3 Years and Counting

Tuesday, April 14 was our 3 year anniversary! It has gone by so fast, and it seems like we have been together forever.

S had the day off work; I did not. He got some big "to-do's" checked off the foster care list. He went to CPR and took Ms. Chica to get her shots. Then, he cooked his famous "Date Dinner" for me (salmon, asparagus, and roasted new potatoes with dill). YUM!!!

Year 3 is Leather, and we try to stay with the traditional gifts each year just because it is fun. He got me a Coach Wristlet, and a Coach tote bag! I was not expecting such extravagance!! He says he got them on sale at the outlet, so it wasn't too expensive.

I ordered his gift on Amazon (new kickball cleats), so of course it wasn't here on time. So in lieu of having his real gift, I got him a bag of beef jerky with his card. ---Get it....it's like food leather......

We enjoyed a nice dinner together, then worked on taxes---sooooo romantic

We finally got them done April 15 at 10:00pm. Nothing like waiting until 2 hours to deadline.....

Have a mentioned S is sort of a procrastinator?? :)

During our anniversary dinner, we also had our annual "DTR" (Define the Relationship). This is something I started a long time ago when I was single and dating. We always did it before we got married, and much to S' chagrin I ask we continue the tradition.

Basically, it is an opportunity for us to "check-in" on our feelings about the marriage. We shared this time about if marriage is meeting our expectations, is it close to what we thought it would be or not.

We both agree we are great partners, and we are really good at compromising so we both get our needs/wants met.  We both agree that we do things the other finds annoying, but that there are so many great things it isn't worth getting upset about.

We both talked about how people say marriage is so hard. We are still waiting for that to happen......
Hey- maybe it won't!

Then we talked about our future kiddos, and how being parents might change our marriage. We are both a little nervous about that. And we agreed to make sure we focus on each other when we do get our kids. I just hope we can put it into practice.

I already know what will be our stressors when we have kids. My impatience, and his infinite patience (which sometimes looks like the aforementioned procrastination) and that he doesn't do what I want when I want it. He refuses to let me boss him around! How frustrating! ;)

If he would just do everything I said when I say it everything would be great....Right????

No, no, no. I don't really want that. I have to keep that in check and let him be his own person......I love that outcome, but I have to remind myself that it's better this way!

So here we go. 3 years of marriage, about to have kids for the first time, and we only have
FFFOOORRRREVVEERRRR to go!!!

(Sandlot reference.....we say it almost daily and both wrote it in our cards to each other.)
:)