Showing posts with label Jer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jer. Show all posts

Friday, March 23, 2012

Through the iPhone...

We've been crazy busy lately. So here are just a few random pics of our life. The weather has been beautiful so we've had picnics and swinging galore. The boys are loving it.

The Davy Crockett hat only leaves Gage's head for bed and school. It was quite a job to get him to agree to those terms. It's currently in the washer and he is not too happy about it. He also is sporting a yellow necklace (string) and he blows on it to give it power. That doesn't leave his body either...unless I'm sporting it around to be a princess. He's also learned how to pump himself on the swing.

Kaysen is a master at getting Kynlee and Teagen to laugh. I wish this thing would upload iPhone videos so you could here those chuckles. His last Basketball game is tonight and he's not to happy about it. He's had so much fun. If I'm not sure what he is doing all I have to do is check outside and I'll find him riding his bike. He's on that thing any chance he can get.

The babies gave had a taste of sweet potatoes and carrots now and both of them were a success. Teagen especially loves it which is great because he was much harder to feed the cereal to. Now they both eat all of it. Most nights now they are sleeping from 9:30ish to about 6 which is AMAZING!!! I love those babies. They are the best babies ever! Thank goodness to or I think I would have completely list my mind by now.

Jerry is working an overhaul right now so his only day off is Sunday. We have about 6 more weeks of it and can't wait for it to be over.

My sister asked me to do the receivables for her and I said yes. Which sometimes I wonder when I'll get it done. But I've actually really enjoyed working from home again...even if I am always busy.

(sorry the photos are all at the bottom. It's the only thing I don't like about this app.)

Monday, December 26, 2011

Knife Maker...

This is the first knife that Jerry has completed. Looks pretty sweet huh? He made it for me :) 

I can't believe that Jerry made this knife. He drew it up, cut the metal, sanded it all down, buffed it and every other step needed that I have not mentioned. 

Not only that, he taught himself how to do it. By watching videos and reading books and other info online. 

He's amazing when it comes to doing this hands on type stuff. He's a perfectionist so anything he does turns out great. 

Friday, September 30, 2011

Frustration....

So...I've had many phone calls and texts from my wonderful friends and family wondering what in the heck is going on in the Miller home.

Have our babies arrived yet???

Umm....No.


But I'll let you in on the happenings of the past week that have driven us crazy!

First. Last Thursday, September 22 I went into the hospital for my standard NST and Biophysical Profile that I have to have done twice weekly.  Well I had a few minor contractions while I was there but nothing that the nurses or my doctor were too worried about.  I hadn't been checked since I was in the hospital a few weeks ago so my doctor decided that she wanted me checked.  So I was. Turns out I was a 3 and 75% effaced. Then my contractions started picking up quite a bit.  I was admitted to the hospital and  put on Magnesium. That stuff is HOR-RI-BLE. I was on it for 24 hours but I had double vision the whole time I was on it, plus another 6 or more hours until the stuff worked its way out of my system. 

I was released late Friday night and Jerry and I decided to just spend the next couple days at my parents house in case something happened.  My doctor told me I only needed to make it to 35 weeks and then I wouldn't be airvaced and they wouldn't stop my if I went into labor. So we only needed to make it to Sunday, the 25th and we would be good.  So I stayed on my meds and bed rest.

While at my parents house, Papa gave Kasyen one of his old cowboy hats. The boy has been asking for one of those for quite some time now and does not take it off for anything but meals and prayers.  Here he is tipping his hat and saying "Yee-Haw!!!"

On Saturday, Gage and I took a nap together while Jerry and Kaysen went to the car show.  Have I mentioned that I am married to a car fanatic?

The guy was in heaven. If only he could have stayed longer. Kaysen's legs were getting too tired so they didn't spend all that much time up there.  Enough time for them to get pictures of some of their favorites. 
Like this...
and this....
and this...and this smokin' one...

Kaysen has a thing with "hot fire cars/trucks" if it has flames painted on it, it definitely the COOLEST car in sight.  No matter if its a hideous station wagon, or a bus, or a truck. Yes we have more than one of each of these types of "hot fire" photos and he's in love with each one.

I stopped taking my medication on Monday morning and that morning I had another NST and Biophysical Profile done.  And they checked me just to be safe. I was almost a 4 and 75%. So I hadn't really progressed all that much in those couple days. 

Jerry had school that afternoon so I told him to go and that I would meet him at home later since we had both vehicles in Show Low.  My mom and I got a pedicure, which was pure heaven.  At 2:49 my first contractions started and I continued having them every 10 minutes. I told Jerry to come back to Show Low just in case something happened.  Well I didn't want to be sent home from the hospital so I waited to make sure my contractions were really going to stick around.  They stayed around the 8-10 minute mark until 9:00pm. I wanted to get our boys to sleep at my parents house, then head to the hospital, hoping that if the babies arrived they would arrive by the time the boys woke up in the morning and all would be well.  However, at about 9:30 my contractions started slowing down so I just stayed at my moms.

I sent Jerry to work on Tuesday morning, thinking that nothing was going to happen because I didn't have much go on during the night. He had already used 3 days of vacation time so I wanted him back at work.  Although he still has 180 hours left...I just don't want him wasting his hours sitting around my parents house being bored-out-of-his-mind!

Well I woke up Tuesday and thought my water might slowly be leaking. I waited until noon to make sure. Then I called the hospital to see if they could perform the test that makes sure in is amniotic fluid and not something else.  So I headed up there and gave Jerry a little warning. They performed the test and it came back positive. So I told Jerry to get over to the hospital because they wanted the babies delivered within the next 13 hours.  Jerry arrived and 5 minutes later they tell me that my doctor wants to perform a different kind of test to make sure it it amniotic fluid.  This test came back negative. At this point I was having contractions every 2-4 minutes and they were intense.  My doctor wanted to stop the contractions...again!

I was beyond mad.  She said she really wanted me to make it to 36 weeks and I was only 35 and 3 days. She informed me that if it was true labor, the meds wouldn't stop the labor. So we decided to give it a try. It took two doses of terbutaline and nephedapine to stop my labor. I was actually still having minor contractions every 8-12 minutes.  My doctor said that she would let labor progress if I was at least a 5. So I got checked...again and she said I was a "good 4 and 80% effaced and baby a's head is about a -1" I swear I was really a 5 and she just didn't want me to go into labor...but that just may be my bad attitude.

My doctor wanted me to go back on my meds until Saturday night at midnight.  At first I refused.Then Jerry talked sense into me saying tha if I didn't do it, I'd probably go into labor the next day and my doctor would just want to stop it at the hospital...AGAIN!

So, now I am at home, on my meds every 4 hours until Saturday night.  I am strictly on bathroom privileges only and I still have contractions. However, with two little boys to take care of I'm really not doing that well. Frankly, each day that brings me closer to 36 weeks I do more than I am allowed. Even when I do just lay and rest my meds only last about 2 hours before the contractions start picking up. I'm sure that once I'm off of them I'll go into labor really quickly.  At least this is what I'm hoping for....I made my doctor look me in the eye and promise me that if I went into the hospital on Sunday, the day I turned 36 weeks then she would not stop my labor again. 

She promised...in front of my ultrasound tech, Duane. He is a twin and was 8lbs 2oz at birth. He told her, "There isn't a jury in the world that would convict me of murder if she tried to stop my labor again" and that "what she was doing was cruel and unusual punishment." Haha. My doctor laughed and just said that she just wanted those babies in there as long as possible.  Which I totally understand, but are meds that great for me and my babies after 6 weeks? Oh well...1 1/2 more days and I'm done with medication and hopefully these two little ones will grace us with their presence in a quick and healthy manner. 


Kaysen wanted to take a picure of me this morning...so here it is although somewhat blurry.  I am now 35 weeks and 5 days and that belly of mine has definitely gotten large. 

Oh yeah. Baby B...our boy is a moving machine.  Baby A, our girl has stayed in the head down position (and I mean HEAD DOWN) for the past 4 weeks at least.  Her brother on the other had has moved in every possible position.  Last Monday (the 19th)  he was head down on my right side. Thursday (22nd)  he was transverse with his head on my right side. Monday (26th) he was transverse with his head on my left side. Tuesday (27th) he was head down with his head on my left side. Yesterday (29th) he was semi-transverse/vertex with his head on my right side.  I seriously don't know how he has the room to roll around like that inside my belly but he manages to change positions almsot daily.

My doctor plans to have an ultrasound tech present during delivery so that we can watch what position he really is in and manipulate him into a head down position as his sister is delivered. That way he'll come out right behind her and head down...hopefully.

Hopefully in a couple days I'm posting pictures of our two little ones!!!

Saturday, August 13, 2011

How about a Penny???

Today Jerry finished up our sewer line. I wish that I would have taken pictures of our boys digging in the dirt and "helping" their Dad. However, I move a bit slow these days and by the time I got around to getting the camera, they had moved onto bigger things.

Towards the end of the project, Kaysen was helping Jerry and Grandpa pour the dirt back in the trench. Jerry and Grandpa both had shovels and the tractor. Kaysen had hit little garden shovel and thought he was putting more dirt in the trench than they were because he was digging faster and boy were his arms moving fast trying to get that dirt in there.

Jerry looked at him and said, "Wow! You are a hard worker. We should pay you a quarter for all your help, huh?"

Kaysen quickly replied, "How about a penny!"

Jerry and I laughed and said, "Sure. If you really want a penny instead of a quarter."

Kaysen nodded his head up and down quickly and let us know that a penny was definitely what he wanted.

Who knew that such good help would cost so little??


In other news Jerry has been working 5, 8 hour days for the past two weeks. I am in heaven. He has been somewhat bored with the new job because he has had to do all the boring orientation stuff that he's gone through a hundred times but the past couple days he has been able to go out in the field and work. That made his days go by much faster. I told him (somewhat nicely) that I didn't have much sympathy for his boring days because I LOVE his 8 hour days. They go by so much faster than those 12 hour ones. We've had so much more time together each day and it has been awesome. I just know I'm going to love it as time goes on.

Some not so happy news....for me. Not a big deal but not GREAT news anyways. Today I found my first stretch marks on my belly. Okay, so I had two small ones already there. One from each previous pregnancy, but that is it. Just this morinng I was checking my belly out to see and NOTHING new was sighted. Then this afternoon I commented to Jerry that I felt like my belly/skin was stretching...but put the idea aside. (denial) Now just a mere 10 minutes ago, I was laying on the couch watching my belly dance (from the babies moving around). My shirt was pulled up above my belly and Jerry commented that he saw new stretch marks.

WHAT!!!!

I quickly did a scan of the area and lo and behold there they are. I knew this pregnancy would be the one to REALLY make my body change and never go back to like it was but I'll admit I was in a bit of denial about it too.

Oh well, it's the price I gotta pay to get these two little ones here safely.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

A Birthday and a Testimony....

Yesterday was my husbands 28th birthday.

We kicked it off by having waffles drenched in peaches and whip cream. Mmmm...it was so good. I asked him what he wanted to do for his big day and he said, "A whole lot of nothing. Unless it's something fun." He was a bit sick of work...I was fine with that.

We called my parents to see if thy could watch the boys while we went out. We had a great lunch at Native New Yorker which we have NEVER eaten at. We lived in Show Low for 4 years and never once at there. He got the Native burger and I got the chef salad. Boy did that salad taste wonderful. I could eat one of those everday. After lunch we headed to the movie and watched Transformers: Dark of the Moon. We both enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it much more if I would have been comfortable. The little boy in my belly still likes to keep his foot jammed in my ribs. Plus I had to go to the restroom 3 times and missed some good parts dang it!

It was a great date though and we loved being able to spend time together, since we know our dating days are going to be a bit more limited for quite some time.

After lunch the movie we headed back to my parent house where they had a great steak dinner in the works. Mmm....boy did I get spoiled with good food that day. I'm pretty sure my doctor would be proud of all the food I packed in this belly.

I hope that Jerry had as good of a day as I did. He sure deserves it. He's such a hard worker, he needs to just relax sometimes.



I must have been really tired from our exciting day because as soon as we got home we got the boys to bed. I had to finish up the ward announcements for church, and Jerry was waiting for me to get that done so he could surf the net for a bit. About 30 seconds after I handed the lap top over I was falling asleep as he was talking to me. I never do this...he is usually the one falling asleep as I talk his ear off each night.



Then his phone went off. It happened to be right next to my head and I had to hand it to him. It was someone texting him a happy birthday note. He handed the phone back to me and somehow I got it plugged back in. A few minutes later it went off again. So I handed it to him again, then I charged it in again...although I don't remember doing it. Once again, it went off a few minutes later. This time I gave it to him and told him to keep it. Of course because I had him keep it....it didn't go off again.

In other news....Kaysen stood up and said bore his testimony in church all by himself today. A few of his cousins went up there, like they do almost every fast Sunday, so we asked him if he was ready to go up there yet. Each Sunday he has told us no, but today he said he was going to do it. We were a bit shocked. He kept waiting and waiting then finally just stood up and walked up there. He had to sit on the stand for a bit because, "that guys just kept going" (according to him).


Jer and I were a bit nervous. We haven't prepped him on what to say because we want his testimony to be his own. However, we realized that he may say some things that do not pertain to testimony so much.

I don't know why we were nervous...the boy did great. He stood up there and said, "I like to bear my testimony. I know the church is true and I love my Mom and Dad and brothers and sister." I wondered at first if he just said that becasue that's what he heard other kids say. Especially since, he only has one brother born so far. However, he informed me that, "I love Kynlee and Teagen too even though they are still in your belly."

Now each night before bed he prays for Heavenly Father to help him bare his testimony on Sunday.

He loved it...and so did we.

Gage on the other had was pretty ticked off that we didn't allow him to go up there by himself too...maybe someday soon, but not yet. The boy would just run all over the place. I just know it.


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Stuck...

Every evening Jerry and I used to hop on the quads and take the boys and Ruger out for a ride on our property. Now, however, I can't really do it. The bumps absolutely kill me and although I have fun riding, getting off the quad and walking are much to hard. So nowadays Jerry just takes the boys out.

Tonight I sat at home while they rode when suddenly I got a phone call from Jerry.

"I'm stuck."

"You're kidding," I reply. This guy never gets stuck and he's quite a prankster so I thought he really was just teasing me.

"Nope. I'm in the wash. Bring the truck some muletape and my leatherman and get me out."

I laughed...and then complied.

Yesterday we had one heck of a rain storm. On our property is a little wash that used to have a dam that held the water in so that it was a little pond. Well one REALLY good rain storm a while back washed most of that dam out. Yesterday's rain storm finished the job. Kaysen asked Jerry if they could drive through where the dam used to be. So away they went. They made it most of the way. I guess, when suddenly the quad just sunk in the mud and no amount of coercion would get it out. The mud was definitely 3/4 of the way up the tires.

So I backed our truck up as close as possible. Jerry cut some muletape and tied it to the quad. One little tug later and it was free. The boys thought it was such an adventure. Jerry told me not to post it...sorry babe. It's a good memory that our boys love talking about.


Jerry spent the next hour cleaning all of the mud off and wasn't in that great of a mood as he cleaned.



















Wednesday, July 27, 2011

27 Weeks...


Here I am at 27 weeks pregnant. (once again, photo courtesy of Kaysen Miller) I've been meaning to get so many pictures but each time I think about it, I'm in pajamas, no make up, tired as heck, or if I am actually somewhat ready, Jerry isn't around to take a picture. Tonight I decided it was time to get a picture no matter how tired I looked. So out came the camera. I am feeling bigger and bigger each day (duh?) yet people tell me I can't possibly be carrying twins. I know that I am much more uncomfortable now that I was at this stage with my last two pregnancies though. I finally made it to the chiropractor on Monday and I now wonder what took me so long to get in there. I kept putting it off but man I feel soooo much better.


On July 6th we went to a high risk specialist in the valley. We were able to get some 3D pictures of the babies. Here is baby A or our girl. Turns out that she is literally being smashed by her brother so her picture is really distorted. It took nearly an hour to get all of the needed photos of her because she is a little contortionist and wouldn't hold still.

While we were there we found out that she has a marginal umbilical cord insertion to the placenta. Basically, it means that her umbilical cord attached to the edge of the placenta instead of the "meaty" center part. This can cause her to not get the nutrients she needs. She has always been bigger than her brother but in this ultrasound she was 3oz smaller. (Not a big difference at all, many twins are 1lb different towards the end. ) But, it is something that we have to monitor. I am still on slight bedrest, my cervix is still thin but not opening so we aren't too worried about it right now. But now I'm down because if I am laying down, my blood flow goes to the areas it's needed more and that would be the placentas. If I'm up and moving the blood has to go to many more areas and the placentas don't get everyting they need. So hopefully this helps our babies get what they need a bit more. I get another ultrasound next week. If her growth has slowed drastically, the only thing they can do is to induce labor and perform a c-section around 30-31 weeks. Most twins stop their growing at that point so she would have a better chance of growing outside the womb. We are just praying that she is developing and growing stronger each day, even if she is small, and making it all the way to at least 35 weeks. Other than that, she looks 100% healthy and we are so grateful!!


By the way...she is probably (99.99999% sure) going to be named Kynlee Claire Miller. Claire is after Jerry's grandma who passed away years ago.

And here is a 3D picture of baby B or our boy. His picture is more clear. Don't ask me what is in the photo to the right of this one. They printed it with the others and didn't label it. I tried to crop it out of the pic, but my computer won't let me. If you can decipher what it is...let me know. :)
He looks 100% healthy and is growing great. This time we got to see him kick his sister in the head. Usually he is pretty laid back and is taking all of the kicking from her but his time he was moving like crazy and kept kicking up a storm in there.

And this is going to be Teagen Jett or Teagen Blake Miller. We are really divided on the middle name right now. We like Jett because it is different (well now I know a lot who are using it for a first name but I still like it soooo much) I didn't want this little guy to be named after anyone because Gage isn't and I didn't want Gage being our only child not named after someone. ( I tried to get Gage to be Gage Hunt Miller, after Jerry's grandma's maiden name but he didn't like it. So he is Gage Ryan. Then a year later we talked about it and Jerry wondered why we didn't use it because he now liked it...ugh!!! ) We both like the name Blake and it is my Grandpa Duncan's name and he has no one named after him. So we are still debating the middle name for this little guy. Hopefully we'll agree on it sometime soon :)

p.s. Jerry got a new job as an Electrician and Insturment Repairman Apprentice. He starts Monday August 1st!!! So this is his LAST set of nights!!! He actually loves shift work and isn't looking forward to giving up his 1 week straight off per month. I too am not looking forward to that but I am looking forward to having my husband home every day at 3:30pm and getting him every holiday and Sunday!!! It came at just the right time! I was soooo not looking forward to having 4 kids at church by myself 2 Sunday's a month or trying to keep 2 new little babies quiet while he slept (especially if I was up all night alone with them while he was working.) This new job is an apprenticeship, where APS pays him and trains him in this specific line of work. It will last about 4 years, then he will be a journeyman. He has a lot of hard work and studying ahead of him but I know that he will do great!!!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day 2011

Jerry had to work last night and tonight. When he walked in the door from work that morning he saw his homemade cards on the table along with a delicious breakfast.





Kaysen did a wonderful job on his card this year and made it all by himself. I just had to write some of the words on another paper for him to copy. But many of the words he sounded out and wrote by himself. He sure is getting smart. Gage didn't want to make his own card...he just wanted to add a few scribbles to Kaysen's card.



Then Jerry headed to bed and the boys and I got ready for church. It really didn't feel like any typical Father's Day, since he was in bed for most of the day but we hope he know how much we love and appreciate him.


He's been and amazing father and husband. Especially in the past little bit...he's been cleaning and helping me out so much it's amazing and humbling. I sure am lucky!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

6 years...


On January 8th Jerry and I celebrated our 6th Anniversary! My Mom was awesome enough to watch our boys overnight so that we could celebrate. We headed down to the Suns vs. Nicks game. We had a ton of fun, even though the Suns played horrible. It was my first game so I enjoyed it and basketball is Jerry's favorite sport so of course he liked it.







The next morning we did sealings at the Mesa Temple. We haven't ever done them there and decided we'd like to since we were in town and didn't have kids to worry about. We always do sealings on our anniversary. It's a great way to remember our special day.
It sounds cliche but I can't believe it has already been 6 years. Okay, Okay. Sometimes it feels like we have been married much longer than that (in a good way) but most of the time I think of what else was happening 6 years ago and it's so crazy.
The past 6 years have been great. We've had our fair share of trials but in the end we get through them TOGETHER and that's what it's all about.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Happy Birthday Jer!!


Yesterday was Jerry's 27th Birthday.
He woke up to some whole wheat pancakes with strawberries and homemade whip cream, bacon and eggs for breakfast.
We are not major cake eaters, so I decided to put candles in the pancakes for him to blow out.


After taking this picture he asked me not to post it...but it's the only one I have of him blowing out the candles. He was a little exagerative when blowing out the candles. He was making Kaysen laugh. As he blew out the candles we sang the Happy Birthday song to him and I think Kaysen was definitely more excited to sing than anyone else was.
After breakfast Jerry did what he does best.
He went to a friends house and helped pour concrete. 3 hours later they were done, so then he went to help his Dad and brother who are just starting to build their home.
I'd have to admit that many times I get exhausted just thinking about how much Jerry works. This week was his long change and everyday he had something he was helping someone else with. I'll also admit that many times I tend to get a bit grouchy about it. I just want him home with me, relaxing.
In the end I think to myself that I sure am glad that I am a wife that can complain about a husband working too much than husband that does nothing at all.
He is such hard worker and that is actually one of the many things I love the most about him.
Overall he says he had a good birthday, even though he didn't relax all that much...but does he ever?
Happy Birthday Jer!!! I hope that it really was a good day and I hope that we can spend at least 27 more birthdays together.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Newest hobby

For Christmas I bought Jerry a 257 Weatherby rifle. He has loved it. However each bullet cost $8.00 so we don't really shoot it around for fun much. We could easily blow a couple hundred dollars within less than an hour.

So now he has bought a new .22 rifle. I prefer this one because it kicks much less than his 257 and because it is more affordable to shoot. Jerry's new hobby of guns has now turned into a family affair. Kaysen loves this gun because it is a Ruger .22, like what we named our dog after. He thinks it is sooo cool. Kaysen and Gage both love to go shooting. And now we live in one of the most perfect places to go shooting. Many times we do it 100 yards from our own home. Here are a couple videos of the boys shooting too....don't worry we were safe...even if Ruger kept running in front of it.

Father and Son

Jerry and I have been trying to set aside days for each of us to spend time alone with one of the boys.
A few weeks ago Jerry took Kaysen to Father and Sons camping. It was onlyl one night but they both had a lot of fun. Jerry's brother and his son went and so did Jerry's dad. Acording to Kaysen, they all went on a hike to a cave, they ate squeeze cheese and crackers and of course some hot chocolate. Now he thinks we have to have hot chocolate everytime we go camping.
I asked Jerry to please take the camera for me. He knows that I love to get pictures of everything but I can honestly say that I didn't think he would remember to take any. He didn't just surprise me by taking pictures, he actually took pictures like I would. See th picture of those dirty hands??? I would take a picture like that. I found out that this picture was taken just 5 minutes after pulling up to camp.
Doesn't this kid look like he was just having a blast?? I'm excited thaty they will have this memory and many others to share.
Today, Jerry has taken Kaysen to a Diamondbacks game with a few other boy cousins and uncles. It sure is strange just having Gage home. The poor kid is pretty bored without Kaysen around. I guess I'm just not as fun as his brother. I sure am enjoying the little cuddles he continually gives em though.

Thursday, August 6, 2009


Have you met this guy??

This is Jerry Miller.

Shh....I'll tell you a secret.
Today he turned 26!!
He thinks he is so old already and says he hasn't done much.
I think that he has done quite a bit in his 26 years though....
He has graduated high school.
He has gone to college.
He has rebuilt a car.
He got the Melchizedek Priesthood.
He served a mission.
He learned a new language.
He got married in the temple.
He bought a house.
He has a really good job.
He built a house.
He gave me TWO beautiful boys.
So...these aren't HUGE things to some people. But you know what?? To me they are all that matters. And I wouldn't change any of it.
Happy Birthday Jer! I hope it's a great one!!! We love you!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

He's mine!!


Yes, I love Jerry more today that I did yesterday, but not because it is Valentines Day.


Yes, I am grateful for everything that he has done for me and our kids, but not because it is Valentines Day.


Yes, I do have the greatest husband in the world, but not becasue it is Valentines Day.


Yes, I woke up this morning wondering what I did to deserve this man, but not because it is Valentines Day.



I love Jerry more each day.
Everyday I am grateful for everything that he does for me and our kids.
Everyday I know that I have the best husband in the world.
Everyday I wake up wondering what I did to deserve him.
He is the greatest man in the world. I love how today he showed up with a box of sour candy and milk duds as my Valentines present and in return I gave him skittles and starbursts! Great minds think alike! I don't want anything that is going to cost a ton and he knows that. I love how each day he makes me feel loved and appreciated, not just on Valentines Day.

Yesterday, he even shampooed our carpets for me!! Now tell me that isn't the greatest??? He is always willing to help me out no matter what it is I need help with, even if it isn't an holiday. He works so hard and is the best Dad. I am so lucky that he is MY Valentine but more than that I am so lucky that he will be mine forever!!