Oy! I've started this blogging thing in the past, but it became very apparent that all of my posts were titled, "Catching Up." It's my goal to not repeat that!
Let's see. I left you off last when we picked up "The Key" to our new (rental) home in Eagle. It was wonderful. It feels far more like a home than any other place we've ever lived previously. It was nice to stand in our empty kitchen and just hug.
Saturday we headed out to Barthel's Fruit Farm in Mequon to pick apples and pumpkins. Let's see, 3 years running now we have ended pumpkin picking with a fever from Whitaker. How wonderful. Whitaker also picked a 4th pumpkin. You know, the one for his baby sister! Hmmm... wonder what he knows that we don't. Never fear, per Whitaker, she's wearing a white shirt :) He ran the fever for 4 days.
It would be wonderful to write more about my new husband, but here's how it all went down. Whitaker had his fever which was making him very grumpy, and along with that we were packing and moving which was very clearly stressing him out. So, he and I packed up and we went to stay with my parent's while Joe went to work and would head home to pack up the house. I'd join him for a few hours in the evening, but usually I was more of a hinderance than a help :)
Thursday, Whitaker's fever had broke, so we went to the courthouse to get our marriage license and also went to the social security office to officially change my name. There's my fact of the week for my husband - he won't have a wife that won't share his last name ;)
On Friday, Joe rented a truck and he moved all of the boxed items to the new house. Meanwhile, I took Whitaker to another Kohl's photo shoot where they actually used him for 2 outfits instead of just 1 on a whim because he's soo good :) Then, it was off to the DMV to get my new driver's license where we met up with Grandpa.
On Monday, after a long weekend of work with very little sleep I added Joe to my insurance. Slowly but surely, our married life is coming together! Joe continues to work on the old house ever night after work while I am on kid duty.
My husband fact for this week. He hates moving just as much as I do, but he's an amazing man as he did 99% of this move!!! I'm a VERY lucky lady. :)
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Day 6
There you have it. We've been married 6 whole days and we couldn't be happier.
Yesterday was a big day for us. We are no longer preventing pregnancy via artificial birth control. Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves... we aren't TRYING for pregnancy, we just aren't actively preventing it. When we took our vows together, we agreed we will freely welcome children as God gives them to us. I wasn't sure this was a place Joe & I would ever be, and here we are. :)
Last night I also learned Joe is also a much "softer" man than I had thought. We had both been in agreement that things wouldn't change after we were married. After all, we'd always been told nothing would. We feel that was very incorrect. We DO feel different! I feel my love for Joe is much stronger than before. I think he'd say the same about me. Last night as we were laying in bed having our pillow chat he turned and said to me, "It's like you hold a very special place in my heart now. A space I didn't even know was there, but you have it now."
Who would have thought this blog would only be about Joe and I? Of course it isn't... There's our lovely little man, Whitaker, too. Today we were early risers as he had another modeling job with Kohl's. He was the intended back-up kid, but after giving the first kid a chance, they chose Whitaker hands down (they got him dressed, hair, makeup and the shot in under 15 minutes). This was followed by a lunch date with Grandpa. It was very exciting to be able to prick Grandpa up from work!
Tonight is another very big step for our family. We pick up the keys to our rental house in Eagle. We do have that extra bedroom now ;)
With Love,
Missy C.
Yesterday was a big day for us. We are no longer preventing pregnancy via artificial birth control. Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves... we aren't TRYING for pregnancy, we just aren't actively preventing it. When we took our vows together, we agreed we will freely welcome children as God gives them to us. I wasn't sure this was a place Joe & I would ever be, and here we are. :)
Last night I also learned Joe is also a much "softer" man than I had thought. We had both been in agreement that things wouldn't change after we were married. After all, we'd always been told nothing would. We feel that was very incorrect. We DO feel different! I feel my love for Joe is much stronger than before. I think he'd say the same about me. Last night as we were laying in bed having our pillow chat he turned and said to me, "It's like you hold a very special place in my heart now. A space I didn't even know was there, but you have it now."
Who would have thought this blog would only be about Joe and I? Of course it isn't... There's our lovely little man, Whitaker, too. Today we were early risers as he had another modeling job with Kohl's. He was the intended back-up kid, but after giving the first kid a chance, they chose Whitaker hands down (they got him dressed, hair, makeup and the shot in under 15 minutes). This was followed by a lunch date with Grandpa. It was very exciting to be able to prick Grandpa up from work!
Tonight is another very big step for our family. We pick up the keys to our rental house in Eagle. We do have that extra bedroom now ;)
With Love,
Missy C.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
We're Married!!!
That's right, folks. Joe and I are finally Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Carmichael after 5 long years!!! We couldn't be happier :) Join us on our journey through our first year of marriage as I make things public - the happy, the sad, the stuggles, but most importantly - the FUN.
I'll admit, Joe was a little shocked when I told him, "I already have your 1st anniversary gift planned!" I think I read somewhere that the 1st anniversary gift should be paper, right? Well, I plan to publish this blog into a book to present to Joe for our anniversary. Thus, my goal will be to keep this blog a secret from him. Shhhh...
The next goal of mine will be to try and learn one new thing, or fact, about Joe each week and publish it here. The first is that he's a grammar and punctuation whore. I know the first thing he'll do as he's reading the blog is to correct all of my grammar, wording, and spelling errors as he reads through it :)
That's all for now. Be back soon for more updates, but I knew I just needed to get this started or I never would!!!
Love,
The new Mrs. Carmichael
I'll admit, Joe was a little shocked when I told him, "I already have your 1st anniversary gift planned!" I think I read somewhere that the 1st anniversary gift should be paper, right? Well, I plan to publish this blog into a book to present to Joe for our anniversary. Thus, my goal will be to keep this blog a secret from him. Shhhh...
The next goal of mine will be to try and learn one new thing, or fact, about Joe each week and publish it here. The first is that he's a grammar and punctuation whore. I know the first thing he'll do as he's reading the blog is to correct all of my grammar, wording, and spelling errors as he reads through it :)
That's all for now. Be back soon for more updates, but I knew I just needed to get this started or I never would!!!
Love,
The new Mrs. Carmichael
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