Fifth Anniversary Tribute

Okay, so I'm just a little behind on my anniversary blog, but better late than never, right?

May 22, 2009, officially marked mine and James' fifth wedding anniversary. I can't believe that it's been five years already. We technically haven't celebrated yet. Things were just too crazy busy for us in May, so at the end of June, James' parents are coming to babysit Case and we'll be headed to the Hilton for the night followed by sleeping in and room service for breakfast the next day and then off to the day spa for a couples massage and then lunch together at Deli Mexicana before returning home. Sounds like an awesome way to celebrate to me and I can't wait!!!

Here are some photos taking you through just a sampling of landmarks of the past five years...My wedding photographer shot my photos with film, so I had to have these first few scanned in...


This would have been a really great shot if James had been ready! It shows the back of my dress which was my favorite part.

I know James will be embarrassed about this one...he's not a fan of kissing pictures, but it's our wedding, right? So I had to include it! :)

This one is from our Honeymoon in St. Lucia. We loved it there and check out how tan I was! Haven't been tan since...sigh....

The next major event in our lives was getting our doggies, AJ and Brisky. Aren't they precious? Housebreaking them nearly killed us, but they made great additions to our family and I can't imagine our lives without them.

We celebrated our second anniversary in Mexico and it is officially our favorite vacation spot.

For our third anniversary we headed to Europe. We thought we better get our "big" trip in before we settled down to have a baby. We had a great time and spent four days in Paris and four days in Rome. Photo above was us sharing a romantic kiss on top of the Eiffel Tower (sorry, James for another kissing pic).

And of course, the Colosseum in Rome.

And this one speaks for itself. Last August we welcomed Case into the world and our lives were changed forever...in a good way!

And here we are back in Mexico this spring. In case you haven't noticed, we love to travel. It's our favorite thing to do together. Unfortunately, it's not free, so we've sacrificed other things to be able to do it. Hence the reason we still have all tube TV's in our house and all hand-me-down furniture!

Anyway, of course our marriage, like any other, has gone through a few trials and tribulations, but we've made a lot of great memories in the past five years and here's a quick little tribute to my hubby!

James, here are just a few of the things I've learned about you since we've been married that I did not know beforehand:

1. You've made for great dad (I will admit that I wondered if you would be, but all my fears about that vanished the day we brought Case home)
   
2. You will eat anything I put in front of you...thank goodness
3. You will wear anything that I buy for you, although I've never tried seersucker...
   
4. You do not like to "sleep in" on the weekends...I however, do
   
5. You are a serious backpacker :)
   

And to what do I deem as the "key" to our marriage success? The most important of your qualities, that I already knew when I married you, which is your laid-back personality and your patience that enables you to put up with me all the time! If not for that, we never would have made it this long! So here's to you and all the many memories that the next five years will hold for us!