4 Years!

I cant believe it has been 4 years since our wedding! Since I was at my cousins wedding this Saturday (post to come) I have been thinking a lot about our engagement, wedding and the last 4 years.  I cant believe it has gone by so fast! I also feel like we are now out of the "newlywed" group. We may have exited that group when we hit 3 years, but at that point we still didn't have a kid. Now that we do we are officially out of being newlyweds!

What has brought you closer in the last year?
I definetly think having Q has brought us closer. We have become better at working with each other and helping the other person. We also value our time alone more then we did, at least I do.

Anything shocked you about your spouse?
Eric likes to pretend a problem doesn't exist. Namely when I am upset, instead of trying to fix it or ask what is wrong, he will actually ignore me and pretend that I'm not there. His thinking is that eventually I will get over whatever I am upset about so until then he will just act as though nothing is wrong. Unfortunatly, that is not how it works ever, it makes me even angrier that he is not addressing the issue so then it makes it worse. You would think after 4 years of this he would just learn to face it head on, but no. He continues this process. Maybe one day he will get it.

What was a Honeymoon Disaster you are ready to laugh about?
Honeymoon 1: I forgot shoes. For my overnight bag Victoria, CAN I didn't pack shoes. Not sure how I forgot to pack them but I did. SO on the boat over I had to wear Eric's flipflops and then we went straight to the mall to get shoes.

Honeymoon 2: I was stung by a jellyfish. We went to Mexico, and the first time in the ocean I was stung by a jelly fish. It was awful. I was in pain and I had to get a shot in my butt.  Which made me drowsy.

What has shocked you about being married?
How you go from an independent person, to never wanting to be without them. I had my own room all growing up, and when I went to college I had my own room and at one point my own apartment. I never was worried to go to bed if someone else was home. But when Eric is out of town or I am out of town without him I have a really hard time going to sleep. Also any noise that the apartment makes freaks me out. I laugh at myself all the time thinking that I used to do this all the time! How is it that after only 4 years of being married I hate being alone?!


I love Eric more and more every day. He is my best friend. We laugh together, play together and have great conversations. We are not perfect, but every day we are helping each other get there. I am so excited to see where we will be in 4 more years!

Love you a million red m&ms!
Hill