April 26, 2010 was Our First Wedding Anniversary... I'm so so so happy.
I wish I hadn't been sick so that I could fully appreciate it. I love my husband more than anything. He is my best friend, my heart and soul. He makes my life full. We stayed in Woodbine, NJ at a friend's shore house... and it was a perfect getaway retreat :o) They were calling for rain the whole time, but we didn't care. We were together, and thats what mattered. We were just able to enjoy each other. It was awesome so I can imagine what it would be if I wasn't sick! The first night we just got settled, watched High Fidelity. Love that movie.

The second day wound up being beautifully sunny... so we ventured to Higbee Beach! But before that, we tried out the golf cart! I love golf carts except the fact that they have to charge. Yes, the battery died while we out driving it lol. TWICE. And all the residents were making fun of us. But on to the beach! Higbee Beach is a naturalist beach, or was lol, but it is a wildlife management area. And they allow dogs :o) Sammy loves the beach, and he loved it that day! He kept running from the water though lol. While we were there, we found so many animals! All kinds of crabs... and other dogs lol. This big, wet chocolate lab came splashing up to Sammy LOL Sammy was actually good with him and then he took off splashing and flopping some more. It was so funny to watch :oD We also came across a horseshoe crab! We thought he wasn't alive at first because he was flipped over, not moving. But when we got close we noticed his little legs going... he couldn't flip over :o( so Pete turned him over, but he was just being pushed back up on the beach. So then Pete tossed him into the water, and we just watched him as he faded away into the ocean.



As we were about to leave, it started to cloud up and that was the norm for the rest of our trip! Every time we went out the rain would hold off until we were driving back to our place when it would start raining lol. But that night, we watched Pirate Radio which is hella funny! I recommend renting it.

Next day, we braved the menacing clouds and went to Cape May city! We visited the mall walk... some of our favorite stores. Bought lots of souvenirs that day :o) new charms for my charm necklace... "W" charm for Weddell, Guitar charm for Pete, Bone charm for Sammy, Sunflower charm for Me, "Follow Your Dreams" charm for how I feel about life. So now in my necklace its those new charms plus a paw charm for Maggie Mittens and a miniature wedding ring charm. I also got a new Charming Tales Anniversary figurine! Its super cute! Two champagne glasses that holds a girl and boy mouse and they are reaching over kissing, love it! Also stopped in Hallmark, picked out some cards I needed. Got up to the register and saw these cute charms, don't really know what they are for... I guess pocket charms? I fell in love with them. Glass ladybugs, Glass hearts, Angel pennies and silver peace signs. I got into a conversation with the lady because she was there when I came there the year before for our Wedding. I went with the peace sign. I have a thing for peace signs and told her so. We talked about that and then about Higbee Beach which she says is supposedly haunted by a dog who protects the treasure of a pirate buried on that beach. I was so intrigued! I really need to read that Cape May ghosts book! Anyways she gave me the peace sign for free :o) and also found a peace sign bumper sticker to give me for free. This is why I love Cape May, they are such nice people that live there. I also bought a "W" key chain that day. After that, I needed to set up my anniversary present for Pete. I adopted him a sea turtle because they are tied for his favorite animal with tiger. So an adoption certificate is the paper :o) I also did a canvas painting of Crush from Finding Nemo for him. I also did this thing with three cards... Past, Present and Future. Past was a letter I wrote to him telling him the things I loved most about him I discovered over the years. Present was a beachy card specifying the 1st Anniversary aspect... telling him if he counted every sea shell on the beach, I'd still love him more. Future was a card expressing how I will feel about our life together when we are old. Then it started to rain, no torrential downpour like CRAZY. It was so loud! We attempted to watch French Kiss, but we couldn't hear a thing lol so went to bed.




Next day, our Anniversary... one year ago I married my best friend! We ventured into town again. We did some more shopping. First store was a dog/cat lover store... bought a couple of car magnets and a Cape May shirt for Sammy. Next we went to a place called Across the Way... bought some personality pins and a bracelet I absolutely love. It has a braided leather strap with a metal plate engraved with the saying from Mother Teresa, "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." While we were in this awesome store... our wedding song came in!!! <3 how awesome is that! "Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart, like "Why are we here?" and "Where do we go?" and "How come it's so hard?" It's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving. I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together." <3 <3 <3 So we danced, right in the middle of the store :o) When things like that happen I think I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be at that moment.
Then we went to Cove Beach... where we got married. The clouds looked vicious, but we went anyway. I'm glad we did! It was beautiful. The waves were intense, perfect for surfing. We actually got into a conversation with a local surfer. He was a really nice guy. While Pete and him were having some surf talk... I was snapping away with pictures. Breathtaking views. Being there that day made me realize that the normal weather for this time of year is rainy and unpredictable. Which means to me that our Wedding Day was supposed to happen. Everything was... perfect. Everything fell spectacularly into place. The weather was absolutely beautiful and the whole day was a dream :o) And I knew we were exactly where we were supposed to be.




It was awesome too because that was the first time I had seen surfing in person. We spent some time just looking out from the Pavilion. Then we collected some sand for our sand ceremony and keepsake shell and found an awesome shell in the process! Then we headed to the Lobster House for our 1st Anniversary dinner :op we both got some awesome food! But Pete especially... flounder! And yes, he made me try it and I loved it! After dinner, we went back to the house... the rain started. We exchanged gifts. Pete got me a Charming Tales figurine where the two mice are sitting in a cup of tea which is us :op and also a late summer fairy figurine sitting on golden mums. And wrote out an awesome card/poem (paper). I felt so lovey. I feel so lovey. He is awesome. We ended the night with the Sand Ceremony, which a dear friend of mine made for us for our Wedding Day. One jar of plum colored sand representing my individuality, one jar of orange colored representing Pete's individuality, and one jar of sand from the beach of our Wedding Day. Once combined, it makes a new color. A new life of being together. And like the sand, once joined cannot be separated :o)


It was the most thoughtful gift I have ever received. She'll never know how much it meant to me. But it turned out awesome. So it wasn't a very exciting trip, not much happened... but thats just how we like it :op

I can't believe we've been married a year already... so much has happened lol but I'm so thankful that I go through everything with Pete. Its such an awesome feeling that I am going through my life with this man. I love him so much it hurts.