hablo español

i decided that there are some things spanish anna will need to know on sunday while we're gone. just the basics, like our number and the pediatricians number and how much to feed wolly and the baby. instead of taking an extra hour to act things out when she gets here and enduring lots of blank smiles and 'yes's,' i'm going to try to print some instructions out in spanish. i'm going to do this using the free translator doohickey on the internet. we'll see how well it works. i've always kind of wondered.
i'm sure she's going to think i'm a complete idiot.
today's our 5th anniversary. this morning tayloe and i recapped the events of our wedding day to t2. we even told him how the bishop didn't really have the authority to marry us in virginia and how when we got back from our honeymoon, our priest had to declare us wed in the church parking lot after a sunday service. i kinda wanted to leave that part out.
i have all of these great memories from that weekend and that day but my favorite is leaving our reception with tayloe, our little saab packed to the ceiling with camping gear. it was symbolic.
i told tayloe i'd marry him after 3 short months because i knew he was a trip i had to go on. people kept telling me i was certifiably crazy to say yes so soon, but it was like someone knocked on my door one day and said, "hey kid, wanna go on an adventure around the world? it'll be wonderful and it'll be terrible and it'll rain and be sunny and you'll break down and get up and get up again. you'll always be filled with love. it'll be the most beautiful time you've ever had."
and it has been. whenever i doubt my instincts, i think about saying yes and all the amazing things just letting go and doing what felt right has brought me. not the least of which is another tayloe.
and there's so much more ahead of us.
Tayloe mi marido y mi amor, yo le adoro. Aquí está a nuestro viaje.