ONE YEAR as a MRS

Holy Cats Batman. It has been a year since we got married. (This will be the last of my monthly updates as a Mrs. and am hoping to move to every six months or so, we'll see how that develops, for sure every year there will be an update) I think I am still in shock that we have been married a year. A TON has happened in that year and it has indeed been a wonderful year, I won't complain. It is surreal to think that we are crossing the one year mark.




The Wonderful Things:

• We made it married a year - onto year 2
• we have successfully surpassed thousands of couples who don't make it through the first year - although that isn't much
• and it was a WONDERFUL year as well
• We bought our first house together
• on that same note we survived selling a house - house showings suck and that they want to come in at any given minute with less than idea notice that they are coming - however - despite the stress our house sold
• we moved on what has been labeled as officially the coldest day of this past winter

• don't move on the coldest day of the winter - it sucks! Thank God for friends who where willing to be bought off with some pizza
• we LOVE our new house - we love backing up to one of Minnesota state parks - now if only we didn't have to bath in mosquito spray to enjoy it this time of year
• We have a great routine for the most part - thank God for a ridiculously flexible husband who is really good at communication - my schedule is ALL over the board and he does well dealing with chaos and be being here and there an a little bit of everywhere
• Dakota has Marc and I wrapped around her little paw - it is funny to watch Marc and Dakota together - I imagine with a baby this will only be better
• WE HAVE CHICKENS
• seriously, I LOVE having chickens
• Due to baby on the way our basement is WAYYYY more finished than we anticipated it being this time of year - we need a guest room - our family is too far away to not have at least one guest room

The Things No One Ever Tells You About:

• I am still getting used to cooking for two
• Marc eats way more than I ever anticipate - it just takes some adjusting 
• House projects sometimes suck the life out of you
• we did really well working on house projects - however, sometimes they suck the life out of ya when ya just want them done
• thankfully this year we learned to set small goals and if we reach them just to chill and take the night off - it will get done at some point
  
• Laundry is doubled - yes, this too is obvious - but until I was doing laundry for two I didn't realize how much it was - thankfully I have finally fallen into a routine that seems to be working for us
• just to complicate it - let's throw in a third person this year with a third set of dirty laundry - bring on the baby
• sometimes I feel bad for Marc being married to a pastor - it has a life of it's own - he does REALLY well with it though - however, I am sure there are moments he'd trade it 

The Miscellaneous Things:

• We are still a little freaked out that we will become parents in our second year of marriage - ahhhhh - so much transition coming soon
• yes, we are totally jazzed and can't wait but still slightly freaked out
• Thank God for our amazing friends and family who are along this journey with us
• We still don't love that both of our families are a solid six hours in either direction from us which makes visiting family hard