Hey everyone!!! Yes, we are FINALLY getting back to the month in review posts, after our Ray & HB fiasco. Whew.
Anyway, to refresh your mind, you can find the original posts HERE and HERE (:
And also, my text will be purple and Flynn's green.
We're starting off with my side of the post, so here we go (:
Haha, I remember that. Your hair was so messy. Oh, knock it off. Just like I told you to do then, too! :D
And poor Jase...just to think about how glad she was in the morning to wake up and realize she was in a home? Wow.
Yeah, I know. Poor girl...well, at least now she's got a home with us. (:
And oh gosh...you used to tease me so much!
Used to?
Okay, lemme rephrase. You TEASE me so much. Minus the 'used to'. You never stopped.
You wouldn't like me any other way, though. And 'award winning grin'? Why thank you.
If anything, you're good for a few laughs, hon. And goodness...I can't believe you beat yourself up so much about rushing into marriage and adopting the girls...yikes.
Well...when you make your sweet, adorable wife cry-
Oh, knock it off, would ya? :D
Ahaha...and this was the first time we danced...oh my. That was an embarrassing, painful trainwreck!
You're pretty good for a few laughs, too, hon. You weren't that bad....
And you know what I've been thinking? We haven't had our daily walks/talks in a lonnnng time.
Yeah, I just thought about that as well! We need to get back in the habit of it. Although, we do talk in the evenings before we go to sleep.
Yup...and this was also before we'd even lay down beside one another at night! Hahaha...wow. We have come quite a long ways, if you ask me.
And I agree!
Oh no. Are you seriously going to read that last paragraph?
Yes I am, dear girl...haha wow, thanks for the compliments!
That you weren't supposed to see.
When we share a blog, it's kind of hard to keep things private like that :D
True. Well, let's get to your side of the post....
'Funny feeling in my stomach'? That's called butterflies in your stomach, hon.
But I'm a guy...butterflies in my stomach sounds weird coming from a guy!
Fine. You have manly butterflies in your stomach, then.
Hah...I'll stick with funny feeling. :D
Hmmm...I didn't feel your heart thundering, but yeah, I'm as pathetically fascinated with you as you were with me.
I 'was'? How about I AM?
Whatever tense you prefer; past or present...doesn't matter to me! :D And goodness. You hardly even noticed me stomping your feet, almost yanking you down with me when I stumbled....etc? You must not have been paying attention very well.
You've got that right..I wasn't paying attention to the dance itself, more like paying a lot of attention to the stunningly gorgeous face right in front of me!
Shush up. Stunningly gorgeous does not-
Shush up. Yes it does.
Two can play at this game, dear. Just remember that. I'm always right anyway! :D
But let's make an exception this one time...
How 'bout we get back to the post?
Ahh...reading this is making me want to dance...
Note to self: Next time we can get away from the dresser for a bit without our lives being threatened by crazy Barbies, take Rapunzel dancing.
Ha, ha...and to think we were hesitant to kiss each other back then? Woops.
Yeah...not anymore, right? Unless we've just had an argument and I'm scared to touch you, for fear that you'll fly into me.
I'm not that bad, am I?
[Cue the cricket chirps...]
Alright, alright, I get the message. :D
Well, that's the end of this post...hopefully we'll be able to get onto a more normal posting schedule for these posts....for now we'll probably head back to the dresser to spend time with the girls! (:
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Month In Review - Meeting the girls
Hey all!
Today, we'll be reviewing when we got to meet Jase, Allie, and Hallie. Instead of several posts, it'll probably just be one biggggg long post...maybe!
My text will be purple, and Flynn's green.
To refresh your memory, the posts we're looking over are HERE, HERE, and HERE. In that order! (:
So...let's get started.
Wow, you seriously did have a lot of 'reservations' about fostering. And Merida's "I'm not good with kids"...that's funny. She's great with Allie now!
For sure.
Haha, oh my. I forgot that Jase told us that she shared the same nickname as someone from that TV show, Duck Dynasty. We'll have to watch a few episodes on the computer and let her know if they're 'good humans' or not. I've heard it's really funny.
Maybe we could do that on one of our day outings.
Sounds like a plan!
I still can remember how sure Jase was that we were going to be her Momma and Daddy. She was just devastated when we left.
If she was fostered by HB and Ray, I can understand why she's the way she is. I like the way she is, anyhow. It's just a shame that they had her! She's such a sweet girl.
Don't even get me started on HB and Ray. Anyway...back to the posts?
Yup.
Wow. So...that post is done. That was a relatively quick post - despite all the things that were going through my head! I must not have typed them all out. It woulda been miles long if I had typed it all out!
I don't doubt that.
Aw..Janet was such a good kid. I miss her! I hope she got into good hands.
That's for sure.
To think I was so hesitant! I just love them now. And I'm glad we rushed...I think.
You sure were upset that night, though. I was amazed when you told me to shut up...that kind of makes me laugh now, though!
Yeah, yeah.
I think this was the first time we had a true, big heart-to-heart. You're probably sick of those by now - they usually end with me crying my eyes out. Sometimes I wish I could be less emotional.
I'm not tired of our heart-to-hearts. Usually, they're long overdue, because you try to bottle everything up until you can't anymore! And I wouldn't like you any other way.
Yeah, but..good grief. Just reading what Jase said about me ('you sure didn't seem to understand how to be a momma, you were sure trying hard and she loved you anyway') Just reading THAT made me feel like crying!
Annd on to the next post. Before my wife gets all cry-y! (Just kidding, hon. ;) ) I guess this review post won't be nearly as long as what we thought it would be...which is good for the readers!
Jase sure talks about her games a lot, I've noticed!
That's because she makes up so many! The girl's got a big imagination.
Oh wow. Was I seriously that awful? I got a laugh out of your "she looked like she could use a hug and some reassuring words. Make that a lot of reassuring words." Talk about dead-on?!
Yeah, you were seriously like that, but it's understandable!
And you would think those stupid butterflies would've gone away by now. I can understand why you might feel that way, cause we had just married and everything..but really? Over a month later??
True love, dear girl; true love.
Stop it. I'll swat you one on the back of the head if you make those dumb butterflies come!
If you'd stop making me laugh by saying-
You're pathetic.
I know I am. You are too!
You readers are probably thinking we're hopeless. You'd most likely be right.
Anyway...oh, jeesh. You felt THAT bad about it? I mean, sure I cried a little, but it was nothing to beat yourself up about.
You cried...a LITTLE? And I know, but it's not easy seeing your newlywed wife crying over a decision you suggested.
I did NOT snore! You're joking around.
Yeah, actually...you did snore. Totally understandable, but yes, it was legit.
You're terrible.
You're the one who snores!
I've heard you snore plenty, too. So we're even!
Anyway...before our bantering goes on much further..that's it. Those three posts went a LOT quicker than I thought they would!
We're probably heading off to spend some family time with the girls again...talk to you all soon!
Today, we'll be reviewing when we got to meet Jase, Allie, and Hallie. Instead of several posts, it'll probably just be one biggggg long post...maybe!
My text will be purple, and Flynn's green.
To refresh your memory, the posts we're looking over are HERE, HERE, and HERE. In that order! (:
So...let's get started.
Wow, you seriously did have a lot of 'reservations' about fostering. And Merida's "I'm not good with kids"...that's funny. She's great with Allie now!
For sure.
Haha, oh my. I forgot that Jase told us that she shared the same nickname as someone from that TV show, Duck Dynasty. We'll have to watch a few episodes on the computer and let her know if they're 'good humans' or not. I've heard it's really funny.
Maybe we could do that on one of our day outings.
Sounds like a plan!
I still can remember how sure Jase was that we were going to be her Momma and Daddy. She was just devastated when we left.
If she was fostered by HB and Ray, I can understand why she's the way she is. I like the way she is, anyhow. It's just a shame that they had her! She's such a sweet girl.
Don't even get me started on HB and Ray. Anyway...back to the posts?
Yup.
Wow. So...that post is done. That was a relatively quick post - despite all the things that were going through my head! I must not have typed them all out. It woulda been miles long if I had typed it all out!
I don't doubt that.
Aw..Janet was such a good kid. I miss her! I hope she got into good hands.
That's for sure.
To think I was so hesitant! I just love them now. And I'm glad we rushed...I think.
You sure were upset that night, though. I was amazed when you told me to shut up...that kind of makes me laugh now, though!
Yeah, yeah.
I think this was the first time we had a true, big heart-to-heart. You're probably sick of those by now - they usually end with me crying my eyes out. Sometimes I wish I could be less emotional.
I'm not tired of our heart-to-hearts. Usually, they're long overdue, because you try to bottle everything up until you can't anymore! And I wouldn't like you any other way.
Yeah, but..good grief. Just reading what Jase said about me ('you sure didn't seem to understand how to be a momma, you were sure trying hard and she loved you anyway') Just reading THAT made me feel like crying!
Annd on to the next post. Before my wife gets all cry-y! (Just kidding, hon. ;) ) I guess this review post won't be nearly as long as what we thought it would be...which is good for the readers!
Jase sure talks about her games a lot, I've noticed!
That's because she makes up so many! The girl's got a big imagination.
Oh wow. Was I seriously that awful? I got a laugh out of your "she looked like she could use a hug and some reassuring words. Make that a lot of reassuring words." Talk about dead-on?!
Yeah, you were seriously like that, but it's understandable!
And you would think those stupid butterflies would've gone away by now. I can understand why you might feel that way, cause we had just married and everything..but really? Over a month later??
True love, dear girl; true love.
Stop it. I'll swat you one on the back of the head if you make those dumb butterflies come!
If you'd stop making me laugh by saying-
You're pathetic.
I know I am. You are too!
You readers are probably thinking we're hopeless. You'd most likely be right.
Anyway...oh, jeesh. You felt THAT bad about it? I mean, sure I cried a little, but it was nothing to beat yourself up about.
You cried...a LITTLE? And I know, but it's not easy seeing your newlywed wife crying over a decision you suggested.
I did NOT snore! You're joking around.
Yeah, actually...you did snore. Totally understandable, but yes, it was legit.
You're terrible.
You're the one who snores!
I've heard you snore plenty, too. So we're even!
Anyway...before our bantering goes on much further..that's it. Those three posts went a LOT quicker than I thought they would!
We're probably heading off to spend some family time with the girls again...talk to you all soon!
Month in review - wedding day & fostering part 1
Hey all! So today we're going thru the post I made about our wedding day, which you can view HERE. To spare you readers of some dry posts, we've decided not to post about the really non-interesting things, like the post about when we set a wedding date and when Flynn fell of of Maximus. Flynn did NOT want to talk about when he fell off of Maximus. :D
Anyway... to mix it up a bit for our extra-special-day post, my text will be in pink and Flynn's will be in blue.
So let's get started! (:
Fun fact: I had decided Merida would be my maid of honor...the night before our wedding. Last-notice? Just a bit. But she wasn't bothered by it. The night before, we'd stayed up late chatting about last minute details, and then I could hardly fall asleep from excitement!!! (:
I would have liked to have seen what all it took to convince Merida to wear that PINK dress.
A lot of "oh, come on. You're the maid of honor and you have to dress up some" and "no, you are NOT taking your bow and arrow with you. Who do you think you will need to shoot, anyhow?!" and other convincing, before we finally squeezed her into it. She's a good friend.
A good friend that was mad as a wet cat, I bet.
I'm not going to comment on that one! :P
I agree with Merida. You ARE perfection!
Wait. Merida did YOUR hair?? By the looks of her own unkempt mess, I didn't think she could be that good at braiding or anything!
Looks can be deceiving, obviously!
Yes. When I turned away, I was trying so hard not to laugh. Big Rayne, big Merida...BLONDIE. =D
And whoa. I didn't know you were so cold-feet about it at the last minute. I had started to wonder if someone had doll-napped you or taken you hostage or something, because you stayed hidden for so long! Now I know why. And-
Oh my gosh, did I seriously forget to say about our vows?? Yes, I did - ugh! After Merida gave me the engagement ribbon, Rayne led us through our vows and I do's and I will's and everything else. Woops! D:
That's fine, though.
I just got a little tingle up my spine seeing the picture of us 'tying the knot'...literally. Best decision of my life? You bet'cha.
I LOVE going through these pictures and posts. It brings back soo much emotion for me!
But you're generally emotional to begin with!
No comment, Flynn. No comment. I'll get you back for that one - I'll find SOMETHING to scare you in the middle of the night!
But then I wouldn't get my 8 hours of sleep.
...No comment. :P Let's take a look at these photoshoot pics. I still cannot believe I didn't get a pic of Rayne! :( And Merida can totally pull off the 'sassy' look. I failed. And Blondie looks like she's, like, my daughter or something! Wow.
You ARE both modeled after the same Disney character. And yeah, you didn't pull off that look at all - but the picture was still great all the same! Oh, and I do like the picture of you holding the ribbon. You should put it on your next header.
Awesome idea, hubby, awesome idea!!!!
You're welcome, wife. :D And wow, you WERE miffed about Tangled Fan making us go pose for sketches...I thought you looked a bit ticked.
Come to think of it, we never did get any sketches hung up - and now we don't even live on that shelf anymore! :( I miss our shelf.
Same here..oh well.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Priceless. "Oh, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, what is wrong, my dearest?" Good grief, the things you do to tease me. I'd forgotten about that - the look on Tangled Fan's face was priceless too. Priceless, I tell ya! :D
Wow - that one photoshoot pic. It DOES seriously look like you've tied me up in your hair. That's great...THAT should have been our 'official' engagement picture, only with the bow tied around your hair or something, because you snagged my heart.
And look who's getting mushy. But yes, that would have been a great picture! :P
Oh...that was the same post as when you proposed the idea of starting a family. I can't believe I was so unsure about Jase - she's so darling! But I can remember that feeling I had. I felt almost like the ground was falling out from under me, and I didn't know what to grab onto to keep from going under in my uncertainty!
That's what you have me for, dearest.
Yeah, but goodness, we'd only been married for a matter of hours! I didn't really think about that. And I didn't want to disappoint you or anything, and I didn't want to discuss it with you because I didn't really know what I wanted, myself!
You really are quite the uncertain doll.
Don't I know it. Oh my..."And an older child would be perfect to start parenthood off with - not a wee baby, although I wouldn't mind having one of those, either!" Little did we know. We'd end up with two older ones and two wee babies! Yikes.
We really did move too fast.
But that's fine now - what's done is done and no harm done! (:
Several calamities later. Or near-calamities. And WOW, you sure typed a long explanation of your thoughts!
They were pouring straight from my mind to my fingers to the computer screen. I had a lot of different views on the matter.
I still wish you would have been close enough to me to do a good heart-to-heart with me on the matter - it would have made me felt a little better about it myself!
Sorry. But I do give heart to hearts now! Probably too many.
Too many? Never!
Well, we'll leave it at that. Next post coming when we have the time to get it up!!
Anyway... to mix it up a bit for our extra-special-day post, my text will be in pink and Flynn's will be in blue.
So let's get started! (:
Fun fact: I had decided Merida would be my maid of honor...the night before our wedding. Last-notice? Just a bit. But she wasn't bothered by it. The night before, we'd stayed up late chatting about last minute details, and then I could hardly fall asleep from excitement!!! (:
I would have liked to have seen what all it took to convince Merida to wear that PINK dress.
A lot of "oh, come on. You're the maid of honor and you have to dress up some" and "no, you are NOT taking your bow and arrow with you. Who do you think you will need to shoot, anyhow?!" and other convincing, before we finally squeezed her into it. She's a good friend.
A good friend that was mad as a wet cat, I bet.
I'm not going to comment on that one! :P
I agree with Merida. You ARE perfection!
Wait. Merida did YOUR hair?? By the looks of her own unkempt mess, I didn't think she could be that good at braiding or anything!
Looks can be deceiving, obviously!
Yes. When I turned away, I was trying so hard not to laugh. Big Rayne, big Merida...BLONDIE. =D
And whoa. I didn't know you were so cold-feet about it at the last minute. I had started to wonder if someone had doll-napped you or taken you hostage or something, because you stayed hidden for so long! Now I know why. And-
Oh my gosh, did I seriously forget to say about our vows?? Yes, I did - ugh! After Merida gave me the engagement ribbon, Rayne led us through our vows and I do's and I will's and everything else. Woops! D:
That's fine, though.
I just got a little tingle up my spine seeing the picture of us 'tying the knot'...literally. Best decision of my life? You bet'cha.
I LOVE going through these pictures and posts. It brings back soo much emotion for me!
But you're generally emotional to begin with!
No comment, Flynn. No comment. I'll get you back for that one - I'll find SOMETHING to scare you in the middle of the night!
But then I wouldn't get my 8 hours of sleep.
...No comment. :P Let's take a look at these photoshoot pics. I still cannot believe I didn't get a pic of Rayne! :( And Merida can totally pull off the 'sassy' look. I failed. And Blondie looks like she's, like, my daughter or something! Wow.
You ARE both modeled after the same Disney character. And yeah, you didn't pull off that look at all - but the picture was still great all the same! Oh, and I do like the picture of you holding the ribbon. You should put it on your next header.
Awesome idea, hubby, awesome idea!!!!
You're welcome, wife. :D And wow, you WERE miffed about Tangled Fan making us go pose for sketches...I thought you looked a bit ticked.
Come to think of it, we never did get any sketches hung up - and now we don't even live on that shelf anymore! :( I miss our shelf.
Same here..oh well.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Priceless. "Oh, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, what is wrong, my dearest?" Good grief, the things you do to tease me. I'd forgotten about that - the look on Tangled Fan's face was priceless too. Priceless, I tell ya! :D
Wow - that one photoshoot pic. It DOES seriously look like you've tied me up in your hair. That's great...THAT should have been our 'official' engagement picture, only with the bow tied around your hair or something, because you snagged my heart.
And look who's getting mushy. But yes, that would have been a great picture! :P
Oh...that was the same post as when you proposed the idea of starting a family. I can't believe I was so unsure about Jase - she's so darling! But I can remember that feeling I had. I felt almost like the ground was falling out from under me, and I didn't know what to grab onto to keep from going under in my uncertainty!
That's what you have me for, dearest.
Yeah, but goodness, we'd only been married for a matter of hours! I didn't really think about that. And I didn't want to disappoint you or anything, and I didn't want to discuss it with you because I didn't really know what I wanted, myself!
You really are quite the uncertain doll.
Don't I know it. Oh my..."And an older child would be perfect to start parenthood off with - not a wee baby, although I wouldn't mind having one of those, either!" Little did we know. We'd end up with two older ones and two wee babies! Yikes.
We really did move too fast.
But that's fine now - what's done is done and no harm done! (:
Several calamities later. Or near-calamities. And WOW, you sure typed a long explanation of your thoughts!
They were pouring straight from my mind to my fingers to the computer screen. I had a lot of different views on the matter.
I still wish you would have been close enough to me to do a good heart-to-heart with me on the matter - it would have made me felt a little better about it myself!
Sorry. But I do give heart to hearts now! Probably too many.
Too many? Never!
Well, we'll leave it at that. Next post coming when we have the time to get it up!!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Month in review post 4 - Arm surgery, my side.
Hey everyone! Here's the fourth - and LAST, I promise! - part to the 'arm surgery' series. Phew!! HERE is the post we'll be going thru, in case you want to refresh your mind. As always, my text will be in purple, and Flynn's in green.
Yeah, I noticed you were in a generally awesome mood then! I was, too. ;)
Of course you were. I knew as soon as I remembered this post, you would have to comment on that! :D
But of course. I wouldn't want to disappoint! And phew, you sure were confused on the whole topic of that. Maybe we should have talked about it a bit before I just randomly decided to pop the question. And NOW I know why you were so glum when I couldn't open up my mouth and ask the big question. Wow, I can't believe I hesitated on that; usually, with you, I'm all impulse.
I've noticed that!
If sparks didn't fly on that kiss...I don't know what would! I was soooooooooo excited! Just reading it makes me feel all warm, fuzzy, and excited!
I dunno if sparks flew for me. I didn't see any. All I knew was that it was both our first kisses, and I was engaged to YOU, and I knew you loved me then, and I couldn't believe it, and that now I didn't have to keep it hidden that I had the world's biggest crush on you!
Haha, wow! I guess I was thinking the same thing, too...and no. I had the world's biggest crush on YOU!
When we went back to the shelves, the whole time we were up there I was wondering who would notice the ribbon first. Rayne's the most observant one, I guess! Merida just seemed excited that my arm was fixed.
Yeah - and what all did you guys talk about?! I sat around forever after I finally decided to leave back for the shelf we were on.
I dunno. Just random girly stuff...wedding stuff, what the proposal was like, just stuff.
Wow, we're at the end of this post already? I guess it wasn't really as long as what I thought it would be at the beginning. Mostly pictures, though.
So that's the end of the 'arm surgery' series.
To see the first part, click HERE.
To see the second part, click HERE.
To see the third part, click HERE.
If you read through all of these parts, I think you deserve a reward or trophy or something for doing so! =D We'll be doing more posts as we can make them. For now, we're heading back to Jase and Hallie to enjoy some family time...family time with Merida, Allie, Blondie, and Rayne too :P
Yeah, I noticed you were in a generally awesome mood then! I was, too. ;)
Of course you were. I knew as soon as I remembered this post, you would have to comment on that! :D
But of course. I wouldn't want to disappoint! And phew, you sure were confused on the whole topic of that. Maybe we should have talked about it a bit before I just randomly decided to pop the question. And NOW I know why you were so glum when I couldn't open up my mouth and ask the big question. Wow, I can't believe I hesitated on that; usually, with you, I'm all impulse.
I've noticed that!
If sparks didn't fly on that kiss...I don't know what would! I was soooooooooo excited! Just reading it makes me feel all warm, fuzzy, and excited!
I dunno if sparks flew for me. I didn't see any. All I knew was that it was both our first kisses, and I was engaged to YOU, and I knew you loved me then, and I couldn't believe it, and that now I didn't have to keep it hidden that I had the world's biggest crush on you!
Haha, wow! I guess I was thinking the same thing, too...and no. I had the world's biggest crush on YOU!
When we went back to the shelves, the whole time we were up there I was wondering who would notice the ribbon first. Rayne's the most observant one, I guess! Merida just seemed excited that my arm was fixed.
Yeah - and what all did you guys talk about?! I sat around forever after I finally decided to leave back for the shelf we were on.
I dunno. Just random girly stuff...wedding stuff, what the proposal was like, just stuff.
Wow, we're at the end of this post already? I guess it wasn't really as long as what I thought it would be at the beginning. Mostly pictures, though.
So that's the end of the 'arm surgery' series.
To see the first part, click HERE.
To see the second part, click HERE.
To see the third part, click HERE.
If you read through all of these parts, I think you deserve a reward or trophy or something for doing so! =D We'll be doing more posts as we can make them. For now, we're heading back to Jase and Hallie to enjoy some family time...family time with Merida, Allie, Blondie, and Rayne too :P
Month in review post 3 - Flynn visit #2
Hi everyone! If you've survived the past two posts - which you can find the links to at the end of this, you are awesome! :D If you want to view the post we're going thru, click HERE.
As always, my text will be in purple, and Flynn's in green.
Hm. Into the Open Air as a description of our relationship at the time- I get it, and I love that song to boot! (: And yeah...I was droopy because of the heat, kind of. And secondly, I was freaking out about telling you about the fact that I overheard Tangled Fan saying about putting me on eBay!
I dunno what I'd do if she would've done that. And good grief, if I would've known she was considering THAT...!
You have no idea how happy I was when you suggested braiding my hair. It was in my face and just plain annoying!
Yep - and when I realized I didn't have anything to hold it in place with, I could've died. I just could have DIED in embarrassment!
I know you did. I could hear it in your voice. Now, I find the whole thing comical. To think we were so awkward and easily embarrassed back then!
Back then? Saying it that way makes it sound like we've been married for, like, ever. Not just a month or so!
I know. But it seems longer than that - like I've known you forever. And I just got a good laugh out of this - "I was just kind of standing there. With a handful of hair and nothing to tie it with. That's normal, right?" Yep...It may be normal if you're married to someone with hair as long as mine! :P You should make a blog called "Hazards of Marrying Someone With A Foot Of Hair". You could probably post a lot of funny stuff on there.
Good idea. And yeah...I strive to be funny, you know that! And good grief. You could never know how horribly embarrassed I was that day! First, it was awkward when I first came to visit, then I goofed up and offered to braid your hair without thinking about the fact that I didn't have any rubber bands...and THEN you almost got knocked over when I accidentally let go of your braid! That hair has a mind of its own, I'm telling you.
It seems like it does sometimes! And oh my..you didn't have to feel so embarrassed! I guess it was because we hadn't been around each other much, outside of our boxes.
I can't believe I didn't get what you were getting at. I mean, seriously. We'd just had that talk two days before!
You were totally embarrassed and weirded out. That's why you couldn't think straight!
You have noooo clue how glad I was to have gotten all that about my thoughts off my chest. And then when you acted like you weren't sure...I was sure I would be sent to eBay then. And all of a sudden, I realized how much I DID love you and that I would simply die if she would send me off to some other house, just because my arm was goobered up. I realized how I couldn't live without you. I realized-
Don't you dare even think about that, let alone tell ME about that! You'll make me cry.
Ha, ha. How do you think I felt, then??!
I know. And by the way - I was sure I wanted to propose. I just wasn't sure how to DO it, exactly. I hadn't had any time to practice, or anything -
Practice...for proposing to a girl you love? You men seem pretty complex, too.
All you girls have to do is say 'yes' or 'no'. Us guys have to prepare some big speech to impress you and actually ask. It's a life-changing choice, you know, so we have to think a LOT about it! And sometimes we even will get cold feet about it. I almost did, but then I realized I couldn't wait any longer.
Yeah...you surprised me so much when you actually did propose...that's the first, and probably the last time, you will EVER see me at a loss for words, folks! :D
And yep. I didn't feel any different, either. I guess it didn't hit me until our wedding day. And then it hit HARD!
While we're at this post, I'm gonna let you all know -
When we get to the posts where Flynn posts his side, and I post mine? We'll do a section for each in ONE post, so we won't have a zillion posts up - I'm quite sure you'll be tired of hearing from us! =D
Oh, and one more thing -
You can read part 1 HERE
You can read part 2 HERE
You can read my version of this post HERE.
As always, my text will be in purple, and Flynn's in green.
Hm. Into the Open Air as a description of our relationship at the time- I get it, and I love that song to boot! (: And yeah...I was droopy because of the heat, kind of. And secondly, I was freaking out about telling you about the fact that I overheard Tangled Fan saying about putting me on eBay!
I dunno what I'd do if she would've done that. And good grief, if I would've known she was considering THAT...!
You have no idea how happy I was when you suggested braiding my hair. It was in my face and just plain annoying!
Yep - and when I realized I didn't have anything to hold it in place with, I could've died. I just could have DIED in embarrassment!
I know you did. I could hear it in your voice. Now, I find the whole thing comical. To think we were so awkward and easily embarrassed back then!
Back then? Saying it that way makes it sound like we've been married for, like, ever. Not just a month or so!
I know. But it seems longer than that - like I've known you forever. And I just got a good laugh out of this - "I was just kind of standing there. With a handful of hair and nothing to tie it with. That's normal, right?" Yep...It may be normal if you're married to someone with hair as long as mine! :P You should make a blog called "Hazards of Marrying Someone With A Foot Of Hair". You could probably post a lot of funny stuff on there.
Good idea. And yeah...I strive to be funny, you know that! And good grief. You could never know how horribly embarrassed I was that day! First, it was awkward when I first came to visit, then I goofed up and offered to braid your hair without thinking about the fact that I didn't have any rubber bands...and THEN you almost got knocked over when I accidentally let go of your braid! That hair has a mind of its own, I'm telling you.
It seems like it does sometimes! And oh my..you didn't have to feel so embarrassed! I guess it was because we hadn't been around each other much, outside of our boxes.
I can't believe I didn't get what you were getting at. I mean, seriously. We'd just had that talk two days before!
You were totally embarrassed and weirded out. That's why you couldn't think straight!
You have noooo clue how glad I was to have gotten all that about my thoughts off my chest. And then when you acted like you weren't sure...I was sure I would be sent to eBay then. And all of a sudden, I realized how much I DID love you and that I would simply die if she would send me off to some other house, just because my arm was goobered up. I realized how I couldn't live without you. I realized-
Don't you dare even think about that, let alone tell ME about that! You'll make me cry.
Ha, ha. How do you think I felt, then??!
I know. And by the way - I was sure I wanted to propose. I just wasn't sure how to DO it, exactly. I hadn't had any time to practice, or anything -
Practice...for proposing to a girl you love? You men seem pretty complex, too.
All you girls have to do is say 'yes' or 'no'. Us guys have to prepare some big speech to impress you and actually ask. It's a life-changing choice, you know, so we have to think a LOT about it! And sometimes we even will get cold feet about it. I almost did, but then I realized I couldn't wait any longer.
Yeah...you surprised me so much when you actually did propose...that's the first, and probably the last time, you will EVER see me at a loss for words, folks! :D
And yep. I didn't feel any different, either. I guess it didn't hit me until our wedding day. And then it hit HARD!
While we're at this post, I'm gonna let you all know -
When we get to the posts where Flynn posts his side, and I post mine? We'll do a section for each in ONE post, so we won't have a zillion posts up - I'm quite sure you'll be tired of hearing from us! =D
Oh, and one more thing -
You can read part 1 HERE
You can read part 2 HERE
You can read my version of this post HERE.
Month in review post 2 - Flynn visits me #1
Hi everyone, again! We're posting all the 'arm surgery' ones today, all at once, so I hope you enjoy and don't mind us spamming up your blog feed :P
If you want to refresh your mind on the post we're going thru, click HERE.
Like last time, I'll be using this purple, and Flynn will be using this green.
"You women are too complicating"? Need I remind you that you can be pretty confusing too, honey!
Am I?
Yup. And oh my goodness! You almost ran away when I woke up? Why?
Like it says, I was scared. I was pretty sure I'd damaged our relationship by thinking about proposing so soon, and I was scared you wouldn't like me anymore.
Alrighty then. And for the record, you WERE pretty bad with typing when you first started. But you're getting better...and you also said you weren't into typing and writing...yet, you're always looking forward to blog time. I have taught you well. Oh, and you're pretty good with words now. Not so much back then! But you are now, don't get me wrong.
Haha, yeah. You've converted me to a blogger. And yeah, I know I was bad with words! Good grief, I made you CRY!
I was crying because I'd seen the ribbon and then I knew it wouldn't be a surprise when you did propose, and then I would be all on edge, wondering about it. I was upset with MYSELF, not YOU! And another for the record: Never go home when you're visiting a girl and she starts crying!
I get that...sorry. I didn't want to go but I didn't see that conversation getting any better!
Yeah. It's fine. I really am emotional in this post. Wow!
And your face when I kissed your cheek was priceless. PRICELESS, I tell ya! I wish I had a picture of it - it was hilarious!!
Yeah, I know - I'm a funny guy. And yeah, I probably almost fainted because the girl I had a huge crush on actually kissed my cheek!
I got a good laugh out of that one - to think you had a crush on me...! It just sounds kind of funny, is all!
Glad to make you laugh. I like to make you laugh.
Obviously! And I love how you signed that one 'Flynn Rider, stand-in author.' Stand in...hm. Seems like you've become a pretty permanent co-author!
Yup. And after reading through this post...can you imagine that we got engaged..what was it - TWO DAYS AFTER? Wow. I dunno about you, but I can't believe it! You started out crying and confused, and two days later you were a bride to be.
I can't imagine it! I just cannot. But I'm glad it worked out like that! (:
Anyway guys...if you wanna read the first part to the 'arm surgery' month in review, click HERE.
If you wanna read part three, click HERE.
If you wanna read my side of part three, click HERE
Thanks and my apologies for spammin' up the blog feed...!
If you want to refresh your mind on the post we're going thru, click HERE.
Like last time, I'll be using this purple, and Flynn will be using this green.
"You women are too complicating"? Need I remind you that you can be pretty confusing too, honey!
Am I?
Yup. And oh my goodness! You almost ran away when I woke up? Why?
Like it says, I was scared. I was pretty sure I'd damaged our relationship by thinking about proposing so soon, and I was scared you wouldn't like me anymore.
Alrighty then. And for the record, you WERE pretty bad with typing when you first started. But you're getting better...and you also said you weren't into typing and writing...yet, you're always looking forward to blog time. I have taught you well. Oh, and you're pretty good with words now. Not so much back then! But you are now, don't get me wrong.
Haha, yeah. You've converted me to a blogger. And yeah, I know I was bad with words! Good grief, I made you CRY!
I was crying because I'd seen the ribbon and then I knew it wouldn't be a surprise when you did propose, and then I would be all on edge, wondering about it. I was upset with MYSELF, not YOU! And another for the record: Never go home when you're visiting a girl and she starts crying!
I get that...sorry. I didn't want to go but I didn't see that conversation getting any better!
Yeah. It's fine. I really am emotional in this post. Wow!
And your face when I kissed your cheek was priceless. PRICELESS, I tell ya! I wish I had a picture of it - it was hilarious!!
Yeah, I know - I'm a funny guy. And yeah, I probably almost fainted because the girl I had a huge crush on actually kissed my cheek!
I got a good laugh out of that one - to think you had a crush on me...! It just sounds kind of funny, is all!
Glad to make you laugh. I like to make you laugh.
Obviously! And I love how you signed that one 'Flynn Rider, stand-in author.' Stand in...hm. Seems like you've become a pretty permanent co-author!
Yup. And after reading through this post...can you imagine that we got engaged..what was it - TWO DAYS AFTER? Wow. I dunno about you, but I can't believe it! You started out crying and confused, and two days later you were a bride to be.
I can't imagine it! I just cannot. But I'm glad it worked out like that! (:
Anyway guys...if you wanna read the first part to the 'arm surgery' month in review, click HERE.
If you wanna read part three, click HERE.
If you wanna read my side of part three, click HERE
Thanks and my apologies for spammin' up the blog feed...!
'Month in review' post 1 - When my arm got messed up - Yuck!
Hi everyone!
Today starts our 'month in review' post series. Instead of doing it as previously thought, we decided to try to blog TOGETHER. It'll be interesting, that's for sure!
To tell who's talking, my text will be in this Lovely shade of purple, and Flynn's text will be in this Cool shade of green. Hopefully the colors will show up okay. If not we'll change it :P
Anyway, let's get started!
If you want to review the original post, you can do so HERE.
I was prowling 'like a caged animal'? I prefer to say, anxiously deciding if I wanted to propose to you or not! That's a big decision, you know...
Yeah, but that's how you were walking. I couldn't think of any better way to describe it. I was pretty new to the Blogiverse, you know! :P
Yeah, true.
"Last time you wanted an adventure, according to the movie, I was beat over my head with a frying pan, tied to a chair with your hair, and then risked my life repeatedly, ending with me ultimately being backstabbed by your crazed, fake mother, and finally, being saved by a single tear. I don't know if I WANT to go on another adventure with you!" <From the original post. Oh my goodness, I am laughing so hard at this right now....that was the best line I think you've ever spoken!
Ever spoken? You mean you didn't think my best line was "Rapunzel, will you marry me and make me the happiest doll on earth"?! Thanks.
I'm teasing. Of course I liked THAT line. A lot. ;) And by the way, you don't have a very good way of hiding your anxiousness. I KNEW something was up with you that day.
Yeah, but what was I gonna do? Say, "Hey, you can't go with me because Tangled Fan's going to help me find a ribbon so I can propose to you!" And I was super nervous anyway. I STILL feel bad, because maybe if you had gone with me after all, you wouldn't have fallen.
Don't cry over spilt milk. That probably strengthened our relationship. Looking back on it, anyway! I would have probably been in tears if I would've fallen in front of you - I know I'm clumsy and I wanted to leave a good impression, since we were deboxed!
You didn't have to worry about good impressions. I knew you were clumsy anyway! You're not too clumsy now, I suppose.
You suppose. Anyway, reading this...I haven't heard you whistling for, like, ever! Since our wedding day, I think, but I can't remember for sure.
Yeah - I haven't in awhile. And oh gosh, I forgot how bad I felt when I grabbed you to hug you, and I hurt your arm even worse..I thought for sure I would pass out!
Do you always play with your hair like that when you're typing a blog post?
I guess. It helps me think. Why?
Just wondered. Anyway, back to the post. You were sure giving conflicting signals, there, hon. One minute, you were giggling and joking around with me, and the next you were red-faced and embarrassed. And then you HUGGED me. Of course, that was the first time you'd made the move to hug me, and let me tell you, I thought my heart would never work the same again! But yeah, talk about confusion??
I know...but you have to understand that I was worried about my arm, and worried about leaving you, even if we weren't engaged or anything...and I was confused about what I'd thought I'd seen...and then just about everything else! It turned out alright anyway.
Obviously!
And when you kissed my forehead and looked so teary eyed...I almost didn't go to get my arm fixed. But then I considered the fact that I couldn't even MOVE it, or hug you properly or ANYTHING. And by the way...YOU were a little confusing, too.
I was confused because you acted confused.
Whatever THAT means! :D And buddy...all that was communicated when we met each others' eyes. I know I was thinking, Oh my gosh, he really was going to propose! Was it for me? Am I ready for such a commitment? Would I accept? Naturally, I would, but I was so freaked out. And wait, Merida, Blondie and Rayne shared the shelf with us! Maybe it was for one of them. Maybe that was the case. But did I like that? I wasn't sure!
And I was thinking, Oh crumbs. She saw it. And when I saw your panicked eyes, I thought, Well...does she like me? Is she ready? She acts like she likes me but maybe I'm reading into things too far..!
And wait. You thought that it might be for one of the three others..that I didn't even really know??!
Stranger things have happened since. And...I dunno. I was thinking pretty unrealistically at the time because I was panicky.
Love is a strange, tangled thing.
Truer words have never been spoken!
Really? It's an opinion. Others might not think the same way. So it might not be true! And wouldn't when I tell you I love you be truer than 'Love is a strange, tangled thing'?
Shush. You're terrible! And you telling me that you love me is YOUR opinion as well, if you think about it. Others might not agree with that. Like HB. She thinks you...I have no idea what she thinks but regardless...it's an opinion too.
You're terrible, too. And our bantering is getting this post pretty long.
Yeah, there is that.
Well, I guess we'll have another post up whenever we can get one ready! You're probably disgusted with our bantering, already! =D
And if you want to see the 2nd part, click HERE
3rd part: Click HERE
4th and last part: Click HERE.
Today starts our 'month in review' post series. Instead of doing it as previously thought, we decided to try to blog TOGETHER. It'll be interesting, that's for sure!
To tell who's talking, my text will be in this Lovely shade of purple, and Flynn's text will be in this Cool shade of green. Hopefully the colors will show up okay. If not we'll change it :P
Anyway, let's get started!
If you want to review the original post, you can do so HERE.
I was prowling 'like a caged animal'? I prefer to say, anxiously deciding if I wanted to propose to you or not! That's a big decision, you know...
Yeah, but that's how you were walking. I couldn't think of any better way to describe it. I was pretty new to the Blogiverse, you know! :P
Yeah, true.
"Last time you wanted an adventure, according to the movie, I was beat over my head with a frying pan, tied to a chair with your hair, and then risked my life repeatedly, ending with me ultimately being backstabbed by your crazed, fake mother, and finally, being saved by a single tear. I don't know if I WANT to go on another adventure with you!" <From the original post. Oh my goodness, I am laughing so hard at this right now....that was the best line I think you've ever spoken!
Ever spoken? You mean you didn't think my best line was "Rapunzel, will you marry me and make me the happiest doll on earth"?! Thanks.
I'm teasing. Of course I liked THAT line. A lot. ;) And by the way, you don't have a very good way of hiding your anxiousness. I KNEW something was up with you that day.
Yeah, but what was I gonna do? Say, "Hey, you can't go with me because Tangled Fan's going to help me find a ribbon so I can propose to you!" And I was super nervous anyway. I STILL feel bad, because maybe if you had gone with me after all, you wouldn't have fallen.
Don't cry over spilt milk. That probably strengthened our relationship. Looking back on it, anyway! I would have probably been in tears if I would've fallen in front of you - I know I'm clumsy and I wanted to leave a good impression, since we were deboxed!
You didn't have to worry about good impressions. I knew you were clumsy anyway! You're not too clumsy now, I suppose.
You suppose. Anyway, reading this...I haven't heard you whistling for, like, ever! Since our wedding day, I think, but I can't remember for sure.
Yeah - I haven't in awhile. And oh gosh, I forgot how bad I felt when I grabbed you to hug you, and I hurt your arm even worse..I thought for sure I would pass out!
You get queasy over that kind of stuff?
Nah. Just when it's an injury that happened to you.
You're pathetic.
I know I am. :P
So, wait. "You're a lot braver than I am - I would probably just deal with it. I can't stand surgery stuff." Why do you say you're not queasy then?
Being queasy over injuries and being queasy or impossibly worried about surgery are two different things, I guess.
Oh, okay. And-
I guess. It helps me think. Why?
Just wondered. Anyway, back to the post. You were sure giving conflicting signals, there, hon. One minute, you were giggling and joking around with me, and the next you were red-faced and embarrassed. And then you HUGGED me. Of course, that was the first time you'd made the move to hug me, and let me tell you, I thought my heart would never work the same again! But yeah, talk about confusion??
I know...but you have to understand that I was worried about my arm, and worried about leaving you, even if we weren't engaged or anything...and I was confused about what I'd thought I'd seen...and then just about everything else! It turned out alright anyway.
Obviously!
And when you kissed my forehead and looked so teary eyed...I almost didn't go to get my arm fixed. But then I considered the fact that I couldn't even MOVE it, or hug you properly or ANYTHING. And by the way...YOU were a little confusing, too.
I was confused because you acted confused.
Whatever THAT means! :D And buddy...all that was communicated when we met each others' eyes. I know I was thinking, Oh my gosh, he really was going to propose! Was it for me? Am I ready for such a commitment? Would I accept? Naturally, I would, but I was so freaked out. And wait, Merida, Blondie and Rayne shared the shelf with us! Maybe it was for one of them. Maybe that was the case. But did I like that? I wasn't sure!
And I was thinking, Oh crumbs. She saw it. And when I saw your panicked eyes, I thought, Well...does she like me? Is she ready? She acts like she likes me but maybe I'm reading into things too far..!
And wait. You thought that it might be for one of the three others..that I didn't even really know??!
Stranger things have happened since. And...I dunno. I was thinking pretty unrealistically at the time because I was panicky.
Love is a strange, tangled thing.
Truer words have never been spoken!
Really? It's an opinion. Others might not think the same way. So it might not be true! And wouldn't when I tell you I love you be truer than 'Love is a strange, tangled thing'?
Shush. You're terrible! And you telling me that you love me is YOUR opinion as well, if you think about it. Others might not agree with that. Like HB. She thinks you...I have no idea what she thinks but regardless...it's an opinion too.
You're terrible, too. And our bantering is getting this post pretty long.
Yeah, there is that.
Well, I guess we'll have another post up whenever we can get one ready! You're probably disgusted with our bantering, already! =D
And if you want to see the 2nd part, click HERE
3rd part: Click HERE
4th and last part: Click HERE.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Flynn here - month anniversary (:
Monday morning, I woke up at 8, which was kind of late for me. But hey, I had no chance of a migraine attacking me today!
Rapunzel was still totally zonked out. It appeared to me that she had done a faceplant on my shoulder, and that just looked plain uncomfortable. And my shoulder was definitely numb. But regardless. This was probably the hardest she'd slept since my absence, what with having to get up with the babies and everything. Luckily, Hallie had only gotten up once through the night, and my wife had refused to let me get up with her. I managed to lay a quite numb arm around her, and smiled as I considered how glad I was to be back.
After about an hour, she finally woke up. She promptly reached over to hug me and rested her head on my shoulder again after I propped myself up on my elbows. I gave her forehead a kiss and said good morning. She rolled her eyes at me, yet she still grinned. We both got up, but I hated to even move away from her - Velcro Flynn. Haven't you heard that's my full name? Velcro Flynn Rider.
I couldn't help but grin at her. She mistook it and thought it was because her hair was messy. Yeah...it was really messy, but I didn't notice until she shoved me and grumbled about it. I laughed, and she left to fix her hair up.
We left after the girls got up and Merida agreed to watch the girls today.
After we landed on the floor, I took her hand in mine and smiled at her. She grinned back and my heart jumped. We wandered around aimlessly and enjoyed a good chat about whatever came to mind.
When we looped back to the bookshelf after awhile, I pulled her close and asked her if she wanted to dance.
"Of course, kind sir!" She kidded, and I took her hand up to kiss it. The surprise/delight showed on her whole entire face.
But she surprised me right back, when she started to dance on her own, without me guiding her.
When the playlist on the iPod was done (since I had decided to start dancing when we got back to the bookshelf, I had asked Rayne to keep an eye or an ear out for us so she could start the iPod playlist), my wife stayed in my arms with seemingly no inclination to move away. I was awkwardly wondering how to ask her how she'd suddenly learned how to dance, without sounding mean.
Eventually, I spit the question out quickly. She giggled and said, "Rayne taught me. I asked her to teach me, so that when you came back, I'd have a surprise. However small that is, but hey - you noticed it!"
I leaned in to kiss her, and then told her, "I sure did. You were awesome." She gave me a sweet smile and I smoothed the hair from her face. She was starting to reach up to kiss me back, and I was about to lean down to help her reach, and then we were quite rudely interrupted by a "Hey, YOU!"
She pulled away from me, red-faced. I looked up to see who it was...and surprise, surprise. HB.
My wife stepped away from me in embarrassment, and then HB stomped right up into her face. "So, are you happy now?"
"It took you this long to find out they were gone?" My wife countered, and I was thinking the same thing, to be honest.
"Don't you change the subject! I want them back, now!" Complete with foot-tapping. The nerve of that doll-never mind.
Rapunzel explained - I was amazed that she hadn't snapped yet - with growing boldness, why and how they'd been taken away.
HB yelled that she was single now - no, AGAIN - because of the fact that Allie and Hallie weren't with her any longer. Rapunzel just said it wasn't her fault, but it was a shame her boyfriend didn't stick with her. At this point, I was horrified at how different the Barbies must be from the Disney-s. If we get engaged, we stay together for the rest of our days, until one or both of us gets smooshed in a Dumpster or sold on eBay, or sent to Goodwill.
"Oh, hey!" She suddenly turned towards ME, with a growing, sly smile and brightened face. Uhh, nope. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you around in a few weeks and thought maybe you'd smartened up and left that ugly thing you call your wife."
She didn't just suggest that I would LEAVE Rapunzel, and call her ugly all in one shot, had she?? Oh, boy. Before I could lay into her, though, my wife did. She gasped, stepped towards HB, and HB backed off a step or two. Her face grew to be some mix of surprise and terror.
I didn't know if Rapunzel was going to just yell at her, or jump her. I grabbed her wist to pull her back, but she wrestled away from me. I was surprised, too.
"Don't you DARE even look at him! He is my husband, he is faithful, and he always will be. He would NEVER do such a thing to me, and I am quite maddened that you act as if he WOULD! Also, I do not want to see you near me, Flynn, or my children ever again. You can do whatever you want, call me as many different kinds of ugly and stupid that you wish, but don't you DARE go near my family! And..."
She started towards her, shaking a finger, and her face growing dark and ruddy, and I thought fast. I snaked an arm out and grabbed her around her waist and dragged her back towards me, away from HB. As much as I'd like to see her give it to HB, I didn't want her getting hurt.
"HB, you heard her. Go back to your own side of the room. And don't bother trying to make trouble again." I growled at her with a glare.
She got the last laugh in, though. "Fine. If you want to be stuck with that awful, makeupless, awfully-haired thing...fine." And then she turned and waltzed off as if nothing had ever happened. I glared after her until I realized Rapunzel was staring at me. I tried to offer a smile and said that hopefully, we wouldn't see her again.
She nodded and agreed.
I sat and she did too, putting an arm around my waist. I put an arm around her shoulders and grinned at her.
We talked about how much we've changed and how much we've gone through in the past month and a half. Really...there had been something major happening EVERY SINGLE SECOND, almost!
"Hopefully, things will wind down and we'll be able to enjoy life, instead of something happening CONSTANTLY!" Rapunzel said with a chuckle.
"I could live with that for awhile," I said, pulling her close to me and kissing her hair. I couldn't help but smile with my gladness that I was back by her side.
I bent down to look at her face when she turned it away from me, curious as to why. After I considered her expression for a bit, I figured that it was because HB had called her several kinds of ugly, and though she was NOT ugly by any stretch, she somehow always managed to get herself upset because she wasn't pristinely made-up or anything like HB.
"Hey." I said quietly. "I know that look. What? HB?" I cupped her chin in my hand to bring her around to face me.
She sighed and shrugged. "Just me being...me..," she refused to meet my eyes.
"Spill it. I like hearing you being you. Unless you're bothered by your appearance. That makes me sad, because you're beautiful."
My wife stayed silent, even whilst I was studying her face. I leaned down to bump my forehead with hers, and then I told her not to let HB get into her head. Then I asked her what I told her every morning.
"Good morning?" She said, and I could tell she was attempting to skirt around the question and the topic altogether, so I chuckled.
"Good morning, and I usually try to remind you how pretty you are, and how lucky I am to have you as my wife." I went on to give another speech, asking her why I'd tell her she was pretty, unless I meant it.
When I was done, she laughed, apparently feeling a bit better on the topic. My heart swelled at the sound of her silly laugh, and so I kissed the tip of her nose.
Referring to what I'd asked her - why I'd call her pretty, sweet, wonderful, and awesome just because I felt like it - she said, "I suppose you have a point..thanks. And I am NOT awesome."
Feeling like teasing her, because I thought it might make her forget about the issue at hand, I said, "Says you,"
"Yeah, says me. I'm pretty sure my friends will back me up."
"No! They're on MY side!" I joked.
She gave me a shove, and I exaggerated falling over, as if she'd shoved me that hard. She gave me a quick peck on the cheek while I was down. When I righted myself again, I sat quietly for a moment, and then grabbed her waist with my hands and tickled her. She squealed in surprise, but then she started to get the giggles.
All of a sudden, I heard a loud, annoying noise.
"What's that sound?"
"Ohhh, no, I'm not falling f-for-" she laughed.
"No, really!" I yelped. As I said that, the door opened, and Tangled Fan came bustling in with a vacuum. Since she's not the most observant human on earth, we needed to get outta the way ASAP. I grabbed Rapunzel's hand and started to make my way over to the bottom shelf of the bookshelf. She was still giggling - how on earth she could still find something funny to giggle about...I dunno. But I rolled my eyes in fake exasperation (which made her laugh hard), picked her up, and made a dash for the shelf.
When we got in there, I sat and allowed her to slide from my lap to sit beside me. When she was settled, she gave me a sideways look. I gave her one back, attempting to look expressionless. I had to fight a grin, though. She laughed again and elbowed me, and then I chuckled, too.
After a couple minutes, her giggling stopped, and she laid her head on my shoulder. "You're..I don't know. Awesome? Great? Grand?-"
"How about 'I love you'. That basically covers all bases," I suggested, with a wink, and she gave a silly laugh.
"Okay. I love you." She said. I was slightly surprised at how easily she'd said it. The past month and a half or so, she'd hesitated or given a slight stammer between the words, and then gone red-faced, as if she was embarrassed to say it. She gave me a big grin, and I matched it, my heart squeezing.
After a good while, Tangled Fan left, and so we went back out. After a little bit, we meandered over to the window. We clambered up onto the sill and stared outside. After a couple minutes of silence, I laced my fingers with hers, and she started to sweep her hand back and forth over her braid, which was, I admit, starting to look a bit messy.
"I need to brush it out, or rebraid it, or something." She muttered, and I glanced towards her.
'It looks fine. What'd I tell you, like, a half an hour ago?"
"Yeah, yeah...but it still needs brushed." she said with a smile.
She flopped down and sprawled across the windowsill. I laid down beside her, and we both just watched the outdoors for awhile in silence, simply enjoying one another's company. After awhile, though, we did start talking about lots of stuff, including ideas for blogging, to make it more interesting for you guys - so we're not always just documenting our daily lives and going on about how twitterpated we are with one another. I'm sure you all get tired of reading that!
When we got back, Jase promptly came running over and hugged me. I sat down with her, and she talked and talked and talked..and talked...and talked...about all the games she'd made up when I was gone. I would tell you all about her games, but by the time she was done chattering about all the various games, my head was swimming and I couldn't remember half of them. All I caught was that she wanted to teach them ALL to me. I hope to goodness she didn't mean to teach them all to me in one day.
After awhile, Rapunzel, with Hallie in tow, meandered over towards the Hallmark box that was right beside the wicker chair. I managed to snag her by the waist.
"Wait up a sec. There's room here for you." She turned towards me and rolled her eyes before giving me the usual 'what if I..' spiel.
I didn't answer her, but I did suddenly pull her backwards to sit down. So quickly that she gave an awkward, surprised squawk/squeal.
"You can sit here for a couple minutes." With a wink. She elbowed me, and I pulled her close to brush my lips with hers.
"Not in front of the kids!" She grumbled at me.
Before I could say anything, Jase spoke up. "That's okay, Momma! I know you like Daddy. And that's what dolls do when they like someone, right?" Jase looked up with wide, innocent, questioning eyes.
I had to keep from laughing. "Umm.....yeah, that's right." Rapunzel answered her, and I could tell by her reddened face that she was trying to keep from laughing as well. Then, she pulled Jase onto her lap beside Hallie and gave her a quick hug. As soon as she released her hug on Jase, however, she scooted back down onto my lap. I gazed down at her and looked at her bright eyes. She gave me a dimply smile, and I couldn't help but love the little girl. I shot a glance towards my wife, and saw she was staring at Hallie's peaceful, sleeping face. I gave her shoulders a squeeze and a kiss in the hair, and she looked up at me with such a sweet expression on her face. And, which surprised me, I also saw love in her eyes.
I know she had been uncomfortable with me at the beginning, and we'd both been really awkward. When I'd become more comfortable around her, she still wasn't, but she'd still gone along with my ideas of getting engaged, getting married, and fostering, and also adopting, children. Even though she'd not been completely ready for all of this, she'd still trusted me enough to go along with it. I know she loved me the whole way, but this was the first time I can honestly say she looked at me lovingly. She was just starting to open up enough to be comfortable and display affection around others, let alone towards me. That, my readers and friends, is a huge, huge, huge step. And I'm glad. I still feel bad about rushing her, mind, so I'm especially relieved to know she's finally starting to get used to all this.
Well, I'm gonna let you all go, before I get too mushy about it. You all are probably so tired of hearing the same old same old...!
Rapunzel was still totally zonked out. It appeared to me that she had done a faceplant on my shoulder, and that just looked plain uncomfortable. And my shoulder was definitely numb. But regardless. This was probably the hardest she'd slept since my absence, what with having to get up with the babies and everything. Luckily, Hallie had only gotten up once through the night, and my wife had refused to let me get up with her. I managed to lay a quite numb arm around her, and smiled as I considered how glad I was to be back.
After about an hour, she finally woke up. She promptly reached over to hug me and rested her head on my shoulder again after I propped myself up on my elbows. I gave her forehead a kiss and said good morning. She rolled her eyes at me, yet she still grinned. We both got up, but I hated to even move away from her - Velcro Flynn. Haven't you heard that's my full name? Velcro Flynn Rider.
I couldn't help but grin at her. She mistook it and thought it was because her hair was messy. Yeah...it was really messy, but I didn't notice until she shoved me and grumbled about it. I laughed, and she left to fix her hair up.
We left after the girls got up and Merida agreed to watch the girls today.
After we landed on the floor, I took her hand in mine and smiled at her. She grinned back and my heart jumped. We wandered around aimlessly and enjoyed a good chat about whatever came to mind.
When we looped back to the bookshelf after awhile, I pulled her close and asked her if she wanted to dance.
"Of course, kind sir!" She kidded, and I took her hand up to kiss it. The surprise/delight showed on her whole entire face.
But she surprised me right back, when she started to dance on her own, without me guiding her.
When the playlist on the iPod was done (since I had decided to start dancing when we got back to the bookshelf, I had asked Rayne to keep an eye or an ear out for us so she could start the iPod playlist), my wife stayed in my arms with seemingly no inclination to move away. I was awkwardly wondering how to ask her how she'd suddenly learned how to dance, without sounding mean.
Eventually, I spit the question out quickly. She giggled and said, "Rayne taught me. I asked her to teach me, so that when you came back, I'd have a surprise. However small that is, but hey - you noticed it!"
I leaned in to kiss her, and then told her, "I sure did. You were awesome." She gave me a sweet smile and I smoothed the hair from her face. She was starting to reach up to kiss me back, and I was about to lean down to help her reach, and then we were quite rudely interrupted by a "Hey, YOU!"
She pulled away from me, red-faced. I looked up to see who it was...and surprise, surprise. HB.
My wife stepped away from me in embarrassment, and then HB stomped right up into her face. "So, are you happy now?"
"It took you this long to find out they were gone?" My wife countered, and I was thinking the same thing, to be honest.
"Don't you change the subject! I want them back, now!" Complete with foot-tapping. The nerve of that doll-never mind.
Rapunzel explained - I was amazed that she hadn't snapped yet - with growing boldness, why and how they'd been taken away.
HB yelled that she was single now - no, AGAIN - because of the fact that Allie and Hallie weren't with her any longer. Rapunzel just said it wasn't her fault, but it was a shame her boyfriend didn't stick with her. At this point, I was horrified at how different the Barbies must be from the Disney-s. If we get engaged, we stay together for the rest of our days, until one or both of us gets smooshed in a Dumpster or sold on eBay, or sent to Goodwill.
"Oh, hey!" She suddenly turned towards ME, with a growing, sly smile and brightened face. Uhh, nope. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you around in a few weeks and thought maybe you'd smartened up and left that ugly thing you call your wife."
She didn't just suggest that I would LEAVE Rapunzel, and call her ugly all in one shot, had she?? Oh, boy. Before I could lay into her, though, my wife did. She gasped, stepped towards HB, and HB backed off a step or two. Her face grew to be some mix of surprise and terror.
I didn't know if Rapunzel was going to just yell at her, or jump her. I grabbed her wist to pull her back, but she wrestled away from me. I was surprised, too.
"Don't you DARE even look at him! He is my husband, he is faithful, and he always will be. He would NEVER do such a thing to me, and I am quite maddened that you act as if he WOULD! Also, I do not want to see you near me, Flynn, or my children ever again. You can do whatever you want, call me as many different kinds of ugly and stupid that you wish, but don't you DARE go near my family! And..."
She started towards her, shaking a finger, and her face growing dark and ruddy, and I thought fast. I snaked an arm out and grabbed her around her waist and dragged her back towards me, away from HB. As much as I'd like to see her give it to HB, I didn't want her getting hurt.
"HB, you heard her. Go back to your own side of the room. And don't bother trying to make trouble again." I growled at her with a glare.
She got the last laugh in, though. "Fine. If you want to be stuck with that awful, makeupless, awfully-haired thing...fine." And then she turned and waltzed off as if nothing had ever happened. I glared after her until I realized Rapunzel was staring at me. I tried to offer a smile and said that hopefully, we wouldn't see her again.
She nodded and agreed.
I sat and she did too, putting an arm around my waist. I put an arm around her shoulders and grinned at her.
We talked about how much we've changed and how much we've gone through in the past month and a half. Really...there had been something major happening EVERY SINGLE SECOND, almost!
"Hopefully, things will wind down and we'll be able to enjoy life, instead of something happening CONSTANTLY!" Rapunzel said with a chuckle.
"I could live with that for awhile," I said, pulling her close to me and kissing her hair. I couldn't help but smile with my gladness that I was back by her side.
I bent down to look at her face when she turned it away from me, curious as to why. After I considered her expression for a bit, I figured that it was because HB had called her several kinds of ugly, and though she was NOT ugly by any stretch, she somehow always managed to get herself upset because she wasn't pristinely made-up or anything like HB.
"Hey." I said quietly. "I know that look. What? HB?" I cupped her chin in my hand to bring her around to face me.
She sighed and shrugged. "Just me being...me..," she refused to meet my eyes.
"Spill it. I like hearing you being you. Unless you're bothered by your appearance. That makes me sad, because you're beautiful."
My wife stayed silent, even whilst I was studying her face. I leaned down to bump my forehead with hers, and then I told her not to let HB get into her head. Then I asked her what I told her every morning.
"Good morning?" She said, and I could tell she was attempting to skirt around the question and the topic altogether, so I chuckled.
"Good morning, and I usually try to remind you how pretty you are, and how lucky I am to have you as my wife." I went on to give another speech, asking her why I'd tell her she was pretty, unless I meant it.
When I was done, she laughed, apparently feeling a bit better on the topic. My heart swelled at the sound of her silly laugh, and so I kissed the tip of her nose.
Referring to what I'd asked her - why I'd call her pretty, sweet, wonderful, and awesome just because I felt like it - she said, "I suppose you have a point..thanks. And I am NOT awesome."
Feeling like teasing her, because I thought it might make her forget about the issue at hand, I said, "Says you,"
"Yeah, says me. I'm pretty sure my friends will back me up."
"No! They're on MY side!" I joked.
She gave me a shove, and I exaggerated falling over, as if she'd shoved me that hard. She gave me a quick peck on the cheek while I was down. When I righted myself again, I sat quietly for a moment, and then grabbed her waist with my hands and tickled her. She squealed in surprise, but then she started to get the giggles.
All of a sudden, I heard a loud, annoying noise.
"What's that sound?"
"Ohhh, no, I'm not falling f-for-" she laughed.
"No, really!" I yelped. As I said that, the door opened, and Tangled Fan came bustling in with a vacuum. Since she's not the most observant human on earth, we needed to get outta the way ASAP. I grabbed Rapunzel's hand and started to make my way over to the bottom shelf of the bookshelf. She was still giggling - how on earth she could still find something funny to giggle about...I dunno. But I rolled my eyes in fake exasperation (which made her laugh hard), picked her up, and made a dash for the shelf.
When we got in there, I sat and allowed her to slide from my lap to sit beside me. When she was settled, she gave me a sideways look. I gave her one back, attempting to look expressionless. I had to fight a grin, though. She laughed again and elbowed me, and then I chuckled, too.
After a couple minutes, her giggling stopped, and she laid her head on my shoulder. "You're..I don't know. Awesome? Great? Grand?-"
"How about 'I love you'. That basically covers all bases," I suggested, with a wink, and she gave a silly laugh.
"Okay. I love you." She said. I was slightly surprised at how easily she'd said it. The past month and a half or so, she'd hesitated or given a slight stammer between the words, and then gone red-faced, as if she was embarrassed to say it. She gave me a big grin, and I matched it, my heart squeezing.
After a good while, Tangled Fan left, and so we went back out. After a little bit, we meandered over to the window. We clambered up onto the sill and stared outside. After a couple minutes of silence, I laced my fingers with hers, and she started to sweep her hand back and forth over her braid, which was, I admit, starting to look a bit messy.
"I need to brush it out, or rebraid it, or something." She muttered, and I glanced towards her.
'It looks fine. What'd I tell you, like, a half an hour ago?"
"Yeah, yeah...but it still needs brushed." she said with a smile.
She flopped down and sprawled across the windowsill. I laid down beside her, and we both just watched the outdoors for awhile in silence, simply enjoying one another's company. After awhile, though, we did start talking about lots of stuff, including ideas for blogging, to make it more interesting for you guys - so we're not always just documenting our daily lives and going on about how twitterpated we are with one another. I'm sure you all get tired of reading that!
When we got back, Jase promptly came running over and hugged me. I sat down with her, and she talked and talked and talked..and talked...and talked...about all the games she'd made up when I was gone. I would tell you all about her games, but by the time she was done chattering about all the various games, my head was swimming and I couldn't remember half of them. All I caught was that she wanted to teach them ALL to me. I hope to goodness she didn't mean to teach them all to me in one day.
After awhile, Rapunzel, with Hallie in tow, meandered over towards the Hallmark box that was right beside the wicker chair. I managed to snag her by the waist.
"Wait up a sec. There's room here for you." She turned towards me and rolled her eyes before giving me the usual 'what if I..' spiel.
I didn't answer her, but I did suddenly pull her backwards to sit down. So quickly that she gave an awkward, surprised squawk/squeal.
"You can sit here for a couple minutes." With a wink. She elbowed me, and I pulled her close to brush my lips with hers.
"Not in front of the kids!" She grumbled at me.
Before I could say anything, Jase spoke up. "That's okay, Momma! I know you like Daddy. And that's what dolls do when they like someone, right?" Jase looked up with wide, innocent, questioning eyes.
I had to keep from laughing. "Umm.....yeah, that's right." Rapunzel answered her, and I could tell by her reddened face that she was trying to keep from laughing as well. Then, she pulled Jase onto her lap beside Hallie and gave her a quick hug. As soon as she released her hug on Jase, however, she scooted back down onto my lap. I gazed down at her and looked at her bright eyes. She gave me a dimply smile, and I couldn't help but love the little girl. I shot a glance towards my wife, and saw she was staring at Hallie's peaceful, sleeping face. I gave her shoulders a squeeze and a kiss in the hair, and she looked up at me with such a sweet expression on her face. And, which surprised me, I also saw love in her eyes.
I know she had been uncomfortable with me at the beginning, and we'd both been really awkward. When I'd become more comfortable around her, she still wasn't, but she'd still gone along with my ideas of getting engaged, getting married, and fostering, and also adopting, children. Even though she'd not been completely ready for all of this, she'd still trusted me enough to go along with it. I know she loved me the whole way, but this was the first time I can honestly say she looked at me lovingly. She was just starting to open up enough to be comfortable and display affection around others, let alone towards me. That, my readers and friends, is a huge, huge, huge step. And I'm glad. I still feel bad about rushing her, mind, so I'm especially relieved to know she's finally starting to get used to all this.
Well, I'm gonna let you all go, before I get too mushy about it. You all are probably so tired of hearing the same old same old...!
1 month 1 day anni =D
Monday morning, I woke up at 9, which was relatively late for me.
I saw Flynn was already awake, and staring at me with a smile on his face.
He propped himself up on his elbows and I reached over to hug him and lay my head on his shoulder. He kissed my forehead. "Good morning, gorgeous."
I rolled my eyes, but I couldn't contain the grin that played across my lips. I'd been slightly annoyed by those daily greetings, not used to the attention or anything...but since his absence, I'd missed that!
He got up, and I did too.
He acted as if he had to somehow hold me - whether it was my hand or anything. I didn't exactly mind it, but it was just a tad awkward. He kept a hand on my side and grinned at me again, staring at me. I glanced down at my hair, which was kind of messy.
"Oh, knock it off - I know my hair's a disaster!" I gave him a shove.
"No...it's fine." He laughed quietly, and I promptly left to brush out and braid my hair.
When I had neatened up, Flynn asked quietly if I wanted to get going.
I walked over towards the chair, where the girls were sleeping.
I leaned over the chair and put my hand on the top of it, feeling a twinge of guilt.
"I think we should wait till they're up...don't you?"
He nodded, coming over behind me to look at them. He held my hand that was on top of the chair.
"Wow, everyone's getting up really late!"
I jumped, trying to back away from Flynn, and turn around to look at Blondie at the same time.
He held onto my hand even tighter, in surprise, and I worked to wrestle my hand free. Finally doing so, I gave her a small embarrassed smile and nodded.
"For sure!"
"But we're all gettin' up at the same time," Merida sat up and yawned. Rubbing her eyes, she stood.
With a grin, she turned towards us. "I'll watch the kids today for you two lovebirds if you want to fly away for the day." Flynn wrapped an arm around me and held me close to his side and I rolled my eyes.
"That'd be great, but don't you ever need a break?"
"You can pay me back sometime when I want to go see Angus or shoot, and don't want to take Allie with me." She winked.
Just then, Allie started to whimper, and that got Hallie worked up.
Merida scooped Allie up, and I picked up Hallie.
Flynn leaned over my shoulder and made a goofy face at Hallie, and Hallie quickly responded with the world's silliest, most adorable little smile. My heart swelled.
Just then, Jase woke up, looked around...and caught sight of her Daddy.
She thrust herself from the chair up into his outstretched arms and gave him an enthusiastic hug.
"I'm so glad you're here this morning still, Daddy!" She gave him a dimple-y smile and he gave her that grin.
He tickled her, and she shrieked with giggles, which awoke Rayne.
Her arms flew out everywhere as she jumped up and whirled towards us, a confused look on her face.
"Sorry!" I exclaimed. "Go back to sleep."
She laughed. "That's fine. Jase is happy to have her Daddy back, and I can understand."
Merida came over and took the girls from Flynn and I.
"You two go and have a nice day, and don't worry about coming back quick, either." She gave me a lopsided grip.
"Why're you in a big hurry to kick us out? Got a big date or something?" I joked.
"Yep." With a laugh, she went along with it.
Flynn came up behind me and put a hand on my shoulder.
"So you're in a big hurry, too," I said, winking at him.
"Well, I've got a big date, too, after all!" He joked, with an innocent look on his face.
I rolled my eyes and started for the shelf edge. "Thanks, guys! We'll see you later. Bye, Jase!"
She waved at us, and we started the descent.
When we were down off of the shelf, Flynn promptly took my hand in his and gave it a squeeze, smiling at me. I grinned back and we just walked around awhile, chatting about general, random stuff.
I suddenly remembered what Rayne had told me about her backstory, and thought about telling Flynn. I opened my mouth to say about it, but then I thought better of it and didn't say anything.
Flynn caught my expression, though. "What aren't you telling me?"
I shook my head and smiled, trying to think fast. "Just don't know where I should start with telling you how glad I am you're back!" I substituted, and he chuckled.
We looped back around towards the bookshelf, and Flynn suddenly pulled me close.
"Dance?" He asked with a smile, taking my other hand and wrapping his arm around my waist.
"Of course, kind sir!" I joked, and he pulled my hand up to kiss it. I felt a tingle go up my spine. But I also had a surprise for him! As soon as I heard the music come on, I put my arm around his neck and started dancing on my own. Without stomping on his feet half-a-gazillion-times! Or tripping. Or scraping my heels with my own toenails. (Awkward!) Safe to say, our one-month dance went a LOT better than our first dance!!!
When the playlist on the iPod was done, I lingered in his arms for a moment.
I could tell my hubby was itching to ask how I suddenly knew how to dance, but didn't know how to say it and not seem rude or anything.
"H-how did you get so great at dancing all of a sudden? No offense, but-"
I giggled. "Rayne taught me. I asked her to teach me, so that when you came back, I'd have a surprise. However small that is, but hey - you noticed it!"
He leaned down to kiss me. "I sure did. You were awesome."
I smiled and he brushed some loose hairs from my face. I was just about to reach up to kiss him back, when we both heard a growling, "Hey, YOU!"
I pulled away from Flynn, slightly embarrassed, to look to see who it was.
And, gee. I never would have guessed...
HB. She came right up into my face and said, "So, are you happy now?"
I didn't answer her directly. I was slightly amazed that it had taken her till now to confront me. "It took you this long to find out they were gone?!" I asked, mystified.
"Don't you change the subject! I want them back, now!" She tapped her foot impatiently.
"Sorry...we legally adopted them from Tangled Fan. She took them after she heard that you were leaving them alone on the top of that huge shelf- and after she realized you lied to her. And she caught them when they fell off the shelf, because you weren't there to watch them!" I said, trying to keep my temper, but it was growing hard to.
"I'm single again, because of it!"
"Well, that's a shame that your boyfriend didn't stick with you during all this, but it is not my fault that your boyfriend thinks that way." I said. Wow, Barbies must be a LOT different in mentality and everything, than Disney dolls...
Suddenly, she realized what would make me snap. She knew she wasn't getting the babies back.
"Oh, hey!" She suddenly turned sugary-sweet and looked at Flynn. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you around in a few weeks and thought maybe you'd smartened up and left that ugly thing you call your wife."
I gasped and took a huge step towards HB. She was surprised, because she backed off a step and her perfectly-made-up face looked mystified. Flynn grabbed at my wrist, but I slipped away from him.
"Don't you dare even look at him. He is my husband, he is faithful, and he always will be. He would never do such a thing to me, and I am quite maddened that you act as if he WOULD! Also, I do not want to see you near me, Flynn, or my children ever again. You can do whatever you want, call me as many different kinds of ugly and stupid that you wish, but don't you DARE go near my family. And if I catch you-"
I started to shake my finger at her and stride towards her, my temper finally snapping, but Flynn grabbed me around my waist and hauled me back away from her.
"HB, you heard her. Go back to your own side of the room. And don't bother trying to make trouble again."
"Fine, if you want to be stuck with that awful, makeupless, awfully-haired thing..." she gave me a sly look as she probably wondered if I would yank away from my husband to start a fight - "fine."
She turned and walked away, as if nothing had ever even happened. I looked up at Flynn and saw such an angry, shocked face, that I hoped I never saw it again.
He looked down at me as if he'd suddenly broken out of a trance or something, and offered up a small smile. "Hopefully, we've seen the last of miss HB."
I nodded. "That's for sure."
He plopped down and held an arm out from his side. I sat down and put an arm around his waist, and he grinned at me.
"So...what do we talk about now..." I mused, rolling a questioning eye up at him.
"I'm personally just so amazed at how much we've changed in the past month and a half. We'd been deboxed. You hurt your arm and had to have surgery on it. I goofed up our proposal several times over. You came back and we decided to get married on the 4th of July...just a couple weeks after we'd gotten deboxed. Then we ended up fostering four kids. We had all of them taken away, and have most of them back with us again. You've endured so much, and you've had to take care of me when I have migraines. I had to go away for two weeks - and one day - to get my migraines taken care of. And what else are we going to do now?"
"Hopefully, things will wind down and we'll be able to enjoy life, instead of something happening CONSTANTLY!" I chuckled.
"I could live with that, for awhile," he pulled me close and kissed my hair.
Still, something was bothering me. I know I shouldn't let HB into my head, but that's what happened. I still wished that I was prettier, as in Barbie prettier, anyway. For Flynn, anyway.
I looked away absentmindedly, thinking about that. I couldn't even really do anything cute with my hair - just a braid or loose. The only time I'd ever worn a different dress was when we'd gotten married!
"Hey," he said tenderly. "I know that look." He cupped my chin in his hand and gently brought me around to face him. "What? HB?"
Sighing, I shrugged. "Just me being...me."
"Spill it. I like hearing you being you. Unless you're bothered about your appearance. That makes me sad, because you're beautiful."
I stayed silent, and he studied my face. He leaned down to bump his forehead with mine, and started to talk. "Babe, don't let her get into your head. She's just mean and attention-seeking. What do I tell you every morning?"
I knew the answer, but I just said, "Good morning?"
He chuckled. "Good morning, and I usually try to remind you how pretty you are, and how lucky I am to have you as my wife. You need to keep in mind that I really do mean it, and I'm not just saying it to say it! Why would I tell you "Oh gee you're the most wonderful, pretty, sweet, awesome doll on earth" just because I felt like saying those adjectives?"
I laughed and he kissed the tip of my nose. "I suppose you have a point. Thanks. And I am not awesome."
"Says you."
"Yeah, says me. I'm pretty sure my friends will back me up."
"No. They're on MY side!" he said, pretending to be bratty.
All worries about my appearance forgotten - or at least, temporarily ;) - I gave him a shove and giggled when he pantomimed falling over. I started laughing when he randomly tickled my sides when I was least expecting it, and then I got a bad case of the giggles.
Suddenly, he said, "What's that sound?"
"Oh, no, I'm not falling for-" I laughed.
"No, really!"
Then the door opened and Tangled Fan came bustling in with the vacuum. I was still giggling, and must've been taking too long to get out of the way, because Flynn rolled his eyes in fake exasperation, picked me up, and made a run for the lowest shelf on the bookshelf.
Once we were in there and he'd set me down, I gave him a sideways look. He gave me a sideways look back, trying to be stone-faced (although I could see that grin sneaking up on his lips!) and I started to laugh again, elbowing him, and he joined in on the chuckle.
Eventually, my giggles subsided, and I laid my head on his shoulder. "You're...I don't know. Awesome? Great? Grand?..."
"How about, 'I love you'. That basically covers all bases," he winked at me and I laughed again.
"Okay. I love you." I said with a grin, and he matched it with a grin of his own.
Finally, Tangled Fan left, and we came out of 'hiding'. We decided to meander over to the window.
I ran one hand on my braid, which was getting really messy, and stood beside Flynn as we looked out the window. It was pretty nice outside! I was glad. It matched the cheeriness inside! (:
"I need to brush this out, or rebraid it or something.." I muttered to myself, and Flynn glanced over at me.
"It looks fine. What'd I tell you, like, a half an hour ago?"
"Yeah, yeah. But it still needs brushed." I smiled.
We both laid down on the windowsill and watched the outdoors from there. And, unlike our 'honeymoon', we actually watched the outdoors, instead of staring at each other like two crazed/twitterpated/whatever dolls!
We discussed lots of things, including blog ideas for a 'month in review' where we'll read one anothers' posts, and then create a post with our own thoughts. I don't know, it's kind of hard to explain. Anyone think that's a good idea? I think it would be fun, but maybe I just want a reason to go back thru and read all my hubby's posts ;)
After awhile, we finally decided to go back to the bookshelf.
When we got back, the babies were asleep. Jase raced over and hugged us both.
I took Hallie from Rayne, and Flynn sat with Jase, listening to her ecstatic monologue about all the new games she couldn't wait to teach him.
I giggled at the thought of my big-handed, tall husband playing teaparty with little Jase, but I knew he'd do it if she wanted him to do it. He did all in his power to make that little girl smile! As a matter of fact, he did all in his power to make ME smile, too. I caught him grinning at me, and I smiled back. Rayne caught this exchange and I finally recognized the quick shadow crossing her features. I felt terrible! I wished there was some way to find her Eugene. But that's, what? Probably millions of Eugenes? The odds of that is, well...astronomical. :( I wandered over to her and gave her a one-armed hug.
"I'm sorry." I whispered.
"No, no no. It's fine! I told you to enjoy that hubby of yours, and I expect you to. Don't let me get in the way. I've just..been thinking a lot about him." she whispered.
"You have no outlet for that stress, either.." I trailed off, an idea forming in my mind. "Make your own blog! Or use mine."
"No way." She laughed. "Me writing a blog would be like Merida falling in love with someone! She's about as close to her movie character as I've ever seen a doll be. And it would be so horribly boring. 'Oh, I babysat Allie today, because Merida went shooting. Talk to you all later!' And I'm not a great writer."
"Stranger things have happened." I glanced around. "And why don't you get out more? We could introduce you to the 18 inchers, and if I could ever find Maximus again - I think Tangled Fan set him somewhere under a pile of junk - we could teach you to ride, and you could learn to shoot the bow and arrow, and...and all sorts of things! You never know."
"Thank you for the offer. I'll think on it awhile." She smiled at me and added in a whisper, "Your husband looks like he needs saved before Jase has turned him into a man-erina."
"..What?" I said, totally confused.
"Ballerina. He's a guy, though, so I say a man-erina. Although, I know there are male ballet dancers in the human world. I just think it's more fitting for the doll world." She explained, and I laughed.
"See? People would LOVE you blogging. And it wouldn't have to just be you. Merida and Blondie and you could share a blog?"
"Like I said - I'll think on it. If you could teach me how to set a blog up sometime, it would be cool. But right now, go spend time with your guy."
I flashed her a smile and went over to him. He was sitting on the wicker chair with Jase, and so I started to sit on the Hallmark ornament box - Blondie had vacated it for once - but of course not.
He snaked one arm out and wrapped it around my waist.
"Wait up a sec...there's room here for you," I turned to see his playful grin.
I rolled my eyes in exasperation. "What if I want to sit on the box?"
He quickly pulled me down onto his lap, so quickly that I squawked in surprise.
"You can sit here for a couple minutes," he winked, and I elbowed him. He pulled me in for a quick kiss.
"Not in front of the kids." I scolded him.
"That's okay, Momma! I know you like Daddy. And that's what dolls do when they like someone, right?" She looked up at me inquisitively.
"Umm...yeah, that's right," I tried to suppress the sudden burst of laughter threatening to slip from my lips.
I pulled her up onto my lap beside Hallie for a quick hug, but she preferred to sit on Flynn's lap, so she quickly scooted back down to him. She was such a Daddy's girl! My heart squeezed when I saw Flynn gaze down adoringly at her, and I couldn't help the huge smile spreading on my face. She was a Daddy's girl, and he was wrapped around her tiny little finger. Undoubtedly! I stared down at Hallie and enjoyed the peaceful expression her sleeping face had. Flynn gave my shoulders a squeeze and kissed my hair, and I looked up at him, also enjoying being able to see those chocolatey brown eyes again! Okay, I'm getting mushy. I'll stop now :D
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