letters to him {he's her lobster}

Since it is LOVE month I figured I should do something cheesy and corny for the ole' hubby. If you are a Friends fan you know the quote "he's her lobster!". While living in China we found this ever so disgusting key chain. I couldn't help but buy it. It's 2 crabs in a split heart that fit together. 

Like Phoebe says in my favorite Friends episode, lobsters mate for life:) Such romantics... those lobsters. Chancelor has been a perfect fit since day one. We met, fell in love in two weeks, engaged in three months, married in nine, and to this day I don't regret one single part of our story. Living in China taught us so much about each other. We learned things about each other that may have taken us years to learn if we had stayed in Cedar. When you are in a foriegn land, in a studio dorm, lacking in the language area, no family on the continent, and 2 of the 3 Americans around, you learn A LOT about each other. 

I learned that Chance is pretty much a genius. Fluent in 9 months.. wow. He is outgoing, kind, exciting, daring, and adventurous. Stuff I knew before China but I didn't know the depth of these characterisitcs. He is also very patient. I learned that real fast when he waited for me to use the squatter toilet for the first time. It took me FOREVER to work up the courage. I thought I was going to pee all over myself and the smell of the toilet...oh the smell. ew. He was so patient with me throughout our entire stay in China. He helped me learn Chinese so I could do things without being glued to his hip. He held my hair as I threw up in the street due to the pregoness. And he ate the nasty things people gave us so I wouldn't have to. He is amazing, thats all there is to it. 

I'm glad he's my lobster. There isn't anyone I would rather spend eternity with. It's true what they say about dating... "when you meet the right one, you will just know". I did. I just knew. As scared as I was I knew it was right. Even when my dad told him no, I knew we were doing the right thing by getting married. I wouldn't have it any other way. 

Life is a bit different now, no more traveling, no more China, no more complete freedom. That's okay though. Our life is so rewarding. We have the cutest baby (biased mama) who makes me smile every time I see her. I have the best husband (biased wife) who takes care of me and loves me even at my worst. Life is good. Here's to us. Can't wait to see where 2014 takes us and where we are next Valentines day:)

Love you Chance....

^ he's her lobster ^

 ^ the beach of Sanya, China ^

 ^ explanation here ^

^ about 6 hours after this photo was taken we found out there was a human inside of me:) ^

late birthday:)

my husband is wonderful:)

First of all for my birthday he got me my new baby, the Nikon D7000...in love.

We were still in China over my birthday and we were actually on a Chinese tour in 

ZhangJiaJie.

It was beautiful to see but my birthday was the worst night of my life! 

Not kidding. We stayed in a hotel full of bugs and the AC stopped working in the 

middle of the night! I literally cried myself to sleep! 

I know I know, dramatic. But it was horrible!

My birthday is on the 4th of July so to be out of America on that

day was really hard. There were no fireworks, bbq's or family parties!

We also didn't have internet that day so I didn't get to talk to any of my family:(

Okay enough of that. To sum it up it was a bummer.

Because it was kind of sad Chance decided to surprise me with a little celebration....3 days ago!

Yep we had a little party on Sept. 24 and it was amazing!

I cam home from a long day of work and he had cleaned the room, got me a small present, a little candy surprise and a cake was waiting there with lit candles on it:)

This sucker is made our of caramel and I guy made it on the street! Insane!

And here is my delicious white chocolate cake!

and he got me 2 scarfs (my recent obsession).

I love my husband because he is unpredictable!

That's all,

-bb

Intsa photos from the last week:)

We had a blast with Staci and Andrew. We did a 4 day tour to the place where they filmed Avatar and oh my heck it was beautiful..tiring but beautiful! Here are some pics to make you a little bit jealous:)
Oh and Chancey pants got me the d7000 for my bday...finally:) Oh how I love my new camera!
谢谢钱乐！我爱你！
We also went to Beijing and saw some amazing places!! But at the moment i'm just glad to be home! I love my fam and America so flippin much:)
I'll catch you up on the last couple weeks soon!


 
 

fighting the heat

First of all our good friend Emilio (far right) had a big chinese test to take that determines his future in China so we took him out for a good luck dinner!

This is our gang..

Then on Saturday afternoon we decided to fight the heat...

Lately in Changsha it has been SO hot and SO humid. kill. me. now.

Summer is supposed to be the time of year that you are always outside but where

I live you stay inside or you lose twenty pounds of sweat the second you walk outside.

and the whole garment thing doesn't make this much easier if you know what I mean.

Anyways we decided to go down town and check out some shops.

Then we went and saw Mirror Mirror..it twas a good day.

Due to the one child policy twins are even more exciting to see in China:)

Then on Sunday after we listened in on church we got lunch at our favorite restaurant.

This is Liu Jie. 

She is the one who gave me my chinese name so

 I guess that makes her my chinese mama:)

and then she gave us this present? This past weekend was a holiday in China called 

The Dragon Boat Festival....

When we asked our chinese friends what they do for the holiday

they just said they don't have school or work and they eat lots of food.

Apparently this little contraption is a kind of food they eat on this holiday.

then we saw these months celebrating the holiday in their own special way....

on our long walk to the island this random group of lovely's asked us to take a photo with them:)

photography posing at it's best.

and this is what was in side of that contraption...rice. Big surprise!

and then I beat Chance like 20 times in a row at speed. 

let's just say I did not have a happy husband.

this man is ALMOST as competitive as me which makes for intense games.

The face of a winner!

then we finished off the night with a little shao kao...that is chinese for bbq. and it is delicious.

It is so awesome. Every night these people come out and set up hundreds

of chairs and tables and they set up about twenty grills or so. 

It is one of our favorite things to eat and it is so cheap.

those stands are the grills. you gotta love China.

grilled chicken, bell pepper and sausage.

this photo goes out to the one and only Alexis Alger.

I like sausage. 

believe it or not that hole in the wall opens up to a street of about 20 restaurants.

Chance my b-ball star.

I have no clue what it says but I think it is sweet.

I love me some Chancelor.

Well folks that's all I got for today.

The biggest news right now is Staci and Andrew will be here in 2 days!

I cannot wait to hug the crap out of her when she gets off that plane:)

peace.

-bb