One year Anniversary

The kiss that sealed the deal one year ago today. Holy moly, I can't believe it's been a year. Time flies, no doubt. Cheers to the last 365 days and cheers to many, many more!

The last year has been the best of my life. And it isn't because it's all been sunshine and roses - a lot of it has but some of it hasn't. It's been the best year of my life because I have become a better person - with some hiccups, I've become more of the person that I have always wanted to be. My personal self, my professional self, my physical, emotional, mental and spiritual self have all taken steps forward. I'm not positive but I think that's what a love like the love Erin gives me does to a person. The love she gives me makes it easier to love myself, to take risks, to be honest - even when it's hard, to knock down walls and to live with an open heart. The last year has been a great ride and I look forward to whatever comes our way.

During the last year we: got married (duh)! honeymooned in Costa Rica and NYC, joined finances, bought a car (together), put a few offers on different home (we still rent), learned how to communicate better, took a few cooking classes, we both took major steps in our careers, planned for the future and MADE A BABY - of course lots of things in between - but today I am realizing what a busy and successful year we've had. Good job, babe!

To celebrate the first year of marriage, we left for the weekend and headed west to camp on the WA coast. It was a good idea but poor execution. It turned out to be freezing - which would have been fine if it wasn't 85 degrees in Seattle - so we came home a day early and spent yesterday (Sunday) golfing, paddle boarding and bbqing in the sun. Great combo weekend of a few of our favorite things.

The sunset was incredible driving in Friday night. We felt extremely blessed and started rattling off potential baby names! 

Night #1 packing location. Perfect spot.

For night #2 we hiked down to the beach. It was all fine and good - and BEAUTIFUL. We had a great spot - set up our tent and hammock, had a great cooking set up and a few places for a fire. But then around 2pmish a giant cloud and intense gusts of wind set in. We waited it out for a bit but by 6pm we decided to pack up and go. We didn't want to stay in the tent all night and we didn't bring warm enough clothes to stay outside.

We were all smiles even though it didn't quite pan out the way we planned

This weekend also marked the beginning of week 5 of pregnancy.  We aren't out of the miscarriage danger time but we are having a hard time not sharing the news with our family and close friends. We decided that waiting isn't very important to us. If something were to happen and we were to miscarry, having love and support would be nice. We have an amazing support network - people that support us and share the good times and the hard times.

Little Poppy has more than doubled in size. Poppy is now the size of an orange seed and little orange seed is growing a tail - which makes Erin laugh. Erin feels bloated and her boobs are more sensitive (she kind of LOVES that) but nothing else. She is doing cross fit and/or running daily and is still making me delicious meals on the regular. I'm convinced that I would be a wimp - at minimum asking for extra massages or something but not Erin. Erin is superwoman!

Now, to highlight some of my favorite moments of my favorite day!

The night ended with a multiple hour dance party that was the best I've ever seen!