Happy 366 Days!

Well, I guess our first anniversay is extra special. While most people only have to wait 365 days for thier first anniversary, we had to make it one extra day thanks to Leap Year. But lo and behold, we made it. We were really sweating that one extra day. :)
Today is our very first wedding anniversary. Aside from being really cool that we have a wedding anniversary now it's very convenient because for years we've had all sorts of random anniversaries - our first anniversary (1996), our getting back together anniversary (2004), me moving to STL anniversary (2004), our engaged anniversary (2005), etc. Now we just have to worry about one. That's just cool. It's sort of a symbol of taking all those years and all those special days and all of a sudden wrapping them up into one big package - our wedding anniversary.
Cody and I are pretty laid back about celebrating things like our anniversary, birthdays, etc. We really make an effort to make every day a celebration, so we don't want to blow those "special" days out of proportion and make the rest of the year somehow less special or important - plus we're just laid back folks. But today we really wanted to take in the first anniversary and how cool and really special it was. So we went out to dinner and had a really good time hanging out with each other (we spent most of the day moving furniture and pulling up carpet tack strips for the floor people to come put in new wood - great bonding time). I was so touched by the people who called, emailed or wrote to wish us a happy 1st - I didn't think anyone would remember except for us! It really made us both feel so blessed to not only have each other but also those around us to share this with. While the wedding planning was not the most fun part of any of our lives, the wedding was priceless and the memories we have with our friends and family are totally irreplaceable.
Since we've had so many "special" days and anniversaries over our years together I didn't really expect to feel that much different about today, but it really is so much more special then I would have expected. We got to chat about our zillion years together and how things have come together for us where we are now and all our thoughts on the past, our present and our future. While what we do with our lives certainly wouldn't work for everyone or every relationship, I really think what we do works so well for us and I'm so happy we've had the time together to develop our lives into a place where we are both happy and comfortable. It's certainly taken a lot of trial and error and a lot of experimenting on what works and what doesn't work for us but we both are really enjoying where we are right now and are just blessed that things have turned out the way they have.
So, happy 1st anniversary Babe. As we've said so many times before, only 99 to go! You really do mean the world to me and there's not anyone else in this entire world that could ever even come close to making me as happy as you do. We really got it right this time and I am so thankful every day I get to spend my life with you. You rock!