We both took off early and met Friday afternoon for my gender sonogram!!! I love seeing pictures of the baby! It is amazing to see how much it grows each time. It was moving around the entire time. After the exam, the sonographer wrote down the gender in an envelope, sealed it, and gave it to Arthur telling me "no peeking!" (we also got some crazy good news during the exam but more on that later!) Then we dropped off my car at home and headed south to Ft. Worth.
I always measure a hotel by whether or not they provide robes. Not itichy, scratchy robes but big, white, plush robes that you can really snuggle into. The Ashton Hotel passed the robe test with flying colors! It gets better...our room was on the top floor with huge floor-to-ceiling windows with high ceilings and a balcony you could actually walk out onto! The bathroom looked like something from a movie with a huge jacuzzi tub and fancy tile. And before we could set our bags down we got a special delivery of chocolate covered strawberries. We sat on the bed, in our robes, eating strawberries, next to the bouquet of roses Arthur brought for me. I could really get used to this!
One of my favorite parts of our anniversary tradition is our letter book. The traditional first gift for your first anniversary is paper. So Arthur wrote me a letter about our wedding and what happened during our first year of marriage and put it in the book next to our marriage certificate, the private vows we gave each other before our wedding ceremony, and the letter I wrote 11 years ago asking him to be my boyfriend! We take turns writing in the book each year to reflect on everything that happened that year and what might happen in the coming year. Each year we read through all the letters before reading the new letter. That book would be the first thing I grab (after Arthur and the dogs) if we ever had a fire!
This year was Arthur's year to write in the book. It's not the pregnancy hormones because his letters make me cry happy tears every time. I married well y'all.
We read through the letters together, then headed out to dinner at Capital Grill (just 2 short blocks from the hotel.) Our table was waiting for us, covered in rose petals! Sheesh! Are you gagging from the sappyness yet! The meal was yummy but we didn't get any food pics because I have some serious appetite...no time for pictures y'all! Mamma needs to EAT!
Arthur had The Envelope sitting on the table the entire time...tempting me! They finally brought out our lovely dessert complete with a blue and yellow candle. We blew out the candles and finally, FINALLY opened that envelope!
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Its a....its a....HEART
Just kidding...its written behind the heart. Stay tuned for the next post!!
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