Robinson Babies

I am not pregnant.  Or at least, not to my knowledge at this time.  We aren't trying, so I'd be very surprised if we were!  But...unbeknownst to my husband...I have a little tiny bit of baby fever.  I blame it on all of the cute pregnant pictures on Pinterest and Facebook.  So many of my friends are getting pregnant and having babies....

It's hard to keep yourself from doing things like this:

"Daddy gives Mommy a very special hug and....."

Medium Skin Toned Baby Boy                 Light Skin Toned Baby Boy

Medium Skin Toned Baby Girl                    Light Skin Toned Baby Girl

Um...and so that's what our kids would/will look like.  Haha.  Why don't they have eyebrows?  All four of them have my eyes, though.  =)   I'm a little confused by the bunny suit on #4.    

I just wasn't happy...so I used different "parent" pictures.  And let the baby-maker-morpher "surprise me" on gender and skin tone.  

 So....it's funny that two of these babes have red hair.  Neither of us have red hair, but the hubby does have a mostly red beard when he grows it out.  They have my eyes...and this last one has my natural bushman eyebrows.  Not sure about the big, flat nose and the little tiny mouth.

TRUTH:  Even though I ocassionally catch the fever, we won't be having babies any time soon.  Maybe never.  We haven't totally decided.  But if we did, I'd be willing to bed that they'd be cuter than these critters.  =)  Don't you agree?!  Well...I guess the last one isn't that bad.  She'd need a nose job later in life...anyway.

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{A Little Newlywed Thing}

Mr. Robinson and I will celebrate 5 blissful months of marriage on February 10th.We dated for around 2 weeks, were engaged for around 6 months, and now we're married.February 13th will be the one-year anniversary of our first date.In so many ways, we are still newlyweds.We still have so much to learn about each other.It's an odd thing to realize, because I feel like I've known him forever.Most days, I can barely remember what my life was life before I met him and loved him.Even on the days when I can remember life before him, I don't want to.
Moments that remind me that I am still a newlywed, blow my mind.  I love having the title "new bride" or "newlyweds."  I honestly miss the attention of being engaged, being a soon-to-be-Mrs. Robinson.  I miss the anticipation.  So I adore any reminder, but in being honest, I don't feel very much like a new bride.  I feel completely natural in my role as his wife, partner, and friend.  Every part of my life with him feels right.  Because of that, newlywed moments just blow my mind.   
Take last night for example.
It was a usual night.  We are in the living room watching Grey's Anatomy.  (Loved the episode last night, btw.)  The show goes off.  Time for bed.  Mr. R takes Zombie outside one last time before bed I walk into our bedroom, throw my phone on the bed, and go into the bathroom and start getting ready for bed.  At some point, Mr. R comes in and brushes his teeth.He finishes his nightly regime first.  When he is done, he goes into our bedroom, puts my phone on my pillow, cuts off the light, and gets into bed.When I'm done in the bathroom, I cut off the bathroom light and have to feel my way around the dark room to get to my side of the bed.Once I'm at the bed, I have to feel around in the dark for my phone.Once I've found my phone, I have to stumble to the wall across from the foot of the bed where my phone charger is, because there aren't any outlets on my side of the bed.Once I've plugged my phone in, I have to stumble back to the bed and crawl under the covers and get situated.
That whole me-fumbling-the-dark-thing happens every single night, so it's nothing new.  
Except last night when I got into bed, there was a huge pile of clothes on top of my side of the comforter.I instantly became irate.Poor Mr. Robinson.Patient Mr. Robinson.
I told him that he was insensitive and thoughtless. All I wanted was him to help me out.  Help make my life easier sometimes! the thoughts in my head were worse than the words on my lips..He said he did want to help me!  He wants to serve me!  He puts my phone on my pillow..I interrupted to tell him that he only wants to help when it suits him.  He only wants to serve me when it's convenient, or when it's something he wants to do.I roll over, angry.
A few minutes pass.
I realize I left his calzone (his lunch for today) out on the counter.I jumped out of bed, being as loud as possible, and went into the kitchen to put the calzone in the fridge.Still, being pretty darn loud.     I come back to bed, in a huff, climb under the covers and put my back to him.  Still mad.He gently grabs my shoulder and tries to roll me over.I resist.He tells me he loves me and wants us to make up.He tells me he doesn't want to go to sleep with me angry..what if one of us doesn't wake up in the morning?I laid into him again.He sighed and didn't really say much.  We drifted off to sleep.
Did I mention that last night I washed towels?  No?Well...last night I washed towels.I didn't put any clean ones by the shower for us to use tin the morning.He woke up first.He showered first.He asked me if the towels were dry.I checked.They weren't.I told him fresh towels were under his sink.
About 30 minutes later, after he has left and gone to work, I walked into the bathroom to shower.His used towel was hanging over the shower-curtain, as always.I went to move it to the towel rack.And this is what I saw..

He loves me!
He put out a fresh towel for me this morning.
By the time I woke up this morning, I was defintely over what happened last night. I was, after all, being silly.  I was acting spoiled and unattractive.  But, in my defense, I feel like I spend so much of my day making his life easier.  All I want in return is a little thought..a little help..a little recognition.  I'd love if he just decided to help out in the kitchen one night, leave the light on for me, or put out a fresh towel when I'll need one.  
Oh, wait.  
He did put out a fresh towel for me.  
It looks like I'll be apologizing tonight, for sure.  It's all part of learning each other.  It's part of figuring out what he needs and him figuring out what I need.  It has a whole lot to do with being appreciative and thoughtful.  I love that man so very much...even if he does drive me crazy sometimes, which turns me into a.... 
Have a Great Friday!  :)  XOs

Weekend Re-Cap!

Hello!  I can't believe that I actually went 4 days without blogging.  I didn't even log in and check up on my daily reads.  But, I've had a lot going on and I guess sometimes it's okay to take a break.  :)  So...if I'm going to play catch-up this morning, I better get started.
FridayI work a 9-5 job Monday-Friday, so I should have been at work Friday.  I didn't go...because I was at the doctor's office for 5 hours.  I've been in a funk for the past three weeks....headaches, nausea, dizziness, migraines, some flu-like symptoms, constant fatigue, lack of motivation or concentration...and I refused to go to the doctor because none of my symptoms seemed serious.  Until Thursday night when I stood up off the sofa to greet hubby when he got home from work....and I almost fell onto our coffee table.  I realized that my dizziness was starting to affect my balance.  So I took Friday off and went to the doctor.  I probably watch too many episodes of House, because I was absolutely terrified when the doctor I've gone to all my life told me he has no idea what's wrong with me.  They drew blood & tested it for mono - that test came back negative.  They sent off blood to have a CBC done and those results will come today.  I also had a yeast infection so he gave me a prescription to take care of that and I was on my way..
Friday night was our January Date... from the 12 Dates of Christmas I gave Mr. Robinson as part of his Christmas present, but you can read all about that here. (link coming soon!)
SaturdayWe slept in...which never happens...and did not do ANY house work!  :)  Saturday is our designated day to get stuff done, but this Saturday was a vacation from that.  We were just lounging on the sofa's and nothing was on TV so I flipped it to "The Newlywed Game" for a few minutes.  One of the questions to the men was "Even though you already think your wife is perfect, which one of her friends could she take a few tips from on being sexy?"  And they had to answer...haha.  Naturally, I made my husband answer this question and I was pretty sure that I knew what his answer would be.  Sure enough, I was right.  Haha!  He said she's very stylish.  Well...I'm not allowed to shop because I have a closet full of clothes, horrible credit as a result of HUGE shopping trips (I have a bit of a problem with stopping once I start), and we don't really have money for me to be shopping all the time...& she shops ALL. THE. TIME.  So, I did what any girl would do.  I convinced my dear husband to take me shopping! :)  So we dropped precious Zombie off at my parent's house & my husband had arranged for us to drive my daddy's car on our date.

We stopped at Tony's, a local pizza place, on our way because we were starving.  Well...because we were driving daddy's new car that's super nice & clean (quite the opposite of our cars..specifically my car) Mr. Robinson refused to put any left-over pizza in the car.  Tony's had two sizes:  personal pan and large.  What did we do?  We ordered a large & stuffed our faces, determined to eat the entire pizza.  (And yes, I'm still on my diet!  What would make you think otherwise? Haha!)  We almost succeeded...Mr. ate 6 pieces and I ate 4.  We left two pieces behind... but we tried.  
For some reason, as we were walking out of Tony's, my husband blurts out "Mike Jones" in his most thugged-out voice.  Anybody else remember good ol' Mike Jones?  Obviously, we started rapping in the parking lot.  And also in the car.  Eventually, Mike's telephone number came up.  281-330-8004 and I called it to see if it still worked.  I haven't dialed that number since high school, after all.  It didn't.  So I Googled it, obviously.  I found this video.  It's just a few seconds long, watch it.  

Doesn't it just bring back memories?!  :)  What's funny about this is that if you click "Show More" right under the video if you go to YouTube, it reads:
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So, while we were driving down the road on our way to the beach, I read this to Mr. Robinson.  Haha.  Maybe it was a whole lot funnier in real life, which is so incredibly possible, but it was pretty hilarious.  
We also had a completely retarded conversation about how people smile differently.  I kept practicing other smiles all day.  It was driving him a little nuts, which was fun-for-me!  
So anyway, we get to the mall...and....
He bought for him:

He bought for me:

image from Belk.com (this is not me, haha.  I forgot to take a picture of myself in the dress)
Then, we left the mall and decided to watch Contraband.  We had 45 minutes to spare, so we went to LifeWay.  I don't know about y'all, but this was our first trip to LifeWay TOGETHER and we spent a ton of money, haha.  But we bought a lot of good books and I'm excited to read them!  Mr. Robinson got a Tim Tebow book, another book, and a 116 Clique CD.  I got a couple books on marriage and love and God.  So, those will be fun.  :)
Then, we went and watched the movie.  It was really good.  It was one of those movies that I kept catching my breath the whole time I was watching, and then letting out a sigh of relief.  It's an action film...go figure, hubby's favorite... and watching movies in the theater was a nice change from our usual PPV movies. We are at least an hour away from the closest movie theater, so this was a treat!

THEN, we went and picked up Zombie from my parent's, & yes it was necesarry for him to stay with a sitter :)  We gave them their car back, and took my car home.  
While in the car, we had yet another dumb conversation.  I asked him if he'd ever noticed how dogs HAVE to put their noses on the windows when they are looking outside.  He said "I guess."  I proceeded to ask him if he thought it would be funny or cool if people did that too.  He kind of  chuckled.  I clarified that maybe it wouldn't be funny is everybody did it, because then it would just be normal.  So, would if be funny if one out of every five people was a "nose-presser?"  He laughed a little harder.  I asked him if it would be funny if his boss had to get up from her desk and put her nose on the window every time she looked outside.  Then he really laughed.  And then I pushed my face into the window to demonstrate.  Again, probably funnier in real life.  But we just had the best time...I've been stuck in the house for three weeks in my funk.  I had just been feeling aweful.  Maybe I enjoyed myself too much...but we had fun and we laughed and we created even more of our little inside jokes.  I love him and he loves me!  :D  Yay for Marriage!  Haha  
Anyway, we made it home and passed out pretty immediately.  :)  
SundaySunday morning, we went to church.  I was so proud of my husband...last week in the men's Sunday school class, there had been some confusion on the Trinity.  Unfortunately, it's one of the older men in our church who was/is confused.  He doesn't think that God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are all one being.  So.. my husband worked hard all week on researching and studying his Bible and preparing notes for this Sunday.  He did his homework and then some.  So he was really excited about Sunday School...he even LEFT me because I wasn't ready in time.  Haha!  :)  I'm usually 15 minutes late...sorry.  I was excited about this Sunday because (1) Mr. Robinson transferred his membership to this church last week so this would be his first Sunday as a member!  That was exciting!  (I'm already a member.)  And (2)  Our brand new interim pastor was preaching!  We have been without a preacher for several months now...our preacher felt called to another church.  So, it was literally THIRST QUENCHING to have a full-time pastor with us until they can find a more permanent minister.  
We went and had dinner with my parents.  My daddy had gotten a meat smoker for Christmas, and smoked a ham for dinner.  YUM-O!  It  was delicious.  They are also cutting back on fattening foods, so it was great to have some delicious food without the regret!  
We ate and lounged around a while...I took a nap.  Then, we got up and went into town for a new Bible Study that started yesterday.  It is at a church in town that is trying to organize a mission trip to Kenya, Africa this summer.  We are praying and seeking His guidance right now, trying to figure out if this trip is for us.  This Bible Study is on hearing God speak, and while it is open to anyone, a lot of the people who are interested in joining the team going to Africa are participating in the study.  We are hoping that this study will help us hear God's voice more clearly in regards to this mission trip...we want to live within His perfect will.  We want to be only in places He desires... whether that be Africa or Korea or India or right here in South Carolina.  So..we have faith that this study will point us in the right direction, and if that direction happens to be Kenya this summer, then we will already have bonded with some of the team.  I think it's going to be a really great study...I hope to learn a lot from it.  There are 5 lessons each week that are to be completed as homework..I'm excited to that with my husband.  That could just be so great for our marriage.. I hosted a pretty big pity-party last week about my fears and concerns regarding this trip.  Again, thank you all who offered kind words in comments and/or e-mails.  Thank you to those who prayed for me...
MondayThen, this morning, one of my Facebook friends posted the most amazing video.  I promise it's worth your time...just watch it.  

Then, once I got to work I found this board on Pinterest.  It's amazing.  Go check it out.. it's all quote's and funny little snips from Friends!

Source: google.com via Monica on Pinterest

    This week, my husband is taking a work-related class about an hour away from our home.  He might be a little grumpy this week from all the driving, but he has such a passion for knowledge.  He just loves learning new things and has such a drive for it, a drive I lack.  Then, Friday he takes his test.  So I'll be doing all I can this week to make our home a pleasant and relaxing environment for him!  Today's his first day!  
Oh, AND, my day started out great because (I've been dieting, remember?) and this morning...I put on a pair of pants that did not fit two weeks ago!  And I'm wearing them...right now....at work.  I lost 7 pounds!  Hip- Hip- Hooray!  :) 
Tonight, we both have our weekly Bible studies!  Sadly, it's the last night for the study I'm participating in.  The study he is doing is much, much longer.  The group I'm in is called For Women Only, and it's been really great.  I hope to do a post on it and what I learned after it's over.  So...coming soon.    
Well, that's a wrap!  We made some pretty great memories this weekend.  :)  What was your weekend like?  Any funny stories or hot dates?  If you wrote a weekend-recap I'd love to check it out, so leave me a link or something.  XOs      

Update on my Newly Wed Life :)

I love this picture because of the way he's holding me, AND our parents just happened to be dancing near us when the picture was taken.  :)

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This morning, I came across an amazing blog called "The Christian Wife Life."  I want to explore it more.  I love it a lot already.  Ashley, the author, seems very sweet, genuine, and pulled together.  
The first post I read is called "Newlywed Life - What I Love About Marriage."  You can read it here.  I realized, while reading her post, that it has been a while since I blogged about my marriage.  Things have been going really, really great lately.  We've been super busy, but it seems like we are getting better and better at being married.  Does that make sense?  
Before I got married, I always heard that the first few months of marriage are the most difficult.  I have heard those words again, and again, and again.  But for some reason...I was not expecting my marriage to start out that way!  I was so looking forward to going on our honeymoon, moving into our FIRST HOME, and being able to relax.  Wedding planning had me all-a-tizzy!  Low and behold, our first few months of marriage were hard.  Really hard, actually.  This coming Tuesday is our 4-month anniversary, and it seems like things just get better and easier every day.  
Now, when I say things are getting better and easier every day, I do not mean:-we don't fight/disagree/argue-we don't have our problems- we know everything there is to know about marriage-our marriage is perfect-we have it all figured out
I do mean that we are getting better at it.  We are learning what works and what doesn't in our marriage.  That's the kicker.  Every marriage is different and so every solution is different, every consequence is different.  I feel like the first few months of our marriage were all about learning.  We were merging our lives into one life.  We were taking his way of doing something, my way of doing something, and decided how we are going to do something.  It's crazy, and hard, and exhausting.  We argued a lot.  We were both learning a lot of information.  
I think the thing I struggled with the most was holding my tongue.  I have always been the type of girl who just says whatever pops into my head!  If someone hurt my feelings, I let them know.  Oh, and did I stop there?  Absolutely not!  I let them know just exactly what I thought about them.  I would think to myself, "if he/she/they doesn't like it, he/she/they can leave."  Marriage has taught me how wrong I was, and how unacceptable that type of behavior is.  My words have the power to negatively affect my marriage forever. My words have the power to hurt my husband, and leave him with long-term damage.  That means...I better be careful and watch my mouth, young lady.  Oh gosh, I just turned into my mother.  Just like that.  
Haha.  No, but seriously?  Maybe that lesson sounds "easily learned" to some of you.  It was not easy for me to learn this particular lesson.  It took some time, it took some mistakes, and it took me sacrificing some of my pride and admitting that I'm wrong and that I have a problem.  It took me spending some with God.  It took me promising (and figuring out a way) to do better.  This is just one of the lessons I learned immediately after we returned from our honeymoon.  I have learned others.  My husband has learned lessons, as well.  Lessons take time.  I think the first few months were difficult because we were both learning so many lessons all at the same time.  It got pretty overwhelming.  
Fast-forward a little bit...and things are going much, much better.  We are learning to compromise, we are learning to work together, we are learning to control our tempers and our words.  We are learning that different does not equal wrong.  
EXAMPLE:Mr. Robinson is of the opinion that, since we both work 40+ hours each week, we should save all of the chores for Saturday.  
I am of the opinion that we should do a little bit, like one chore, each day so that Saturday's can be reserved for big projects OR fun activities.  
We were raised in different homes, by different people, and have totally different opinions as to how certain things should be done.  I fought him tooth and nail on saving chores until Saturday.  That is not what I wanted, and I nagged, wined, complained, and made both of us miserable.  FINALLY, I realized that us preferring different ways of carrying out household chores does not make one of us wrong.  Hmm.  How 'bout that?!  When I figured that out, I was able to shut my pie-hole and re-focus my energy on making him a to-do list for Saturday.  Just kidding.  Or maybe not?  My point is this:  different does not equal wrong is a marriage-changing realization.
  After we moved past our little period of...I'm not really sure what to call it....adjusting/learning/adapting... things got better!  Things got much better.  That period helped me learn a lot about my brand new husband, and a lot about myself.  
So....what does all of this have to do with Ashley's blog The Christian Wife Life?  She offers some GREAT advice, y'all.  Her entire blog is just so-super-great and I really encourage you to go check it out and tell her hello.  
I have a problem with authority figures.  I don't like it when people just create a blog and post a ton of advice on certain topics because it makes me think "who are you?  how are you qualified?"  Ashley does not come across that way at all.  Not at all.  She gives advice based on the Bible (which I find to be a pretty reliable source of information), different studies she has participated in, and her own personal experience.  It's cool.  She gives advice and makes you feel like you're having coffee with a non-threatening friend all at the same time.  It's just great...go check it out.  
So...like I said, the first post I read over at Ashley's blog is about her favorite parts of marriage.  I decided to make a list as well.  :)  So, coming to live from Fourmonthsofmarriageville...
What I Love About Being Married Life

I love living with my best friend.  He's always there and it just makes me so happy.  I love that when I get home from work at 5, he will be there in an hour.  I love watching the clock and getting excited about seeing him!  I love that we share our evenings together and that we get to cuddle all the time.  I love knowing that work is the only thing keeping us apart and that we  both want to be back together as soon as possible.
I love cooking for him!  Maybe it's crazy, but I feel like cooking dinner for my man is just the right thing to do.  Haha.  He is a very picky eater, and I love taking him on food-adventures and exposing him to new things.  He is so smart and is better than me at almost everything.  I love that with food, I can broaden his horizons.  At the same time, I'm learning new recipes and trying new things and testing myself.  It's so much fun and feels like such a "wifely" thing to do.  I love doing anything that makes me feel like his wife.
I love the confidence that being married to someone so wonderful gives me.  I know that he loves me, would do anything for me, and thinks that I am deserving of him.  That just gets me.  I draw confidence from him and his love.  He makes me a better person.  His love encourages me to be brave.
I love knowing that whatever happens next will happen to us.  Even though the future scares me a little because I hate change with everything in me, I find comfort knowing that we will do it together.  He is the first boy/man that I've dated and felt secure and grounded.  I never have to add "if we're still together then" to the end of every sentence/conversation about the future.  It's a great comfort to know that he will be there.  
I love laughing with my husband.  I love his laugh.  I love making him laugh.  I love that he makes me laugh.  I love the things that make him laugh because they are so different from the things that make me laugh.  I love the sound of his laugh.  I love what it means.  I love the good, silly times we share.  Last night we laid in bed talking and he laughed at something I said.  I imitated his laugh, pretty accurately.  That  cracked him up and he started laughing even harder.  So then I continued to imitate his laugh, which cracked ME up even more.  And we were just laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing...about his laugh.  Probably for ten minutes.  All while cuddling.  It was great.  
 So...those are just a few things that are fresh on my mind today...the things I'm loving most right now.  What's on your mind?  What's going on in your marriage?  What's your favorite part of being married?! What lessons have you learned? 
P.S.  If you are a marriage & love addict like myself, come back on Thursday and link up for Thriving Love Thursday and we'll talk about love some more.  <3

The Funniest Thing Ever

Do you like to laugh?If so...this post is for you!  :)  I'm a little ticked at my husband right now and decided to cause myself to have a series of giggles as to prohibit ruining my day.  Enjoy.  :)