My handsome man, waiting for me to come down the aisle!
Me in the dress:) 
The rehearsal cake that Stu's mom, Helen, had made for us.This is what the front of our invitations looked like!
Today is Stu and my 3rd anniversary, which means that as of today we have known each other three years and seven and half months:) What a fantastic whirlwind it has been! His last baseball uniform number was 38, so here are 38 reasons why I have the best, most wonderful husband in the world...
1. His kind eyes.
2. His patience...and let me tell you, I have tested it!!!!
3. His sensitivity, to me and every new experience he takes in.
4. The way he lights up at every new thing Emma does.
5. His ferocious love for me and his need to protect me.
6. His drive to be the very best at whatever he does.
7. His smile:)
8. The fun last name he gave me! Seriously, I get comments all the time!!
9. His strength. When I have none and just need to collapse, he always catches me.
10. He takes his role of provider seriously, not only financially, but emotionally, too.
11. He can't say no to me:)
12. He has learned so much through his life experiences and strives to help others not have to go through what he has gone through.
13. He has a passion for being the man that God wants him to be.
14. He likes to be spontanuous...yes, I spelled that right:) He'll understand:)
15. He thinks I'm hilarious!
16. I can completely be myself with him, warts and all. In my line of work there aren't very many people I can be like that with, so that's a huge blessing!!!
17. He always looks at the positive, sometimes this drives me crazy, but I love him for it!
18. He has a desire to make people, adults and his students, better. He pushes them to succeed.
19. He listens to me when I need to vent.
20. He asks my opinion on situations in his professional life and actually respects what I have to say about it.
21. He has held my hand through so many doctor's appointments that didn't go the way we'd hoped and cried with me when we were alone in the room.
22. He is the best father in the world and I love how Emma lights up when she sees him.
23. He went dress shopping for me for Mother's Day because he knows I hate shopping and got me 6 dresses and 4 of them actually fit!!!
24. He wants me and Emma to have the very best.
25. He loves his parents and his respect for them is evident.
26. He understands my iPhone addiction and lets me play my games when I just need a brain escape!
27. He thinks I can do anything and sometimes even makes me believe I can!
28. He's a hottie:)
29. He loves and puts up with my family! His first Thanksgiving with us he actually showered and got dressed, with shoes even!! He quickly learned that bathing is optional at holidays and that we maybe change out of our pj's once the entire week:)
30. He likes to dress nice. This is still a mystery to me, the jeans and t-shirt girl, but it's fun that he takes pride in looking good.
31. He loves taking road trips with me.
32. He loves having deep conversations about our future, where we are, where we'll be, how we're going to get there.
33. He likes to dance and act like a goofball:)
34. I love how sometimes he just needs to hold me for a little while.
35. I love that his ring tone for me is the song that was playing when he first saw me in my wedding dress.
36. He takes pride in his chosen profession and tries to cram his head full of as much information, policy, law and whatever so he can be everything he needs to be for his teachers and kids.
37. He came into my life and, not only fit, but flourished. Everybody loves him!!!!
38. He makes me want to be the best person I can be for him and our family.
I love you, Sparky. You make me so happy and I can't wait to see what God has in store for us next...hopefully we're done with the medical drama, but even if not, I know we'll get through it together. Thank you for making me a better person. Thank you for who you are. Thank you for 3 amazing years and a beautiful baby girl:) You're the best one!!! I love you!!!!! Your baby:)
1. His kind eyes.
2. His patience...and let me tell you, I have tested it!!!!
3. His sensitivity, to me and every new experience he takes in.
4. The way he lights up at every new thing Emma does.
5. His ferocious love for me and his need to protect me.
6. His drive to be the very best at whatever he does.
7. His smile:)
8. The fun last name he gave me! Seriously, I get comments all the time!!
9. His strength. When I have none and just need to collapse, he always catches me.
10. He takes his role of provider seriously, not only financially, but emotionally, too.
11. He can't say no to me:)
12. He has learned so much through his life experiences and strives to help others not have to go through what he has gone through.
13. He has a passion for being the man that God wants him to be.
14. He likes to be spontanuous...yes, I spelled that right:) He'll understand:)
15. He thinks I'm hilarious!
16. I can completely be myself with him, warts and all. In my line of work there aren't very many people I can be like that with, so that's a huge blessing!!!
17. He always looks at the positive, sometimes this drives me crazy, but I love him for it!
18. He has a desire to make people, adults and his students, better. He pushes them to succeed.
19. He listens to me when I need to vent.
20. He asks my opinion on situations in his professional life and actually respects what I have to say about it.
21. He has held my hand through so many doctor's appointments that didn't go the way we'd hoped and cried with me when we were alone in the room.
22. He is the best father in the world and I love how Emma lights up when she sees him.
23. He went dress shopping for me for Mother's Day because he knows I hate shopping and got me 6 dresses and 4 of them actually fit!!!
24. He wants me and Emma to have the very best.
25. He loves his parents and his respect for them is evident.
26. He understands my iPhone addiction and lets me play my games when I just need a brain escape!
27. He thinks I can do anything and sometimes even makes me believe I can!
28. He's a hottie:)
29. He loves and puts up with my family! His first Thanksgiving with us he actually showered and got dressed, with shoes even!! He quickly learned that bathing is optional at holidays and that we maybe change out of our pj's once the entire week:)
30. He likes to dress nice. This is still a mystery to me, the jeans and t-shirt girl, but it's fun that he takes pride in looking good.
31. He loves taking road trips with me.
32. He loves having deep conversations about our future, where we are, where we'll be, how we're going to get there.
33. He likes to dance and act like a goofball:)
34. I love how sometimes he just needs to hold me for a little while.
35. I love that his ring tone for me is the song that was playing when he first saw me in my wedding dress.
36. He takes pride in his chosen profession and tries to cram his head full of as much information, policy, law and whatever so he can be everything he needs to be for his teachers and kids.
37. He came into my life and, not only fit, but flourished. Everybody loves him!!!!
38. He makes me want to be the best person I can be for him and our family.
I love you, Sparky. You make me so happy and I can't wait to see what God has in store for us next...hopefully we're done with the medical drama, but even if not, I know we'll get through it together. Thank you for making me a better person. Thank you for who you are. Thank you for 3 amazing years and a beautiful baby girl:) You're the best one!!! I love you!!!!! Your baby:)
Lauren you made me cry reading this. I have known Shelby 21 years and been married almost 19. It truely only gets better. I love number 30 about him dressing nice. That is me and Shelby. Even to this day. Thanks for sharing this. Made think how much I love my man with the crazy first name.
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