6 years and counting...

A few weekends ago was our anniversary! April 25th - 6 years of wedded bliss. :) Sometimes it doesn't seem possible that it has been 6 years already....and then other times it doesn't seem possible that there was ever a time that Doug and I weren't together. Isn't it weird how both those things can be true at one time? Doug is so much a part of who I am and how I function that it is hard to remember life without him as the main character. :) I do know that I love my husband more than I could ever put into words. He is the most amazing man....and I am grateful every single day for all the ways he has changed my life. There is not a doubt in my mind that I am a better person on a daily basis because of him. I also know I couldn't ask for a better daddy for my kiddo(s) than the man that he is. I feel so blessed.

I have never been a "soul-mate" kind of person...I have never really bought into the romanticized idea that there is only one "right" person out there for each individual.... But I will say that I never in a million years could have dreamed someone who fits me as perfectly as Doug, and that after we got engaged and married, I have often thought that even though I don't necessarily believe in the idea of a "soul-mate", it is possible that I have found one anyway. :) I remember saying to friends when we were dating and engaged that he just seemed too good to be true. :) And after 6 years, when I run into friends I haven't seen since getting married, I still often describe him as a husband so wonderful that I don't deserve him. And it is still true.

For our anniversary weekend, we managed to sneak off and spend a couple days in a cabin down in Cook Forest all by ourselves. It was wonderful. In the whirlwind of life, I always find that I treasure any time we get to really connect without distractions. It is so rejuvenating and restoring....it always makes me feel like I can handle whatever is coming WAY better because I feel so strongly that we are handling it together....that we are on the same "team." It was such a wonderful and much-needed weekend. The weather could not have been more gorgeous, and the cabin was perfectly cozy and comfy. It was just a great time. And we owe a HUGE thank-you to my dear friend Elizabeth for watching Danika all weekend for us. Elizabeth...we owe you BIG. Thank you...thank you....thank you. :)

Anyway...it was just a lovely, wonderful weekend. I completely enjoyed it. I love you, Doug.