Our Anniversary

A little look back:

Here is P. in her white dress, pinned in the back to exact tailored perfection by her Bear.

We've traveled to many places together, and it's sure to say that beaches happen to be a fave. We've been on quite a few, from Bali to the Dominican Republic to Cape May...

where we played in the water and had our feet tickled by the waves

And again on the black sands in Soori.

Speaking of feet, here's that one morning when I woke up and found us both with our right foot propped up, totally identical. We fell asleep like that. :)

Love that we're always game for dressing up for a fun time out. Here's you in your pilot Halloween costume...

and as a handsome fellow from the 20s.

From before we even started dating, I already thought of you as my handsome man. Mine...

the one who has made me pancakes for dinner and brunch, each time producing a flufflier stack...

the one who cooks yummy food and who is now teaching me how to cook too, encouraging me every time...

the one who surprised me with daisies, who is still surprising me with little things, catching me off guard here and there with a retort, an expression, a sound, a scare...

You are the one I share this little family with. Here I am with daddy Bear and junior Bear.

No words describe the joy I feel when I see you with our litto pipsqueak. How loving you are, how wonderful and patient and mischievous.

From the first time you listened to her inside my belly, and talked to her in your deep voice, and felt her kicks and hiccups...

to the moment you held her for the first time, you have shown the purest love.

She feels it, and so do I.

Today I think of how a girl who loves cupcakes

ended up with a boy who loves french toast

and how we'll hold each other through all the other 24ths to come.

To my very own, one and only dearest Bear:
it's the 24th today and
Every
Day
i love you More than ever.