Today is our third wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe it's been three years since we tied the knot.
Josh surprised me Saturday night by taking me to the Saenger Theatre here in New Orleans to see the Broadway play "Memphis." (For all of you who know Josh, this was definitely MY definition of a good date, not his, so I know that he must truly love me. :) Although, if you do a bit of Facebook stalking, you can find pictures of said Joshua Cook in musical theater productions of his own. Yes, it happened.)
At the theater, we asked an older couple if they could take our picture. The lady smiled and asked us if we were newlyweds. I could tell she was really surprised when I said, "No, but we are celebrating our three year anniversary!" I'm sure her asking if we're newlyweds had nothing to do with our youthful appearance but rather was a reflection of how in love we appeared. :)
They say that three years is the cut-off for being "newlyweds." I think that number gets higher the more years that you've been married. A couple married 70 years probably feels they were newlyweds the first 20. I know I am strange for even thinking this, but when
Josh and I first got married, I was upset that our anniversary had to “start over.” On March 19, 2011, we were ten days away from our 4th dating anniversary.
That’s pretty impressive, I’d say. But instead of saying we’d been together for
4 years, all of a sudden we had to say we’d been married “only 1 week,” or “just
6 months,” or “almost 1 year” to which people automatically respond with,
“Aww, newlyweds, how cute!” like we were a "baby" couple. And while yes, married
life is different from dating life, I didn't like feeling like we had somehow regressed as a couple.
All of that to say . . . it is our third anniversary today!
But really it’s almost our seventh. :)
Anyway, enough of my ramblings. Our Christmas "Year in Review" was such a hit, that I thought I might do a little reminiscing by way of photos. I was going to try and choose just one favorite picture from
each of our *ahem* seven year relationship, but sometimes there were just too
many to choose from. So yes, there are more than seven pics. But I thought you
might enjoy this trip down memory lane. If anything, for my sake just to look through all these photos. Josh says I do love to be nostalgic . .
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September, 2006. The night we met, jumping off of a bridge, at the Mercer BCM Freshmen Retreat.
It was "like at first sight" for both of us. :) |
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| October, 2006. One of our first photo together, at lunch with friends - the beginning of our unofficial relationship. |
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December, 2006. Then for a little while, Josh tried to deny his feelings for me,
but this was the night he came to his senses and realized we should be together. :) |
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| October, 2007. Bears Byah! at Mercer basketball games |
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| December, 2007. Sophomore Year Snowball Dance |
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| December, 2007. Wuv, twu wuv. |
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| February, 2008. Wesley Foundation's Mr. Wesley Pageant - Josh's jokes (and good looks, of course) stole the show! |
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April, 2008. One of my favorite dates - Josh rented Bear Bikes and we biked around Macon,
stopping for lunch along the way. |
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July, 2008. Summer after Sophomore year I spent in San Diego working with a youth group.
Josh came to visit me, and I took him to one of my favorite beaches, Coronado. |
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| October, 2008. Josh and I went to Arts on Riverdale and listened to live jazz. Perfect weather and perfect date. |
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December, 2008. I went with Josh's family to a wedding in Memphis.
This is us crying at the eternal flame at Elvis's grave. (One of my favorite pics of us.) |
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| December, 2008. Annual Christmas Date at the Christmas tree in Centennial Olympic Park |
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April, 2009. We went with friends to Savannah for my 21st birthday.
As you can see by my Elmo kite, we were partying hard. |
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| November, 2009. Go Bears! |
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| May, 2010. We did it . . . Mercer alums. |
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| September, 2010. We're engaged! |
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| Engagement photo fun! |
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| And more engagement photos . . . |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Cook |
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| Another good one . . . |
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| March 19, 2011. We're married! |
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| February, 2013. Gotta have the classic Cafe du Monde powdered sugar photo. |
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June, 2013. Vintage Church Marriage Retreat
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| December, 2013. Cook family photo session. |
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| March, 2014. Mardi Gras! |
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| March, 2014. Happy 3rd anniversary to us! |
Happy anniversary, babe! You make me a better person, and I can't imagine my life without you. I'm privileged to have you help me get over my Peter Pan complex and grow old together. :) Love you!
