anniversary

/ænə'vзsəri/ n. 1 the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event. 2 the celebration of such a date.

I can hardly believe that it’s been more than twelve months since I last posted on the blog. It’s going to be impossible to summarise everything that’s happened over the past year, so this post will have to do as a quick run-down. Then I’ll have to start afresh … and with good reason! Hopefully I’ll be able to get back into the swing of more frequent, regular updates.

The wedding day was perfect in every way. Weather, atmosphere, food, events … We couldn’t have asked for anything more.

The honeymoon was great. We spent most of the time sleeping, eating, swimming, and generally relaxing on one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji, and at Jervis Bay on the NSW south coast.

After we got back, I moved in with Rachel.

Around June or July 2011 we found out she was pregnant! Since then, our lives have been a long string of obstetrician appointments, prenatal classes, the occasional baby shower … and frequent kicks in Rachel’s ribs! Because we figured there wouldn’t be much time for holidays in the upcoming twelve months, we decided to take a “babymoon” holiday to Tasmania. We spent about ten days driving round the island, and it was fantastic ... I’ve wanted to visit Tassie for a very long time!

Just a couple of weekends ago, we marked our first wedding anniversary, and spent two days going back over all the things we’d seen and done on the day. It was a great trip down memory lane … even if the weather was a little bit different! It was grey and drizzly just about the whole weekend! We commented to each other about how blessed we were back in 2011 with such a fantastic day.

It’s been a great year; a great journey.

Something tells me the adventure is just beginning…