What was the question again?
Oh right, will you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?
I did.
Will you promise to love him?
More than ever.
A lot can happen in 5 years. 2 houses, 4 dogs, 1 child, 4 different places of employment, some shuffling and exchanging of vehicles, holidays with both of our families, fun times with friends…whew, so many memories. But honestly these past 5 years I feel like we have really learned a lot about each other. Considering that we dated for 3 years before we got married, I thought we knew each other pretty darn well. BUT there are just some things you don’t learn about a person until you live with them.
For example…
I’ve learned that I get the best feeling when I cook a new recipe for dinner and Michael gets up to get seconds, because then I know he really liked it.
Michael has learned that it takes me FOREVER to get ready for bed at night, but I’ve learned that it can take him forever to get out of bed in the morning.
We’ve learned that we both think farting is funny…especially dog farts.
We’ve both learned that it doesn’t matter what we fight about as long as we both apologize…and mean it.
We’ve learned to compromise. I have no desire to watch soccer on tv and he has no desire to watch anything on TLC. So that second TV in the bedroom comes in handy.
I’ve learned that my favorite Valentine’s Day gift wasn’t flowers or chocolate. It was the new kitchen faucet that Michael installed himself. Some might say that isn’t a romantic gift, but every time I wash dishes I think about how he installed it just for me, and that will last much longer than flowers or chocolate.
I’ve learned that I get annoyed when Michael asks me for receipts, but I’m thankful that he keeps the checkbook. Michael has learned that he gets annoyed by having to ask me for receipts, but he is thankful I don’t keep the checkbook.
He's learned that I need the occasional girls night out, and I've learned sometimes he needs a day to detail his car.
I’ve learned that I thought the hardest phone call I would ever have to make to Michael was to tell him they were going to cut me open and take our son out 6 weeks early…but I was wrong. The hardest phone call I made was 6 days later when I called to tell him this time they were cutting our son open.
We’ve both learned about intestinal malrotation, and Ladd’s bands, and volvulus. And we’ve both learned that leaving a child in the NICU is a horrible feeling, but bringing him home healthy makes it better.
We’ve both learned all the names of the trains on Thomas the Train.
Most importantly, we’ve learned the real stuff…
like how my hair really looks in the morning,
how he worries too much,
how I like to be right,
our bad habits,
pet peeves,
vices,
mistakes,
all the things that you don’t want the world to know about you.
We’ve learned all that stuff about each other and we still love each other more than the day we said “I do”. Marriage isn’t always easy, but he is soooo worth it. So I think we are pretty lucky. So happy anniversary to my best friend, husband and my baby daddy. I love you more!
Me, Mason and Michael
June 11, 2010
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