For me, that day was a little over a month ago: Wednesday, October 22, 2014. That day marked the ten year anniversary of our very first date. The date was important enough to us that we went ahead and got married on a Wednesday evening in the company of our immediate family. It could not have been a more perfect night.
Having met ten years ago in college (I went two years early, he went one year late... fate? We think so!), we had a whirlwind of a relationship that was not always easy, but was always there for us. We grew together, we grew separately, and ultimately we determined our love was the lasting, forever kind of love. We talked of marriage, of houses, of babies. We worked hard to establish ourselves in our respective careers before happening upon the most perfect little house for our family (the two of us, an annoying cat named Kitty, and one little Maltese, Nemo). We took a risk, put engagement and wedding plans on hold, and became first time homeowners in November of 2013:
Is it not the most darling house you have ever seen? We are in love.
As we settled into our new life, adopted a new little fur baby (Rugby the Maltese/Shih Tzu), and started on home renovations, marriage talk took center stage.
I had predicted we would be engaged on October 22, 2014... our ten year anniversary, and as a result I started on the plans for a late summer 2015 wedding! Little did we know we woud receive life changing news in August 2014!
It is a story I will share in a later post, however my handsome husband was told he would be unable to have children. As a result, we had both agreed when the timing was right, we would begin the process of in-vitro. Life is full of miracles, however, and the universe had alternate plans for us. In August of this year we discovered we are expecting a little baby boy in March 2015. We were over-the-moon ecstatic!! There was just one small detail we wanted to finalize before the baby was to make its grand entrance: we wanted to be husband and wife.
Can you really call it a shotgun wedding after ten years of being together? We don't think so! We decided what better way to celebrate our anniversary and the great news of our son, than to marry on October 22. We put the plans in motion in September, decided on an intimate elopement within the comfort of our own home, and had the most beautiful ceremony despite the rainy and windy nor'easter that was blowing outside. It was perfect <3
I could not have asked for anything more! Since it was only immediate family involved in the ceremony, my husband and I have decided to keep the late summer 2015 plans for our reception and celebration. It will be so much fun! Now we (by we I actually mean "I") are debating on poses and background scenery for our "save the date" postcards!
We have always been a couple that prefers to do things a little out of order =). It just works for us!
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