one year down...

and a lifetime to go-- La, La-la, La-la, la, Laaaaaa-- the tune we were singing as we rung in our first year of marriage on Monday, March 19th. and a glorious tune it was!

i got home and walked through the door to an apartment FULL of love [i.e. my hubby!]. here i was smelling like baby and breast milk after a nice long day at work...and there he had been waiting patiently for my arrival in his white collared shirt and tie looking as sexy as ever!

music, candles, and display of rose petals accompanying our [defrosted-freezer burnt] red velvet cake from our wedding, and a nice bottle of champagne (courtesy of Brooke Costa-love you babe!) and the ambiance was set---everything placed perfectly on the coffee table by the hands of the incredibly thoughtful, caring, and loving man i married. the night had barely begun and my heart had already melted.

 it only got better as we  arrived for our dinner reservation at ‘The Melting Pot’ downtown-an amazing fondue restaurant...the hostess sat us in a private little lovers’ booth all the way in the corner and the whole staff had signed an anniversary card for us. the perfect touch to the perfect night.

the food was to die for, the service fantistic, and my date for the night….well, if only words did justice. we sipped on cocktails, talked and laughed the whole night as we fondue’d it up celebrating all that we’ve been so blessed by in our one year marriage to date!

we took turns telling each other the biggest thing we’ve taken from the first year of marriage. David’s was simple, as he is a classically simple kinda of man; he says to me “i realized the first year how much i love being married to you. i’m just happy”. his few, but always effective words and of course i melted again.

with the realization of what it means to BE one with another person in marriage i’ve learned that it truly is a union of two souls becoming one. two bodies as one. two hearts feeling everything as one. and  i realize how much of a gift it truly is to share this kind of one-ness with someone. not just anyone…my best friend.  for the rest of my life, it’s knowing that i’ll never be alone. it’s knowing that no matter what, he’ll always stand in my corner and be there to break my fall when he needs to. it’s knowing that i’m taken care of and that  i’m loved exactly as i am, and it’s knowing just how committed to me he is, even through all my uglies;) ... it’s the security that he gives me without any effort at all…it’s so natural to him. it’s the core of him that i am so deeply in love with and in admiration of. he was God’s gift to me and the gratitude for him has only grown in this first year of the rest of our lives together.

Raw happinesss…it’s magical. it’s priceless. and continues on as we get rev'd up and geared up for our ROAD TRIP to VEGAS BABAAAAY!!! what better way to celebrate the first and [according to our server at the restaurant] “hardest” year of marriage…i can’t think of any. VEGAS HERE WE COME!!!

Cheers to the year...and counting!