Four Years!!!

 Happy Anniversary Mike! I can't believe its already been 4 years but it has definitely been the best 4 years ever!!

 Someday Mike and I may be able to celebrate our anniversary on the actual day but at least one of us has been in school each year since we got married or it was on a Sunday so we usually have to push it to another day. This year the month of March was crazy since Mike was in school and had board exams and finals right around March 25th. This meant we were both extremely stressed right around our anniversary. So we decided to wait until the 29th to do our celebrating because Mike would be completely done with the quarter and so we would both be much more relaxed.

We planned a full day in Greenville and I was so excited about it. The day was going to be full of shopping, registering, movies and yummy food. We were so excited to kind of get out of town and just spend the day relaxing and having fun that a forecast of rain couldn't even ruin our day.

We have been needing to do our baby registries so we decided to start at Target and do that one first. I forgot how much fun it is to create one! We loved just wandering the store and picking out fun stuff for our little guy :)

The other part of our plan to celebrate our 4 years was to go see a movie. We haven't been to a movie in a while and our first plan was to go see the new movie Noah. Then we heard such terrible things about it that we decided to go see Divergent instead. I had read the book so I was really excited to see it and for Mike to see it!

We LOVED the movie!! Honestly, I thought it was excellent and really kept me engaged. I love the story and the message it gives. I thought the acting was great too. I would strongly recommend this movie.

Such good food! Happy Anniversary sweetie!

Dinner was an interesting experience. Our original plan was to go to Ruby Tuesday because we had such a good experience there on Valentine's Day. When we got there it was about 6:55 and they weren't too busy. Lots of people were inside but we didn't have to wait to be seated. So we went and sat down and the hostess got us our water and then said our waiter would be right with us. So we sat and looked at our menu's and decided on our food. Then we waited and we waited and we waited. Before we knew it, it was 7:20 and still no one had come to our table. So it had now been 25 minutes or so and I looked at Mike and said "let's go". So we stood up and walked out of the restaurant. Honestly, I was so annoyed about it. I mean it would be one thing if we had been waiting for food but no one even came to introduce themselves or take our order.

So instead we went to Red Robin. It was super busy when we got there. We had to wait about 15 minutes to be seated but once we were the waitress came right to our table and began to serve us-shocking I know. Then we proceeded to have a lovely dinner of great food and great company :) It ended up being a great dinner. Our waitress even took a picture of us.

No anniversary celebration would be complete though without something sweet and terrible for you but oh so delicious, so we headed to Coldstone! I seriously love the ice cream here so much that we only come here on special occasions because if I not then I would go way too much :) I had my traditional cheesecake ice cream that I always look forwards to getting but I added a brownie and nuts and whip cream this time and oh boy I was in heaven :) It was the perfect ending to a wonderful day!

I can't believe Mike and I have already been married 4 years. I know that may not seem like a lot to most people but I think its amazing. Sometimes it seems like we got married yesterday and sometimes I feel like we've always been together. We've had our ups and downs and its not always easy but its so worth it! I think this past year with all our fertility struggles and my anxiety during pregnancy has really strengthened our marriage. I'm grateful our family is growing but I'm also grateful to have had the past 4 years to learn and grow as husband and wife and enjoy that time together :) I love him so much! He is seriously the best husband (I know everyone says that but its true) and is so patient with me. He treats me better than I deserve and is honestly willing to do anything for me. I've been especially difficult lately (I'm not a very nice pregnant woman and I'm super emotional and anxious) and he has handled it so well and I'm so grateful for that. (I think if the roles were reversed I would've run away by now haha) I know that neither of us is perfect but I feel like we are perfect for each other and help to bring out the best in each other. I can't wait to see him with our little boy! I know he is going to be a wonderful dad :) I love you Mike!