On June 12th, 2010 I married this guy ^ It was, what I thought, the happiest day of my life. I love wearing white so any day I can wear a really really pretty white dress I am doing okay. You see I met this guy ^ in 2001. We met at an ice hockey game. I wore my hair in a ponytail and had no makeup. I look up in the stands and I see him ^. I see the hottest guy I had ever seen. He was wearing a grey nike sweatshirt and glasses and I just thought, "well that's it I need to meet him!" This is a long story with a lot of twists and turns so to summarize...bing, bang, boom we got married!
Fourteen years later, we are still here, only now we have been married for five of them.
Let me just rewind so I can show you why I love him so much more than I ever have and why I know our wedding day was just one single sugar flower on our cake life.
We plan a wedding, we get married. We party. We may have partied a little too much because I kinda don't remember all the specifics but I know we have a marriage license. We honeymoon in the most beautiful place I have ever been. Petit St. Vincent. It is a privately owned island the size of nothing but it is secluded and wonderful and hopelessly romantic. I love him so much.
Then a little twist comes... Our friends have a baby. They have this small creature...this so so so so so precious human being, Max. Michael and I both held max on night in late June and he looked at me and said, "You know he isn't that bad! Maybe we should have a baby?" Honestly I think looking back he was hammered or something but I (a baby lover) was like okay!!!!
I tell Michael it could take some time to get pregnant.. normal is 6 months.
Then...
Frame of reference, this is July 4th weekend. I was married on June 12th and now it is July 4th. In this photograph I am pregnant. I found out August 2nd that I was pregnant by using an ever so handy E.P.T.
18 weeks later we found out that we were not only pregnant but pregnant with identical twin boys. Life. It is amazing how many things Michael and I can pack into 1 year. I'd like to quote my grandmom Jane here, "You know Michael, when you move, you really move."
These pictures are from our first wedding anniversary. "Totally Mike that Max, no, he is not that bad but these two..." xoxoxo
These are photos from our second lovely year! Can you tell we are doing just fine by the beer in the boys wagon???!!! I am laughing but in all honesty-- Two Years, Two Kids, Two People...doin' just fine. I love him so much!
For our third anniversary ... Well Michael looked like this ^ and in my mind I did too but in reality...
Yep. Three years equals three boys (one in utero). Still so in love... we are also in the process of moving...we are trying to find our "forever home" to grow some roots and find some room for this family to grow.
Here we are at our four year mark. Incidentally this picture is from Max's 4th birthday!
Okay so Four years, three boys, two houses and a partridge in a pear tree!
Now here comes year five... When you are dating someone you have anxieties and you are so nervous they will just up and leave or you wonder if they really like you. Then you fall in love and those nerves transform into a different form. You begin to feel comfortable. You realize this is the only person for me and you say "I Do." You think that is it. You think your life is at its peek...but it isn't. You have children and you learn just how much the other person truly loves you. As a couple you hit highs and you experience lows. The lows are what stand out the most but not because of how bad things were/are...they stand out because of the strength you use to put yourselves back together. I need him and I know he needs me...I mean look how cute.... Everything good in my boys being is from that guy I said "Yes" to five years ago....
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| This Picture is my favorite....He is "weekend at Bernie's" Even when he passes out...he looks like he's listening... man trick. |
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