Wednesday, March 16, 2011

the final wedding post.

i am combining #12 and #14-17 because they aren't picture heavy at all and anyway, and i am getting very anxious to end this thing!!

12. my favorite part of the wedding day: man. that is a tough one. i am going to have to say it was dancing with sean. not just the slow dance to our song.. but the fun, goofing off dance party that we had after. it was sooo much fun. but also the actual wedding ceremony was really amazing too.

14. thoughts on marriage: marriage is awesome. but it can also be really hard. obviously. i have to say that i think the first year was really easy. some people might say it is the hardest. but i think for sean and i? it was easy. the 2nd year was a lot harder. i don't know if it is because the honeymoon phase was over? i think it was just harder because sean got deeper into school.. i don't see him as much. we bought a new house. got a dog. sean had lots of health issues. i struggled a lot with my anxiety and some issues from my past. it just seemed like a lot more happened the 2nd year. now don't get me wrong. it has been equally as amazing. we had a lot of good experiences with work and school this year and i am grateful for that. we have worked really hard and managed to stay debt free besides our home and seans student loans and we have already reached our savings goal for the year 2011. a lot of really good things have happened this second year. we feel really blessed.

however, it was a little tougher. it's not that we fought more. it was just that we stopped overlooking things that we might have in the first year. our fuses might have gotten a little bit shorter. now don't worry! we hardly ever fight. but i am sure you know what i am talking about. we got to know each other better, and we kind of grew into a real married couple if that makes sense? maybe it doesn't. but anyway, i think it was necessary for all of that to happen. because a lot more is going to happen through our marriage, and i know that we can handle it. sean is amazing. and i have to say that marrying him was definitely the best thing i ever did. the best thing about being married to sean? i can completely be myself around him. even if i don't like who that person is. i can be it. i am grateful that sean has stuck around. it means the world to me. he is my best friend.

15. first place that you lived together: i don't know where the pictures went.. i think they are on seans computer. see? everything is all over the place. but the first place that we lived was in a duplex in provo. my uncle owned it and my cousins lived on the other side. it had 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. it got small really fast, especially when we got a dog! we had to get out of there before moses got any bigger. i am glad that we did. don't get me wrong, i am grateful we had the chance to live there. it was within our budget, and it was close to work, school, and family. but it is sooo much nicer having our own place. with a yard and garage for the dog. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. i love it. our old place was not really in a great neighborhood either. there was a lot of crime, and lots of cops always patrolling the area. although our neighborhood did make for some awesome stories, which i am sure some of you have read about on here before!

16. kids: well....... none yet! does moses count? i don't know when we will have kids. it seems like neither of us are feeling that it is right at the same time. one day i will feel okay about it. he isn't. the next day it's the opposite. i know that there never really is a "right" time to have kids. they say if you wait til you are ready you will never have them. but i would like for sean to be graduated from school first. that is next spring! it is coming up a lot faster than i thought.. maybe after he gets his MBA? haha. no really. i dunno. i guess we will see! we both really love kids and can't wait to someday be parents. as far as birth control? i am on the nuvaring and i love it. i am terrible at taking pills everyday. this is easy to use and i have no side effects from it.

17. most recent picture of you and your significant other and what you love most about them.

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this was from our cruise just a couple of weeks ago. it was very bright out, and sure our eyes might be almost closed. but oh well! i love it. the thing that i love most about sean? he would do anything for anyone. in a heartbeat. he is very determined, smart, hardworking, handsome, and so good to me. i love how he acts like a little kid about the cutest things. he is going to be the greatest dad in the world. i know he can't wait to be one. i can't wait to see him be a father. he has grown a lot since we have been married. (not that i felt like he needed to, but he has) i am so proud of him. i hope he knows how much i love him. i hope he knows that i always will.

and that my friends? marks the end of the wedding post challenge. i did it! ahhhh! finally. now back to regular posting in a month or so when i recover from this. just kidding.. i have lots of things i want to talk about. so hopefully i will get around to it sometime soon! thanks for sticking along for this! hopefully i didn't bore too many of you!

13 comments:

kimberly bailey said...

i loved the wedding post challenge. i'm getting married this november so this will be a perfect way for me to share everything on my blog! :) your wedding dress looked beautiful and i love how simple and comfortable your wedding looked :)

Michelle said...

Chloe you are the world's best blogger. I love when you do things like this because I know I can check your blog between every class and there is a new post to read! This was really cute.

Anonymous said...

I've really enjoyed this Chloe :) Your wedding pictures are amazing, and the day was just so sweet and lovely! THanks for sharing this!

Krysten @ Why Girls Are Weird said...

This was so much fun Chloe, I loved getting to know you guys and all about your wedding! Even 2 and a half years later I'm still wedding obsessed, hehe.

David and Shalynna said...

Chloe, all of these posts were so great! If I were a better blogger I would have taken up your challenge. It would probably have brought back a lot of memories!

You are so gorgeous in all of your pictures. I'm so glad you shared so many.

And Sean fainting after a bath made me laugh out loud. That is hilarious!

Diana Smith said...

Your first place sounds fun! But I can imagine having your own place would be 10 times much better!

Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's said...

I would give anything to be on a cruise with a pina colada in hand!! Ya'll are TOO cute!!

Kayla said...

I love this last picture of you guys. YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL and you guys look so happy! i like all the sweet things you said about Sean, Hopefully he knows what a wonderful girl he got!

Claire said...

aw i loved this, ive been married 11 years now and it's still great :) x

jeri kaye said...

gahhhh you guys are so stinkin' cute, one of these days i'm gonna have a love story :)

preston. shawnee. cohen. said...

Oh Chloe your cruise looks like SO. MUCH. FUN!!! Ahhhh I'd give anything to be back :) I'm glad you guys had such a good time, everyone needs to experience that!
Love all your wedding posts. I really think you had one of the prettiest weddings EVER!! And your whole look and everything you wore was just gorgeous. You're so beautiful! Maybe I'll do the challenge in the future sometime ha :)

Elise said...

Yay! I loved reading all about your wedding festivities! You guys are so adorable. And I agree with you- it would be much nicer to have Sean be done with school before kids. It can definitely be done while he is in school, but the stress will be much less. I am so glad Scott has his MBA... but I wish I would have finished school before jumping into kids. Oh well, such is life!

Unknown said...

Yay, I love reading these posts. Oh, and in my earlier comment I forgot to comment on your new layout. How do you do all of these amazing designs? No seriously though, what program do you use? I know what you mean about the kids thing. Hal told me we had to wait until he has a degree, and he said his AA doesn't count. I'm definitely not feeling kids yet, so I'm alright with waiting.