Our Story - The Beginning

I've known Michael for 11 years now and we have been together for most of that time. The first time I met Michael was at a small church that a friend and I were visiting. He was literally one of the first people I met there that night and he and his friends invited us to go out to eat after church. We pretty much became fast friends and remained good friends for several months. He began pursuing me, and he will tell you that I was NOT wanting to date him at that time. However, God had other plans and little did I know at the time, that Michael would be the man I married. Several months went by and our group of friends spent a lot of time together. Michael and I would go to lunch and spend time together some just as friends, but he made it very clear that his intentions were not just to date me, but to marry me one day. I thought he was crazy! But, several weeks later, God made it very clear to me that He was placing Michael in my path not just to date, but eventually marry. Soon after that, we did start dating and I can honestly say that by that time, we both knew that one day we would get married. So ten years ago today, on February 15, 2002, Michael asked me to marry him. We had been officially dating around 8 months at the time. I still remember the day like it was yesterday. I had always told him that I didn't want him to propose on a holiday, so he didn't propose ON Valentine's Day, he did it the day after! I had some idea that it was coming, but was still so excited when he got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife and put that ring on my finger. I'll have to write about that actual day another day when I have more time. But, I will say that it's been an awesome journey and I'm glad I have Michael Buffaloe by my side to do life with!

Changes

The past 10 months have been filled with many changes in the Buffaloe family! It's hard to believe that just 10 months ago, we held a sweet 7 lb 9 oz baby in our arms for the first time and he had beautiful blue eyes and dark hair. In the past 10 months, his eyes have turned an even brighter blue but his hair is now a light brown/blonde. When he was born, everyone said he looked like Michael, but more and more people say he's starting to look like me and my family, mainly my brother Jeremy. Micah's already had a bout with a stomach virus right after Christmas and it was not fun but he was a trooper. He's mastered the word "Da-da" and says it quite often. He's said "Ma-ma" but only a handful of times. He can clap and wave now and I have already started to work on baby sign language with him. He loves bananas and will shovel them in his mouth as fast as he can. He loves feeding himself pieces of sweet potato too but is not a fan of steamed broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot. We will keep working on those though. He now has 6 teeth and chews very well pretty much anything we give him. He does the bear crawl and pulls up on everything. He loves cruising around on anything he can find to push around the house and will walk when we are holding his hands. Just recently he's started walking only holding one hand, instead of having to have both held. Every few days, we are experiencing new milestones with Micah and are loving almost every minute. I could do without the separation anxiety moments, but I know that's just a phase. We are looking forward to more changes that I know are coming our way and just trying to really cherish all the moments we have with Micah and the memories we are making with him. We are so thankful for this precious gift we get to watch grow daily!