It’s official! As of last Friday we’ve been married for 5 years or 1,825 days or 43,800 hours! Whether you’re counting in years or hours, it FLEW by! I know I say this every time I write a post about the boys’ age but I truly can’t fathom that it’s already been 5 years. It feels like just last week we were saying ‘I do’ on a perfect fall evening surrounded by family and friends who are like family.
5 years gave us a reason to open our next ‘special anniversary’ bottle selected especially for and labeled ‘Drink on 9-28-18’. After putting our boys to bed, Andy built us a nice fire and we sat around the fire pit enjoying our anniversary wine. We reflected, reminisced and talked about ‘what surprised us’ about the last 5 years. We both agreed that sheer amount of what we’ve done together shocked us the most. Since our ‘I dos’ we left Manhattan, bought a house in the suburbs (and by default signed up for a large mortgage), learned how to care for said house, bought two cars, we each changed jobs (insert lots of travel) and had two amazing little boys. A+ for effort.
Through all that change- the good, the challenging, the amazing, the frustrating, the ‘I’m so tired my body physically hurts’- I feel like I nailed it. It may sound funny or conceded but I do. I found someone who will, has and does hold my hand through life and all that it has brought and will bring. He makes me smile. He makes me laugh. He makes we feel pretty when I’m waddling around the house 9 months pregnant. He turns my seat warmer on when we get in the car because I hate being cold. He syncs shows he’ll think I like to my iPad when I travel. He brings me flowers for no reason other than they’ll make me happy. He encourages me to be the best version of myself every single day and loves me unconditionally when I fall short. And most important, I still really like hanging out with him! So for all those things, I feel like I nailed it! I couldn’t ask for a better partner to love and share life with!
Cheers to 5 years! I look forward to the next 5 and enjoying our 10 year bottle on 9-28-23!
In case you wanted to reminisce the wedding…enjoy the highlight reel!