ANNIVERSARY TRIP

Last weekend Stephen and I celebrated our first anniversary as husband and wife with a trip to Savannah. I've been dying to go for years. Ever since high school I've been collecting the SCAD books they put out with the students artwork in them, daydreaming of a past where I went to art school.

We played tourists and meandered through the city with no place to be, stopping in each open storefront, sipping coffee from the local coffee shops and sampling food from all of the amazing places to eat. We walked down to the riverwalk at night hand in hand down a cobblestone road, and went on a thrilling ghost tour. Did you know they say Savannah is built on the dead? We hopped from square to square admiring the ancient buildings trying to picture how life was back then.The oldest building in Georgia can be found in Savannah! It felt really good for my type A self to just be. Just come and go as we please without a schedule to follow or a list to check. Even though we were only there 3 days, when we left we felt like we could call it our city. We came back home with a whole year of love in our hearts, hope for the next, and a love for a city, our city.

SUNDAY WAS GOOD

Sunday was such a good day, and I really love being married to this guy. That's all I have to say, because sometimes pictures can express so much more than I can find words to say. Side note, Stephen rarely lets me take photos of him without being silly, so you can only imagine how much these pictures mean to me. A lot, I tell you. They mean a lot. 

LOVE IS...

Do you want to know what love looks like? Love is when your husband takes your online driving class for you, just because he doesn't want you to have to. Not only does he take the 4 hour class while at work, he takes it in its entirety on his phone. Answering a few questions here and there between work projects. AND makes a 95, only missing two questions. That's love, folks. This is one of the many reasons I sure do love that guy. He always has a surprise up his sleeve, and his heart is too big to contain.

WEDDING PHOTOS: BRIDE + GROOM

One of the biggest disappointments in taking a hiatus from this blog was knowing I'd miss getting to share all of the wedding planning we did and the outcome of it all. I decided I wanted to share our wedding photos here because, well why not? The day was nothing short of perfect. Of course it didn't go completely planned, but I am okay with that now. These photos just make my heart so happy. I loved getting to share this special day with so many friends and family members, and being married to this guy is so much more fulfilling than I could have ever imagined.

I'll be breaking these posts up into different categories and posting them once a month. That way it's not overwhelming, but I want to have these in this space. That's important to me. I think these might be my favorite of all of them. The secret meeting, the hands thrown in the air in celebration. The lip gloss stain on the collar of his vest. The stolen kisses in between shots. The look on his face, staring at his new wife. It's bee a little over 6 months since we got married, and I've only fallen more in love. Going through these pictures felt so good. I was able to relive that day, and I swear I even felt the same butterflies I felt standing at the top of the walkway moments before I heard the knee weakening sound of "Your Hand in Mine" start playing. I think I will insist that we do that each and ever year our anniversary comes around. Look at these pictures. Relive the day, and fall in love all over again.