My Happy 362 Days

It's been 362 days since I married my husband.

Those 362 days have been like taking a class in college.

Some days are great and some days are easy, and then some days you have a lot of work to do. But, after you work it out, solve the problems and talk about it everything turns out just fine and you move on. As in any marriage, we have our faults, we have our ups and downs but most of all, we have each other and we have love so we have everything we need. Oh, and we have Lennon, of course, and a new puppy, Luke!

Since we got married we have taken vacations together, traveled out of the country for our amazing honeymoon in Mexico, we have experiences loss of friendships, gained friends, grown up - A LOT, and become better, more mature adults, lovers and parents. We have learned. Life is all about growing up, learning and making yourself better, making the world around you better and I think we are doing a great job of that, or at least we are off to a great start.

I have learned a lot about myself this past year.

I have realized that I need to count on my husband before counting on my family and friends because my husband is here, they aren't and not always will be around. I need to turn to him instead of calling home, because him, and Lennon, and our house, is my home. It's been an adjustment, like any major event in life. But, I didn't realize marriage was going to be an adjustment like this. We do everything together, in one unity. We eat, sleep, shower, watch TV, do homework, laugh, cry, scream and yell, drive, yell at stupid drivers, shop, cuddle and play... together. It's fun, it's exhausting and it's amazing all in one. That's the beauty of life being married. It's together - all the time - forever. I have learned to not sweat the small things. A husband learns with time... and a wife doesn't read minds. That being said, a husband is not going to know where you want your clothes, where the dishes are that you packed away in the new house, and a wife certainly cannot read minds to know when a husband has to poop instead of watching the kid and puppy. (Seriously!) I think that we both have different love languages, but we have both learned how to love in a different language as well. We both have great qualities and need a little bit of each love language in our lives and we are definitely getting better at communicating that. Marriage is a work in progress... It's easy to wake up, love each other, go to bed every night. It's the in-betweens that get hard and that you have to work through but if I have learned one thing in the last almost-year of marriage it's, never give up and keep fighting because in the end LOVE is the best thing in the world and I LOVE my husband today, tomorrow, and forever.

It's crazy how much can change in one year. We bought a house & got a puppy, and we are loving every minute of it.

The moment I saw his face at the end of the aisle I was filled with an overwhelming, jittery, butterfly love feeling that I got when he kissed me for the FIRST time. I knew I was going to marry him in 5 minutes and I couldn't wait!

The moment we were announced husband and wife was surreal. All I could do was stare at him and wait for that kiss, hoping that feeling would be the same overwhelming, jittery, butterfly love feeling! And you can tell, it was and so much more. It was the best kiss ever.

And again... We were just so happy and that feeling was so amazing we wanted it to last all day. Little did we realize that every time we would kiss for the next 300-something days it would be that same overwhelming, jittery, butterfly love feeling and it hasn't gone away. Here's to many more years of amazing kisses.  

I love my life, my husband and I cannot wait for the next 362 million years of our marriage!

Off to celebrate our marriage!

Xoxo