Steadman

I got to go meet Steadman last night and visit with his parents. He's the perfect little guy. I held him and he went right to sleep. Making it easy to soak up his cuteness. It's a miracle and I'm still amazed at how wonderful their little family is. Congrats one more time my friends, he is darling!

First Tag...Ah...

1. What is his name? Aaron Ray Gelter (Ray, after his dad, grandfather, and great grandfather, etc.) He loves telling me that! Can you bet what our oldest son's middle name will be?

2. Who eats more? He does

3. Who said, "I love you" first? He did.

4. Who is taller? He is by 9 inches.

5. Who is smarter? I would have to say him, he's a total brainiac and every once in a while a nerd. But, truth be told I love hearing about his work and all of his research, it fascinates me the things he can create.

6. Who is more sensitive? That would be me. I tend to be a little over-sensitive, but he's decreased that in me since we've been married.

7. Who does the laundry? I do, and unlike my sister-in-laws I don't like doing laundry. I've been doing it since I was 12 and it's just the same old, same old. Aaron does help fold and that's my least favorite part!

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I make Aaron sleep by the door because of a "Big Bang Theory" episode. It really depends on the room and where I feel safest. He lets me try both sides and sleeps on the side I don't want.

*As a side note, this is making me feel old because everyone else I've seen do this are newlyweds compared to us! I'm not old, I really should not feel old.

9. Who pays the bills? We both do, we figure it's best if we're both aware of where and how we spend, save, or invest our money.

10. Who cooks more? That would be me! Aaron makes a mean Mac N' Cheese, but I love to cook so I haven't really allowed him to explore the kitchen. He hasn't complained yet. ;)-

11. Who is more stubborn? Me, I wish I could blame it on the red hair.

12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? When we were first married it took both of us a while, but Aaron was better at it. Now we really cannot stand being unhappy with each other so it takes about 5 minutes for both of us to apologize, forgive, and forget.

13. Who has more siblings? We tie. 6 and 6. Before the Thompson clan joined us though Aaron kicked my trash.

14. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I like to think I do, but we are equal here.

15. What do you like to do together? We like to work on things together, take walks, plan adventures, giggle before bedtime, dance around the kitchen, watch movies, talk about our dreams for the future and (ahh) at the dreams that have already come true, spending time with family, eating yummy food, debating obscure items, talking about the gospel, asking the question "Go?" (it's like penny for your thought). SO pretty much we just like to do stuff together!

16. Who eats more sweets? That would be me, I've got a sweet tooth. Especially for chocolate.

17. Guilty Pleasures? His: irritating me just for the fun of it. Go ahead and ask him...he really does this. Me: planting the puppy right next to his face so Sydney will wake him up.

18. How did you meet? We lived across the hall from each other and my roommate had a crush on him. To see the whole story read this.

19. Who asked whom out first? That would be me.

20. Who kissed whom first? Long story, but let's make it short. One night Aaron went to kiss me, last second I turn away and say, "No, don't kiss me!" Confused, he apologies and leaves. Next day I explain that I promised myself I wouldn't kiss anyone again until I knew it was right. (3 years no kiss). 2 weeks later I informed him that he could kiss me. So, he kissed me first, but had to wait for my permission.

21. Who proposed? Unofficially we agreed to get married on my birthday, and I got to pick out my ring the next day. Officially, Aaron did on the steps of the Meditation Chapel at Memory Grove Park where we had our second, much less awkward, more romantic kiss.

22. His best features and qualities? I'll just list my favorites.
He loves me, he's witty and makes me laugh, he works hard no matter the task, he's gentle and so patient with me, he understands me even when I can't explain it, he's got a cute butt, and he's the perfect friend to spend eternity with!

I tag anyone that wants to.

Semi-Amusing

I went to the doctor today for my yearly check-up. I got up this morning wondering if I should guzzle water just in case they needed blood. At my late yearly they needed blood and I had accidentally fasted the same day. For someone who already has petite veins, the shrinking effects of fasting made for a traumatic experience that took 2 hours, and left me black and blue, with lots of entry sites. I thought it through and there really wasn't any thing they would need blood for so I just had my normal morning liquids. Well...They needed blood. GRRRR... This time I went in with all the information,

"I know you don't want to hear this, but I have bad veins that are ridiculously small. You will need a butterfly on me. I'm scared of needles, but I promise to do my best. "

Well with two phlebotomists and the smallest neddle you can get I'm happy to say I was only poked once and I don't even have a bruise! Now the semi-amusing part. Where they priked my finger to test my iron is bruised. Isn't that stupid!?

New One

I just got a text from my cousin BreAnn letting me know some wonderful news. She gave birth to their baby boy at 1:35 this afternoon.

Steadman is
6 lbs. 9 oz.
19 inches long

My heart is overjoyed for them!

Fun with Sydney

We love our dog! We're all way excited to have a fence put in our backyard this week so Sydney can run his little heart out without us wondering if he's being eaten by one of the "big dogs" in the neighborhood. It's sad and cute at the same time when he sits at the sliding door and just dreams of being outside. He's become our baby in place of a real one and he's just tons of fun. He's gone from out of control to calm to out of control tonight and gets excited over the littlest things. We took this video tonight because he was just making us laugh so hard.

Where are you going?

This is sad on a few levels. First of all our all time favorite band, the band that aided us in starting our friendship, is dealing with the grief of losing a loved one. LeRoi Moore the bands saxophonist (the guy on the far left) died unexpectedly mid August. We are hoping the band continues through this. The second sad part, they have officially canceled their Utah show, and we wont get to see them. :( Aaron had bought me tickets for my Birthday and we were both so excited to get to see them again. I'll have to come up with some other fun and exciting thing to do with that birthday money, but nothing seems quite as good as DAVE tickets.

Giggle

We saw this new "Get a Mac" commercial while watching the U.S. Open yesterday. It made us laugh, Aaron particularly liked it.