9 Years?!?!

It was nine years ago today that Chris and I said "I do". How is it possible that nine years have elapsed since that day?




God has blessed our marriage through the years and I pray that He continues to do so. Chris has been such an amazing husband these past nine years. Yes, he can be a handful, and no, not any woman could handle being his wife, but I was up for the task then, and still am.

I just rolled with the flow when he came up to my work one day and said, "hey, I want to buy a motorcyle", even though he'd never ridden. I just replied, "ahh, that's nice" and we brought one home later that week. And then there was the "hey, I found a group of guys that builds and races sailboats that have to cost less than $100 to build." To which I replied, "Mmm-hmm."

Then he wanted a real sailboat. But remember, that purchase came in handy this past weekend ;)

I wouldn't trade him or his big dreams and ideas for anything though. He has such a selfless attitude toward me and Clara. He has never raised his voice at me, never insulted me and has always made me feel beautiful and loved. He's also been, on occassion, the voice of reason in our home. While dealing with infertility, he would lovingly tell me that God had a plan for our family and we would have a child in His time, not our own. (He had to remind me of this a few times since I was a little hard to convince that I didn't know what was best for me.) And of course, God did give us the child that we ached for for so long.

And He gave me the perfect partner to muddle through this whole parenting thing with. A partner to stand by me through thick and thin. One who'll be with me in this life and the next. I couldn't ask for a better gift.

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Ok, that's enough mushy stuff. Guess what we did for our anniversary. Well, Chris gave me a nice card, and I went to the store to buy him some Pepto-bismol. He spent most the day hunched over the toilet barfing and was running a fever tonight. Ahh, the joys of marriage. Kinda reminds me of our honeymoon. One good thing came of it though; I didn't have to cook on my anniversary. Woo-hoo!