ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!

One year ago today, the love of my life and I said our vows in Louisville, KY. That day is one we will never forget and one we fondly look back upon like it was yesterday. After spending one year married and only half of it physically together, we have both learned things about each other and what we "really married into". Neither of us could be happier or more satisfied. I must say that I never REALLY knew how perfect Matthew is for me until we were married and have gone through difficult times. He truly brings out the best in me and I like to think I do the same for him. I am a stronger woman married to him, he makes me strive to be the very best.

I don't consider myself lucky....luck had nothing to do with us. Fate, destiny and God's hand bringing us together at the perfect time and place is all that I can attribute to our wonderful life together. I am not lucky, luck fades and diminishes....I am blessed. I have a man that completes my sentences and knows how I am feeling from halfway across the world. He knows just what to say to make everything ok and when together he knows just how to love me and deal with me in the kindest, most gentle way. He truly is the greatest gift I could ever receive from above. heaven sent and heaven loved.

I cannot say one thing that makes us so perfect....there are too many ways that we match, that we fit and that we complete each other. We are each others rock, each others biggest fan, and each others strongest encourager. I confide in him and him in me. I know he will always be there to catch me when I fall and that makes me brave enough to jump with him into new things. I never knew how much I could love one person or how much I could BE loved by one person until I met Matthew and we let our love blossom and grow. I have never been so proud to call anyone my own. I have never been so thankful for God giving me someone in my life. I have NEVER been so full of joy, not just happy.....but full of joy than I am being with Matthew.

Now, with the GREATEST, most beautiful expression of our love....I have the privilege of carrying our child. There is no better way to tell a man who loves you with all that he is that you are pregnant. There is NO greater joy than what his face shows when he hears that his love for you was able to produce such a miracle. Now, with the day approaching our daughter's arrival, I marvel at the miracle of life and how perfect she really is. Only in THIS little perfection growing inside of me can I truly understand the perfection of our love. I am not saying either of us is perfect, we both have flaws, but our love is just that.....seemingly flawless, understanding of our differences and imperfections and strengthening our greatest achievements within each other.

So.....here's to us, baby, one year down and many MANY more wonderful years to come! You make my life a musical masterpiece worth playing every second of every day. Thank you for bringing harmony to my life and showing me what no one else ever has or ever will. Thank you for loving me.

I love you, Matthew.
Happy one year anniversary!