Brandon and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary on Monday.
I can't believe a whole year has gone by. It seems like just yesterday, I will still going to the bar with my friends Melissa and Kristin just to see Brandon.
Yup, we have a real classy "how did you meet" story.
I am not going to lie and say that this past year has been pure bliss. It was so strange because Brandon and I lived together for 2 years prior to getting married, so I thought the transition from girlfriend to wife would be seamless.
But it wasn't.
It was hard, it was tough and we really had to work on things!
I can't pretend to be perfect, I really hate when people portray a perfect life, because that is just not the truth.
But even though our first year was hard sometimes, it made our marriage better.
Brandon hit the nail on the head when he wrote in my anniversary card that this year has had its up and downs but that we've grown stronger and found even more ways to love each other.
It is so true. We are stronger because of the hard work we put in the past year, and the commitment and dedication we have to our marriage and to one another.
A few days ago I told Brandon that I love him more now than the day I married him.
He jokingly said, "What? You were holding out love from me?"
It's so true though what I said. I love and appreciate Brandon in so many different ways now, ways I didn't even know would be important to me
. We have grown together as a couple in the past year, but we have also grown as individuals.
Brandon has grown as a husband, and I as a wife. And let me tell you, Brandon has definitely surpassed me in spouse points. He is totally kicking my butt.
I am so lucky to have a man in my life that is on my team, by my side, makes me laugh, provides for me, takes care of me, is a great daddy to our puppy (it sounds silly, but he is unbelievably caring towards Brawley and I think he is going to be the best dad to a human baby one day) and makes me feel safe and secure.
Don't get me wrong, we had mostly had great, fun times this past year...We definitely had more good times than bad, but it just wasn't that honeymoon bliss period I expected. In hindsight, I am so happy that we went through struggles in our first year of marriage. We really are stronger as a couple and we are ready to take on whatever my family (Brandon's is normal), the military or the world has to throw at us.
Even though Brandon had to work for a few hours on our anniversary, we still celebrated. Since the top of our wedding cake didn't make it across the country, we went to the grocery store and bought a new cake. Brandon also brought me home red roses, a card and a magazine. Tradition has it that on the 1 year anniversary the present should be "paper." So Brandon bought me an HGTV magazine, so I can catch up on decorating ideas for our new house.
How thoughtful.
And then we ate the free dinner our hotel offers in lobby during social hour.
It was perfect.
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