This is what I was doing...
And this is what Jason was doing....
Funny how a wedding day is so much different for the bride and the groom. I was coming off a night with very little sleep and spent the day getting my hair and makeup done, getting dressed, and basically being a nervous wreck!
Jason, on the other hand, spent the morning playing soccer with all his groomsmen and generally having a great time. His time to get ready? Oh, probably about ten minutes :)
Actually, it wasn't TOOOO bad. Since we weren't getting married until 7pm we decided that we would have breakfast together in the morning. It was nice to get to see each other and chat a bit before the craziness began.
And here we are, eight years later, so much changed and yet so much the same.
I was telling Jason the other day that I think that the biggest thing that has changed is our FRIENDSHIP. When we got married we were young and in love. We knew that we had similar interests and that we got along. But over the years he has become my very best friend. He is the one that I want to go to when I have news to share. He is the one who I want to watch a movie with. He is the one I want to talk about the future with. He is the one who I know I can talk to no matter what else is going on -- no worrying about whether it is a "good time" or whether he is in the "mood" to talk. Isn't that what a best friend is? Someone you know will follow you on any crazy whim you have? The one who just knows you need a cup of coffee and brings it to you? The one who loves you no matter how much you ramble on? The one you don't have to wonder if while they are pretending to listen to you they are really just wondering why you put on that outfit? Well, Jason is all that and so much more. He truly has become my very best friend. He is the one who knows me, who loves me, who doesn't judge me, who takes me just as I am and helps me if I want to be more. I am so very blessed.
It has been a great eight years. So full of so much. I can't even begin to list what we have gone through -- the good and the bad. There is no one I would have rather gone through it with. I can't wait for the rest...
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So excited...our boss heard it was our anniversary and asked if we wanted her to watch the kids so we could go out to lunch. We haven't been out as just the two of us in SIX MONTHS. I am almost in tears I am so excited. Those of you who have lots of friends and family around who watch your kids for you -- be soooo thankful. I can't wait.
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Our weekend was beyond crazy -- I won't even BEGIN to try to explain it. So crazy it was humorous...one of those times you think that God must need a good chuckle. But the end is in sight and I feel like things have been accomplished, even if they weren't the things on my list.
And BTW, Alaina does NOT have chicken pox! Turns out she is severely allergic to flea bites. So yea, the "operation-rid-the-house-of-fleas" is well underway. And the cats are being given away. And I am still working very hard to make Alaina more comfortable with her horrible looking and itchy legs. You sure don't read about this part of parenting in "What to Expect When you are Expecting." Seriously, other than the GIRLFRIEND'S GUIDES, no pregnancy or parenting books sheds ANY light on what to expect. Flea bites, kids insisting on being called Diego, kids whose favorite part of getting a gift is that their siblings want it and will chase them for it, getting syrup out of hair and cat food out of mouths -- those are not the things you lovingly dream of when you wait for your children to be born. But oh, it is so much better :)
Have a great Monday!
p.s. I have a new DEAL OF THE DAY up at SBG!
Happy, happy anniversary! Love those old shots! Familiar story. :) Hugs to both of you!
Posted by: Jacki | December 18, 2007 at 03:10 AM
Happy Anniversary Janet! Hope you have a wonderful lunch! We have no one that can just watch our kids for us *whenever* either, so I know how you feel! And I had to crack up at the Diego comment. DS wants to be called "Mr Effwa" LOL! (Effwa is what E used to call him). Sometimes he wants to be called Effwa Lagasse Haha!
Posted by: Hollie | December 18, 2007 at 03:20 AM
I love to hear women talk about their hubbies that way. It is how I feel about mine too :) It just seems so many women complain about their husbands KWIM? I thank God all the time that he gave me who he did!
I hope you have a fabulous lunch out and I wish you many, many more great years!
Posted by: Brooke - in Oregon | December 18, 2007 at 04:41 AM
Have a wonderful anniversary, Janet! I'm with Brooke...that's how I feel about my dh too after 22 years of marriage. Be blessed today and always. Hugs!
Posted by: Bretta | December 18, 2007 at 05:18 AM
Yeah - Happy Anniversary!!! You've got about a year on me - and soon one extra kid!!! How fun! Have a great lunch - I am glad that you get to go out together - just you two! I do know how truly blessed I am to have babysitters on hand! Your journaling is awesome by the way!
Posted by: MandaKay | December 18, 2007 at 06:24 AM
Happy Anniversary! But why on earth would you bother trying to get cat food out of a kid's mouth? LOL!
Posted by: Becky | December 18, 2007 at 02:20 PM
wow Janet!!! Congrats!! Hey, are you still up for doing something over the holidays? Let me know!
Posted by: Jennifer Caputo | December 18, 2007 at 07:59 PM
Happy Anniversary. Gorgeous LO. Loved what you wrote about your dh. Glad (I think!?) that it is fleas...or am I...not sure on that one.
Posted by: JanMary, N Ireland | December 18, 2007 at 08:42 PM
I was THERE! Yeah for anniversaries! Congrats on 8 years!
Posted by: Lindy | December 20, 2007 at 09:19 AM
P.S. I keep meaning to respond to your e-mail. The short answer is Josh says yes, he's interested, but he needs more info. More later!
Posted by: Lindy | December 20, 2007 at 09:21 AM