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I am writing a book for our one year wedding anniversary. I write about our week each week as newlyweds. My husband has not read anything yet... but he will on January 22, 2015!
Monday, March 31, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Week Nine
This
week has been exciting! You got the groundskeeper position that you wanted!
This means that we get to move into our new apartment this week! My next few days
will be spent packing while you’re at work. Then we’ll move. Then we’ll unpack.
Then I will tackle our enormous laundry mountain because we will have a WASHER
& DRYER in our new place! Yay! This job couldn’t have come at a better
time. This will be the first place we’ve moved to since we’ve gotten married. I
am excited to decorate and make our new place feel like home. Even though we’re
only moving fifteen minutes away from where we currently are (and in the same
city), it feels like a new start. I’m happy that we’ll get to make new memories
there. Every day I realize more and more that you’re my best friend. You’re the
one that I want to tell everything to and experience everything with. That’s a best friend. In my head I used
to make fun of the people that say corny things like “I married my best
friend”. But as it turns out, I think I really married mine. And that feels
pretty sweet.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Week Eight
This past
week we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a party at home with friends. We had
a great time playing charades. You were awesome! It really meant a lot to me
that you not only participated but gave it 100%. You seriously make me laugh
every day. You even tried all of the Irish food despite you not being really
big on trying new foods. That made me feel good too. So many little things you
do go such a long way. I really hope that we have more get-togethers like that.
You and the guys also went on your annual pilgrimage to see Children of Bodom. I’m
so glad that you got to go but I missed you like crazy. I miss you so intensely
when you’re away. I was so happy when you got back. Things just aren’t as
entertaining without you here. We’re eight weeks into our marriage and I’m
feeling very hopeful. I’m imagining what our future looks like: what careers we’ll
have, where we’ll live, the trips we’ll take, the friends we’ll make. When I
used to think about what I wanted in my future husband, I knew that I wanted
someone smart, witty, funny, a lover of music (and a bonus if they could
sing!), someone who was handsome and a great lover. You are all of those
things. I am so thankful for you every day. As lame as it might sound, I swear
I wished for you.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
Week Seven
Let’s
be real: sometimes I want to wring your neck. Sometimes I’m sure you have less than
pleasant thoughts about me. However, those times are few and far-between. Most
of the time you make it incredibly easy for me to love you. The times that I
know I love you the most are probably when it’s the most difficult to love you
as a person. We both learn things about each other every day. We’re both still
figuring out how this healthy relationship thing works. We are still learning
how each other tick and what ticks us off. We’re both growing as people and as
a couple. What I do know is that there is no one else that I would rather have
as my partner. I want to see us both reach our full potential and really work
toward achieving goals/dreams. You are meant for great things, Matt. I know it.
I can feel it. You are so much more than you’ve ever thought you were. Truth be
told, we’ve both been in a mid-twenties funk lately and we really need to get
out of it. I know that once we really start making some things fall into place
we’ll be able to stress out a little less. Whether we’re in a mansion or a
cardboard box, I want to be there with you…. But I’d prefer a mansion…. or a
Craftsman or Victorian (ya know, whatever). This week has showed me that while
we still have things to work on (as all people do), progress can be made. I
love each sweet look you give me, the way your face looks and your voice sounds
when you tell me you love me, the way we can’t kiss each other just once, and
sleeping beside you each night. Most of all, I think I love the comfortable
sweetness of knowing that you’re all mine and I’m all yours.
Friday, March 7, 2014
Week Six
You
had an interview for a new job today that you really want and I hope you get. I
hope we both find jobs we like soon. We also went to our friend’s house and
held her adorable newborn daughter. (This did not help my baby fever at all!)
We’ve been around A LOT of babies lately. It’s ridiculous. I know that when the
time is right we’ll have a little one.
I want
us to hurry up and be successful so we don’t have to stress out so much for the
rest of our lives. I want a house and money to actually be able to do the
things we want. I know one day I will think about how things are now: our one
bedroom apartment, the million cats that live outside, our one car (White
Zombie), our lack of a washer & dryer and the pain in the ass it is to not
have them, our less than plentiful wardrobes, and the stress of our finances. The
one thing that I would not change is the love we have for each other. I know
that no matter how mad I get at you, I am still uncontrollably, unwaveringly,
in love with you. –And I know without a shadow of a doubt that you love me to.
I hope that we never stop saying “I love you” as much as we do. I hope we never
stop giving as many kisses or hugs as we do. Six weeks in and I am still 100%
positive that you were the person I was supposed to marry and that feels pretty
awesome.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Week Five
We’re
five weeks in and I still love you every single day--- even the ones that you
make me mad. I visited a friend and felt her stomach as her baby moved inside
her today. It brought tears to my eyes and made me realize how much I want to
feel that feeling. We’re not trying to have a kid. I know it’s not the right
time in many ways. But I do like thinking about the possibility of one day having
a kid with you---- a little Smith. Even though I have baby fever at the moment,
I’m thoroughly enjoying my time with you while it’s just us. I know that there
will come a time when we’ll wish for this time--- when between feedings and
changings and the picking up of many colorful toys we’ll wish for a moment that
we could have time for ourselves and sleep in. Right now though, I’m imagining
our lives then. Every time I see you with a kid it makes me weak. You would be
an amazing dad. I know it. I can feel it. There’s no one else on this earth
that I know would be a better loving, protective, playful, awesome, father. One
day it’ll be our turn to join that other side of adulthood like so many of our
other friends have. For now, I’m happy to just be able to sit with you on our
couch and watch countless episodes of our favorite shows on Netflix and curl up
with you at night. I love being your wife every day. It always feels new and
exciting and yet comfortable like this is just how it was supposed to be.
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Week Four
It’s
been four weeks! Yay! It’s weird because it seems like such a short amount of
time and yet it feels like we’ve been together forever. This week we’ve talked
about ideas and goals. I want so much for us to achieve everything we want to. I
have so much faith in you, so much hope for you, and so much love. I know that
sometimes life gets stressful, but I feel so much better knowing that I have
you.
Week Three
We’re
in the middle of the “snowpacalypse” right now. Today it was great to see you
play in the snow. You looked like a kid again. It kind of makes me want to move
somewhere where it snows more during the winter just so I can see that huge
grin of yours when you play in it.
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