Ten years.
Today marks ten years since
the very best day of my life. In some
ways it seems like a lifetime since our wedding, but mostly it feels like it
was just yesterday that we walked down the aisle. So much has happened these last ten years –
we’ve laughed together, we’ve cried together, we’ve celebrated each other’s
wins, and we’ve mourned each other’s losses.
We’ve gone on loads of amazing adventures, we’ve made countless memories
that we’ll remember for a lifetime, and we created two incredible little human
beings with whom to share it all.
Today, in honor of our ten
year wedding anniversary, I’m going to share my Top 5 favorite moments during
our marriage so far… or actually Top 6 because I just couldn’t narrow it down. ;o)
O N E – The Birth of Our First Baby
Jacob came into this world
on July 23, 2011 at 12:34 AM after 18 grueling hours of labor. Meeting him for the first time was something
that I can’t even really put into words.
To know that Brian and I had created this tiny, perfect human being
together was almost too much to even believe.
He was perfect in every way and I fell for him instantly. Seeing Brian hold Jacob for the first time
made me fall in love with him even more.
T W O – The Birth of Our Second Baby
Olivia came into this world
on February 25, 2014 at 9:33 via an elective c-section. Meeting her for the first time was pure
magic. The moment I saw her sweet little
scrunched up face I knew she was ours.
She was the perfect cross between me when I was a baby, and both of Brian’s
sisters. The second I took her in my
arms I felt like I had known her my entire life. How did we live life without her for so long?
T H R E E – Finding Out We Were Expecting for the
First Time
As a young girl, all I ever
wanted was to be a wife and a mother.
After marrying Brian, I had checked the first thing off of my list, and I
knew that all I needed now was to be a mother and I could die a happy lady.
On Friday, April 14, 2010
after only trying for a month, we found out that I was expecting. It was by far one of the happiest moments of
my life, as well as probably the most surreal moment of my life. All of my dreams were coming true.
As most of you long-time
readers know, unfortunately, that pregnancy ended in miscarriage in June
2010. We were both utterly heartbroken,
but going through that only made Brian and me stronger together. B supported me and was as patient with me as
he could possibly have been during that healing period, and even though it was
a horrendous thing to have to go through, looking back I’m thankful because God
knew exactly what we needed when we needed it.
I couldn’t see that then, but I can surely see that now.
F O U R – Adopting Our First “Baby”
Before we had human babies,
Brian and I adopted our sweet little doggie baby, Maui . After our home was built, we decided to ease
into the whole “child” thing, and we decided to get a pet first. And by “we” I mean “me” because B had no
interest in having a pet of any kind, but he knew how bad I was aching for a “baby”
so he went along with my crazy idea.
;o) We searched local animal
shelters and Craigslist ads for weeks and I just didn’t feel like we had met “the
one,” until my friend Lauren saw a YouTube video of three itty bitty puppies
that were for sale just a couple of towns over.
We met the owner in a Sonic
parking lot on January 16, 2010 and it was love at first sight. There were three little babies all sleeping
peacefully in a bundle of towels in a laundry basket and I knew Maui was the one right away. She had a brother and a sister that were both
twice her size, but I wanted her, the sweetest little runt of the bunch. :o) We
brought her home a week later and she’s been our snuggly, loyal sidekick ever
since!
F I V E – Celebrating Our Five Year Anniversary in
NYC at Christmas
The one trip I wanted to
take my entire life was a trip to New
York City
S I X – Summer 2009
Summer 2009 was our second
summer together as a married couple. We
had just sold our first house together and we were living in a little apartment
for six months while we built the house in which we currently live. We didn’t have kids yet, but we knew that we
would probably start trying once we were settled in our new home, and I
remember thinking, “This could be the last summer that we have together, just
the two of us. We need to live it up.”
All of our belongings were
in boxes, our apartment was crowded and tiny, and we had a bunch of old
hand-me-down furniture that didn’t even match.
Normally, temporary situations like that drive me crazy and I usually feel
like I can’t function under those circumstances, but that summer I let it all
go, it was one of the best things I’ve ever done.
We had zero obligations and responsibilities
(other than our day jobs) and it was incredible. I have never been a spontaneous person, but
that summer I came pretty darn close and it ended up being one of the best
summers of my life. Since we didn’t have
to worry about cooking or cleaning or kids, we spent all of our spare time just
doing whatever we wanted when we wanted.
We had countless dinners and get-togethers with friends, we spent lots
of weekend nights at bars and clubs, we spent lazy days out in the boat on the
river water skiing and sunbathing, we went on dates as often as we wanted to, we went to concerts galore, and
we had a complete blast planning our new home and watching all of those plans
and dreams come to life.
That summer we traveled to the
beach, Las Vegas , Hoover Dam, and the Grand Canyon . If
you’ve never been to the Grand Canyon then you
absolutely must move it to the top of your travel bucket list. It is stunning. As a matter of fact, it was one of my
favorite things that I’ve ever done in my whole life. I remember walking out on that glass walkway
with my one true love and thinking, “It doesn’t get any better than this!”
It was a summer to remember
and while it didn’t end up being our last summer, just the two of us, it was by
far my favorite.
We’ve lived life side by
side day in and day out for ten years now and if I had to do it all over again,
I wouldn’t think twice about choosing to spend it with you, B.
Cheers to ten years!
And thanks for making that
money so momma can stay home! ;o)
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