Year Five - Wood

*So now begins the anniversary posts that I didn't write ahead of time, so I might not getting them up daily...gee...wonder why...

We had a wonderful fifth year of marriage, still living in our townhome. Our first baby was growing quickly and I used the opportunity to get involved in some activities again. I became a cottage group leader at a local MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) and began teaching 1st-3rd grade bible class on Wednesday night at our church.

In January of that year we learned that we were expecting another child! YIPPEE!

We took K on her first trip to the beach for Mother's Day weekend. We rented a place at Bethany Beach and had a wonderful time, though it was too cool for getting in the water.


The fifth anniversary is the Wood Year. We invested in an entertainment center that I just love. It is antiqued black and has lots of storage. Here it is pictured at our town home where it worked perfectly. It's a bit larger than what I would have picked for our current house, but I still love it.

I bought Eric a wood picture frame and had an engraved silver piece put on the front that said, "Five Years". He keeps it on his desk at work with a picture of us in it. Eric bought a Willow Tree Angel figurine for me. I love these figurines and he purchased the "Sign for Love" one for our anniversary.

We spent our actual anniversary date having dinner at a very nice local restaurant, The Candlelight Inn. That night we watched the movie, The Secret Window. It was a great movie, starring Johnny Depp.

In the summer, we took a three night trip to Raleigh, North Carolina. The trip served a two-fold purpose. We were seriously considering a move down south at the time and wanted to look at neighborhoods and homes.

On the first night, we stayed with some close friends who gave us a tour of the area the next day. Then we headed to a bed and breakfast a bit further out of town for the next two nights. We explored the area and homes outside of town the next day, then caught a movie, "The Bourne Supremacy" at the movie theater.

*I have to insert here that on our trip to the "nice South", we met the rudest people we have ever encountered on a regular basis. At the movie theater, the line for this particular movie was down the hall and around the corner and we were stuck waiting. I was about 8 months pregnant and sat down on a bench that was against the wall.

The line moved forward about 2 feet and the woman behind me began giving me looks. Finally, she walked around us and got in front of us. (a GROWN woman here folks...in her 40's or 50's) I stood up and explained that the line was behind us. She commented that I hadn't moved forward and so she was going around me, you know...to fill in that 2 foot gap. I pointed out that I was resting because I was pregnant and she needed to go back in line.

OH MY GOODNESS. Let's just say that she was not happy with me and it was quite ridiculous. But, if you know my personality then you can be quite confident that I did in fact win and she did in fact move back.

And that is only ONE of the rude people we encountered, so I have to say it is a myth that southern folks are nicer...

While there we met up with a friend of my hubby's from college and had dinner with her and her fiance. Sadly, we were going to miss their wedding so we were able to catch up at Olive Garden that night!

On our final day, we enjoyed lunch with friends at Sweet Tomatoes. We don't have this restaurant in the north and it was a nice treat. I love salads, so it was right up my alley. It really doesn't stand out in my husband's mind as a favorite. But the time to catch up with friends was great.

The long weekend was such a treat! We had such a great time relaxing and just doing whatever we felt like doing. We had only been parents for just under two years, so the memory of spur of the moment plans was still fresh in our minds. It was nice to relive it for awhile.