Almost 2 Years of Marriage

As Cyrus and I do not celebrate Valentine's Day, I'd rather post about another day in February close to our hearts. On a very cold and blustery day in February almost two years ago, Cyrus (DH) and I exchanged vows in front of our families and a few friends. It's hard to believe that around five and a half years ago we started dating, and here we are now; married for almost two years with a beautiful baby boy.

This is the story of us...

It's funny, but us dating really started off in a bit of a weird way. I had just gotten out of a relationship a few weeks earlier, and Cyrus had been single for about eight years. I was only 18 years old, and Cyrus was already about to turn 27. We both realized after an anime convention that we attended with friends at the end of August 2008 that we kind of liked each other, and after three nights of talking over MSN until 3 o'clock in the morning, on August 28, 2008, we decided to just give it a go. Cyrus needed a girlfriend and I needed a rebound... Why not? What's the worst that could happen?

One of the first photos of us together as a couple. This was at my first Donison/Fowler/Jaggard Thanksgiving.

On our first date, we realized that we were actually a good fit for each other -- neither of us wanted the date to end! And so began our relationship...

On our one-year dating anniversary, Cyrus proposed. I knew that it was coming, but he still managed to surprise me. Of course, I said yes!

The ring! I was able to pick it out. I am no longer able to wear it, unfortunately, but maybe someday I'll get it re-sized and soldered to my wedding band.

One of our engagement photos.

We started our long engagement. Both of us were still in university at that point, and did not feel a need to rush into a wedding that we, frankly, could not afford at that time. We decided to wait so that we could have the wedding that we wanted.

Two years together and one year of engagement anniversary, August 28, 2010.

We enjoyed the time of being engaged until we decided to finally set a date. February 25, 2012 was to be our wedding day. At the time that we decided, it was still a year and a half away. Boy, how that time flew. Before we knew it, we had come up to our wedding day!

The day had arrived -- our wedding day. We decided to be traditional and not see each other until we were at the altar.

It was a very cold day. The temperature hovered around zero degrees celsius while we were having our photos done.

Our wedding party, from left to right: Scott, Hung, Craig, Julia, Jessica, Gillian, Crystal Ann, and Kaitlyn.

It was also super windy!

Really. I mean it.

VERY windy!

 

The dance floor was busy right up until we decided to wind it down for the night.

Quite the party was had.

It truly was the best wedding we could have hoped for; even with all the little quirks:

• Before photos, our first stop with the bridal party in the limo was the liquor store for vodka and champagne. Yes, our bridal party went into the liquor store all dressed up (Cyrus and I stayed in the limo, though). We were even treated to a hobo in a wheelchair coming up to the limo to congratulate us!
• Most of us got a little tipsy in the limo, especially my middle sister. Cy's cousin just kept on offering to fill her glass! I will say, though, it probably helped us to ignore how cold it was outside for the photos.
• Our bridal party took off somewhere else while we were taking photos of just Cyrus and I at Q.E. park, leaving us with the photographers in the freezing cold while we waited for them to come back with the limo.
• Scott, Cyrus' cousin, had the best scone of his life that day, apparently. If you ask him what he remembers from that day, he'll fondly recall that amazing pastry.
• Cyrus' sister's speech was one to remember!
• We were the last ones to leave the wedding hall that night. Even though we had a long drive back to our hotel in Cloverdale, Cyrus insisted on making sure that everything was okay and all cleaned up before we left.
• We hit every red light all the way back to our hotel, which we arrived at about 2AM and we had to be up the next morning at 7AM to return Cy's brother-in-law's car before a planned breakfast with family.

A month after our wedding, Cyrus' grandmother had a fall and was hospitalized. Cyrus' second cousin passed away a few days later. A few months later, we both found ourselves laid off from our jobs and moving out to Calgary, away from the city we both knew and grew up in. Not long after then, my grandmother passed away. That same weekend, it was discovered that my sister's boyfriend's brother had passed away. It was a stressful and painful first year of marriage.

Then, just two weeks before our first anniversary, we found out that we were expecting! We spent the next nine months excitedly awaiting the arrival of our darling not-so-little boy.

Me, at only 30 weeks, at Edgar's baby shower.

Edgar, only a few days old.

Edgar today, at 3 months and 8 days old.

The past year has just flown by; the second year of marriage has been, by far, much easier and more uneventful than our first. I look forward to seeing what the next years bring!