My Husband Is Brilliant

So Jacob and I have been working on having more childlike faith. The other night we got to talking about my desire for control and perfectness. These two things do not allow for childlike faith and actually put a lot of pressure on myself and others. Jacob pointed out how needy children are and how we are called to be  SUPER needy with God. All through the day we should be whining and asking Him for things we need. If I am frustrated and have no patience, run to Jesus and beg Him for it. If I really want Gianna to take a nap and she just won't, then I should ask God to give me grace and peace in His plan. I know this might sound like the basics of faith but it was earth-shattering to me. Thank you Jacob for being a great leader of this home and always reminding me of the important things in life.

Happy Anniversary

Two years. The longest and shortest two years of my life. Thank you Jacob for being such a wonderful husband to me. I have witnessed you being a great son, friend, brother, uncle, employee, dad, son-in-law, brother-in-law,  and husband. I love you in all your roles but especially as husband. You are faithful and generous and forgiving and strong and understanding and patient and loving. I don't deserve you but I am glad that God chose me to be so lucky.

And now I reminisce with pictures...

The first picture ever taken of us.

I love love love our love! Thank you and Happy Anniversary Dear!

So Much to Celebrate

In the months of November and December we have so much to celebrate and prepare for. Between Jacob and I's families, we have 5 birthdays and 2 Anniversaries. We have Advent to prepare for the coming of Christ, Thanksgiving, St. Nicholas Day, Immaculate Conception (today), of course Christmas Day, and New Years Day, which is also the feast of Mary, the Mother of God, then we have the Octave of Christmas, and Ty and Haven's new baby in January sometime! Phew.

Today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Only in the Catholic faith do we celebrate when someone was conceived. I love it! Fr. Brownsey gave a great homily on this feast day last year. He was talking about how much we celebrate St. Patrick's Day (the patron of Ireland). He said the Immaculate Conception is the Patroness of the US and we should paint our faces blue and die the rivers blue and really celebrate the miracle of this woman who brought us the Savior!!! So we all had blueberry muffins this morning, we are wearing our blue today and we are going to celebrate our Mama. Not sure how, Jacob has a surprise planned. If you can believe that. He loves surprises.

For St. Nicholas Day we have started a tradition of making each other ornaments symbolizing something the other was "into" the past year. We started when we first started dating and we have acquired quite a few so far.  It's always fun to see Jacob's perspective on my year! He's pretty good. I thought it would be fun to share them....

I made the ones on the left and Jacob made the ones on the right. I have improved over the years...

We consecrated ourselves to Mary that year and the  story of our love started.

Jacob was into faith and how it relates to politics and I was getting ready for a wedding!

Our Lady of Guadalupe of course and St. Gianna. And our precious little babe Joseph Emmanuel who we miscarried.

Jacob was painting more and becoming a daddy and I was learning about Our Lady's domesticness. And Gianna was waving to everyone from the womb.

Jacob refinished furniture this year to get to know St. Joseph more and I have been loving making this house a home. And Gianna (don't tell her we didn't finish it on time) loves bouncing and watching other kids jump and bounce. I will have to give an updated picture of this one when it's done.

It's been a while since I blogged. My parents came to visit and we had a wonderful time and even went snow shoeing!!!

How cool are my parents?

Seriously God, you really did a great job with those Rockies!

Gianna prayed her Rosary on the roads up the mountain with no railings!!

And two of my favorite people! So beautiful!

In other news, Jacob and I think Gianna is hitting her terrible twos. Yes she is only nine months. She is starting to be able to reach more and get into a lot! This morning she has dumped over the fruit bowl, whined about toys being taken away, crawled through a tiny spot, and eaten soap. All before 9am!!! I definitely need to watch her more closely now. But she is still a cute little sweetheart. And we love her dearly. Oh and jacob has got her imitating him smacking her lips! So cute. And she loves the 5 little ducks song, thanks to Grandma H.