6 Years

6 years spent with my favorite person. Never thought I would marry someone as funny, smart, kind, handsome, and good as Bob. Am one lucky girl.

Thirty

funny.

patient.

wise.

level headed.

kind.

talented.

good.

This man has made my life better than I ever thought it could be. I don't remember a day since I have known him that I haven't laughed. And even though he doesn't care about his birthday. I do. I'm so grateful he was born. Happy Birthday Bob. I love you.

Give me five..

5 years since this day.
5 years since we said "I do."
5 years shared with my partner in crime.
5 years of ups, downs, and everything in between.
5 of the best years of my life.

Happy Anniversary Bob. I love you with my whole heart.

Birthday Boy

I keep this Polaroid in my purse at all times. This was taken when I was leaving. (see here if you don't know the story) It seems so long ago, and yet I remember it like it was yesterday.

This here guy is my favorite person.

He's smart..

funny..

kind..

patient..

level headed..

I love him, he is my other half, my better half.. my better all. Happy Birthday Bob. Love, Cait

My Best Friend

I know I mentioned how thankful I was for my family yesterday. And yes, Bob is a part of that crazy/fun family. But I thought he deserved an extra mention. I'm so grateful for my best friend.

A man that makes me laugh every single day. Even when he's sick. (The poor guy has a double ear infection and a sinus infection.) I love him, and find myself thankful for him more and more every day.

Almost 4 years ago

After almost four years of marriage, Bob still has this hanging in his Bronco. (It's his boutonniere from our wedding.) He hung it on the rear view mirror right after our reception on the way to the hotel. I asked him once why he still had it in there years later. He said it was a reminder of one of the happiest days of his life. For as much as Bob isn't a sentimental goober like me, it's nice to know he isn't dead inside like I always tease him that he is.

(Case in point.. we were watching UP in the theater, and I was bawling my eyes out, when he looked over at me and incredulously asked "Are you really crying? It's a cartoon Caity." "But the wife just died!" "Caity, they just stopped drawing her. She's a cartoon.")

This guy..

I kind of like this guy. He puts up with my worrying, my anxiety, my grumpiness. When I'm sick, he is there to take care of me. And when I need a good laugh, he sings me songs he's made up about robots on the dance floor.

My husband is one of the funniest people I know.

I just found this video from when Bob and I first got married. He was trying out my whitening strips and I snuck up on him with the video camera. This was his reaction..

*design by me*

Drawing was never my forte.

A little while ago I was at a doctors appointment and Bob came with me. While I was filling out forms, he was playing on his phone. (We have phones that are also palm pilots) When I got finished I glanced over at what he was doing. He had turned this photo..

Into these..

I was cracking up. Not only are they super creative, but if I had a sketch pad and 5 hours, I wouldn't be able to create anything close to this! I think Bob missed his calling in life. I guess this explains why I can never win Pictionary unless I'm on Bob's team.

I always blamed those stupid little pencils.

rock n' roll babe

while visiting my cute pregnant friend at the hospital last night, I got all baby hungry and while passing a lady singing sweetly to her baby. I glanced over at bob and said what do you think you'll sing to our baby when we have one? his response? metallica.

(this is his way of keeping me from getting too girly and gushy on him)

Bobbybration!

It's a Bobelbration! A Bobcebration! A Bobbybration! Wait, let me explain. Bob finished his last final yesterday, and it's been a really tough semester, so I decided I was going to plan a celebration for him. I kept trying to work his name into celebration, and let me tell you right now, it's not easy. It ended up sounding like Bob's abrasion.. and that's just weird.

So we dropped the name and I gave him a little congrats present for being such a good student. And then took him to some really yummy food at McGraths.

We also saw a movie at the IMAX theatres. If you haven't seen the 3D space one, you really should go. It's incredibly interesting. But I did find out some bad news, due to my extreme claustrophobia, I won't be able to go to space. It's okay, I'm dealing with it.

We'll stick to longboards for now.

Bob just got a custom long board from here. He had it shipped to my work, so every day he would call asking if it had arrived yet. Every day I had to tell him no. Each time I told him so, he would say "Okay, but as soon as it gets there, you have to call me." I assured him I would. Then said "Man, you would think you were getting a baby in the mail or something."

Would you like to know what he said?

"Yeah, but this is more fun."

(me) "Oh yeah, how do you figure?"

(bob) "Well you can ride this. Caity, you can't ride on a baby." Then he said "But you could roll a baby.. that might be fun."

Yeah, I don't know if we should have kids for a while.

He's on to me..

* Communication is important. *

Animals all communicate a little differently..

Bees dance when they have found nectar. (The scout bee will dance in the hive, and the dance directs other bees to the location of the nectar.)

Chimpanzees greet each other by touching hands.

Male fiddler crabs wave their giant claw to attract female fiddler crabs.

White-tailed deer show alarm by flicking up their tails.

Dogs stretch their front legs out in front of them and lower their bodies when they want to play.

Elephants show affection by entwining their trunks.

Giraffes press their necks together when they are attracted to each other.

Gorillas stick out their tongues to show anger.

Kangaroos thump their hind legs to warn others of danger.

Prairie dogs bare their teeth and press their mouths together to discover if they are friends or foes.

Whales leap out of the water repeatedly to send messages to other whales.

Swans entwine their long necks both to fight and to court.

Horses rub noses as a sign of affection.

And what do two adult males do to communicate? Let me tell you a story.

The other night Bob and I were getting out of the car to go in the house, when a guy down the street locks his car by pressing his key fob and making his car honk.

Just then Bob does the same thing with our car to lock it. The guy down the street stops walking, looks at us, presses his button and honks the horn once again. Causing Bob to stop, look at him, press our button and honk our horn again.

(By this point I have stopped along with the males and am looking back and forth at them in disbelief. Was this actually happening?)

It was the funniest thing, we were all laughing, but we were so far away from the guy (that we didn't know) it's not like we could have a conversation. So he honks his horn again, then Bob, then him, then Bob. I am laughing and edging towards the house. Then he gives one more honk and goes into his apartment, so Bob hurries and honks our horn once more and goes inside. What do we hear two seconds later? That's right. Honk.

So there you have it. Like geese, human males communicate much the same way. Or at least that's what it seems from my brief studies the other night. Bob says girls communicate in high pitched voices while hugging each other profusely.

(Info on how animals communicate from an excerpt in The End of Stress as We Know It)

My loving husband

Sometimes when I get bored in the car, I pull out the camera. Needless to say Bob gets annoyed and calls me the paparazzi. Here is the typical sequence..

1. slightly annoyed

2. annoyed

3. slightly past annoyed

We both have this funny and slightly sadistic thing in our marriage where we try to annoy each other to get the funny outcome and overall entertain ourselves. Does this mean we need marriage counselling? I don't think so, we are having fun.

Even though a lot has happened in the last two years, it feels like it was just yesterday we knelt together and married for all eternity. Robert, you truly are the love of my life.

Some of the reasons why I love you..

-Somehow you can make me laugh when I am upset. Even if it's at you.

-How reasonable you are. I will say or do something completely irrational and you help me to see it in a different light.

-You offer me unconditional love.

-When you look over at me in the most random of instances and say, "You're pretty".

-When I start to go into panic mode about something, you will pretend you are me and do some ridiculous head shaking thing and screech like a girl. It lightens the situation and helps me put things in perspective.

-You always let me have my way, which drives me crazy sometimes, but it doesn't go unnoticed how completely selfless you are with me.

-We will be in separate rooms, and you will suddenly call out "I love you!"

-You are endlessly patient with me and my flaws.

-You are a questioner.. you actually try to figure things out. It's a trait that I greatly admire.

-You always approach problems by being on my side.

-You help inspire me daily. My mood, my day, my outlook is better because of you.

-You know how to comfort me, and really help me work through problems that come my way.

-When I looked at you in the car and said "You are the peas and I'm the carrots." You didn't skip a beat with your retort of "Why do I have to be the peas?" Then when I said I would be the peas you told me you didn't feel comfortable talking about this subject anymore, because you didn't understand it to begin with.

-You are talented at so many things. I swoon every time you sing and play your guitar for me.

-You always get celebrities mixed up when we watch movies. I will set you straight, and you will say "No Cait, you're not right. I know." (but you don't)

-You are smart. So so smart. It never ceases to amaze me what you know, and continue to learn.

-I love when you rant. I am rolling on the floor whenever you go on about blogs, stupid drivers, animal people, reality t.v., oh and who could forget your dissertation on why Tyra Banks is evil? (Your impression of her and the judges on ANTM makes me laugh so hard I cry.)

-You have beautiful blue eyes. I can't wait to see what our children will look like. No doubt handsome like their dad.

-Every time I even glimpse your face, I realize how incredibly lucky I am, and how much I positively love you. Every bit of you. Even your video game habits.

Happy Anniversary (tomorrow) Robert. I love you.

More Holga

Bob took this picture with the Holga. It's so interesting how different people's eyes are drawn to different things. I wouldn't have thought to get this shot, but I love it. That's why I am so fond of photography. Every one's expressions are different. It truly is art.

El Bobbo..

"I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you."

-Roy Croft

Spent all last night with the hub. There is nothing like spending time with your favorite person. I seriously can't believe we have been married for two years next month.