Five years of Wedding Bliss!

Wow! Two posts in one day. I'm impressed with myself, but today is mine and BJ's 5th wedding anniversary! A very special day for us ...I say it is hard to believe we have been married five years, but it's hard to remember life without him in it.


He is such a wonderful husband and great father to Lily.

I thought in honor of the last 5 years I would share the top 5 reasons that I love him so much.

1. He never complains. There are so many times that I never know when he feels bad because he never complains. He never complains about having to do something he really doesn't want to and is always there fully and completely when I ask him to help me with something. He loves to cook and gladly helps me. He is a huge help with housework and though I sometimes feel bad because he is helping with some of my "wife" duties because I don't always have time, he tells me he doesn't mind helping. He doesn't know how much I appreciate him!

2. He is the best Daddy in the world. From the day I found out I was pregnant with Lily, he took care of my every need. Now that Lily is here, she is definitely a daddy's girl. She loves her daddy so much and he spends so much time with her. He changes diapers like a pro and honestly, he does as much taking care of Lily as I do. He is definitely a modern age dad who fears nothing and gladly takes responsibility for her. He is also the main disciplinarine in our family and Lily will mind him when she won't listen to anyone else. In my opinion, he has no faults as a daddy.
3. He is a Christian. We go to the church every week together as a family. He sings in the choir and is about to start teaching young boys Sunday School. Even though, he still likes to think of himself as a "bad boy" lol, he's the most kind, good-hearted person.

4. He likes to think he is a "bad boy, or well a little rebellious" lol.. He drives like a wild man. Since we've been dating, I've been holding on and me and Lily still hang on today. He loves to drive though and most of the time as wild as he is, he's still a good driver. He loves to turn the radio up loud and sing and dance with Lily. He has even taught her to dirty dance, not sure if this is good or not, lol..

5. He loves me. This is probably my favorite thing about him. When I was growing up, I never had a boyfriend. I had a crush every now or then, but I was never aware of boys liking me. I always felt awkward and nerdy, lol..I prayed for a husband and a good one, and I thank God everyday for blessing me with a wonderful husband. I definitely have my faults and lots of them. He is good to me for putting up with me some days. I cannot imagine my world without him!

There are lots and lots more things that I love about BJ, but those are just a few of my favorite.

I would also like to share the story of how we met in honor of our anniversary. Prepare yourself for this. lol..

I remember the first time I saw BJ. (He doesn't remember this but I do.) I was in 9th grade and he was in 10th grade and we were in the same PE class. I was very shy and had just moved from a small county junior high to a huge consolidated high school and didn't know but about 45 people out of my 300 freshmen class. I met a girl in that class and she told me about this guy she had a crush on. She pointed him out to me, his name was BJ. I thought to myself, well he is cute.

Time went on, and one day some of BJ's friends came up to me and asked me would I go out with him. Well, I was like "no way. I don't know him." (In the back of my mind, I was too shy and knew that my friend liked him so I wouldn't do that to her.)

We finished that PE class at Christmas and I always knew who BJ was, but we never spoke or had any contact until my Senior year.

My Senior year in August, I got a job at a local grocery store in the Deli and BJ worked there as a bag boy. We still never spoke much unless it was work related. I can remember getting so nervous around him and watching for him to walk by, I thought he was so cute. I remember fixing him tea a couple of times or a lunch plate and being so excited. I remember one time he told me he saw me at the high school homecoming's game, and I was so taken back.

That January of 2000, using "Yahoo messenger" online became something popular with all of my friends. One night I was chatting with one of my friends who was a cashier at the same grocery store. I asked her who she was chatting with that night and she told me BJ from work. I asked for his user id and she gave it to me. BJ and I started chatting every night. We started talking more and more..One night at the end of the February, he asked me online (of course) if I thought my parents would let me go to a movie with him. I said sure. We ended up going to a local restaurant called Steve's at the time and eating on a Thursday night due to my Beta Club Convention that next weekend. I had to be home really early because I had to pack and it was a school night, but I had the best time ever. I can probably say by this time, I was in love...

I always like to think BJ was, too, but he was a typical teenaged boy with lots of friends and he had no plans of settling down anytime soon. We ended up going to my Senior Prom together and we went on lots of double dates with BJ's younger sister. On my 18th BirthdayWe were just babies..lol..so young..
BJ tried to push me away after a while and almost broke my heart and told me he just wanted to be friends. I settled for friends for a long time (gosh almost 3 years).I went through a lot of tears and sad times..but I was a girl in love who wasn't giving up her fight. I stuck it out and in October of 2003, BJ finally gave in..(to my stalking him he says, lol) He gave me a promise ring that Christmas, we found the perfect house in March 0f 2004, worked on it and fixed it up. We were married July 17, 2004. It was the most beautiful ceremony ever! We moved in our house after our honeymoon and it's been a great life! I honestly know that God meant for us to be together. It's not always easy and we are not perfect, but we make it work and we don't plan on it ever not working. We are in our marriage til the end.

Pics from our Beautiful Wedding at the small country church I grew up at my whole life and we still attend.

And one picture from our Honeymoon in Mexico Beach, FL

Thanks for everything, BJ! I hope you have a great day and realize how much you mean to me.