be who you aren't! Then went to see a movie and it was just a great day and night!

We also watched our wedding video the next day with Nora and it was so fun. She danced to the music and loved the photos. I couldn't be happier with our little family-she is such a blessing and I'm so lucky that I married Jason and we are still doing great. Being married isn't easy by any means-we bicker and annoy each other often and we would have a much easier time of it if we never had to drive anywhere ever again or assemble furniture or hang photos on the walls (and don't even get me started on Christmas trees!). But what would marriage be without those crazy moments to laugh about afterwards and to realize how crazy you were? We are definitely still figuring things out. Parenting adds a whole new level of issues and exhaustion that certainly can take it's toll on us. But we work on it together and we try to appreciate one other. We need to do more date nights but we are good at sharing household duties, making lots of memories and loving Nora endlessly. I wouldn't want to share the big or little moments with anyone but Jase. Happy Anniversary!! I love you!

A chair just her size! 

Love these moments of them together! 

This photo makes me so happy! Matching Trucker hats. 

Gino's East

Romantic date night! 

It was a super cute Austin place with great service and atmosphere. 

The appetizer platter was good! 

Video watching in their chairs. 

5 Years!

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary! It does seem like a lot has changed since then:

• 2 college degrees
• 6 moves
• 3 apartments
• 1 trip to Europe
• 2 jobs 
• 1 house
• 1 baby
• Lots of adventure, laughs, smiles, and memories

We decided the main way to celebrate was with....FOOD. Of course. And we have absolutely no regrets about it! 

Jason got me flowers and some decor for our living room that I've been wanting with the sweetest card (it was funny we said a lot of the same things in our cards to each other-true love). I left him a trail of Reese's through the house with something I love about him on each of them. He's supposed to take the whole container to work so they will make him smile daily!

Friday night we went for Sushi and it was our best experience yet! We finally have gotten better at ordering and got delicious rolls and the right amount.

After dinner, we got a Redbox and I made Magic cookie bars since we had those at our wedding and are a favorite of ours. We also decided to watch our wedding video (perhaps the best wedding expense) and it was SO much fun to reminisce about our wedding day and all the memories. It was not only fun but personal to both of us. We loved seeing how young we looked, our sweet wedding stories and all the hilarious dance moves. It was especially wonderful watching it with Nora as I felt that life has come full circle as our family has grown to include this sweet little girl. I definitely plan to keep this tradition each year to remember how far we have come (and to have a good cry!).

Cute baby while watching our wedding video

On Saturday, we ate burgers at P.Terry's before heading downtown to the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas since we had never been before! Jason wore Nora in the carrier and she slept the whole time. It was fun to walk around (in the nice air conditioning) and to discuss the art (or lack thereof at times).

 Little family selfie

 The main atrium-a sea of blue

This was by far by one of my favorite pieces. Not sure if you can tell in this photo but the this interactive art piece has 2,000 hanging bones (cow not human) connected to a pit of 600,000 pennies connected by 800 communion wafers. The artist titled the piece Mission/Missions (How to build a Cathedral) hence conveying the connection/corruption between religion and money and I found it very thought provoking.

 We loved these massive sculptures. 

Jason contemplating art.....

We relaxed that afternoon before taking Nora to her first non-family babysitters -Jen and Tim! We were the first ones to watch their baby Trey so we thought it was only fair! We dropped her off and according to Jen, she was great all night! 

We headed downtown again to La Condesa-a contemporary Mexican restaurant. The food was definitely the best we have had in Austin & it was a nice baby free fancy feeling evening.

 My handsome man

 Mexican street corn covered with cotija cheese, lime and chile powder-delicious!

 spicy guava glazed pork ribs, pickled onions, charred corn-chipotle slaw-AMAZING

 Venison tacos- definitely my least favorite of all we ordered but still good!

Hard to tell but it's a whole branzino fish, garlic-epazote oil, salsa verde, cauliflower escabeche

Then we went to Gordough's for a deliciously fat doughnut. Food coma complete. 

 

 So our first babysitting was a succses! Thanks Tim and Jen! 

We had an amazing 5 year anniversary and I'm so glad we found each other. Life is good. 

391 days

As you may or may not have noticed, August 15 has come and gone. And what does that mean? That Jason and I have been married for over a year! And I must say its been the best year of our lives, not to mention it just keeps getting better and better.

To celebrate our anniversary we went up to Salt Lake  for a nice dinner and then went to see Inception on the IMAX (amazing by the way). We had such a nice evening even if it wasn't anything too fancy.

We also managed to eat the top of our cake from our wedding day and boy was it delicious. I was pretty scared that it would be gross, but seriously it was really good even if we only had a few bites.

Today, we also watched our wedding video and it was so wonderful to relive it all again. It was so fun to see and remember everything and to see all of our friends and family there supporting us. It was a beautiful day and perfect in every way.

Here are a few of my favorite pics to leave you with from last August:

I love you baby, I look forward to many more happy years with you.