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So, Asa changed his blog address. There is a link over on the left side, it is called "Adventures of a Fly Fisher".

Today we are going wedding dress shopping for me, Marley, Emily, and my mom! I'm so excited!

14 Months

I had to go to a cemetery yesterday and take pictures. Now, I have to write a three page paper about how I felt while I was there. boring. So, I will put them to better use by uploading them here. The past month has been so unbelievably busy. So many big life changes have happened, and she is doing better than we could have expected. I know it isn't easy moving again and it isn't easy sleeping in a new bed and missing her Kima. but I am so proud of her. Aside from her little temper tantrums that seem to happen all the time now, she is just as she was.Tonight, I sat on the floor with her for the first time a while and just played with her. I could tell how happy she was that something was close to normal again. I can't believe I hadn't been doing that with her. No wonder she is begging for my attention, I haven't been giving it to her as much as I should. I am so worried about my school work and To Do lists and the wedding ceremony. I need to stop doing all that while I should be with her, and I feel really guilty about it.
Let's see, during Marley's 14th month she got a lot done. We moved and she left the state of Texas for the first time. She said goodbye to her BFF, Kima, hosted her first garage sale, learned to dance to Beyonce, and perfected her kicking and throwing. She now says Uh Oh, ball, cup, again, and dog. None of them actually sound like the real thing, but we all know what she's saying, so it counts. She just started signing "cup" and we are working on "swing". She also got her first busted lip and pee peed in the potty a few times.
She looks more like her Daddy everyday, and for the first time today she cried when he was leaving. She has been so attached to me lately, so it was so surprising to see her get so upset. He is gone on a fishing trip with his dad for the weekend, so hopefully we won't miss him too much. Even with her tantrums (The Terrible Ones maybe?) she is such a great little girl. She never stops loving me and wanting me, which is all I can ask for.

Now, I'm exhausted and all this talk about Marley has made me miss her and want to curl up in bed with her.

We Got Our Marriage License (And yes, I took pictures! This is a big moment!)

Asa is excited! He was a little upset when I told him that I was going to take pictures, so he needed to look nice. But,we compromised and I brought our little camera instead of the Nikon. Isn't that so nice of me? I'm compromising already!
Marley was excited, too! I did take a picture of my excited face, but it just wasn't my best shot.
Family picture number one.
Asa walking down the hall, pissed that I am taking a picture of that.
Waiting for them to type it up. Marley really wanted to pull the papers down.
We somehow didn't notice that she was missing a shoe until this point. It ended up being in the car, but it was interesting to see how many people were concerned about it.
Marley showed her belly button to all of the court house workers.
Hm... he's still annoyed with the pictures.
Ok, he looks genuinely happy in that one. I guess he got over it.
Our marriage license!! Exciting, huh? And expensive! It won't be official until Grandpa David signs it on the big day, but it looks pretty serious now. Asa's mom also bought our "guest book" which isn't really going to be a guest book at all. We bought a large shadow box with white matting inside so that all of our guests can sign it. Then we can decorate it with dried wedding flowers or something like that. I'm putting Asa in charge of all that...

So Many New Things

The weather has been so nice the past few days! We have been spending as much time as we can out in the backyard with Marley. And for the past 4 nights, she has been sleeping so well. She will sleep for five or six hours at a time now, which is fantastic for Marley! Marley started saying ball yesterday. She loves playing with them, too. She's getting great at kicking them and throwing them. Her Papa has been calling her his little soccer player. She also signed "cup" today and said it the best she could. She has also gotten such a little attitude lately. If you take something away from her or make her go somewhere she doesn't want to, she screams, squeals, yells, what ever she can do. I have been trying to not give her her way all the time, but when she is screaming like that I just want her to stop! By the way, I love these onesies. We bought two of them on sale at Target after last winter and they are so cozy. I just want to snuggle her up everytime she's wearing one.

Asa Made a Blog

It says that I forced him to, but it wasn't like I hovered over his shoulder and told him what to write.... or maybe I did. But anyway, he wanted to start one also, so that his friends can keep up with him. He will be writing about whatever he feels like writing about: fishing, the Army, me, etc.

So, check it out if you are interested!