7 years

Today, hubby and I celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary.My husband thinks marriage is calculated in dog years so he'll undoubtedly wish me a happy 49th anniversary. He thinks he's funny. Much like the past 5 years we aren't doing anything spectacular to celebrate. We'll be lucky if we can go to dinner alone. However, I have big plans for our 10th anniversary. I keep telling him that I'd like to get "remarried" in Vegas. I know this would simply equate to a vow renewal but I think the idea of a Vegas wedding is kinda funny for us.


I also want this (for our 10th). I usually don't ask for jewelry (or anything else for that matter) but this is so pretty I couldn't resist.

The year we got married (2008) we attended 3 other weddings and cheered on 2 others from afar. One of my friends from college dubbed this year our 7/11 year (7 years married, 11 years together). I thought that was very clever and immediately thought of Beyonce's 7-11. I tried to get him to act out that scene from the video when Jay-Z tumbles down the hallway. You know- this one....

That cracks me up every single time.  My husband said "no". We have our silly moments but we really need to draw the line at nearly hurting ourselves. Cause my husband tumbling down our hallway would likely end in tragedy. So while I won't have any silly videos to share, I will share a picture from our wedding... one of the best days of my life.

And here's my anniversary tributes from years past (with my parents sprinkled in there too). Happy 7 years babe! Here's to many more!

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My parent's relationship is the very first example I have of a marriage. I don't remember much about when I was younger but as I've grown I've come to learn how (and how not) a good working relationship looks like. Being in a country where the divorce rate was is so high, I've drawn upon their past experiences to make better and informed decisions about my own. This is not to say that we do everything that they do/have done or that their relationship is perfect- but what it is, is filled with love, respect, and the definition of a partnership.

I pray that they will continue to grow in their relationship and continue to learn and be exemplary to others. I have often heard other people say they look up to my parent's relationship and that it a wonderful thing. So, I want to take a moment to wish my parents a Happy 33rd Anniversary!!!



  And they are coming to visit us this weekend- I am looking forward to it!  

Five on Friday: Anniversary edition

Today, Hubby and I celebrate 6 years of marriage. 6 years!! I honestly cannot believe it's been that long. This past summer we celebrated our 10th dating anniversary- whoa! I mean when someone says 10 years ago, you think "that was a long time ago!"

Anyway, for the past 3 of those 6 years I haven't done much of a anniversary post here on this little space of mine. Until now!!!!

For our first anniversary we celebrated by taking a cruise. I remember this trip so well! I was excited to get away and have some fun in the sun! We flew from Jersey to Miami and cruised out of Miami. This was my first cruise and I didn't know what to expect. Initially, I was inappropriately dressed for the occasion because it was cool back in Jersey. No one told me that

31 years

31 years is a long time. At least for me it is. Heck, it's longer than I've been alive! Do you know what you can accomplish in 31 years- you could pay off a mortgage in that amount of time... but I digress.

I don't know much about what happened on this day 31 years ago although I have heard awesome stories about the events surrounding that day.

Happy Anniversary!!!

Much like last year's post, my husband has the little guy so it's going to be short and sweet...

4 years down and a lifetime to go- I love you babe and Happy Anniversary!

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Happy Anniversary!!!

3 years ago today I married the most wonderful man ever :) I wish I had a really wonderful well thought out post but my husband has the baby so I'm going to sleep.

I have so much to update you all on but essentially no time to do it. I swear I don't know how these other moms are doing it.

Weekend Wrap-Up

To my wonderful parents!

My parents have been married for 29 years (and one day)! I remember celebrating their 25th anniversary not too long ago and the fun we had surprising them :) I take a lot of my own marriage cues from them and I very blessed to have them in my life. Oftentimes we take the little things for granted- I never realized how having a strong stable couple in my life made such a difference. This past Sunday in Bible study my teacher said that she looks towards my parents marriage as well, and if they can do it- she can too. I'm very proud to have such great roles models so close to me.

My husband asked my dad for my hand in marriage (I love how traditional!) and he gave us his blessing. Since then my parents have always taken the time to make sure we were "okay" and offer us advice here and there. It's been a joy (for me at least) having them in our lives and I wish them many, many more years of happiness!

I love "holiday" weekends :) I know Father's Day isn't a bank holiday but it is a special time in it's own right.

Friday evening I spent baking- my almost favorite past time. I love to bake- but I seem to be getting more involved with every sweet treat I make and it's becoming a time consuming process. Add that to a very small kitchen and it take me hours on end to do anything! Anyway, my dad loves apple pies so I decided to put a cupcake spin on it and do an apple cupcake. It turned out to be a very delicious apple cake with apple pie filling and whipped cream icing. Of course I forgot to take a picture of the finished product (blaming it on pregnancy brain) but he loved them so that's what counts. I also made hubby chocolate peanut butter cupcakes. It's like his all time favorite combo. Reese's peanut butter cups are heaven for him. I made a chocolate cake with a peanut butter filling. Some of them had peanut butter frosting and others will have chocolate frosting (yes, I did not finish them all) he liked the ones that had peanut butter frosting on them so I'm sure he'll like the rest.

Saturday we celebrated Father's Day. My poor dad had to work on Father's Day (and his anniversary) so we had to celebrate a day early. We did some grilling in my aunt's backyard which is always tasty and hung out until in got dark and bug's started to bite.

Sunday after church I went with my husband to hang out with one of his friends. We stayed there way too late as usual. Okay, it wasn't really late but we both had to get up really early this morning and should have left earlier than we did. While we were there, a friend's friend stopped by and she's 5 months pregnant so it was great to have pregnancy chit chat with someone who is just as involved as I am! We of course swapped pregnancy related issues, weight gain questions, and baby product did-you-know-they-made-that's. She also told me about a yet another baby product with a cool concept. I think it will be this week's obsession.

So, it's back to Monday and back to the sleepies. In fact, I'm having trouble staying awake right now. I went for a walk earlier and I think it's time for another :)

Happy Monday!