Our First Anniversary

He made me smile the first time he said my name. I turned around to say hello and he opened his jacket to reveal a Winnipeg Blue Bomber jersey. It was November 2007 and the Grey Cup was about to feature a match up of his team vs my team. Flashing his jersey was his way of bragging that his team was going to win.

They lost. And the jersey still makes me smile when I think about the very first time we spoke.

We became friends a few weeks later when a co-worker and I called to invite him for drinks. He was sleeping and I bluntly told him that we were still in our work clothes and we fully expected him to dress up. He did. And he paid for the bill.

I was shy when I met his sister and her boyfriend for the first time. They told him that I wasn't the type of girl he should be friends with... I was the type of girl he should be dating.

Our friendship turned into a relationship when I told him I loved him in a card. I'd asked him not to read it until he left and I cried at the door because I should have said it in person. I had butterflies the moment I heard the knock at my door. He came back to kiss me and to say that he felt the same. The card still sits in his night stand today.

I was excited when he told me he wanted to have a baby. It was a big step, but he knew he was ready. I'd watched him play with our nieces and nephews and I knew it was the right move.

I was 8 months pregnant when he proposed. He found me sitting in our new baby's room when he knelt down to talk to me. His words were perfect and I cried as he slipped the ring on my finger (a perfect fit) and asked me to be his wife.

Our family and friends cheered at our wedding when we announced that baby number two was on his way. It was a day of celebration that ended with my happiness to finally share his last name. Alone in our hotel at night, we read each other the vows we wrote. They were personal, honest and meant only for each other.

I continue to fall in love with him everyday. It's the way he walks into a room. It's the way his arm drapes over me when he sleeps. It's the way he plays with Mya and makes Jasper giggle. And it's the way he still looks at me... With the eyes that made me fall in love with him in the first place. I could never have imagined that when I heard him say my name six years ago that it would have led me here.

Last week we celebrated our first wedding anniversary. We opened a bottle of our wedding wine (we saved 12 of them for special occasions) and talked about all that we've been through since we first met. Happy Anniversary Roger - I love you and I can't wait to open another bottle next year.

xoxo
Melanie