I'm just going to recap the fun we have had starting from our wedding day. The happiest day of my life. Ever since I can remember I have always entered any change with resistance and nerves. Our wedding day is one of the first new adventures I have ever entered into with no resistance just sheer joy & excitement!
Our honeymoon was spent in St. Lucia. We had decided before our wedding that we wouldn't prevent trying to have kids after we got married. It was one of the most fun and relaxing trips!
We of course hoped that pregnancy would be a quick journey for us. On the way home we took these pictures jokingly. Little did we know we were actually pregnant.
Much of our first year pictures were filled with pregnancy and Mason. But we did capture some of just us & our first.
We celebrated our first Halloween where we could actually pass our candy together. Blake went WAY overboard on candy but it was so fun!
We also celebrated our first Thanksgiving as a married couple. Mason was really starting to show at this time which made it so much more exciting to us!
Of course this was then followed by our first married Christmas together. When Blake & I first met it was the day after Thanksgiving. He was my neighbor & helped me carry up my Christmas tree. That same year he hid a special ornament on my tree, it was the moment I realized that he might actually be into me & one of my favorite memories. Since then he always got me an ornament for our tree that represents our life. I was also an emotional pregnant woman at this time with a husband that was travelling a lot for work. I joked with him about an "old faithful" shirt that was in bad shape & he needed to retire. For Christmas he made it into a pillow for me. It's safe to say I cried a lot at the thoughtfulness of my sweet husband at Christmas time.
It is safe to say that Mason made a haul at Christmas this year & he wasn't even here yet. It was at this point we realized we were going to be chopped liver next to this first grandson & nephew on both sides. :)
Valentine's Day was very low key. I was all of 8 months pregnant and uncomfortable so Blake recreated our first Valentine's Day where he set up a table with candles & had our favorite food ordered in. It couldn't have been more perfect! I unfortunately didn't get a picture but it looked like this from our first year.
We then welcomed our precious baby boy into the world.
We traveled through a lot in the first year of marriage. While some days have been hard there isn't a single day where I don't feel completely happy on our journey. In just 1 year we have watched ourselves go from engaged, to married, to pregnant, to parents. We have truly guided each other into becoming better people in this past year. I've seen my Husband's faith and relationship with God grow stronger as he has truly stepped up and been an example of what a leader of a family should be. I watched his never ending patience grow as I was hormonal & emotional. I've let him guide me into becoming more relaxed and patient.
Thank you Blake, for loving me completely and totally unconditionally! For always not just supporting my hopes and dreams, but helping to make them happen. For being so completely and totally selfless in this marriage. For comforting me through any difficult time I've been through. For always rubbing my feet or back when I ask no matter how much you don't care for it. For listening to me when I speak. For making me laugh so much. For giving me our son. For being such an amazing dad & such an amazing husband and man. I love your heart & I love your character! I am so incredibly happy, lucky & thankful that you picked me to share your life. You have a heart of gold & I am so happy to continue spending every day laughing and loving with you!
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