anniversary photo tradition

It came to my attention recently (like this morning, recently) that I haven’t given an update on the one tradition I’ve been able to keep in regards to mine and Jerry’s wedding anniversary. It also happens to be my favorite: our yearly photo tradition!

October 8, 2011: Jerry and I were married on the beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It looked a little something like this:

1st Anniversary: I actually remembered to start this tradition which is the most difficult thing for me to do. Remember. We picked our location based on what we were working on/doing at the time and decided the freshly stained shiplap in our breezeway was a good symbol of where we were at – working on house projects. Ah, newlyweds.

2nd Anniversary: We had ourselves a little baby! Any parent will agree here there wasn’t much else we were doing besides being parents. So we took our anniversary photo with Olivia, in her nursery (decorated by me) and next to her crib (built by her dad).

3rd Anniversary: With Ollie being a bit older and the weather being unseasonably warm that year, we got a lot of outdoor projects and yard work done. I was also in the very early stages of my second pregnancy. People actually thought this was a pregnancy announcement and started catching on to our photo tradition once I corrected them.

4th Anniversary: Calvin joined the party! The parties lasted all night, too, so we were constantly trying to sneak in naps and basically it felt like our lives were revolving around our bed/bedroom.

Who knows where we’ll be posing this October!