Day 6

There you have it.  We've been married 6 whole days and we couldn't be happier.

Yesterday was a big day for us.  We are no longer preventing pregnancy via artificial birth control.  Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves... we aren't TRYING for pregnancy, we just aren't actively preventing it.  When we took our vows together, we agreed we will freely welcome children as God gives them to us. I wasn't sure this was a place Joe & I would ever be, and here we are.  :)

Last night I also learned Joe is also a much "softer" man than I had thought.  We had both been in agreement that things wouldn't change after we were married.  After all, we'd always been told nothing would.  We feel that was very incorrect.  We DO feel different!  I feel my love for Joe is much stronger than before.  I think he'd say the same about me.  Last night as we were laying in bed having our pillow chat he turned and said to me, "It's like you hold a very special place in my heart now.  A space I didn't even know was there, but you have it now."

Who would have thought this blog would only be about Joe and I?  Of course it isn't...  There's our lovely little man, Whitaker, too.  Today we were early risers as he had another modeling job with Kohl's.  He was the intended back-up kid, but after giving the first kid a chance, they chose Whitaker hands down (they got him dressed, hair, makeup and the shot in under 15 minutes).  This was followed by a lunch date with Grandpa.  It was very exciting to be able to prick Grandpa up from work!

Tonight is another very big step for our family.  We pick up the keys to our rental house in Eagle.  We do have that extra bedroom now ;)

With Love,

Missy C.

We're Married!!!

That's right, folks. Joe and I are finally Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Carmichael after 5 long years!!!  We couldn't be happier :)   Join us on our journey through our first year of marriage as I make things public - the happy, the sad, the stuggles, but most importantly - the FUN. 

I'll admit, Joe was a little shocked when I told him, "I already have your 1st anniversary gift planned!"   I think I read somewhere that the 1st anniversary gift should be paper, right?  Well, I plan to publish this blog into a book to present to Joe for our anniversary.  Thus, my goal will be to keep this blog a secret from him.  Shhhh...

The next goal of mine will be to try and learn one new thing, or fact, about Joe each week and publish it here.  The first is that he's a grammar and punctuation whore.  I know the first thing he'll do as he's reading the blog is to correct all of my grammar, wording, and spelling errors as he reads through it :)

That's all for now.  Be back soon for more updates, but I knew I just needed to get this started or I never would!!!

Love,

The new Mrs. Carmichael