happy anniversay!

happy anniversary to me!
happy anniversary to me!
happy anniversary dear me (and chris)!
happy anniversary to me!

wow. it's hard to believe that chris and i have been married for a full year. i still remember all the details as if our wedding day was yesterday. perhaps it's because i keep watching our wedding dvd over and over and over. or perhaps it's because it was such an exciting and memorable day. or perhaps it's because i was so detail-oriented that i noticed every little thing on september 17, 2005.

our first year of marriage was a busy one. after the excitement of a wedding, there's the aftermath. we spent months writing our thank-you cards, looking at photo proofs, sharing photos with everyone on the planet (or so it seems, thanks to grandma :P), sharing the wedding dvd, and storing our gifts away until the big move. no sooner had things died down, when our first christmas as a married couple came barrelling through.

because chris and i are both fairly stubborn we weren't quite ready to give up our family christmas traditions. so to keep the peace we decided to visit everyone. perhaps that was a big mistake, because by 10:30 p.m. i was passed out on my parents' couch while everyone else played texas hold'em.

after the holidays, we started to get ready to move. the big day was february 12. it was such an exciting day...i couldn't wait to live in a brand new place and get all set up! after 7 months of condo living, we're still loving it. shared living spaces isn't always the best...we've had our fair share of car thefts, shootings, tenants falsifying police reports, fire alarms through the night, etc. etc. i like to think that things are settling down a bit, since our strata has created all the "rules" for residents. i guess the newest development is the concrete deficiency. we're not really sure what that means, but we did notice a few small pieces of concrete that were "missing" from the tower. i don't think it means our place is structurally unsafe. at least i hope not!

anyways, i'm looking forward to our many years of marriage ahead of us. happy 1st anniversary to all the other 2005 brides & grooms, especially to samantha & david, rob & rachel and sharon & travis!