Dan and I strategically planned our wedding date to be the week of the Fourth of July so that Dan would always have the week off from football and I would easily be able to take time off of work. So for our anniversary we planned the most fabulous east coast trip.
On July 3rd we woke up in New York, and I told Dan, "Happy Anniversary!" He quickly replied, you can't say that until 5:30 pm. So we went about our day. We had to most fabulous visit to Cental Park, relaxing and playing "Momma or Nanny" and "Dogwalker or Dog Owner." Believe it or not this can be quite the game in a place like Central Park. We found a food truck that we've been dying to try since we saw them on The Food Network for lunch, and rested our feet while taking in the beauty of The New York City Public Library. If I were Carrie Bradshaw, I would have wanted to get married there too. It's gorgeous. And at 5:30 pm, central time, we popped a bottle of champagne.
We spent the evening at this fabulous restaurant under the Brooklyn Bridge. We had fabulous wine and delicious meals of duck and scallops. One of our more interesting conversations while making a five year plan, and toasts to our first year of marriage.
And looking back on our year... It was quite the twelve months. We've had big adventures from our trip to Eurpoe to random day trips on Saturday afternoons. Dan loves to explore, and his love for this has rubbed off on me. We've endured great heartbreak and trying times, much sooner in our relationship than we thought it would ever come, but, we overcame. We've laughed, we've cried, we've laughed so hard we've cried when it comes to the silliest things. We've made great friends, which I'm sure we'll have our entire life, and we've dreamed of our future. We've had fights and each one of us has slept on the couch. But we've grown. We have celebrated so much, from every football victory to friend's weddings, and job promotions. It was a great first year.
A lot can change in a year, but we are still us, and if anything we've grown closer and our understanding for each other has become clearier.
The night of our first year anniversary, we toasted to 217 more years of marriage so that we would be as old as the restaurant we were having dinner, that sure is a long time. But I can't think of spending it with anyone else.
A few pictures from our adventures on July 3rd...
Spending the afternoon in the place that holds all the great love letters... The NYC Public Library
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