Happy 5 Years

What a beautiful picture. Two people fall in love. Get married. Have a baby. And lived happily ever after.

That’s our life, Babe.

Beautiful if I do say so myself.

I am incredibly fortunate to have married my best friend. We are constantly learning how to live life as husband and wife. How to roll with the punches...soar above the mountain tops one day and drudge through the valleys the next. It is great. How amazing that we get to experience all this together.

A little trip down memory lane...

Do you remember when we first met. Oh my...we were in a Principles of Marketing class and you were so handsome in your dress pants and collared shirt. Only one in class who looked like he was going places! You had swagger, Honey. And I loved it. :) Your confidence and intelligence is so attractive too.

Then do you remember all the times you came over to my {college} house? I knew you were sweet from the word go. How many flowers did you buy me while I lived there? I know it was at least weekly. And now I have to ask you NOT to buy me flowers. (Flowers are pretty, but I just don’t seem to appreciate them enough to spend money on them) Not to mention ALL the favors you did for ALL of us girls! Shoveling our walks, starting our cars in the winter, scraping our car windows, lifting, fixing, doing whatever was needed. I think I had to apologize to the girls a few times. Sorry girls, he’s mine all mine!

And what about when I lived in Des Moines after college? You drove to see me all the time! And when you weren’t there I was visiting you at good ‘ol Ghetto Falls Apartments, as we liked to call them. Great memories there too. You made me our first homemade dinner there...spaghetti. And you dropped all the noodles in the sink when you were draining them. Lucky for you I had no idea this happened. I must have been so swooned by you, I didn’t even notice. When you told me about this a year later I was clueless.

How about our amazing (not weather wise) wedding day? Seemed like mad-chaos all around us, with the rain, the flooding, the cold weather, the stranded people, the tux mishaps, and all the momentum of one day building up...yet we were two little love birds driving away in a corvette, and somehow getting caught in the middle of a small town parade…horses, floats, old cars, and then the newlyweds! And after our wedding reception, you were a true gentleman and complied with my request for Subway cookies. While you stood in line for an m&m cookie, your bride fell asleep in the car...welcome to married life! (jk...kind of) :)

Oh and then our honeymoon cruise. Ahhhhmazingly fun! Jet skiing in the ocean. Snorkeling for the first time. Getting dressed up and eating dinner with you. Having ice cream cones while shopping. Sitting by the pool. Just relaxing with my man. So great.

And what about house hunting together? We eventually found our perfect house, it just took us looking at 50+ houses. So much fun moving in and joining our lives together. Super-duper fun!

And the day we welcomed our baby boy into our family. One of the most incredible experiences two people can share is having a baby together, and I got to share it with you. Remember our first night in the hospital? You fell asleep WAY across the room from me, I couldn’t walk from my epidural, and Isaiah was screaming. I couldn’t get your attention and literally had to throw a pillow at you to wake up. In your defense, there was a really noisy fan running above our ceiling somewhere and we were both exhausted from all the excitement. I think that’s the only time I’ve had to wake you up by throwing something at you…you’ve been amazing ever since!

And just recently…remember the other day when I threw Isaiah in the shower with you, because it was just easier than giving him a separate bath. And since it was his ‘first shower’ I was almost running to get the camera and you screamed something similar to – “OH NO…there will be NO pictures of this event going on the internet!” (For the record, I wasn’t going to get you in the photograph..just wanted to capture how cute Zay looked standing in the shower like a big boy) Haha…oh the fun we have!

Thanks for some of the greatest moments of my life, Babe. The last 5 years have been so much fun. We laugh daily. We love unconditionally. And we learn together. Marriage doesn’t get any better than you and me. I love you…more!