Happy Anniversary to Us!

3 years ago today we were busy doing this:

Never in a million years would I have guessed that 3 years later we would be busy every day as the parents of triplets!

We spent the weekend in Atlanta to celebrate our third anniversary. Will's sisters Sue and Cari took care of the boys so we could have a couple nights to celebrate with just the two of us. It was my first time leaving my babies overnight and our first time getting away together since they've been born. I knew they were in good hands and I was absolutely looking forward to some rest and relaxation, but it was still pretty hard to leave them! 

What a nice weekend we had, though. You almost forget how much free time you have when life doesn't revolve around a baby schedule! I still had to pump every few hours, but we had lots of down time which felt heavenly. We took a tour of the CNN headquarters, went to World of Coke, ate well with a couple leisurely anniversary meals at Kevin Rathbun steak and South City Kitchen, and spent some time relaxing in the hot tub at the hotel. And we slept. A whole lot. It was a perfect weekend away, and great to spend time together and reminisce and marvel at how our lives have changed so much in the past 3 years. We were both eager to get back to our boys on Sunday though- we were home by noon! 

Anniversary goodies

CNN Tour

I drank more in 3 days than I have in the past 18 months. This dirty martini tasted like a little piece of heaven!

Our romantic dinner at Kevin Rathbun got even more romantic when the restaurant lost power

Dining in the dark

Ready for some 4D Coca Cola action

My favorite part of the tour- sampling Coca Cola products from around the world

But you can't beat the original

I don't brag about Will on here as often as I should, so I'll take time on our anniversary to do so. What an incredible guy my husband is. The best. He's handsome, adventurous, funny, loving, generous, loyal, driven, surprising, and kind. That's a good husband in my book. We've been together for almost a decade, and I still genuinely enjoy his company. He has worked hard to give us a great life, and our kids will have an amazing upbringing thanks to their dad. He wants them to have the best life possible and I have no doubts he'll do whatever he needs to do to make that happen.

It's been such a joy for me to see him in the roll of "daddy". 7 months ago he literally jumped into parenting with two feet and hasn't looked back. I mean, he went from never changing a diaper to changing 15+ every day! As hard as it is (for both of us at times) to not be in the more traditional role of me staying home with the kids, I think it's also a blessing. Will gets to spend all kinds of time with his kids. Not many dads have that luxury, and I don't think Will takes that for granted. He is a part of so many of their milestone moments and "firsts"- I think that's really special. Not many men could handle the monotony of being a stay-at-home dad to triplet babies, but Will is not only rocking at it, he's excelling! Our house runs like a well-oiled machine thanks to Will. Granted, it's a dirty machine that could use a thorough cleaning (as cleaning is never high enough on our to-do list to actually get to lately), but our bills get paid (Thanks Will!), dishes get done (Thanks Will!), laundry gets folded (Thanks Will!), and babies get loved (THANKS Will!) every day.

One thing that I particularly admire in Will is that despite becoming a dad he hasn't lost his sense of self. He has long said that he didn't want having kids to keep him from doing the things he enjoys or to stop doing things that WE enjoy as a couple. He's managed to get away for a couple overnight golf trips to help him recharge, and he was adamant that we still go somewhere together for our anniversary. (Because if we're being honest, I didn't want to leave the babies!) Being a parent requires lot of sacrifices, but Will insists that we take time to still be "us"- whether that's doing our own thing separately or dates together. And as hard as it is to leave our babies, it's the right thing to do. After all, the kids will grow up and leave us one day, but we'll be together forever. It's important that we still maintain a relationship outside of our children. 

So, a very happy anniversary to my favorite guy in the world- a man I truly love and respect. I'm amazed at how much our relationship has changed and grown, not only in the past 3 years of marriage, but in the nearly 10 years we've been together. I'll forever be grateful for 1038 W. Roscoe in Chicago. Thank goodness you moved in.

Cheers to us- looking forward to many more years of amazing views and celebrating life!