A little tribute to my one true love...
While May 6th is just another day to most, it is special to us because it is our very special and very strange and unusual day.
May 6, 2004
First let's back up, shall we? We had been friends through our families for the past 7 years but never anything more. You took me on a date my freshman year of college and I had a huge crush on you (which you knew). You told me that night that you didn't see anything happening between us "unless something strange and unusual happened". True story. No one really knows what that means, I certainly didn't at the time. I was so irritated that I ignored you for a year. The fall of my sophomore year, you took me on another date. This time, you were interested but I was still irritated about the whole strange and unusual thing so I told you I wasn't interested. So, come May, I was finishing up my sophomore year of college and you were getting ready to graduate. If you had told us then where we would be in a year, we both would've laughed. At the very least, we would've thought it was strange and unusual.
May 6, 2005
You had gotten down on one knee and proposed a month ago! What a strange and unusual year this was. We started dating, fell in love, and were engaged all in 7 months. I was finishing up my junior year at a&m and you were finishing up your breakaway internship and getting ready for seminary in the fall. We had just set the date and knew that by next year at this time, we would be getting married!
May 6, 2006
This was one of the very best days of my life, our wedding day! I couldn't have dreamed of a more perfect day and couldn't wait to spend the rest of our lives together.
May 6, 2007
We made it through one year filled with lots of growing and learning living in Dallas. We survived a mouse infested apartment (only for a couple of weeks), I survived my first year of teaching, and you survived seminary! It was a challenging year but was made infinitely easier because we had each other to lean on. We celebrated by going to a fancy restaurant that I can't even remember the name of. Within the month, we moved into our first house in Houston and found out we were pregnant with Micah.
May 6, 2008
By our 2nd anniversary, Micah Man had been a part of our family for 2 months. Some said that we started our family earlier than most and younger than most, but just say we are strange and unusual like that. We wouldn't have it any other way. We left our little guy with Suzu to go to Maggiano's (my fave) for our first date night since becoming parents.
On our third anniversary, we were feeling very unsettled and were awaiting much transition. David was exploring the possibilities of a different job, our house was on the market, we had just barely joined HFBC, and we had a very active, energetic, and happy 14 month old. We were thinking about expanding our family and within a couple of months, we were pregnant with Laurel.
May 6, 2010
Our 4th year of marriage was full of change. We moved into our 2nd house, David started Ell, and we welcomed Laurel! On our anniversary, we were proud parents of a 2 year old and a 1 month old. Our friends Allison, Cason, Becky, and Chris all babysat so we could go out for our first date since 2 kids at Taste of Texas.
May 6, 2011
Here we are. 5 years of marriage, 2 kids, 3 dogs (only one of them still with us), and 4 homes (if you count the mouse infested apartment). The past 5 years have been full of laughter, fun, learning, growing, but most importantly love. I love you more now than I could've even imagined I would 5 years ago. I feel so blessed that I get to walk through life with you by my side.
Maybe the last 5 years have been strange and unusual. I love strange and unusual.
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