One Year <3

Wow! One year ago today I married my incredible husband. I can remember that morning waking up super early (before 6 AM) because I was too excited to sleep. One question I was asked a lot leading up to that day is "Are you nervous?" and the answer was always "Not at all." I was definitely a young bride (19!), but I knew my life was headed in the right direction by marrying Josh. I couldn't go wrong!

Well, here I am a year later, waking up super early because I'm too excited to sleep. Josh always wakes me up for a minute before he goes to work to say "I love you" and give me a kiss. I always return the favor but it is usually when I am half asleep and barely know what's going on. This morning, I instantly remembered what today was and beat him to the punch by saying "Happy anniversary!" Sleep was a lost cause by that point.

I started thinking about our beautiful wedding day and how lucky I am to be with such an amazing man. The day we got married was perfect. Even the almost-disaster that happened just made the day that much better. I'm sure you're all wondering what I'm talking about so here it is. This is part of a journal entry from last year:

"I met up with Josh, and we went and sat in the most gorgeous
room I had ever seen. Most people say it takes forever in that room while you
sit and wait to get married, but for me, it went really fast. That was mostly
because I couldn't breath in my dress! It has a built in corset that is barely
too tight and with all the extra clothes around my neck, I felt like I couldn't
get enough air. Josh went to ask the lady if there was time to go undo the
corset but she said we only had about 5 minutes to go. I would've had to go back
downstairs, have someone help me unlace my dress, unzip it, undo the latch to
the corset, lace it up again and put everything back on. I was told to just grin
and bear it because we didn't have the time. Our time came and I felt like I was
going to pass out. Josh was really worried. We walked into the sealing room ...
and the sealer started talking and giving advice which I know was beautiful, but
I can't remember any of it because I had to focus the whole time on each breath
I took. Finally, he asked Josh to walk me to one side of the alter, which he did
and then he knelt across from me on the other side. Then a miracle happened. I
could breath! I didn't even have to think about it. It was a perfect moment
where I was sealed to my husband for time and all eternity and he to me. It was
the happiest moment of my life. I couldn't stop smiling and I couldn't believe
it was actually happening. I couldn't have asked for anything better."

Time has just flown by since that day. I guess that's what happens when you're having fun! Happy one year anniversary Josh!