Autumn in Tallahassee

Another weekend of disappointment from the Seminoles!!! Well, let me back up for a sec... No, it wasn't entirely disappointing. The offense did an awesome job... We were finally able to witness what "X" is capable of doing! He played really well and after that game, I'd be surprised if they even put Weatherford back as the starting QB! Anyways, what gave it away this time is our defense... I mean with 10 or 11 starting players (which is pretty much the entire defense) injured, the young'uns had to hold the fort down for us. This may be a bad thing for now, but this will also benefit FSU in the next year or so as these "young'uns" will be much more experienced by then!

Well, I thought I would get the bad stuff out of the way... So, how was your weekend? Ours went great! We had gorgeous weather down here in Tally... except Friday night when it started pouring... Yes, it was a rainy night when we had Em's baby shower, but a fun one to say the least! It was great catching up with the other ladies I have not seen since our wedding, while munching on some quiches, salad and fresh fruits with sweetened Brie dip and Aunt Helen made the best Pumpkin cheesecake pie from scratch (Man, I need to get that recipe from her)!!! Everything was just perfect--something you would always expect when Aunt Helen is the hostess... She threw us our couple's shower with a luau theme and went all decked out with her decor... This time, she had a Fall theme, with her assortment of pumpkins, fall leaves, candles and lanterns exceptionally placed all over her house--from the front porch to the foyer to the back yard, where the shrubs around the pool are lit with hundreds of twinkling lights!!! Em had a ton of presents--from tiny little baby booties to the softest blankies you can find on the face of the Earth :-) Well, she still has Jake's baby stuff, so she didn't get your usual swing set and car seats this time... I had a really great time!!! At the end of it, everybody kept saying that the next baby shower will be mine... As much as I wanted to reply "in a few years", I couldn't... Just looking at my mother-in-law breaks my heart... Mom's hopeful, wishful eyes said it all!!! She had been dropping hints here and there (though not as verbal as my own parents...), but she knows that Rob and I are still enjoying being newlyweds--adjusting to our new life, getting use to living together and travelling alone together--none of which we have ever done before marriage!

Here's Em with mom (in white) opening presents at the shower :-)

Jake's so excited about his baby brother... he's helping his mom open presents
So, Saturday morning, Rob helped Dan--his co-worker--move to their new house, while I slept in... When he got home, we went to the mall that afternoon... Boy, did we pick a better weekend to go to the mall!!! It was FAMU homecoming and if you live or have lived in Tally, you definitely KNOW what I'm talking about! We thought, hey, we'll go to the Verizon store, buy our new phones, go to Bath and Body and then Victoria's Secret... and leave... which should only take us about an hour, right? Well... No, sir... We spent the WHOLE afternoon at the mall... I mean, to get from one store to another just took so much time! Anyways, we did get our new phones since our contract had been up for months now... So, we renewed the VW contract. I got a Razr and Rob got a Q--his new toy! I also started my Christmas shopping at Bath and Body and VS... I still have a long way to go in that department, but I'm not slacking off either :-)

Saturday night, we watched the FSU vs. UV game on ESPN2-HD at my parents' house. So, we had a mini football party with Pizza take-outs and some hot wings... And after the game, I made the boys home-made milk shakes to brighten up their mood... Needless to say, they loved it!!! Steak and Shake who??? hahaha!!!

On Sunday, mama and I went Persimmon picking with the Tanguiligs... It was such a lovely day--not a single cloud in the sky, perfect temps--for picking! Rob, on the other hand, went to FSU's Strozier library to study for his Microsoft Certification exam, which he'll be taking in a few months. I took several pictures... So, here they are:

Gorgeous day for persimmon-picking!!!

My mom :-)

Tita Edith with Rachel

Michael: "If you can't reach it, use a stick!!!"

We each had a bushel... Here's me with mine!
After the picking, we drove around Monticello. It's a quaint, little "Southern" town, 26 miles Northeast of Tallahassee. They have your typical Southern homes, with wide front porches and dainty little shops downtown, pretty similar to Thomasville. On the way there, we saw a huge plantation-style mansion which tita Edith loved! I mostly liked the farms and the farm-homes... but it seems like they're developing more land for housing because Tallahassee's getting more and more crowded each year! That night, I cooked some macaroni noodles with mushroom and meatball sauce. Kevin and Rob loved it! Hmmm... gotta think of another recipe to concoct sometime this week!

I'm truly enjoying being a wife. Doing the little things is what makes it awesome... Rob and I call it "playing house"... Wasn't I just playing house with my sister yesterday, as we banged on our little pots and pans, serving our dolls ("our babies") tea? Everything's just so surreal... Rob and I... We own our house--a real house!!! With real furniture and real pots and pans... and we drink real tea!!! I can remember just wondering how it'd be like to sleep next to him and wake up lying in his arms every morning... And now it's actually happening. And it's even greater than I could have ever imagined!!! On our wedding night, I kept waking up in the middle of the night, with Rob peacefully sleeping right next to me... I would stare at his face until I drift off to sleep. I was making sure I was no longer dreaming and well, he does shift a lot during the night and I've always slept alone in my bed, so that was hard to get use to! I did that throughout our honeymoon. I still do it occasionally! Whenever Rob's driving, he'd catch me glancing at him every now and then, and he'd ask "What?"... and I usually say "nothing... I just can't believe you are my husband!"... And when I'm driving, he'd do the same, but I never ask him "what?", because I know he's thinking... "you are my wife!" with that silly smile of his :-)

Anyways, we were suppose to babysit the Maddoxes tonight, but Jenny told me that Michael (her husband) is sick so he's staying home with the kids instead! And Rob's working late tonight... we had a deep conversation about how much his new position requires of him. He's been working a lot of over time hours lately, but I truly understand that big changes come with big responsibilities... Well, I came home from work this afternoon and saw this in my kitchen...

The note read: Thank you so much for understanding... I love you so much. Love, Rob

*SIGH* Yup, THAT's my husband!!! He is sooooo romantic... How could you not love being his wife?!?!