Monday, September 21, 2009

There is no life without love. Not one worth having anyway :)


First of all, I want to thank all of you for your wishes and sweet congrats! You all are so thoughtful and it warms my heart :)

Hubs and I had a GREAT weekend full of anniversary bliss! I cannot even begin to describe how nice it was to have an entire weekend dedicated to us. I think probably for the first time ever we turned off our cell phones for the whole weekend, and it was so refreshing and relaxing!

We kicked off the weekend on Saturday by opening gifts at home. And since the traditional first year gifts are supposed to be ‘paper’ we both took this theme and got a little creative.


Hubs, in fact, got very creative. He had our favorite wedding picture blown up on a canvas and oil painted. I was so impressed; I immediately became very emotional and started crying. My husband knows how much I love pictures, and this gift is perfect. Thank you babe for putting so much thought and effort into this- It means the world to me.

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For my gift, I designed and gave Matt a book that chronologically details our first year of marriage. I included all of our favorite pictures from this past year. I really like how it turned out! And he definitely loved it. He even mentioned it being a great thing that we could pass down to our kids and grandkids.

And since I am a silly girl, I also wanted to give him a silly little gift! So, I made hubs a ‘Husband of the Year’ award. And let me tell you, he got such a kick after opening this gift. I think he laughed hysterically for about 10 minutes.


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After exchanging gifts, we headed to Ocean Club for dinner. We had a blast just chatting and reminiscing about the past year. Not to mention that this restaurant has the best crab cakes in town. Yumm!

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Sunday morning we woke up pretty early and headed to the winery! I was so excited to go; I got ready in record time. It’s never too early to drink wine.

The winery we went to is just gorgeous. We sampled around 25 wines, and bought a full case had a great time wine-ing down:)



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And after all this celebrating, there was just one event left to make our anniversary complete… year-old cake eating! We ate the top layer of our wedding cake that we had kept frozen, and surprisingly at actually tasted, dare I say, pretty good (and I am still alive today to prove it.)

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So I have to say, it was a wonderful weekend and a really fun first anniversary. The perfect way to kick off our second (wow) year of marriage!

39 comments:

  1. you guys are so cute! Happy belated 1st Anniversary Ana and Matt!

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  2. Sounds like a BEAUTIFUL 1st anniversary weekend :) I love what your husband got you- so very thoughful! And of course your gift for him was amazing! :)

    You look gorgeous on all of your photos!! :)

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  3. HOW FUN!! Beautiful Couple and beautiful pictures!!
    Congrats on 1 year, and many more to come!!

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  4. Happy one year! Sounds like a most wonderful weekend!

    We also thought out cake topper tasted really good a year later!

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  5. That painting is beautiful!! And your book, such a great idea. Looks like a great time. Your yellow dress is SO cute!!

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  6. girl you looked gorgeous all weekend! Love the dresses. That oil painting is to die for and the photobook is so thoughtful!

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  7. Wow sounds like a wonderful weekend! I love the thoughtful paper gifts you got each other. The Mr. and I thought about doing those but we got stressed out thinking about it so we scratched the idea. Now I wish we would've stuck with it! Love all the pictures, thanks for sharing.

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  8. GORGEOUS wedding picture!! I love that gift :) You two are so cute! It sounds like an amazing first anniversary!

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  9. You guys are too cute!! I love both of your dresses you wore. And that gift he got?! Amazing!! Yours was pretty awesome too! Glad you both had such an amazing weekend!

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  10. OMG first of all - cutest present ever! i love that painting he got you. what a keeper! and the award you made him is so precious! and all im going ot say is girl i want your hair!

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  11. What a great weekend! Congrats again!

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  12. Wow! It sounds like you had an amazing weekend! The oil painting is beautiful! If you don't mind me asking, did you make the Husband of the Year award? I really like how it had the Columbus Dispatch at the top, so I didn't know if you made it or had it made. Just curious! Thanks and Congrats!!

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  13. Congratulations! Beautiful pictures and what creative gift ideas!

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  14. Darling photos and such thoughtful gifts too! Glad you had a lovely weekend.

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  15. Just came across your blog, and it seems like its nothing short of fabulous! =) Happy Belated Anniversary.

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  16. You looked adorable in all of your pictures! Congratulations again!

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  17. SO glad you both had a wonderful weekend! And you are beautiful in those photos!

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  18. What an awesome gift from your hubby!!! You look gorgeous in those photos! Glad to know the weekend turned out to be all you wanted it to be!

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  19. GIRL you look adorable! I love that picture on the canvas! PERFECT, what a great hubby!!!

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  20. The canvas painting was such a wonderful gift and it looks great! You're book was such an incredible gift idea also. And, I love both of the dresses you are wearing!! Super cute!

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  21. Loved the canvas painting! We want to do something similar, just haven't picked out the picture we like best. GREAT gift, kuddos to your hubby. You looked super cute all weekend, loving that yellow dress!!

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  22. That painting is stunning! You both looked great. Congrats again on your one year! :)

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  23. You and your hubby are such a gorgeous couple. I hope my first anniversary is as great as yours...I think that requires getting first (LOL).

    Congrats!

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  24. What a sweet anniversary present from your hubs!!
    You look great in the pics and I love both of your dresses!!!
    Glad you have a great 1 year anniversary!!

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  25. That yellow dress is too cute on you and LOVE the canvas gift!

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  26. Where in the world did you get the kick-a$$ yellow dress? Please share!

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  27. You looked gorgeous! I love your gifts, so cute. Where did you get that yellow dress?! SO CUTE!

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  28. You are so beautiful -- do tell how you do your hair like that! I was to chicken to save the cake so our baker will be making a duplicate for us :)

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  29. Congrats! And that yellow dress you are wearing is adorable!

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  30. Congrats, it sounds and looks like a wonderful anniversary...I love the gifts you both gave to each other! :)

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  31. I can't believe that is a painting, it is unbelievable! You picked a winner of a hubs for sure!

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  32. You both look happy and great...Happy Anniversary!

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  33. You both look so happy! Congrats on your one year! Your pictures are so cute! I am still dying to know how you do your hair...it looks so gorgeous!!

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  34. Um, wow...you guys are crazy cute. And your hair looked GORG on your wedding day!

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  35. Your cake looks fantastic for being frozen for a year. Our looked so gross...but surprisingly tasted pretty good as well :)

    So glad you had such a nice time! And that picture he got you is gorgeous!!

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  36. Congratulations! Wish I could see the pictures... :(

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  37. I'm a new reader, love your blog!! Looking forward to reading future posts!!

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  38. super cute dress! i love the yellow dress!
    jenna

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