Little Black Shirt

We walked hand in hand, laughing, flirting, and goofing off. We were very newly married and bursting with excitement for our future as husband and wife. Surrounded by bright red walls, we walked through each isle one at a time. Target has always been one of our favorite places to go on a date(clearly, we are the simple type). Kyle would find a random item on a shelf.. maybe a women's hat and throw it on, look at me with a smirk, and with a high pitched voice say, "seriously, like, omg. I seriously like, need this hat. omg my life isn't complete without it." I'd bust out laughing until I found something also. I'd ask Kyle, "babe, can we buy this? its perfect!! the most beautiful painting I've ever seen! we NEED it!" He'd look over to see me holding a wall mirror and smiling seductively into it.
 Believe it or not, we have always enjoyed these trips to target more than any fancy or pricey date we've ever been on. Mostly cause it doesn't matter where we are, the focus is each other. Not whats around us.. Unless of course, we are shopping at Target. haha On this particular trip, we were walking past the baby clothing department and there it was. It hung on a tiny, white hanger. A simple black t-shirt with guitar necks and microphones on it. My new husband was still in college, getting his Bachelors in Sound Engineering. He lived, ate, slept, breathed music. Everything we did related to a song or instrument. I grabbed the t-shirt and insisted that we buy it. He quickly gave me a panicked look, like he was thinking, please don't bring up kids, please don't bring up kids.. We may not have had any plans to start a family any time soon, but that didn't mean we couldn't grab this t shirt for the future. After all, it had actual microphones on it! our future baby would know how talented his or her daddy was at recording music. Kyle asked what we'll do with it if we have a girl? I explained that a little bit of pink ribbon and a button or two and it would be little girl friendly in a second. We bought the shirt, and I tucked it away in a drawer for a future child. 

Today I pulled the same shirt out of Owens drawer. I pulled it over his blonde curls and slipped his chubby arms through the sleeves. I carried him out to the front room where Kyle saw him, picked him up and recognized his tshirt. He kissed him and commented on how cute he looked multiple times. Joey asked to see brothers shirt and I explained that he had worn it when he was little too. He found that to be very special. (my mushiness is continuing down the family line! bwa ha ha)

Tomorrow is our 5th wedding anniversary. 5th! Amazing whats gone on in 5 years.. I remember our "plan" when we got married was to start trying to have a baby when we got to our 5th year of marriage. I would have never imagined already having our two boys by now but even more so, I can't imagine not having them. What a beautiful, not easy, but very beautiful life Kyle and I have been given. We still love target dates, baskin robbins dates, and bike ride dates. They are even better now when we can take our little boys with us. When I look at my youngest boy in that little black shirt, when I think of his older brother being little and wearing it also, when I look at my handsome husband who I love dearly, I can't help but feel so humbled and blessed. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that I could have done to deserve such a family.  I am so very thankful to God for the life he's blessed me with as their wife and momma.