I've been thinking about blogging again; I've been wanting to start blogging again. Amy isn't home, and Ryne is asleep. Today is our five-year wedding anniversary. This seems like a great opportunity to resume blogging!
I'm really good at remembering things. I'm even better when it comes to remembering things that include numbers (think dates). In honor of our five-year wedding anniversary, I'd like to give a brief timeline of some major dates/events in our relationship while I still remember these things to make sure that this information gets recorded.
January 1, 2004 - The first time that I ever saw Amy. It was in an Orientation to Elementary Education (it seemed far fetched at the time, but I made an excellent decision when I decided to become an elementary education major) class on campus at the Lindquist Center. She was blonde, very tan, wearing a white columbia coat, and I was immediately attracted to her.
March 4, 2004 - It was Thursday night and I was at the Sports Column for $1 you-call-it (this was referenced in my rather lengthy wedding speech) when I ran into Amy and mustered the courage to ask her for her phone number.
March 7, 2004 - Vince Vaughn, in his role in Swingers, taught me that you have to wait a little bit before you can call a girl. So on a Sunday night, while I was "studying" at the library, I made a call to Amy and asked her out on a date.
March 23, 2004 - Our first date was interrupted by spring break, and Amy being out-of-town, but we eventually got together. I had borrowed my Mom's car and I either had a new Usher cd or Michael Jackson's #1s cd playing in the background. I thought (why am I using past tense?) that I was so cool. We went to Los Portales for dinner, and then went to go see Starsky and Hutch the movie (our second choice for movies was Club Dread, which we later watched and Amy hated).
August 12, 2007 - I proposed to Amy on a Sunday morning after we'd had a date at the Button Factory in Muscatine the night before. She was still sleeping in bed; I made her heart shaped muffins for breakfast, and brought them to her along along with the question/ring. I wish that I would have put more thought into how I went about proposing so that there was a GREAT story to go with it...
July 12, 2008 - 11 months after we got engaged, we got married on what was probably the most fun day I've ever had.
February 14, 2010 - Right before we were about to leave to head to Galena, Illinois to celebrate Valentine's Day, Amy gave me a pregnancy manual for me. She was pregnant. I was...um...surprised. Knowing what I know now, I wish I'd been more unconditionally excited.
October 21, 2010 - Amy gave birth to Ryne. If our wedding day was the most fun day I've ever had, this was the best day that I've ever had (as, if you follow me on Twitter, I've made public when #bestmomentofmylife took over everyone's Twitter feed/timeline on Monday night).
It's been a great eight and a half years knowing Amy, and it's been a great five years of marriage. She is the most beautiful person (inside and out) that I've ever met. She is strong in areas where I am weak, and therefore I think that we compliment each other well. I know that she makes me a better person. Thank you for being you, Amy. Thank you for everything that you do. I love you more today than ever before. And I look forward to our future, together!
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