I Love Me Some Nate...

Yes it's true,

Nate and I "celebrated" our 6 year anniversary not long ago. Since we had just returned home from our summer vacay, we hadn't planned much of anything. Nate (surprisingly) got a baby sitter for a few hours (Thank you Layton's) while we grabbed a bite to eat and unexpectedly took his macbook to Apple, where we learned his hard drive had failed. Lucky us, warranty wasn't up for 13 more days! We then actually celebrated a few nights later (thanks Skanchy fam!), truthfully I don't remember what we did... that's how exciting anniversaries get the longer you are married. But in all honesty it was just as I would have wished. Low key dates with my man.

I thoroughly enjoyed this past summer, but at the same time it was probably the worst summer I have ever had. I spent two months at my in laws house, not that I don't love them or enjoy being there. I do, however it's a little hard to live out of a suit case, in someone else's house, borrowing their car for two long months, where one of those months is without my better half. I had a lot of "me thinking" time, free time to let my mind wonder, time to gather my thoughts and compose myself. I had a lot of conversations in my head.

I think the combination of small stresses, my aunts death and how I "dealt" with that, along with being away from my home and my husband kind of put me in a rut. I started feeling extreme and weird so to say, that's probably not even the word I would use... and then determined I was having a mid life crisis, if thats the case I will only be living until I am 54-ish. Sad. Anyhow I started prioritizing things. My kids, my family, my hopes, aspirations, dreams, needs and wants.

As I was doing this I realized that I would be nowhere without Nate. I mean I guess I would be somewhere but just not here. You go through life planning all these events, hoping you'll marry Mr. Right, have 10 kids and live in a great house in a wonderful neighborhood. You are hoping for things you, can control, sort of. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of time and a lot of emotion but you can get there. However getting there is complicated if you don't have the right tools. Prior to marrying Nate, I never would have thought I would be where I am now. I imagined I would be married and have kids, but I never thought I would be as satisfied as I am. And all of this would be thanks to Nate, obviously with without him I wouldn't have a great husband and two little rambunctious kids.

He has provided and worked so hard for me which has resulted in our family. He has helped me get to that point in life that I dreamed of. Sure we have ups and downs but we always come out on top and it's thanks to his hard work and determination to make things better. He's an awesome and fun loving dad, the kids can't wait for him to get home and play and he's a great husband. I am one lucky girl to have him in my life! I love me some Nate!