Boyfriends, Hot Dog Dances, and Waiting for August...

Happy Valentine's day!  Liah and I were talking yesterday about Valentine's day and boyfriends, and boys...I never pictured having this conversation with my 7 year old, but it was fun.  At Parent Teacher Conferences a couple weeks ago, her teacher asked who she would like to sit by when they moved desks because she is so well behaved.  Liah asked if she could sit next to Maximus B. because he's cute, and she likes him, and it's okay because he likes her too :).  I don't know if the part of about him liking her is true or not, but it's been a week and they're still sitting next to each other, so I guess it's going okay.   Zerin has a 3 girls that he likes as well...I'm glad he doesn't just focus on one, although it does make me worry he'll develop a 'The Bachelor' complex.  Okay, kidding...I'm not really worried...not yet anyway :)

While we were talking, Liah asked me how many Valentine's Days I had a boyfriend.  It made me laugh because I realized that technically I've never had a Valentine's with just a boyfriend...I one-upped and had a husband for the last 10 years , but I never just had a boyfriend on Valentines Day.  I've had them before, and after, but never on the day.  Bryan intentionally didn't call me after our first date (Feb 10th) and 2nd outing (Feb 11th) until after the 14th just so he wouldn't have to deal with it.  I, on the other hand, spent every spare moment camped out next to my phone (this was pre-cell phone era folks).  I spent most of that Valentine's day planning our life together...I'm such a stalker :)

He has never liked Valentine's Day.  To him, it's a bunch of people who spend one day a year doing what they should be doing all year.  Always the romantic :)  Although I personally love Valentine's Day, I have to say that he is a perfect example of  doing his best to show me each and every day how much he loves me.  Whether it's mopping the floor before he goes to bed, or giving me the biggest piece of chicken, or hanging up my pile of clothes that always seem to find their way to my closet floor, not to mention working every spare moment so I can stay home with my kids (which is there any greater gift?  I submit that there is not)...he's always doing something for me.  That being said, he did something SO out of the ordinary, I had to document it.  He bought me my first ever piece of jewelry (other than my wedding ring).  It's a beautiful silver necklace and I LOVE it!  He gave it to me Saturday so I didn't have to wait an entire week to wear it.  He got a gift card for Christmas from one of his jobs, and he's been hoarding it to use for this (he FINALLY gets some extra money for himself and what does he do?!?  I would have been mad if I didn't love the gift so much.)  

My necklaces don't typically have a long life history, mostly because I always have some mini-person hanging off of me at any given moment, but I hope this one will last forever...or at least until I'm really old.  I really didn't think he would ever buy me anything like that, so it was a super fun surprise :)

The last few weeks have really worn him down, and he has decided he wants to once again pursue looking into some of his symptoms with another doctor.  I've been on the verge of tears thinking about starting this process again.  Not that that means much...this morning I cried watching Mickey Mouse Playhouse because I was thinking of Asher doing that silly Hot Dog dance...he's so stinkin' cute I can't stand it sometimes.  Anyways...I want so bad to help Bryan, and for this next doctor to make some kind of a difference.  It's hard when you know (or what you think you know) will help, but you have to wait for him to come up with the idea on his own.  I am not a patient person by nature...at all.   I just pray that Heavenly Father will take over and make sure we find our way to the right person.  I can't help but realize we are in a do-or-die phase right now.  Come August, I know things will be very different from how they are now.  It will either be infinitely better (I hope, I hope, I hope!), or the opposite.  Actually, it will most likely happen way before before August, but that really scares me, so I'm going with August :)