A year has passed since our amazing wedding! I can't believe it's been a whole year, and can't believe it's only been a year. We're no longer newlyweds (does that mean I have to get rid of the underwear that says "Just Married" on the bum?).
A lot has happened this year. My mom, obviously, was the biggest thing. Her quick decline and death has put a bit of a sadness over the whole year. It was kind of hard to celebrate, but we did because we are both lucky to have each other and he's been my rock this year. We've made it through some difficult times, and I don't know if I could have without him by my side.
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| At the Snoqualmie Falls! Personal Photo |
We took the weekend away to relax and chill and just be together, and it was really nice. At dinner one night (fancy dinner, oh la la!), he asked me what my best memories from the year were (purposefully avoided the worst ones, since that is pretty obvious), but I think just spending any time with my mom was the best. Sorry husband, but it was the last bit of time I got with her, and time I will always cherish (especially right after she got the bad diagnosis and I walked into her hospital room and we cried and she apologized and I told her how thankful I was for her. Or when she told me she's crazy about me just about a week before she became non-responsive.) She was the first person to love me completely and unconditionally, and to teach me what love is. So I nearly started crying in the restaurant thinking about her!
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| Crazy dog, hard to tell, but she's playing dead here... Personal Photo |
Among the highlights of this last year would probably going to Kauai (especially zip lining there), getting a hot stone massage on our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic, taking in the dog who drives us both crazy but is cute and sweet, and having our home and life and routine together. I think this next year will have a lot of exciting highlights as well, as we start considering starting a family, travelling some more, and look to do some more work on our house. It's exciting to have our futures ahead of us, just waiting to unravel as time passes. Everything can and probably will change completely just like it did this year.
As far as paper gifts, I created a graphic print for him that I need to get a frame for (and need him to pick his favorite). I did a couple versions with different colored backgrounds, and then did some watercolored pages that I printed a shorter version on as well. I think they look pretty cool!
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| I kind of think I should have had it start with "We Go Together Like..." Personal Photo |
He said that his gifts to me were delayed in the mail, so now I'm obsessively checking the mail every day after work! I hope he didn't go overboard, considering I definitely didn't.
Anyway, that's the one year check-in! Ready to take on the rest of our lives with my favorite guy by my side. :)
