On Our First Year of Marriage

Photo on the left by Kerli Halliste // Photo on the right by Rauno Kalda

I can hardly believe it’s already been a year (and 26 days) since we got hitched (see all the wedding posts). But, then again, it sometimes seems like ages ago. So much has changed during a year that it makes it feel like decades. There’s been rough days, and there’s been days filled with joy, but whatever the days were like, they were all full of love.

I’ve been brainstorming what kinds of traditions we want to set up to celebrate our anniversaries. Finally, I came up with the idea to start taking photos every year under the tree where we said our “I do”‘s. I love that mighty oak, and it’s such a perfect symbol of a marriage. It will be so fun to see how our family grows and evolves through the years, and how that oak will remain just as mighty and strong behind us.

So, how does marriage feel after a year? It’s still awesome! I love being married to my best friend. I’ve seen a lot of people online say that the first year of marriage is though, but I can’t relate to that at all. It’s been so easy to be married to my husband, and he constantly says I’m the perfect wife. We both work on being the best partner in crime for each other, so our relationship just keeps on getting better and better.

What I can say is that this year has been very hard on us individually as persons. I’ve had to reinvent myself, we both have had to adjust to life in Germany. This has been a super stressful year, but we didn’t let that ruin our relationship. For us, our marriage is the most important thing. When it’s all good between us, we can tackle anything. So, despite the hardship, I still feel it’s been a very good year. And I know I wouldn’t feel that way if it wasn’t for him.

I think this photo sums up our marriage perfectly. Crazy good.

It’s impossible to put into words what being married to this whacko means to me. So, I’m just going to say that I feel very blessed to have him in my life.

What’s next for us? Well, for one, we just bought a new bed (yay for sleeping in a real bed after a year!), so life can only get better, right? In all seriousness, though, I expect this to be the best year yet.

xo. Hanna

Photography by Rauno Kalda

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