Today is my and the Sweetie™'s first anniversary! This is actually my second first anniversary, but my first first anniversary was spent waiting for my divorce to get finalized, so that doesn't really count.
Oh, what a great year it has been, people! I don't mean to gush, but I am a very, very lucky guy. I'm married to the most thoughtful, hardest working, kindest, cleverest woman. We've had some great moments. Here's a summary:
December: getting married (kinda sorta eloping), going to Wisconsin for Christmas, getting to know the Farm-n-Fleet, meeting Grandpa Wiskow, driving 1,200 miles without shutting off the car.
January: Ringing in 2010 in Utah, making my former bachelor pad something resembling an actual home.
February: Finding out we were expecting! Visiting Arizona and announcing the big news. Getting a final blessing from Grandpa Bill.
March: Leaving on deployment (boo!), dealing with the separation, learning how to strengthen our relationship over long distances, getting used to emails and phone calls. New Orleans!
April: The beginning of the Great Remodel, getting used to a nine-hour time difference, getting used to the blasted African heat. (Well, that one was just me.) Pat's Run!
May: The Great Remodel continues. Painting the kitchen and living room. Curtain rods and new drapes. Selling Lafawnduh. Mayberry Family Reunion. Pregnant Lady Soda Pop Race! Hearing Dr. Rex feel the baby!
June: Look at my cute pregnant wife! Look at my cute kid! Ultrasound time! World Cup.
July: The kid's a kicker! Mama's starting to show. Camouflage capris. World Cup final, Viva España!
August: The Great Remodel continues. Painted cabinets and new wall switches! Big baby likes kicking the bladder. G'pa and G'ma's 60th anniversary.
September: Funeral for Grandpa Bill, emergency travel, biting my nails traveling on military flights, overnighting in Greece. Ready for the baby...remember, he's a kicker!
October: My Sweetie™'s birthday. Welcoming the Weeberry to the world! Oblivious to Halloween. Getting used to not shaving (or bathing). Discovering how not to underestimate a newborn's bodily functions.
November: Visit from the grandparents, blessing the Boy, Thanksgiving apart. Bus trip in London.
December: Birthday, anniversary, the Grand Bara race, Baltimore!
It's been an adventurous year, and I've done a horrible job documenting it on this blog. But my Sweetie™ and I have grown closer together through good times and challenges (the Weeberry's arrival was the ordeal of the century, it seemed!) Maybe sharing all these adventures with the rest of you will be one of my resolutions for 2011.
Maybe.
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