Anniversary

This March will mark mine & Dave's five year wedding anniversary.  I can not believe we have already been married for 5 years as it seems just like yesterday we were getting married.  A lot has happened in those 5 years, we have had ups and downs and turn arounds.  It hasn't always been easy but we have made it.  Marriage is something you constantly have to work on.  Dave and I make it a point to focus on our marriage.  We have date nights so that we have time to focus on each other because the day to day life leaves little time for that.  You can get so caught up in work and being a good parent that it is easy to neglect your marriage.  I think to be a good parent you also need to have a good marriage.  The best thing I can do for my daughter is love her father and I do with all of my heart.

Every year for our anniversary Dave and I try to go somewhere.  It is really convenient that Spring Break is always at the same time as our anniversary so it is easy to get away since I'm already off of work.  This year we talked about going to several different places but decided to go to the happiest place on earth.  DISNEY WORLD!!

I am so excited!!!  We went to LA last year and went to Disneyland while we were there and had so much fun.  I didn't get to experience Disneyland or Disney World growing up and I'm glad that I get to now.  Of course I want to take Anna but I want her to be old enough to enjoy and remember it.  I can go now and learn what all to do so maybe it is easier once we take Anna.  One of the things that I am most excited about our trip is going to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios.  

I am a HUGE HP fan.  I have read all the books and seen and own all of the movies.  I love that I get to experience all of this with my best friend, my hubby.  He is the cheese to my macaroni, the jelly to my peanut butter, the milk to my cookies.  :)       

Cheering Section

I read a book not too long ago that stated that friends in your life should be in your "cheering section" and if they aren't then you need to "bench" them.  Basically friends should be happy for you and supporting you and if they aren't, then you don't need them in your life.  This really didn't resonate with me until recently. Due to some incidents, I got to thinking about the people in my life that I consider friends and whether they are in my "cheering section" or not.

Dave & I have been trying to get pregnant for almost a year now (yikes!).  We found out the other day that a close friend of ours is pregnant and I am so excited and happy for them.  Yes, Dave & I have struggled with conceiving but I can still be happy for someone else.  To me that is what a friend is suppose to do.  A friend is suppose to be support you during the good, the bad and all the in between.  They are not suppose to be bitter, angry,  or jealous.  They support you and are happy for you.  They do not take your triumph as their failure.  Friends are suppose to be in your "cheering section". 

When I thought about it, I found that some of the people that I have considered friends are not really in my "cheering section".  Rather than supporting me and being happy for me, they put me down, talk about me behind my back and try to make me feel bad about who I am and what I have.   I realized that if these friends aren't in my "cheering section" then I really do not need them in my life.