Wow, it’s been a busy couple of days! How was your Memorial
Day weekend? We really relished being back in the States for this patriotic
holiday this year. Memorial Day is made extra special by the fact that we got
married over Memorial Day weekend *6 years* ago.
Yep, we celebrated 6 years of
marriage on Saturday. I guess that means
we are officially out of the newlywed stage (as if the baby didn’t usher us out
of that phase 7 months ago). Jonathan and I love to travel and have spent most
of our anniversaries out exploring.
This year was understandably low key, but
we did mark the occasion by hiring a babysitter so that we could go out to
dinner. Our first date since moving to San Ramon! Jonathan asked what kind of
food I wanted so that he could make a reservation and my response was ‘wine!’. A
friend recommended a place in nearby Danville called Esin and it was superb.
We
started with a cheese plate and a Pinot Noir wine flight (3 glass sampler). We
each choose our favorite Pinot from the taster to go with our meals.
Jon got
yummy salmon and I got Phyllo wrapped chicken stuffed with spinach and goat
cheese.
It was D-licious. Esin is known for its freshly baked desserts and the
chocolate brownie we got was surely made in heaven.
It was definitely a great night out with the
hubs and felt so nice to get dolled up and leave the baby behind for a change.
Forest was asleep by the time the babysitter got to our house and she swears he
remained silent the whole time we were gone, so hopefully she’ll agree to
babysit for us again sometime. When your baby has a 6:40 bedtime, it’s a bit
hard to go out to dinner, so sitters are a must, especially when you don’t have
grandparents nearby!
I haven’t had much time to reflect on our 6th year
of marriage because it’s been sort of overshadowed by our first 7 months of
parenthood. Oh, and an international move. Yep, year 6 was quite an epic one
for us. It started with feeling my baby kick for the first time on our 5th
anniversary and ended with hiring a sitter to watch that little tummy kicker so
that mommy and daddy could go out for a nice meal. Yep, this year we went from
simply being husband and wife to being daddy and mommy, and what a huge, gigantic,
tumultuous transformation that was!
It feels a bit like crossing the wake while
water skiing. You get bored with the comfy ride behind the boat and anxiously
point your skis for the wave. You head over full force, almost losing your
balance in the process. You wobble and panic about the impending fall. You
worry you might never recover. But then slowly, you start to find your balance
again. Of course, the water outside the wake will never be as smooth as that
comfortable space behind the boat and as soon as we get cozy and secure in our
new roles, parenthood throws us a few obstacles to keep up fumbling to stay
afloat (teething is THE DEVIL).
But I
feel like we are starting to adjust to the new normal and are able to put
energy back into our relationship again rather than just trudging like zombies
through life:)
Hopefully year 7 will be a little less exciting than year 6, but I’m sure we’ll
have our share of adventures before our next anniversary rolls around.
Here is a post I wrote on our 4th anniversary, and it’s still relevant. Basically:
I’m still pretty glad I married the guy.
Happy anniversary JonJon (aka Dada). Thanks
for being an amazing husband as well as an amazing father! Forest and I really
won the lottery when we got stuck with you;)
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