Nine Years!

June 19, 2004

Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Lexington, SC

 

June 19, 2013 (in Lexington, SC)

Funny how we ended up in Lexington after I protested about getting married in my parents' town, not mine.  Full circle, I suppose.  I wouldn't want to be anywhere else!

 

Celebrating nine wonderful years with a few (perhaps a few too many) of these at a local martini & tapas bar!

Nine years.  Wow.  Honestly, it doesn't seem like that many years.  I can't imagine life without Eric (& the family we've created together). 

Happily ever after?  Yes.  Most definitely.

No More Dinosaurs!

I have an office of sorts in our home ~ it is perfect little organized space for me to file our bills in the credenza, a computer & printer is set up for my important facebooking, blogging, and online shopping :), our old kitchen table and chairs resides in this space, a lot of my former teacher stuff lives here, and eventually it will be a great space for homework & projects for our children. 

I've been jonesing for a new computer situation for awhile now.  For the longest time, this was my computer, a total dinosaur:  

 And, then, I moved onto these two laptops.  Now they are both toast for various reasons, and I have been using Eric's work laptop recently.  That just makes me nervous - heaven forbid, my silly facebook or other such nonsense allow a virus on his work computer.  Not to mention, I didn't like using laptops because we kept it downstairs in the den, and we would find ourselves on the computer ALL.THE.TIME. taking away from family time or just us time.  I missed "working" in my little office space.

 So, for my VERY UNEXPECTED anniversary gift, TA-DA.  The sweet hubs finally heard my pleas for a new computer situation that put me back into my little office. 

I don't need much, and I don't need fancy.  So, this little set up is perfect.  My sweet husband never ceases to amaze me with his little surprises.  I'm a lucky gal.

Happy 8 Years to Us!

Eric and I celebrated our 8th anniversary on Tuesday with a dinner date.  It was such an enjoyable evening.  We are truly blessed in our marriage, and we are looking forward to many more happy years together!

Happy Anniversary!
Today it's been six wonderful years with my sweet Eric, and we couldn't be happier. I love how we've been married long enough now that things just seem to "work"...sure marriage is hard work, but what we have is special. We've made it through the tough times, and we are probably a better couple as a result. Luckily, our "for better" times have far exceeded the "for worse" moments. We have been blessed more than we could have ever imagined, and I look forward to our future together.

Five Years

Eric and I have been married five years today. It's been a wonderful five years, I must say. Although we've had our share of "growing pains" with moving, new jobs, and a baby, I can't imagine spending these last five years any differently than with this cute, blondish, blue eyed fella that kept winking at me from afar at the Gold's Gym in Charlotte. Who knew on that first date with the "boy from the gym" we'd start something incredible? Not long after that date, I told my mom on the phone, "I think this is the one. I think this is the boy I am going to marry." Meeting my parents and two older brothers just sealed the deal --- Eric fit into my family as if he'd lived next door to us our entire lives. He truly became a part of my family the second he walked through my parent's front door. A very good friend of ours told me recently that Eric and I were the relationship role model for her and her husband. I took that as the highest compliment to us and our marriage. I've been thinking about that a lot lately as our anniversary approached. Eric and I just compliment each other so well to create a balance that we both need --- I'm high strung & he's laid back; he's messy and disorganized & I'm a neat freak who thinks organizing a closet on a rainy day is fun; I'm frivolous with money & he's conservative with money; he thinks camping in a tent on the side of a mountain is fun & I think staying in an all inclusive resort is more like it; he burns to a crisp on the beach & I turn golden brown after a day at the beach; I find running to be exhilarating and stress relieving & he runs only if a wild bear was chasing him; and he's Fun Daddy while I am Serious Mommy. As I think about our personalities and how opposite we are in so many ways, I giggle because I could go on forever with this list.

But in the end, we are completely, 100% on the same page about one thing --- how much we love each other, our life, & our family that we've created together. As different as we are, we are alike in so many ways from watching college football on a Saturday to drinking wine with great conversation to our dreams for our family & children. That is why what we have works, and we continue to nurture our relationship as our life changes. We can't control many of the things around us, but we have control of us. We work at making us so great, and maybe that's why we are the relationship role model to our friend. The last five years have been nothing short of fun, trying, exciting, and fabulous.

Happy Five Year Anniversary to my best friend and the love of my life!