Since last year

HAHA! I don't think I was excited, at all.

It is hard to imagine that this time last year we were finalizing all of the wedding details. It consumed our summer and every ounce of our thoughts.

That was one of my favorite and most nerve-racking times of my life. 

Planning one of the biggest days of my life with my mom by my side were some of the best memories and moments I've had to date. Those moments I will never forget nor take for granted.

The night before the rehearsal I remember so vividly looking at Jeff at our reception hall while I hugged him looking around the room at an almost completely decorated space. Our space. For us. 

I remember us just smiling at each other and just kind of knowing that we were both so proud. Proud of where we were. What was going to happen. Where we would be going. It was a frozen moment for me. One I will just never forget. We were so entirely happy. 

We were surrounded by family who was working their behinds off to make our day special. Friends who were coming in from all over the US. It was just a surreal feeling.

I just wish I could go back to those days before the wedding and our wedding itself. I wish I could capture each of those moments and hold them tight. So tight.

I just can't believe our anniversary is just a few weeks away. I simply cannot even believe it has almost been a year since I took on a new last name. And I am also a little upset that this summer is much more mild than last summer. At least our wedding date had a record for something!

It's crazy to see how we've changed, grown, and stuck by each other's sides through all that life threw at us this first year. 

And it's hard to believe that I love that guy now even more than I did on that day. Even if he does wear about a closet a day, which means 500 loads of laundry a day. ;)