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4th Anniversary


Every year Kevin and I take a photo the month of our anniversary to capture the year. We always try to incorporate whatever the traditional "gift" is for that anniversary...this year was flowers! 

Often times we get another photographer to capture these moments for us, but since we are dealing with a new baby (and a postpartum mom who doesn't love how she looks in pictures at the moment) we decided to go with a tripod for our anniversary photos. 

For our 4th anniversary the traditional gift is flowers...so we tried to embrace some last-minute floral for these photos!
 
Each year I try to think back on what this year of marriage has been like...and it has been wonderful. We were able to travel to Australia, New Zealand, and a babymoon in Europe not to mention various other weekend trips. We bought a house this year...found out we were pregnant and had a baby. It has been truly wonderful, and we are learning so much more about year other with each passing year. Kevin is embracing being a stay-at-home dad along with building up his graphic design business now that he is at home with Lorelai. 
Our biggest accomplishment is our healthy baby girl, and she also was our biggest struggle from pregnancy to planning for hospital bills...there has been a whole new set of challenges that she brought along.  It has been a wonderful year, and we look forward to many many more! 











You can see a few from our previous years here!

Wedding 


Year One: Paper 


Year 2: Cotton 

Year 3: Leather





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