Happy Anniversary!

Today is a big day...Alex and I are celebrating 5 years of marriage. It's really hard to believe that it has already been 5 years since that whirlwind weekend of boot camp graduation. So much has happened in this half of a decade. Though technically due to deployments, work ups, schooling, and various other things courtesy of the USMC, we've probably only actually spent maybe 2 1/2 years of it together. I'm not complaining though - any time we get to spend together is definitely better than no time. And of course, this is the life we chose. Sometimes it seems like we've experienced in 5 years what most people might not even experience in an entire lifetime. But I'm thankful for every minute of it.

It's also a big day in another way...today Alex moves back home - officially. After basically 2 years of seperation, I think we are both looking forward to being husband and wife again. And I believe we both have a better understanding of exactly what that means. I think we're looking forward to forging a new path in life together and making sure we take full advantage of all life has to offer us. The past has been wiped away and we're starting on a clean slate. There have definitely been some essential life lessons learned here and I'm sure everything we've been through will make our future that much sweeter. He is truly the cheese to my macaroni.

Here's to the first day of the rest of our lives!

And We're Off...

Now that I finally have this do-hickie up and running, I'm pretty excited! I was inspired to create a blog months ago and just never got around to actually doing anything about it. Not a lot has been going on around here - just the usual working and trying to keep up with our amazing little girl!

A little bit about us - Alex and I met in high school, so this year will be 9 years that we've been together. We will be celebrating our 5 year wedding anniversary on April 25th. We've had our ups and downs, but in the end true love wins. We're learning to put the past behind us and look forward to our many adventures to come in the future...to that day when we're 80 years old, rocking in our rockers on our porch drinking sweet tea and watching our grandbabies play in the yard. I thank God every day for blessing our family with a second chance. With Him, all things truly are possible.

We welcomed our little Addisyn September 22, 2009 - 2 days after her daddy's birthday. She is too grown for her own good growing up way too fast. It's hard to believe she's already 7 months old! She amazes us every day. She's learning how to do things on her own and is sitting up all by herself like a big girl. Before too long, she'll be walking and talking and we'll be planning her 1st birthday.

Thanks for reading, hopefully it'll get a bit more interesting as I get the hang of this!