everyday is a love day

One of the things that I love most about Addison is that he tells me every single day how much he loves me and how lucky that he is to have me. Ofcourse, I think it's the exact opposite but he always makes a conscious effort to make me feel like I'm the luckiest girl in the world. Here are some of the things I love about Add...

-he makes me feel like I am the most loved person in the world

-he makes me laugh every single day

-when I feel the "ugliest" he tells me how pretty he thinks I am

-how big of a snuggler he is

-he loves the Lord and trusts Him

-he makes me feel secure

-he supports me financially and emotionally

-how he not only tells me he loves me but that his actions match

-the fact that he is my leader and does it well

I am so thankful that the Lord chose Addison to be my husband and the He chose me for him. I am so thankful to have found someone that make's me feel like it is Valentine's every day. So when it actually it is Valentine's day we do a little something extra than we normally would. He got me the most beautiful carnations with chocolate covered strawberries. (we are both eating healthy so the usual bag of Reese's  and creamy caramel covered in chocolate was off the gift list for this year...oh how I miss them) I love fresh flowers, they add some life to our home and I love looking at them. For dinner we went to Christopher's, a fancy schmancy restaurant here that we normally would not go to. We were even more excited to go when my dad called and said that he wanted to treat us to our dinner...score!!! Parent's are the BEST. The food was amazing and the atmosphere was great. Addison makes fun of me because I won't go to eat places if I don't like the atmosphere. I know, I'm weird. All in all, Addison made the day so special and I felt like one. lucky. lady.

Another thing I love about Valentine's Day is that mom and dad have always given me and my brothers little gifts for this special occasion. This year my mom did the gift giving and she did not disappoint. When I came home from working out Addison had the gifts all set up, I was so excited! 

-I got some new flip flops for Spring/Summer

-Jo Malone perfumes and lotion

-Vitamins that I have been wanting for a while now and my mom remembered that I had been wanting some

-and some candied pecans for Add!

Go Mom!

 LOVE my flowers and chocolate covered strawberries. My husband knows me too well!

Now, I told you we were going to see The Vow but we were so tired that we went home and went to bed instead. BIG SURPRISE, I know. We will be going soon though, I'll let you know how it is if you haven't seen it yet. 

I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's!

happy valentine's day

Can't wait to go to Christopher's tonight to eat and to see THE VOW with my sweet hubby. 

This sweet Valentine's card came from here. 

Our First Place

Addison and I feel so blessed to have such a lovely place to live for our first year of marriage. It gets a bit small at times but we are so happy to be here. Our apartment consists of a living room, a kitchen, a study that we turned into a guest bedroom, a "master" bedroom, a humongous walk-in closet (for us atleast), and a jack & jill bathroom so here it goes!

Mine and Addison's bed

My favorite pillow with our monogram

 Gold mirror that was Grandmother's...these kinds of things are even more precious now. 

 Addison loves our TV hanging on the wall, it usually resides right over our bed using the swing arm. 

 "My" bathroom...since day one Addison has used the other bathroom so I gladly took this one. 

 Addison's/guest bathroom

 Our little kitchen. My mom got us this chalkboard from Christmas Carousel. This picture was taken a while ago but this is where all of our Christmas and Save-the-Date cards reside. 

 The letters say "EAT" btw. 

 The living room

 The guest bedroom for any of YOU!

 This is pretty much the only decorated part! 

Come see us!

Our Future

Add and I have been praying lately for our immediate future. More than ever I feel like I have really know what it means to live by faith. Addison is looking for jobs right now since he graduates in May. We struggle with fact of wanting to be closer to Abilene but knowing that God does things that seem crazy to us at the time, like possibly sending us even farther away to further serve Him, but He always knows what He's doing. Our prayer right now is that we will trust Him wherever Add and I need to go to further His Kingdom and that we would know the right decision to make. But it's alright with us if He wants us back in Abilene. :) So, please keep us in your prayers that the right job will come about in the next 4 months and that we will stay positive wherever it takes us!

And a little of what's been going on lately...

Addison and I celebrated our 6 month Anniversary on February 6! There wasn't much "celebrating" because we both had school and he had work but we both recognized it. I cannot believe how the time flies. I come to love him more each and every day...even those days when he wakes me up by tickling me when I still have another hour to sleep before class. 

We are still loving our "Young Married" class. We went over to a couple's house for the Super Bowl and had so much fun getting to know everyone better. We are still the youngest but loving the fellowship with couples that have a few married years on us.

And next...Valentine's is in 4 days! Addison and I are going to out to eat and going to see this...

and I am SO excited! 

As for the weekend, one of my good friends, Christina Hartsfield is coming into town! Can't wait to see her and spend some time with her. 

Me and Christina in High School 

At my wedding

I hope you have a great weekend!