In January, Matt and I celebrated our seven-year anniversary. Yes, it was just over seven years ago that Matt asked me out (via IM - super romantic ;) and I started dating my future husband. As we celebrated, just a couple weeks after finding out that a DAUGHTER will be joining us in May, I looked back at the last several years of our life together.
In 2008, Matt and I graduated from college. Shortly thereafter, he was accepted into police academy and we were married a couple of months later. Lots of firsts! First real job (uh, for Matt; I still don't think I've had a real job...), first apartment, first car...
In 2009, Matt graduated from academy and, after weeks of field training, started as an officer on his own. At the end of that summer, I started a graduate program at the University of Louisville.
In 2010, we bought our first house! What a huge relief/expenditure/blessing. A few months later, we went and found our puppies at the local animal shelter, and we still fawn all over them like we just got them.
In 2011, I graduated from the University of Louisville with my MSSW. A few months later, we found out the most amazing news - pregnant!
In 2012, we are going to extend our family and welcome an amazing little one into our family. And...who knows what else!
The past several years have brought a lot of change for us, but we have been beyond blessed to have friends and family who support and encourage us through every step. I realize that we have been through a lot (academy is overwhelming for the entire family, as are many grad programs - mine no exception), but that we have been extremely blessed with wonderful change over the course of our marriage thus far. I know that we won't always have such great summaries of the year, but I am thankful for all that we have been able to do together thus far.
And I can't wait to meet our little one and make some new memories.
