Time to blog finally...

OK, I have time to myself finally! Ben has taken the kids camping to Glen Rose/Lake Whitney for the weekend and I am home alone with the baby. I had initially planned to go but Alex came down with fever, cough, snot nose, etc three days ago. He was put on breathing treatments 3 times a day with a follow-up scheduled for yesterday to see how his lungs were doing. Well he is still sick and now is vomiting everything he eats and has a double ear infection. So we are staying home while the others go out for a fun weekend. At least I will get to watch all of the movies I have wanted to see but have waited since there is always something more pressing going on. The remote is MINE!

On to my anniversary that I thought was so great. Ben always asks me "what do you want for (insert event here)." I am not too big on gifts since I can never think of what I want/need the most so I usually reply, "surprise me." Things that mean the most to me are sentimental ideas. Write a letter, take the kids out for the day, just do something along those lines, ideas like that are the best gifts in my opinion.

So our anniversary comes and he gets up, gets the kids ready for school and leaves for work/school. I actually figured he had forgotten what the day was since he usually does forget little details like that until I remind him later on. I had planned to make him his favorite dinner for when he got home that night. I am not big on cooking as everyone who knows me knows this to be true, so that was going to be quite the gift as far as I am concerned.

I get a text from him saying he is working on a project and will likely be home late. No big deal to me, I know how things go. So I am on the treadmill running my bum off when I hear Daisy freaking out barking. Around the corner comes Ben with a little gift bag. So I pause my workout, wipe off my attractive sweat and greet him with a little kiss.

Inside the gift bag was a card that I will absolutely treasure forever. I won't say exactly what it said, but in a nutshell it talked about how much he values the last nine years we have spent together and he would not have changed a single moment of it. How much he is looking forward to the rest of our lives together and all of the experiences we have yet to share with each other. There was more, but it may bore you and I want to keep my little love note personal, or at least somewhat personal.

Then I opened the gift. I absolutely love the Willow Tree figurines. So Ben picked out the absolute perfect one. The card that comes with it says, “For those who have found their true partner in love and life.” Perfect. Absolutely perfect. I love my husband. He also arranged for his mom to get the kids from school so we went on a real date! How long has it been? Lunch, a movie, my day was perfect.

Here's to another perfect nine years. Bring it on. I love you baby!