This last week was our 10th anniversary and man did I really shoot myself in the foot this time. So the story begins on Wed. night at 8 o'clock. I had not heard from Paul all day and his phone was dead so I was a little heated when I got a hold of him. I asked him if there was any reason that he should have called me today of all days and he said no I don't think so. At that point I lost it. I told him it was our 10th anniversary and he didn't say anything at first and then sheepishly said Happy Anniversary. I told him whatever and that I needed to go and quickly hung up the phone. Paul called me the next evening when he was in Hood River and said he knew I was upset so he drove home. I was still upset so I was short with him on the phone. When he got home he had flowers and a card and one of the twilight movies. He told me that he would sit and watch the whole movie with me even though it would kill him to do so. I finally caved and let him off the hook. Later that night I told him how these type of days are important to me and it hurts me feeling when he forgets them. He got up early the next morning and drove the 2 1/2 hours back to the Tri-Cities for work. That Saturday I was driving to meet some friends and help them move when all of the sudden it hit me like a ton of bricks.....our anniversary was not on Wed. it was on Thur. I had the wrong day!!! So as soon as I got to our friends house I had to call Paul and apologized. All I said was that I owe you an apology and he said so you figured it out. I asked if he knew what I was apologizing for and he said the day of our anniversary. I asked him if he knew I was wrong why didn't he say anything. He explained that when I asked if he had any reason to call me on Wed he was thinking no because our anniversary was the next day. Then when I said happy anniversary he started questioning himself and figured I would know the day better then he would. The next day he checked and figured out he was right but instead of calling me out on it he just let it go. Then when he called me and realized I still hadn't figured it out he just came home with flowers and said he was sorry. When I called him on Sat morning to apologize he explained to me that he thought I would eventually figure it out and with me being pregnant he didn't want to upset me more by arguing with me. I should say that we had agreed to not get each other anything for our anniversary or our birthdays because of the move and all of the craziness that is going on right now. So my dear sweet man bought me things knowing he would get nothing in return. Trying to redeem myself I did buy him a birthday gift.
I love this man! He let me be right even though I was wrong and bought me flowers to make up for MY mistake. On the drive home after moving our friends I kept thinking about how no matter who may come and go during our lifetime it will always be Paul and I. He is my true other half and I don't know what I would do without him.
Paul did turn 38 last weekend and the girls and I made his cake....it was so good. He also got a pedicure from the girls. Paul is a mans' man but when it comes to his girls he turns into the biggest softy.
(don't mind the gross man feet)
We rented the movie Avatar for us to watch on Paul's b-day and the girls wanted to watch it right after breakfast. Notice Kate still in her pj's. Paul really liked the movie when he watched it in the theater but the girls really enjoyed it when they watched it. They sat with Paul for the full movie and didn't move. It was so quiet in the house that I was able to take a morning nap. Natalie now calls her barbies avatar's. My brother-in-law Amos stopped by the other day and told Natalie he would bring some blue paint the next time he stopped by so they could paint her barbies. She thought that was the coolest idea. I hoping she forgets about it because it won't be to long before she wants them to be barbies again.
