the byron family: stronger here together

Here's to you, Year 2... You have been a good one :) A really, really good one. You've strengthened our love for eachother by bringing a new amazing love into our lives. You have seen us through scary and happy times, times of joy and times of distress. You have taught us what it means to truly live on love. You have seen us smile, seen us cry, seen us stand by the sides of our friends as they, too, embark on the journey of marriage. You have seen us celebrate with friends, you have seen us depend on our families. You have seen Matt become a doctor. You have seen us both get new jobs and promotions. You have seen us overjoyed by the news of growing families. You have seen us showered with gifts. You have seen a LOT of firsts. You have housed many, many memories. Thank you, Year 2, for all you have taught us. Thank you, God, for being ever present in our marriage. Let us love eachother a little more with each sun that rises and let us thank eachother for the love we receive each night as our eyelids close.

We heard this song on our way to our anniversary dinner :) We kinda love it... like a lot. Enjoy!

So hold on to me tight

Hold on to me tonight

We are stronger here together
Then we could ever be alone

So hold on to me

Don't you ever let me go

This past Monday Matt and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary! Two years goes by so fast :) To celebrate we both took the day off from work and spent a day - just the two of us! We didn't really get to sleep in because of our little buddy across the hall, but that was okay... Matt took Ben to daycare so I could sleep a bit more and then our day began. We went to breakfast at a place called Demitris in Homewood... best french toast EVER. We then did a TINY bit of shopping - ONLY because Matt gave me a giftcard to my favorite store. Year 2 is "cotton" so he let me pick out an anniversary dress to wear to the Jimmy Buffett concert we are going to this saturday! (SQUEAL!!) I knew exactly what dress I wanted so it didn't take long. We then headed back towards mountain brook and went to the ZOO!! It was SO much fun! We felt a little guilty being there with out Ben, but we justified it by saying we were just scoping out all of the good places to take him so next time we will be experts!

These are all courtesy of the iPhone - so, excuse the poor pic quality! We had SO much fun together at the Zoo... definitely made us remember why we fell in love. We wore ourselves out though and had to rehydrate at Olexa's... the best lunch place in Bham. We both had 5 refills before the waitress even took our food order. Lunch was delicious and we began to contemplate what to do next... we both agreed that there was nothing in the world we would rather do than...nap. We went home and took a good 2 hour nap.

It.was.heaven.

We woke up in time to go get the little guy from daycare. We ended up getting a surprise visit from my best friend from highschool, Renee. That was a treat! The last time she saw Ben he wasn't quite 3 months old... a BIG change from the Mr. Personality we live with today!

Our dearrrrrrrr friends Sarah and Whit came to watch Ben while we went to a nice anniversary dinner. Unfortunately Ben has gotten a bit of a cold and I don't think he was very pleasant - however, they said he went down quickly so hopefully it wasn't too bad! We went to Satterfield's in Cahaba Heights - very yummy! It was hard finding a nice restaurant open on a Monday. Most around Bham are closed... but Satterfeilds was verrrry good and we enjoyed a nice 2009 bottle of wine in honor of 5/23/09!