Celebrating Four Years of Marriage!

This past Thursday, August 5, was our four year anniversary! Neither one of us could believe it had been four years already. In some ways, it seems like it has been longer, and in some ways, it seems much shorter. So much has happened since we got married four years ago - we bought a house, I finished grad school, and of course, we have now added beautiful Gemma to our family!

Last week was a rough week for Cy, so we didn't do much on our actual anniversary. I cooked a type of chicken that Cy likes - it is breaded with crushed-up cornflakes, and we had some macaroni and cheese, green beans, and banana pudding with it. Unfortunately, Cy got stuck at work late, and then when he got home, Gemma was hungry, so we didn't even get to eat our meal at the same time as each other, but it was still yummy. Then Gemma woke us up at 3:30 in the morning that night hungry. But such is life with a three-month old.

We were finally able to really celebrate our special day last night. Frank and Andrea watched Gemma and Cy and I went out to dinner at Oak Steakhouse downtown (our favorite Charleston restaurant). We had our usual delicious 7 oz. filet with gorgonzola cream sauce for me and balsamic barbecue sauce for Cy, along with the family-style sides of mashed potatoes and mac n cheese. We finished off dinner with a towering slab of "Chocolate Indulgence," an amazing six-layer chocolate cake (most of which came home with us in a box). We really enjoyed our evening out, but we were happy to see Gemma again when we got back. We got a halfway decent picture of the three of us last night too.

All in all, it's been an amazing four years! There's been a bit more of the "in sickness" part than we would have hoped, but we wouldn't trade a moment of our time together. Cy said the other day that he hopes for at least 40 more anniversaries together, and I totally agree!