First Anniversary

We can't believe how quickly this past year has flown by for us. (Granted we had many distractions throughout the year, but still! Whoosh!) Christian and I spent the weekend celebrating our one year anniversary. Our unique wedding date (Feb. 29, Leap Day) gave us the opportunity to choose which day we celebrate, and luckily with the 28th falling on a Saturday and the 1st on Sunday we have double the joy this year!

Last night Christian took me out to dinner at the Stony Hill Inn. This was the location for our incredible wedding reception last year. Surprisingly they remembered us and once again treated us like royalty. The atmosphere was sublime and the food was fantastic!

Our table was next to the fire place on the left.

The first anniversary gift traditionally should be paper. Christian and I tried to be creative with our gifts for each other. He gave me a personalized canvas painted with birch trees and two love birds, and our names carved into one of the trees. My gift for him, although it hasn't arrived yet because it needs to be certified, notarized, and all the other official stuff, is stock in Disney. When it arrives it will be framed. But this is what the stock paper will look like.

The frame will have a little engraving under the certificate that reads, "Sometimes you're Bashful, Sneezy, and maybe even a little Grumpy. But I hope that you're always Happy at the end of the day. Happy Anniversary." For us it will just be wall art with a personal meaning, but perhaps one day it will be worth something for our children or grandchildren.

For our Sunday night dessert we will enjoy a slice of our perfectly preserved wedding cake. (I'm so impressed with how great it looks after spending an entire year in our freezer. And to be honest I'm happy to get the other half of my freezer back! It looks so huge without the giant wrapped up cake box taking up so much room!)

Our wedding topper and our cake top! My bouquet, a year later, still looks amazing!

Its been a spectacular first year, and we're both proud of all the accomplishments we've made this year, and are truly excited to watch our future together unfold year by year.