3 years of bliss

(I'm backdating this, as I meant to post it yesterday, but, uh...I didn't get around to it. Sleeping issues - ugh. But that's for another post...)

On this day in 2005, I became a very happy Mrs. Brian. And although 3 years doesn't sound like a very long time, I have a hard time remembering what it was like to be single. It really seems so natural to me to be married to Brian that it feels like it's been a lot longer than 3 years. And he is an absolutely fabulous husband. Just as an example, I was feeling quite frustrated and exhausted because of my nap wars as of late, and as I came down the stairs tonight from putting David in bed, I heard Brian cuing up our wedding video. He said, "Will this make you feel better?" And oh my gosh, I love my wedding video (thanks, Michael!). I've only watched it a couple of times, but it just makes me feel all warm and cozy, and there are parts that make me laugh so hard I snort (some of the things you people say in your well wishes? Priceless). It's a good time (for me, not for anyone else, I'm sure). So it was the perfect way to cheer me up. He knows me like that.

If I had to pick a theme for our marriage so far, it would be obvious: reproduction. Shortly after David was born, Brian and my mom were folding laundry and commenting on how many maternity clothes I had. But they then realized that I had actually been pregnant for more than half of my marriage (since 2 pregnancies = 18 months+, and I had been married less than 3 years). Add to that the months I've been nursing, and there have only been 3 months of our entire marriage that I have been neither pregnant nor nursing. So yeah, reproduction would be a theme. But it's a good one. I deeply enjoy the challenge of being a parenting team with my husband. He's an incredible father.

So I wanted to take this opportunity to say: Happy Anniversary, Brian! The first 3 years have been awesome, here's to many more to come!