Melanie I love you, happy holidays!

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Across
  1. 1. Aida did this on my leg
  2. 6. Our traditional Christmas dinner
  3. 7. In May, we will have been together for this many years
  4. 8. I was reluctant to replace this household appliance
  5. 10. The black gem in your ring
  6. 11. Aida's favorite place to burn off some energy
  7. 13. I filled our house with this on the first night we slept there
  8. 15. What I spilled on myself (and still do)
  9. 17. You are the president of this group
  10. 18. I will feel this way about you and Aida forever
  11. 19. The costume I wore during our first Halloween as a family
  12. 23. Our big boi, may he rest in peace
  13. 24. This chubby boy used to do zoomies in Aida's room
  14. 32. We used to run this loop every week
  15. 33. The movie you were watching the first time I came to your house
  16. 34. The place you proposed to me
  17. 35. You boiled this bird for its bones
  18. 36. You were holding a sharp one of these when you told me you loved me
  19. 39. The state where we got legally married
  20. 40. These birds mate for life, according to your wedding vows
  21. 42. The street where we live in our family home
  22. 44. A surprise you got while I was on a climbing trip
Down
  1. 2. You put this in my coffee at South
  2. 3. This ghost dog is on display at our house
  3. 4. Aida will only eat one of these - good luck figuring out which one
  4. 5. Our nicknames for each other, based on a cute Aida-ism
  5. 7. We did not get much of this in the first couple years we were together
  6. 9. Aida used to beg me for these in the hammock
  7. 12. The child you taught me to love and care for
  8. 14. The state where we had our wedding
  9. 16. This tiefling does it better
  10. 20. We take these when we need to get some fresh air and talk
  11. 21. We usually have some of these hanging in our house
  12. 22. Where we slept (and other things) at Denali Conference
  13. 25. The hotel where we first saw each other
  14. 26. You fed this bird a chicken thigh
  15. 27. You introduced me to this wonderful group of witches
  16. 28. The sassiest girl in our house (or at least one of the sassiest)
  17. 29. This body part is broken, but will be fixed soon
  18. 30. We don't have lip balm, we have [blank]
  19. 31. The park we used to visit every day
  20. 37. "I am going to [blank] you now."
  21. 38. We build at least one of these every winter
  22. 41. One of the many picky eaters in our house
  23. 43. A nice place to visit on a walk