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August 5th marked 7 years as married folks and September will be 13 years in this best friendship. The pics have become a lot less polished lately, and so have we 🥴. Having a baby will put your relationship to the test. First you move through the world in a fatigue soaked zombie state that is fortunately balanced by a gentle haze of euphoria because the newborn stage is oh so cuddly and sweet. Basically you’re hella tired, but you probably still love each other because you made a sweet needy lil human together and it blows your mind to see you/your partners face on a tiny body 😆. Now the toddler stage...ooh weee. You’re dealing with legit human poops, tantrums over things like broken cookies, cookies that aren’t broken enough, red shorts that aren’t green, and shoes that need to be tighter and looser at the same time. Toddler logic will test you 😩 and I have to say...there are many days I want to have a full out trial to determine who has the right to be more tired, myself or my husband.
While this stage is super challenging, it’s also so much fun to step into this new wave of parenting together. Biting our tongues so we don’t say inappropriate things our son may repeat at school ....looking at each other trying not to laugh when one of us has to be the disciplinarian so he learns that poking someone in the eye is not acceptable 🥴...the list goes on. As the time grows, it gets better, it gets different, it gets challenging, and it gets better again. We’ve been together long enough to see each other physically aging now and it’s actually more entertaining than I could ever imagine. He sees me pluck my sporadic chin hairs and I see him mumble over ingrown toenails....if that isn’t love....🤷🏽‍♀️ My guy doesn’t have Instagram so I’m posting for myself, but also for anyone out there in a long distance relationship that needs a little encouragement that it can work out in the end. Love waits if you can trust it. Patience isn’t easy but I’ve come to learn that it’s one of the most crucial attributes for a healthy relationship. Learning the act of patience early on, helped me to be a better wife and mother. We were apart for 4 years in the beginning..( cont’d below )