Reminiscing

Alex and my one year anniversary is Friday and I can't help but think about the past year. I've heard the first year of marriage is the hardest, but I don't think that really applies to people that lived together for a couple years before they got married. The first year for me was actually a really good one. I remember when Alex proposed to me. I graduated from Iowa State May 9, 2009 and we our cruise set sail May 10, 2009. We were driving up to Minnesota to spend the night with Alex's cousin, Ryan, and then fly out of Minneapolis in the morning. We were maybe half an hour away from our house and Alex started talking about the cruise and how I had no choice to go on the cruise, that I was stuck with him. I responded with something along the lines of "I'm okay with that." He then had me open the glove box. I immediately saw the box that held the ring, but I wasn't entirely sure that he meant for me to see it, so I pretended to not see it and get out what he asked me to get. He then pointed it out and had me grab it. After I opened the box and saw the ring, Alex said something like "So will you marry me?" or "So you want to get married?" I wasn't surprised at all when he asked like that. I, of course said yes, and then he started talking about how he was planning on asking me months before in Omaha when we went to the zoo, but he forgot the ring at home. (He took me to Omaha for a weekend when we first started dating to get away from home. It was a nice time. Had a nice hotel, Downtown Omaha had its charm, and it was the first time we went anywhere together for a weekend. It was spontaneous. And romantic.) We got to Minneapolis, spent the evening with Ryan (who we didn't tell that we were engaged) and then spent the next seven days on a cruise ship having a great time. We then spent the next almost five months planning our wedding and October 1, 2009 we were pronounced husband and wife.

It was one of the best days of my life. Now we have a beautiful baby boy and will experiencing our first anniversary as a married couple. We will eat frozen wedding cake from our wedding. I'm sure it will be gross, but it's a tradition that I think will be fun. The lady who made our cake for the wedding is making us a small cake, that way we can enjoy some good cake after eating the gross cake with freezer burn. I am more excited about it than I should be, but we will get to spend the day together as a family. The only problem is, what do I get for him as an anniversary gift? Alex is the hardest person to buy gifts for. I want to do something meaningful, but he hates sappy stuff. Any Ideas?

Well, the chocolate chip cookies I made are calling my name so I guess I will call it good. Hopefully tomorrow at my six week checkup the doctor says it's okay for me to start working out again. Man have I missed it..