One Month

(A little sneak peak at our wedding fun)

Ok...we get our wedding pictures at the end of this week, which will then solicite a recap of our wedding events. In the meantime, I am bursting at the seams with joyful thoughts about the past month.

One month! It has already been this long since I said "I do" to my now husband, Chris. So many things have happened during this seemingly short period of time. As soon as we came back from our 9-day Honeymoon in Jamaica, it was back to reality. Work & a house full of boxes hit us full force and we knew it was once again time to work work in order to function fully again.

I have been capturing little snapshots of mine & Chris' time together as we put together our home. There have been quarrels and laughter and all around joy. I smile as I think about last night, when I had spend a lot of time reorganizing our pantry. I was so excited for Chris to see my work, but when as he stood in front of the double doors looking concerned at our shelves, I was sad.

"What....what are you worried about Chris? Do you not like it??" I was immediately offended. His frown remained as he said, "No it's great, Im just trying to figure out how to give you more space." I wasn't mad anymore, I melted and was reminded of the caring, wonderful man I married.

I have litte moments like this where I just watch him, because he fascinates me. When he hangs things, it has to be perfect. There are tape measures, levels, drills, studs & little hooky thingys involved. No wonder why he wants to help me hang things, when I just "eye" it and practically add more holes to the wall when the drill slips off the screw head and slams straight into our newly painted drywall.

One thing we both have learned, is how particular & organized we each are...to a fault. I am more "go with the flow" organized, and he is "indecisive man." So I make decisions right away and he wants to know every thought process on how I got to that conclusion. Its cute. Now that I know that this is how he is wired, I slow myself down & just explain everything so he feels comfortable. Basically, our house & our lives will have every rhyme & reason to them, & that's just the way we'll have to have it.

Marriage is fun. Marriage has been the best adventure I've ever been on thus far. I always have someone to keep my feet warm, to yell at the TV with, to tell me when the sweater I'm wearing is a little old, and to kiss my cheek when Im making dinner. When so much stress, prayer and thought have been put into finding the perfect guy, I'm so happy he's finally here.

Olsen Adventures: Briana and Chris