Little Moments

Yesterday, Aurora was being unusually cuddly. Now that she’s started crawling (yes it’s official!), she never wants to stay put… so when I hold her, she’s usually after something I’m holding or that is next to me. But on this day, she threw me a bone and let me snuggle her. It was raining, so we went out on the porch to watch it for a while. She laid her head on my chest and sat there content. It was a piece of heaven, I tell you. I was loving the moment. We sat on the wooden swing for close to thirty minutes, just the two of us. I think she has a soft spot for Oklahoma rain like her mama. Just a guess.

L – O – V – E

Since it’s V-Day – thought I’d give a shout out to my own Valentine, Alex D!

14 simple reasons I think he’s pretty cool…

1. I love our height difference. He’s so much taller than me, almost a foot. I fit pretty perfectly in a hug, with my head hitting the middle of his chest. Me likey.

2. I love his facial hair. Just recently, he grew it out to what it was on our wedding day (pretty long) and I loved it. Too bad when it gets that long it gets on his nerves… but whatever length, it’s a great beard.

3. He’s a clean freak. How could you not love that?

4. If I’m feeling extra cheesy and watch a terrible chick-flick, he’ll watch it all. And pay attention!

5. He loves food almost as much as I do. This is a good thing – and at the same time, a bad thing.

6. He likes to hang out with his baby girl.

7. He likes mushroom pizza. And he’s okay if it only has mushrooms on it (a Russell tradition). It’s my favorite way to eat a pizza, and if I’m in a large group – I usually get overruled. Only mushrooms? Insane!

8. I like the fact that he’s balding – and he owns it. He doesn’t wallow in self pity, but looks at the bright side… such as – no need to pay for haircuts! We love saving money in this house. (Though we have his father and his father’s father and probably many more father’s fathers to thank for this. Can’t take too much credit.) Besides, a shaved head and a beard makes him look pretty intense. Best not mess with that!

9. He has very…. strong opinions about things. Strong opinions that occasionally turn into rants. Alex has the best rants. Seriously. Hard to get a word in sometimes, which just ends up making me smile. If I have one wish, I hope that our future children are never on the receiving end of a negative rant due to their behavior. I’m sure it’s inevitable though. Yikes!

10. He’s an early bird. When I wake up to feed the babe at 4:30 AM, usually as I groggily prepare a bottle, he’s right behind me in a matter of seconds. Usually it startles me because A. it’s 4:30 in the morning and B. he’s so quiet. But regardless, he gives me company so I don’t pass out while feeding the youngster. Passing out usually involves bottle exiting mouth while the baby exudes displeasure. Not good.

11. He buys me flowers on occasion. I like flowers. Cliche, but I don’t care. I like them.

12. He has become an OKC Thunder fan!

13. He lets me stay home with the babe even though it means we are poor folk now.

14. It turns out – he and I make some pretty good looking offspring. So therefore, I guess I’ll keep him around or something.

Love you Big Al!