Half-iversay

Today marks 18 months since our wedding day, 2 years since the day we got engaged, and just over 11 1/2 years since our first date! On March 23, we celebrate our anniversary, and on September 23, our half-iversary. I am nothing if not the queen of made up holidays (birthdaykkah!), so no one should be surprised by this.

Last night, we went to one of our favorite restaurants in Norfolk that we rarely go to, Todd Jurich's. They do a lot of creative dishes (last night Harris had goat curry!), and everything is always amazing! We celebrated our recent news with a little bubbly (Prosecco for Harris, and sparkling water for me!), Harris gave me a beautiful sterling silver fleur de lis necklace that he had made by a local jeweler, and we reflected on the past year and a half, and talked about the excitement we have for our future. It was just a really nice moment in time to remember to celebrate all the good, and be thankful for all that we are fortunate enough to be blessed with.

I am so incredibly lucky to have spent the last 11 years, 6 months, and 2 days with this amazing man. It's incredible that I always think I couldn't possibly love him more, and find that I somehow fall more in love with him with each passing day. It is so important to us, as we prepare to bring new life into our family, to keep our marriage as the cornerstone of our family. Celebrating our relationship with both these big and little moments is something that I hope we continue to do for the rest of our lives.

I love you, Harris. Thank you for being my husband, my best friend, the love of my life, and the father of my children. Thank you for all the moments we have shared thus far, and for all the ones to come.

Special Moments

Today is a special day for us Ligons. 10 years, 6 months, and 2 days ago, we had our very first date. 1 year ago today, Harris proposed. 6 months today ago we got married!

I wish I had a snapshot from our very first date to share with you, but this was before the era of smartphones, or even camera phones (it was the era of these phones), so you will have to settle for one very old picture of the two of us. For perspective, our very first date was quite typical for teenagers growing up along the Carolina coast. We hopped in the car, threw a blanket in the back, and headed over to the beach to sit in the sand and talk about all the worldly things two teenagers could talk about.

And here is a picture from our engagement day. We spent a wonderful weekend in western Virginia last fall (who knew shortly after our engagement we would be moving to Virginia - serendipitous.) where we hiked in the Shenandoah National Forest, drank pumpkin martinis (okay, okay I drank pumpkin martinis, Harris drank beer, maybe pumpkin though!) at a magnificent Public House, and, then, on a beautiful farm in the middle of nowhere, cast up into the heavens where Harris asked me to be his wife. A most wonderful weekend indeed.

Finally, here is one of my favorites from our wedding day! Getting married in Mexico was one of the best decisions we could have made. Not only was it a virtually stress-free, seamless wedding planning process, but the whole experience was wonderfully fun, and every little detail was amazingly beautiful. At the end of the day, all I cared about was marrying this man, whom I had loved for so many years. As they say, everything else was just icing.

Harris, I love you more every single day.

Thank you for making the last 10 years, 6 months, and 2 days the very best days of my life.
I can't wait to see what forever holds for us.

A Poem

Happy Two Month Anniversary, Husband! 

For this auspicious occasion, I have written you a haiku:

Two months wedded bliss
So love being your wifey
Here's to forever

I love you!