We got married and we started married life. I'm not going to say our first year was perfect or easy, because it was hard! Adjusting to living with someone, compromising, and dealing with life as an adult is a big adjustment from living with your parents and doing fun things every night. But let me tell you. I loved that first year. Our love got so much stronger and we learned more about each other than we ever thought possible. This man took care of me and loved me, I made him dinners and became a housewife to take care of him! We also made the decision to get pregnant and got to go through the first few months of that in our first year. And while we had more worries, our lives were all about each other. And we loved it.
Our second year of marriage was so fun! We got to welcome our sweet baby daughter into our lives and we got to grow into not only husband and wife, but mommy and daddy. We learned patience, we learned understanding, and we learned that having a baby really changes your relationship. We learned that there are so many more important things in life than playing all the time. We learned that time together was very rare and that we needed to take advantage of it. We learned to love each other even more than we ever thought was possible. We had some hard decisions. We moved, we saw my first snow in AZ, we went back and visited Spencer's mission, we chose a baby name (a WAY bigger decision than we thought it was going to be!), we had a Christmas visit to Illinois, and we had a few things with Spencer's health that weren't so great, but we made it through and came out on top.
I can't believe that 4 years ago I was debating if Spencer was the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with! He is literally everything that I'm not! We have the same sense of humor, we pick each other up when it matters the most, we compliment each other's personalities, and we have more patience for each other than I ever thought we would need. Our life has not been easy, but we have been so greatly blessed and I can't believe that we are about to celebrate 4 YEARS OF MARRIAGE next week!! This anniversary might be lower key than others, but I want the world (and myself) to know how seriously grateful for and in love with my forever sweetheart. We have made it through so many things and we aren't done, but together, I know we can make it and come out stronger than ever. I love you Spencer. Happy early Anniversary!!