My sweet 12 year old.

I just finished listening to a book last night called Edenbrooke.  It's very Pride & Prejudice-y, and I liked it alright.  But all throughout the book I was reminded of Perris.  The main peeps are friends and the guy is constantly flirting/teasing the girl to the point that she doesn't think he is serious.  That gets him in trouble because OBVI, he loves her.  That is exactly how Perris was.  It was infuriating because it was like a game with my tender little heart.  But, then again, Perris is just a little boy at heart.  The other night I told him I needed him to grow up 2 years (from 12 to 14).  He laughed hysterically at this.  He is so happy about his little-boyhood.  Except really that is how a 12 year old would react to this conversation, so he was just spot-on.

We have been reunited for almost 1 month, and the first few days we were together he was constantly telling me things that proved this silly boy husband theory.  But I love him for it, of course!  Perris is just that kind of guy.  He had just returned from his internship conference in Florida with like 2,000 other interns.  Telling me about it, he gets this huge grin on his face...

(Not exactly like that, but a little boy-can't-wait-to-tell-his-accomplishment grin!)  ...and begins the story about how he got EVERYONE to jump in the pool at the same time.  In true Perris-fashion, he says to his buddies, "HEY! Let's get everyone to jump in the pool at the same time!"  So they went around the entire pool to the little clusters of people and said, "HEY, when I count to three, everyone is going to jump in the pool at the same time."  Their reactions were all the same, "Ok...well if everyone else is going to."  (Please people, what kind of response is that!??!)  So after they ran around to every group Perris signals for everyone to stand up and yells "ONE....TWO...THREE!!!"  And of course, everyone jumps in!  "IT WAS AWESOME!!!!"  He states with complete and utter enthusiasm, as if he was doing it again at that moment when retelling the story.

And that is exactly the story to illustrate how my husband is.  He gets people to do things, and people love him!

One more story.  While we were here:

 (Yellowstone)

And Wade was posing so adorably for these pictures:

 And always wanting to wear Perris' hat:

 And it was cold in the mornings so I was sporting socks with Chacos:

 We camped one night.  We couldn't find ANY open camp sites (right outside the park), so we found a grove of trees and camped.  I was mostly freaked out that bears would show up, but as always when camping, I constantly wake up to make sure Wade isn't freezing his tiny heiny off!  I express this fear of him being so cold, so Perris knows I worry.  Anyway.  In the DEAD of the night, I am shaken awake, and groggily look at Perris, seeing him up on his elbow, he says "ALI, it's REALLY cold!"  Apparently I stick my hand out of my sleeping bag and wave it around in the air to check what he's saying.  Immediately, I say, "Oh, do you want me to check on Wade?"  He says "yeah", I check him, and we go back to sleep.

Well in the morning when I can actually think, I recall this incident and start laughing so hard.  "Perris, WHY DID YOU WAKE ME UP!?!??????  You wanted me to check on Wade, instead of getting up yourself?!?"  He wasn't awake either, and didn't understand what he was doing.  I kept giggling about it all morning.  What a goof.

I doth love him.  And this is exactly what his face looks like in every one of our wedding pictures!!  Squinty eyes!!!!