Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday was Dave and I's THIRD anniversary!  I seriously feel like we've been on a ride since day ONE.  And that we should have been married for like ten years instead of three -- I mean, in the last three years we have had three children, Dave graduated, we bought a condo, remodeled it from the ground up, bought a car, moved to California, went through sickness and surgery until I can't even talk about it anymore - the list is endless.  And all in JUST THREE YEARS?

And of all the amazing things I could talk about that we have experienced together, there is one thing that I learned on our date last night:

There is nowhere more calming, comforting, peaceful, secure, the list goes on and on - than in Dave's arms.  We sat on the sofa and watched a movie for the first time in months - MONTHS.  There weren't kids running around or dodging in between us or pushing one or the other of us away to have their own cuddle time with Mommy/Daddy.  There weren't fires to put out, messes to clean up, fights to stop, toys to return, time-outs to get through, temper tantrums, high-pitched squeals or cries or laughter or whatever.  There wasn't a welcome but draining dinner guest or game guest or other type of guest to keep our attention at least partially diverted from each other to focus on our visitors and play the role of host and hostess.  There was nothing but us and the movie (until Brianna got hungry, but even she fit very nicely into my little moment of bliss).

And with all my talk of dating before Brianna was born, we somehow forgot completely to date -- or perhaps just the fact that the number one ingredient in our dates is uninterrupted time spent together.

But I have to say that - well, starting at the very beginning is a very good place to start.  And this was the beginning of all future anniversary celebrations.  What a blessing!