It’s hard to believe that it’s almost been a month since Joshua and I celebrated our first anniversary. It was such a great year, many exciting events occuring, and I’m happy to say, the “First Fight” wine bottle we received in a package deal with other milestones as a wedding gift from a college friend is STILL closed. Yes – you read that right. The “First Fight” bottle still has wine in it, because we in fact haven’t had a fight that the bottle needed opened. 😉

I brag about my Husband EVERY stinking chance I get. He’s an amazing man, caring husband, and an incredible provider for our family. He’s hardworking, almost never complains, and most importantly, that man loves me for me. For some of you, you may be surprised to see i’m hard to handle. I have a mouth, I have zero patiences, and things are always done my way. I’m type A to the T. But Joshua, Joshua brings me down. He keeps me in check. That man loves me so good. I’m blessed, and so very lucky to have married a man as patient as Joshua.

If you missed my previous blog posts about my wedding, you’re not familiar with the fact of the amount of love I hold in my heart about Amy from Bouquet Studio. She designed the florals for my wedding, and when I went to her studio to preview the flowers the wednesday before my wedding, I was in near tears. I had seen so many other bouquets that Amy and her team designed from my past brides, but to FINALLY have my OWN Bouquet Studio bouquet was a great feeling.

I loved my bouquet so much that for 11 months I repeatedly told Josh that I wanted him to have Amy design me a replica of my first bouquet. He normally doesn’t pick up on hints like that, however, I must have made enough of them that when we got home from our Florida trip, we picked up this gorgeous bouquet of flowers that looked just like my wedding bouqet from 12 months ago.

Spoiled. That’s what my Husband does to me.

My first anniversary gift actually came 10 days before our actual anniversary. You see, when we got engaged, we were in the process of getting out of credit card debt so the budget for a ring was small. And then when we got married, the budget for a wedding band was nonexistant. And I’m here to tell you, that if a Bride is more worried about the the amount of karats sitting on her left ring finger, she needs to reconsider her view point on marriage. Marriage isn’t about the amount of money your soon-to-be spouse spends on your engagement ring, or the total karat weight of your rings. My wedding band was a fake. It was gorgeous, but it was CZ bought for $60 on my favorite online store – Amazon. I was without a teaching job for that fall, we spent any money we had saved on the Wedding, but I still needed a band. I’m not saying all this for pitty, i’m saying all this because I loved Joshua for the man he is, and the person I am with him by my side.

So when we finally had a couple extra bucks to spare, Joshua upgraded my rings. He tried to completely surprise me, but couldn’t remember what size ring I wear. It worked out in the end though, because we both got to pick out my new set, and let me tell you, it’s beautiful. It’s classic. It’s elegant. It’s timeless.

Moral of the story here – i’m one lucky girl to have the Husband I have. My Grandmother said this past weekend “Appreciate that one. He’s a good guy” and Grams couldn’t be more right!