3 years

John and I were married three years ago today.  Where did the time go?  On one hand I feel like its flown, but on the other, we already have a toddler and two more to come any time now!  All that can happen in just three years' time?  Amazing. 

And really what we have is pretty amazing.  I am especially reminded lately of the kind of man I married.  Being on bedrest is no easy task for either of us, and he's handled it with complete grace and selflessness.  The  man is doing all of the household chores, mine and his, as well as keeping up with Lillian (bathing and dressing her, playing and going on walks), and cooking every meal for the 3 of us when we are home together.  Top this off with having a full time job that is sometimes very stressful and the sudden reality that he is the only one bringing home bacon for a while, and I have one amazingly well balanced husband with extreme depth of character.  And if one day soon he cracks, I won't blame him, and I will be here to pick up the pieces.

This beautiful sunny spring day is not at all reminiscent of the day we married.  We chose April because of the weather, but there was sleet and snow the day we married.  Of course it really didn't matter, we just wanted to be married and start our life together.  Oh, and go on the honeymoon... Ahhh, the honeymoon.  One day we will get back to Ti Kaye Resort in St. Lucia.  Maybe at our ten year anniversary (the kids will be 7 and 9!).  Though somehow I don't know that it would be nearly as carefree as the first time around.

We've done a lot in 3 years... married, had our first child, bought our first family home together, traveled some when we could (probably not as much as we would have liked), now expecting number two and number three, while slowly renovating the home, buying cars, saving for college, retirement, and next week's groceries.  John has taught me a lot in the 5 years I've known him.  And I hope that he would say the same of me.

The next year of our marriage might prove to be a difficult one.  John keeps reminding me of the article he read about people no longer experiencing a 7 year itch, its more like a 3 year glitch or something like that.  Well here's the deal with us, we are expecting twins and will have 3 kids under 2.  There is no way this is going to be easy for us; glitch, itch or whatever it might be.  But we communicate, we are good at it, and I think that is the number one way you survive in a marriage.  I also believe that John and I like a challenge and we'll take this one full on and only make the best of it.  How can we not?  We love each other, we love our children, and we love making better people of ourselves.

So Happy Anniversary John.  Let's make the next year even richer than the last three.  I Love You.