Happy Anniversary My Love!!!

I can’t believe it’s been two years ago since I married my man. We’ve had a crazy ride but a great one! We’ve had our ups, and our downs, but way more ups than downs and the downs were things we couldn’t control. We’ve had great days and awesome days. We’ve watched some friends get married along the way and sadly some end their marriages too. We’ve taken some great trips just the two of us, and some great trips with awesome friends. We’ve laughed and we’ve cried. We’ve moved half way across the US from Denver to Chicago. We’ve worked hard and played extra hard. We’ve rented one house and purchased another. We’ve made new friends and vowed to stayed in touch with old ones. And most importantly, we’ve done it all as a team.

Overall, we’ve been blessed with an amazing two years of marriage…and to think this year it’s only going to get better as the two of us become the four of us when we welcome our baby daughters this summer!

A little flashback over the past two years…

Honeymoon in the DR - May 2010

Friends Wedding - July 2010

Aspen - Feb 2011

  

Bel Air, CA @ a Friends Wedding - Sept 2011

March 26, 2011 @ a friends wedding

Sometime in 2010 - visiting my hometown in TX

AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE....

March 26, 2010 - our wedding day in Rivera Maya!

Happy Anniversary to my silly, sexy, funny, witty, intelligent, easy going, patient-for-putting-up-with-me husband! I could not imagine my life without you!! And can’t wait for many more anniversaries to come! I will always remember it started out just as the two of us!! Here’s to many more fun and fabulous years my love!!!



XOXO,


Your Forever Gracious Wifey

If Only Money Could Buy Brains

On this glorious Tuesday morning I thought I would jot down a few of the questions I've been asked over the years while reminiscing my life on the road as a Travel Director...taking uber wealthy Americans on their vacations around the world:

Q: What time does the 9 o-clock bus leave?
A: Sir, the 9 o'clock bus leaves at 9 o'clock.

Q: What makes the Great Wall so great?
A: Well sir I guess you'll just have to go back again to figure that out

Q: Are we in the mountainous region of Antarctica?
A: Ummmm, really?

Q: How far above sea level are we? (this asked as we're sitting in a zodiac in the ocean)
A: Well ma'am, your head is about 2.5 feet and your feet about 2 inches above sea level.

Q: How come your luggage came off the plane to the carousel first?
A: Oh, I called ahead before the flight landed.

Q: How come the room next to mine has a mattress that is wider by 2 inches?
A: I'm not sure Mr. Rowan, but are you saying size matters?

Q: How am I ever going to get my day back in life if we're flying from Hawaii to Australia and I am skipping it all together?
A: Well sir, I guess you'll have to go on your next Around the World by Private Jet trip going to the other direction.

Q: It must've been a fascinating time when the Romans were building Macchu Picchu...
A: That would have indeed been fascinating, sir. Especially since they were such a long way away from home.

Q: Was it hard to get a visa to for your trip to America? (this was asked upon landing with a group in JFK airport from Russia after a 2-week trip)
A: No maam, I've had a Visa credit card for years? (I mean honestly WTF - my Russian accent must be awesome!)

Q: I need help, my mom just tried to use the bathroom and fell off the toilet!! She's laying on the ground and I can't get her up...(I then run from our Hosp Desk to their room)
A: Mrs. Ford, that's not the toilet, that's a bidet and not meant to be sat upon. Now let's get your mom up off this floor and get that ever-growing hematoma taken care of now, ok?

These, my friends, are real questions and scenarios from real people who run multi-million dollar companies and have more money than I could every imagine.

I'm afraid if money could buy brains I would not have nearly the stories I have to laugh about, even all these years later. Cause surely these people would've bought them!

Catching up....

So where did I leave off? August 2010 when we were still living in Denver….we had begun our journey to start a family and were enjoying the newlywed life. Shortly after in September 2010 my husband’s company announced a deal to sell the division of his company he worked with and his job was going away…everyone was offered severance and their jobs went away. The same applied for hubby, unless we decided to move North of Chicago and they would offer him a job in the company’s HQs. So there began an agonizing few months of back and forth…do we stay or do we go? In the end, after many talks, drinks, tears, listing pros/cons on paper, talking with friends and family and pounding the pavement in Denver looking for a job for him we decided it was best if we moved and avoid the unemployment line. Were we happy about the move? Absolutely not. But we had to do what was right for our future family and bite the bullet. In February of 2011 Alex began his weekly commute to Chicago Mon-Fri and I joined him in May of 2011 after getting our house leased to our fantastic tenants and finishing the bulk of my Spring travel for work. We have a great house in Gurnee, which is North of the city and our street is reminiscent of our Denver neighborhood….but lacking the mountain views!

Life in the Chicago has not been bad, but it’s admittedly very different from our life in Denver. Different for a number of given reasons as Chicago and Denver are two very different places, albeit both great cities, we are finally feeling ourselves settle in to life here…meeting new friends, sightseeing with out-of-town visitors, enjoying the many amazing restaurants Chicago has to offer and so on. We miss Denver terribly, like really, really miss Denver but are trying to make the most of our time in the Midwest.

It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 months since I arrived and the last few of those months have flown by…I am sure the next 4 will also as we anticipate the arrival of our sweet baby girls! More to come on those adorable little ladies in another post but let’s just say our move to Chicago was a piece of cake when it compares to our journey to parenthood.

Here’s to making the best of the situation you’re in…always!

Baby(ies) I'm Back!

Watch this space...lots been happening and lots to look forward to in the coming months!

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