Priorities.

They seem to have changed now that James is here. What once seemed so important ~ now not so much. I no longer feel the need to get a pedicure on a weekly basis. And Ed doesn't feel the need to rush out to Best Buy to purchase the newest DVD to hit the market.

The same goes for the gifts that Ed and I give each other for special occasions like our anniversary which we celebrated yesterday. Since we are on a tighter budget these days, we decided to put a price cap on our gifts this year. In keeping with tradition, we decided to get each other gifts made of cotton - and under $25.

I was lavished with a beautiful and comfortable spa robe - made of cotton.

Ed received a cotton T-shirt with his favorite Big Bang Theory/Sheldon Cooper saying "Bazinga!"

Since my gifting was so silly, I decided to do something special to highlight our life together over the past two years of marriage and the almost six years of being together. I can't take all the credit for it – I got the idea from my favorite DIY blog YoungHouseLove.com. I just thought it was so clever so I decided to give it a whirl.

I love that it highlights all of the important milestones that we've hit in our relationship. Plus it's another way to dress up the somewhat bare walls in our house. :)

We'll be able to "do it up" on our anniversary in future years ~ we do still need to get to Ireland and Scotland to go on that honeymoon that was foiled by that darn volcano. But in the mean time, we'll stick to the little things that make us happy.