2 Years and Cotton

Today is Brian and I's 2 year anniversary! At the same time I feel like I can't believe it has already been two years and I can't believe it has only been two years. I can still vividly remember hoping and praying to find my soulmate, but my how that seems like so long ago. I feel as though Brian has been in my life forever and that makes me happy.

Brian and I met years and years ago while we were both out with our friends. I remember thinking how cute he was and how beautiful his eyes were. I can close my eyes and still picture him standing there and how I had butterflies in my tummy. We talked and he got my number and yes he called, but the timing was off for both of us. Years passed and I still thought him every now and again and wondered what he was doing or where he was and then low and behold in October of 2006 we ran into each other again. He was with the same group of guys that he had been with all those years before. When I saw him walk in I was determined to not let him slip away again, so I proceeded up to him and hugged his neck and promptly gave him my number (but only after I found out that he was single). Our first official date was that following Friday night, November 3, 2006. He picked me up at my house in Montgomery and we went to dinner at Bone Fish Grill and we talked for what seemed like forever. For those of you that know me well, you know that I am hard to read and it is even harder for me to open up my heart and let someone know how I am truly feeling. I had a wall around my heart and that was a hard wall to break down, so even though we had met back up Brian wasn't sure how I felt and he almost gave up on me, but thank goodness he didn't because here we are and the rest is history. Brian proposed to me on Thursday night, August 30th, 2007, and we were married seven months later on March 29, 2008, at Frazer UMC.

Enough history - for our anniversary celebrations I have wanted to follow the traditional gifts that you give each other each year. For instance on the 1st you give "paper" gifts. Brian and I (not creative) decided last year that we would give each other nice cards with our thoughts of the first year included. We went to dinner at Sommer's Place and then went and spent the night at the same place we did on our wedding night, the villas at Wynlakes. It was surreal walking in to the same place one year later. Exactly the same, yet so different because I was 7 months pregnant this time.

Anyway, this year the gift is "cotton" - we did follow this but decided to also venture off course a little. For Brian he picked out an outfit, shorts and a nice shirt, and for me I got myself a cotton skirt and top for Spring. But as a little extra I got Brian an I.O.U coupon book. This was just a little something cute and fun, it has 15 tear out coupons for Brian to hand to me whenever he wants something. These include breakfast in bed, a fancy dinner out, homemade dinner in, couch potato for the day, a massage, day of nature - you get the picture, just things that I would normally never do. And lastly I got us the book "Love Dare". This book is from the hit movie "Fireproof" and is suppose to be wonderful for your marriage. It is a 40-day challenge, includes devotionals for each day and a dare to go along with it. I am doing this first and sometime later in the year Brian will have his turn. I can't wait to see how this all turns out. I truly hope Brian sees a difference in me!

One last gift from Brian to me was a pair of pearl earings - I had no idea these were coming. Brian knows how much I have always wanted a pair of real pearl earings, but I never in a million years would have guessed he would have been so thoughtful and gotten these for me.

Happy Anniversary - can't wait to see what another year brings us.

And P.S. next year's gift is leather, this should be easy since I think it would be the perfect excuse to update our furniture in the den (just kidding Brian, don't have a heartattack)!!!

Not that you are interested, but here are a couple of pictures of us from our wedding and honeymoon - arrgh, I have been trying to add two photos for an hour and I can't figure out why it won't let me, maybe later.