Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The First Anniversary


This was a year ago? I can't believe it. This is right as we're about to walk out, which I think turned into a run and a squeal. Our wedding was amazingly fun but the past year has really given it a run for its money.  I have compiled a list of a few highlights from the first year as well as some of my favorite things about Kevin and being married to him.

This year we have:

1) Had many awesome meals, both restaurant and homemade. Some worth mentioning are the Greek feast Kevin made for my birthday, the Meddlesome Moth meal for Kevin's birthday, all of the chickens Kevin roasted or grilled in his quest for the perfect chicken, some homemade mac and cheese that I knocked out of the park, shrimp and grits, jambalaya, and the list could go on and on.

I love that Kevin appreciates a really decadent gourmet meal, but will also eat WHATEVER I put in front of him. I pride myself on being able to pull together a meal out of the barest pantry or fridge and Kevin will love it. I also love that Kevin and I have put value on mealtime in our first year as a family. We celebrate with a big fancy meal, we make meals with friends that turn into celebrations because the food is so good, we show love with food (we are Southern after all) and we make time to eat at our table. Sitting at the dinner table, even if its just the two of us, feels special every time we do it. I can count on one hand the number of times we've eaten dinner in front of the TV and I feel like we are building an important tradition that we will continue for years to come as the family grows (hopefully).

2) Driven a lot of miles. We drove home from New Jersey in the (new to us) party Saab, drove to South Carolina and back for Thanksgiving, drove to Hayley's house multiple times, drove to OKC, Dallas, Austin countless times, drove to Colorado for a senior trip and drove to San Antonio for our anniversary!

I love road trips with Kevin because we (almost) never get bored! A little tired or sick of being in the car? Yes. But bored of each other? Never. We just talk, laugh, sing real or made up songs, snack and generally enjoy each other's company. Listening to Bossypants was particularly fun. I most definitely never fall asleep while Kevin is driving through the night. :)

3) Reached a happy medium on the state of "laundry" in our house. Kevin contains his mess to one pile in the general vicinity of his hamper and I don't gripe about it (seriously if you saw his old room when he lived with boys you'd know the VAST improvement). If Kevin's pile starts to push the limits, I'll fold some of his clothes myself. On the other hand, I do laundry about once every 8 weeks and Kevin doesn't gripe about it.

I love that Kevin and I have found a groove of not picking on each other's tactics when it comes to housekeeping. There are bigger fish to fry than the "proper way" to wash dishes. There are way too many things to love about Kevin to get hung up on his pile. There are (I hope) way too many things to love about me to get hung up on my general demeanor before my first cup of coffee.

Which brings me to the most important thing that I love about Kevin. It may not be the most profound thing but it is the one thing everyday that reminds me that Kevin just gets me: Kevin makes the coffee everyday. Before I wake up. It is hot and ready for me to pour as soon as I get out of bed. Now THAT is my love language.

So this post about our first anniversary turned into a post about our first year. I'll leave you with pics of our celebration in San Antonio that you probably saw on Facebook and then the feast that we made last night at home. We couldn't decide on anniversary traditions to start so we did them all. We watched the video from the rehearsal dinner, watched our wedding video, read the story Kevin wrote me, looked at wedding pictures AND danced to Beauty and the Beast. I think our anniversary might be my new favorite holiday*!







Do you have any traditions you are proud of in your home? What's the state of your laundry? :) 

*Tied with Christmas of course

4 comments:

  1. I am right there with you on the laundry deal! I can say Colt contains his dirty clothes to a few rooms, and never the rooms that the "public" sees, and it doesn't get in my way. Wow, lots of positives right there! I definitely agree there are way too many good things going on to get hung up on laundry, dishes, and cleaning in general! Hehe. We always try to get out of town for our anniversary, or sometime around it, because Memorial Day is usually the next weekend. This year, not sure we'll get to go until the summer, but we'll do something! And, we'll finally open the bottle of wine we meant to open on our 5th anniversary! Oops!

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  2. Kevin has grown so much hair this year! Thankfully, you have not.

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  3. Happy 1st Anniversary!! It looks like you all celebrated in style, with lots of delicious food, which is the only true way to do it ;). Loved, loved, loved hearing about your year and loved that the first on the list was about the meals you've had. Inspired by your dedication to eat at the table together... such a wonderful and healthy family tradition to start from the very beginning. Yay for anniversaries, traditions, and celebrations! Much love to a fabulous couple!

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  4. I love love love you mini vacay pictures! You celebrated in such a fabulous place. I can't believe it's been a year. I love that the meals in your marriage have been so important and that you've made a point of eating at the table. Something we need to work on for sure! Happy Anniversary you two! Many more to come!

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