Abi got married and our 3rd Anniversary

Abi got married on May 9th. Eva and I left Morgan in Virginia and made the trek to Idaho for the week. I helped decorate and organize the food for the main event. It was so cute. Abi and her new hubby were so radiant and the whole event was just one big party. I will say however, that it was definitely not a vacation for me. Weddings are a LOT of work.

Eva sadly cut two new teeth while we were there. She had a fever for a couple days and was just not feeling that great the whole week long. She did however LOVE Dotty, our dog. She discovered that she would eat up the food she threw at her on our last day there and thought it was the most hilarious thing. She would toss her food and then giggle and giggle when Dotty would snatch it up.

It was so nice to see family and get to be in Idaho for a little bit, but we definitely missed Morgan and green Virginia. I almost cried once I saw the trees as we flew into the Charlottesville airport.

Speaking of airports, I have to say that Eva was the BEST traveler on our trip out west. She actually fell asleep on the flight out and back and she didn't cry at all. It was awesome.

We also got to see little Gracie girl and Aleisha on our way to Idaho. It was nice to see Aleisha and catch up and finally get to meet little Grace. She is such a doll.

Morgan and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary yesterday. We celebrated by going to a super nice French restaurant here in Charlottesville called C&O. They led us to a private table with a view and then gave us complimentary sparkling grapefruit juice in fancy glasses. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures, but it was delicious. Here's to year number 4!

Being a Law School Wife

Reflection time: I wasn't sure, 9 months ago, what it would be like to be a law school wife. Now that I have a whole year of experience (can't you just see me sniffing and pushing my glasses up my nose) I have been thinking about this first year journey and what I didn't know or expect before it all began.

I didn't quite expect, or understand, the full stress of law school. I knew it would happen, so I wasn't surprised, I guess looking back I just realize it has been harder than I thought. It's hard to feel completely helpless when you know your love is stressed and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. Morgan has been so good when I admit to feeling this way, because he hugs me and says that I feed him and clean the house and take care of our beautiful girl and that is the best. It is so sweet of him, but I wish I could do more.

I didn't expect how homesick I would get, nope not at all. I was ready to move on, get out here to Virginia and start our adventure on the east coast. But man, here at the end of 9 months, even though we have seen our families multiple times, I miss them. I miss having them play with Eva. I miss seeing them face to face and visiting. I miss hugging and playing games with my siblings and in-laws. We sure love how beautiful and quaint Virginia is, but it sure would be the best place on earth if our families lived within a few hours driving distance.

I have learned that I can do hard things optimistically. Honestly, my life still isn't that hard, but I like knowing that Morgan and I can live on a nothing budget and feel like we are the richest people alive. I like knowing that no matter how much we make, how much debt we have, or if we don't have a job at all that we can still be happy. I have realized the importance of gratitude through law school. Gratitude for the small things is what bring me the most happiness and I'm glad I have figured that out a little better.

That's about all I can think to write about at the moment. I feel like when I write posts that wax philosophical, I often forget what I was writing about in the first place and then I look back on it a few months over and laugh and think…how naive I was. So, i'll stop now, while I feel like I'm still somewhat on point and leave it at that. It's been an interesting year and we are absolutely beyond excited to move out west for 10 weeks during the summer. More than that, I'm excited to have my husband back! Only 10 more days and he'll be free from the tyrant that is 1L year of law school.

Study Time means Party Time

Finals are consuming all Morgan's time right now. We only have about 10 days left to go. During this time of spouseless-ness, all the law school wives have banded together to party while our husbands study. We had a birthday party on Tuesday, a riverside picnic on Wednesday, girl's nights on Thursday and Friday and then today we had a fondue picnic lunch. Morgan says it is so sad that while he studies I just get to have all the fun. :(  Believe me when I say, I would definitely rather be spending all this time with my love, but a girl can't just sit around and do nothing while he is gone all the time.

Yesterdays girls night was a hot tub birthday party. We were so 'wild' (more like super loud, because come on…we're girls) we had the cops called on us. No worries though, the police couldn't enforce the curfew of the apartment complex in the first place. So, we were just kindly asked to leave…haha. We still hadn't sung happy birthday yet, so we gathered around plates of rice crispies with candles in them and whisper-sang Happy Birthday. It sounded like something out of a horror film and about halfway through we almost couldn't finish because we were laughing too hard. I believe the birthday wishes made were for all of our husbands to do well on their finals, that we'd all be millionaires one day and that we could then all go on a cruise together, just the girls. Good memories. I'm grateful that I have been able to find girlfriends out here to spend time with. Before law school, Morgan and I only had couple friends, but now we don't have time to do the couple thing as much. I've always had a hard time making girlfriends, but I think I actually do have a few here in Virginia, despite my lack of talent. It has been a life-saver. 

Singing creepy happy birthday.