3 Years!!

Today is our 3 Year Anniversary!! (It's also our birthdays, but we have decided to celebrate John's yesterday and mine tomorrow).  I can't believe how fast time flies by! 3 Years ago today we were happier than can be, thinking nothing could be better than that day.  Fast forward 3 Years later and John has graduated from U of O and has a great job, and we have 1 hyper and fun almost 2 year old boy with another one on the way in December, and now we think things couldn't be better! It has been a crazy but exciting last 3 years and I can't wait to see what more the future brings!  I thought it would be fun for our anniversary to do this blog tag that is all about us, so here it goes!

All about my husband and me….

What is his name?   Jonathan Christopher Graham - John

How long have you been together?  A little under 4 years total, 3 years married

How long did you date?   we dated for about 6 months and were engaged for 4 months

Who eats more?  John, except when I am preggo we eat about the same, with me sometimes eating more

Who said I love you first?  John- after our first silly argument (one of those whole CA vs OR ones we had in the beginning).  We were on the phone and after he told me so sweetly that he loved me I seriously couldn't speak, i just cried and knew he was a good find

Who is taller?  John

Who is smarter?  Definitely John  (Accounting vs. Early Childhood Education- not a very close match-up). Plus since he is 4 years older he has a lot more life experience than I do :)

Who does the laundry? Me most of the time, but if he is home and needs something washed he won't ask me, he's plenty capable

Who does the dishes?   John does most of the time!! He is sooo good about doing them (and he's gotten pretty good since my first pregnancy where I couldn't even stand in the kitchen without dry heaving)

Who sleeps on the right?  Right now I do, but we usually change every time we change the direction of our bed- i can't sleep next to the window or wall

Who pays the bills? John works hard to bring in the dough and I spend it all! -I do pay all the bills first though :)

Who mows the lawn?  Haven't had one yet, but I don't even know how to, so that will be John and the boys' job

Who cooks dinner?  me, although John is a good cook- he just never gets home til after 6 

Who drives when you are together? John

Who is more stubborn?  John is for sure- I'd say sorry John, but he already knows and admits to it

Who kissed who first?  He totally took me by surprise about 2 weeks after we first started dating- it was after he walked me home to my apt. after I had just gone to watch his b-ball game.  I was surprised, but really glad he did- he told me later that he knew he had to kiss me because all these other guys were trying to ask me out and he didn't want me to get away. It was his way of saying , "you're mine now"

Who asked who out first?   This is like the biggest debate of the century between us.  My roommates and some friends decided it would be fun if we had a movie night, and each invite a boy we had been wanting to hang out with or just thought was cute.  I finally (after crushing on John for the past 2 months) got the courage up the day before in b-ball to invite him, and he said he'd come! I guess since I told him that a bunch of my roommates and friends were watching a movie together and left out the part where we were even numbers, each girl inviting a guy, John says that I tricked him into the first date.  I didn't think it was actually a date date.  But we had fun either way ( we watched Elf, which had just come out), and at the end John asked me out to dinner for the next night at his married friends' home (Tony & Amy)- which is what I count as the first date.

   

 (** warning, this next answer is even longer, but the questions are almost done)

Who proposed?  John- We had already picked out the ring and talked a lot about it, but he totally surprised me with when he asked.  At the end of the semester we drove together to his parents to meet them, and then we were going to drive down to my parents in Cali. to hang out for a week before we both started our summer jobs.  So i thought that he was going to talk to my dad when we got there and then plan a night at the beach or something.  John knew I was expecting this and since he hates things being planned out for him, he decided to change things around.  He really wanted to surprise me, so the last day we were at his parents place in Glide, OR we decided to go for a hike (his parents live in this gorgeous small town with tons of super pretty waterfalls and hikes around).  So i got all dressed up in my grubby hiking clothes and went out to the car -where John was dressed in a nice button up the front dress shirt and nice khaki pants.  I was so confused, but thought that maybe it was just a really easy hike, so i went back and put on a little bit nicer shirt, but kept the jeans.  John had packed a picnic lunch in his backpack and when i tried to put the camera in the bag he flipped out and wouldn't let me touch it- you'd think I'd catch on now, but i was totally oblivious.  We hiked up to Fall Creek Falls, which was absolutely gorgeous, and found a place to eat lunch.  John had packed a good lunch including some of my favorite treats (gushers, capri-suns, and candy of course!)  Then, he told me to close my eyes because he had one more surprise for me.  Still not catching on, I closed me eyes expecting to see more of my favorite candy when I opened them.  Instead, when I opened my eyes he was holding my super sparkly ring! I gasped and then proceeded to smile hugely and cry while John proceeded to tell me all the reasons he loved me and wanted to spend the rest of forever with me.  Of course I said yes!

Who has more siblings?  I do- 2 brothers and 2 sisters.  John- 2 brothers and 1 sister

Who wears the pants?  we both have our moments and i think all in all we do a pretty good job in sharing that responsibility

So there it is, all about us.  Thanks John for making my life better and for always being my best friend.  Everyday just gets better and better! I LOVE YOU!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!

  G-pa Baron, our Sealer who married us

honeymoon picture on the golden gate bridge