notes on the bathroom mirror.

before Emerson came along. marriage was easy. when you have nothing but each other it's not hard to make time to spend quality time with each other and connect and be romantic or whatever.

but then a third person comes into your world and you both love him immensely and he changes your world and he IS your world. So then you have to retrain yourselves to set aside time to also focus on each other sometimes. and it isn't exactly easy to, but it's necessary. 

we've been able to go on a couple date nights while my dad and step mom babysat for us. which has been wonderful but they don't live close so those don't come often. so I've been trying to get creative.

I bought a dry erase marker to keep in the bathroom to write each other sweet little love notes. I am pretty sure I saw this idea on pinterest. and I thought aww, cute. 

but because it is us we're talking about, "sweet" is the last thing they've been.

Obscene love notes would be a better description. Because we are perverted and immature. Obviously I'm not going to relay the messages that have been written on the mirror, because they would burn your eyes.

But nonetheless, that is what makes us perfect for each other so it's a nice reminder of why we are in love. And you know, the notes aren't totally perverted all the time, sometimes they are actually sweet, or sometimes they are sweet but slightly cutting. I.E. this.

"Tayl, I <3 you even though you left the diaper bag. <3/kynslie xoxo"

So now I understand what people meant when they said marriage was hard, but it's still not really THAT hard. just like, have to actually make sure we don't get totally lost in parenthood and forget to be lovers. (sorry that word is SO gross, but... I wasn't sure what other word would get the point across.)

Emerson: month three

Emer-man,

Me and you are serious pals. You love me a lot, but probably not near as much as I love you.

this last month you've already changed so much. you REALLY REALLY laugh. The first time was with your great aunt Holly. now you do it all the time. mostly for me or your daddy. You've discovered that you can use your hands to bring things to your mouth. I mean, you're not like a professional at it yet, but you're getting there. Now, in addition to using your hands to hit your toys on your playmat, you use your feet too, like a little gymnast and you SQUEAL with major excitement. It's the cutest thing. You love to snuggle and you loooove to play with my hair. I had been considering cutting it until you started doing that. Ahh, just thinking about you snuggling me in bed and playing with my hair makes my heart melt.

you hate tummy time, but it's paying off cause you're so good at holding your head up on your own now. You loove to listen to your dad play songs for you on the guitar and sometimes you like to play on it too. you child prodigy. You love your puppies and slowly but surely they are starting to realize that you are person and love you too.

Also, this month you got to see Aunt Jen and meet Uncle Scotty and Gracie (your future wife) she's 2 and a half and she loved you.

The biggest accomplishment this month is that you are actually sleeping through the night! Unfortunately your paranoid mama is not, but I feel pretty proud that my half-attempts at sleep training actually worked.

Anyway, you're still wonderful. We both love you so much.

Stay cool. and stay a baby for as long as possible ok?

love, mom
xoxox