First Anniversary!

Sunday is our first wedding anniversary, AND since I do not post on the weekend I wanted to post about how special this day is; today.

At the beginning of the month I noticed and made note that our anniversary was coming up. It just hit me this week that it is this actually weekend. Wow! I am kind of in shock actually. Where did the year go? It has been an amazingly incredible year, to say the very least. I remember after we got home from our honeymoon being in a state of shock, too. I just could not believe that we were married, that we lived together and that we lived in Indiana. Randomly I would ask Stephen if he could believe it and usually he would so no also. It was just such a whirlwind. Well, I feel the same way right now. I read that feeling this way in normal the first year of marriage. There are just so many new things and the adjustment time veries for each couple.

In the past year we have learned how to live together, care for each other, cook many (many!) meals together, praying for and with each other, shop together, budget together, and love each other more and more every day. Marriage really is a wonderful blessing! Not to mention all the other things we did this year like, moving me from FL, getting settled in our first apartment, looking for homes, closing on our first home and moving in to continue living our dream. It was not always easy, trust me. Moving away from my family and friends in FL and starting a new job 2 weeks before our wedding was crazy. Starting a new job is stressful enough in my opinion, add moving to a different state (acorss the country, basically) and you have a recipe for chaos. Stephen was there for me every step of the way though. I never felt alone.

A whirlwind of a year? Yes!

Do you know that people say the first year of marriage is the hardest? I kind of believe that just because of all the changes and adjusting that both the husband and wife have to go through. That being said, I feel like we are incredibly blessed. I would not describe this year as a walk in the park or anything like that...we have had arguments and rough days, but we always remember that we are in it together. For always.

I am so incredibly thankful for my husband. He is a wonderful supporter in so many ways! I thank the Lord for bringing him into my life and I am excited to see what else he has in store for us! I know the journey will be incredible!  

All that to basically say that this year has been the most fun, enjoyable, hard at times, fast, and adventurous year of my life. Being married to Stephen is an incredible blessing and I am so thankful for our lives together and all God continues to provide for us.

Now let’s take a look back at some of our wedding pictures:

It seems like yesterday I was sitting in the salon getting ready for my wedding...the roses were from Stephen, delivered by his best man, Adam.

I loved my wedding shoes that I forgot to wear last minute. My Mom said when she saw my feet at the altar she almost stood up to pause the ceremony while she got my shoes. Instead of these I wore purple flats.

Finally Mr. & Mrs. Only, I don’t think he had sunk in yet!

We took SO many pictures outside of the church afterwards. If I could change something about our wedding, I would have done all these beforehand. Of course, to do that I would have to convince Stephen that it was okay to see me before the wedding.  

Formals in the church…  

I really like this picture of our attendants. I saw a shot like this in a wedding magazine while we were planning and gave it to our photographer. I think it is so cute!  

Why, hello beautiful bridal bouquet!

Something must have been funny during the ceremony. Was this when the best man and groomsmen acted like they lost my wedding ring? Oh boy!

Delicious cake, thank you Mr. and Mrs. Milligan for that wedding gift (and Publix for making it)!  Though I am a little worried about how it will taste when we eat it on Sunday. It's okay, I baked some delicous "back-up" cupcakes just in case!

Stephen’s groom’s cake was awesome if I do say! It is a replica of his bass guitar, true to size!    

Gotta love your bridesmaids and cheesy pictures with them! J     

To celebrate we are planning a nice dinner Saturday night (I am not sure where yet). We will get dressed up and enjoy ourselves even if it is raining. Of course we will break into our frozen and transported hundreds of miles year old wedding cake too. Hopefully it is sill delicious!

Seriously, where did the year go!?!

I can’t wait to see what is in store for next year. Bring on year 2 of wedded bliss!