12 years of trying to make him like broccoli

today marks 12 years since i married the man i couldn't imagine not having in my life.  it's hard to believe that we've been married for so long seeing as how we're still young (well, i am, but chris has moved beyond that stage of life), but the time has gone by in little more than the blink of an eye.  rather than getting sweet and romantic and gross, because that's just not me, i figured i'd tell you what we've been up to these last 12 years...






















year 1: we had to get used to not having an entire bed to ourselves.
year 2: we made our first big (and unnecessary) purchase - a camper!
year 3: i realized that juggling college, work, and wifehood was proving tricky.
year 4: chris was no longer shy about tooting in front of me, and i wasn't happy about it.
year 5: we welcomed the most beautiful baby into our lives - our crazy flojo!
year 6: my little brother moved in with us which was quite an adjustment.
year 7: we bought our house and realized just how much work renovating was.
year 8: our beautiful nephew nevan was born.
year 9: chris finally learns that i fart, too.
year 10: we lose one of our very best friends and wonder how life can ever be happy again.
year 11: we adopt kona, who is just as OCD as me, so it seemed like fate stepped in and gave us a puppy.
year 12: i'm still trying to get chris to enjoy broccoli as much as i do...
Posted by danielle and dinosaur toes at 11:29 AM
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22 comments:

  1. cbSeptember 30, 2012 at 12:08 PM

    Yay, happy 12 years that is so exciting!! Cheers to many, many more wonderful years together and hopefully one day he will love broccoli as much as you do!
    Xo,cb

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    1. danielle and dinosaur toesSeptember 30, 2012 at 7:07 PM

      thanks, cb! i'll still work on the broccoli (and the brussel sprouts, too)!

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  2. AltruismedSeptember 30, 2012 at 12:21 PM

    I think you got weeks and years mixed up for #4. I love you Misshey!

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  3. beccaSeptember 30, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    happy happy happy twelve years!
    that is a long time and it's so great to see you both so happy.

    here's to many more.

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  4. Heather BelleSeptember 30, 2012 at 6:11 PM

    12 years?! Ah! Happy Anniversary, pretty lady!
    My mister and I are really confused, though... I had him guess your age (I don't know it) and he said early 20s. Then I told him you'd been married 12 years. Either you got married when you were 12, or you just age really well. Seriously. Haha ;) <3
    xo Heather
    http://ahopelessnotebook.blogspot.com/

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    1. danielle and dinosaur toesSeptember 30, 2012 at 7:09 PM

      hahaha! i actually told chris that i was going to get a big ego reading your comment, a text message asking me if i was a child bride, and an email asking me if i had the fountain of youth! i'm 30, and closer to 31 than i'd care to admit, so we got married when i was 18 and chris was 22.

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  5. Jenna Griffin | Gold & BloomSeptember 30, 2012 at 6:54 PM

    happy anniversary! i love this year by year capsule. i hope to do this one day with my future husband!

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    1. danielle and dinosaur toesSeptember 30, 2012 at 7:10 PM

      thank you, jenna! i figured maybe it would be more fun to do a year by year list of random things than get all mushy ;)

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  6. Thrifted ShiftOctober 1, 2012 at 12:55 AM

    Happy Anniversary! Hilarious toot notes!

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  7. RuthyOctober 1, 2012 at 12:57 AM

    Happy 12th anniversary!! 12 years is huge specially in the society we live in. I loved your year 9 where he found out you also fart. LOL! I cannot believe you waited that long. I was farting around my husband before I even made him my husband. LOL!! Loved this post and it is so hilarious.

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  8. Sailor JulyOctober 1, 2012 at 2:46 AM

    Such a sweet, sweet post! Happy 12yr anniversary, y'all!!!

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  9. AnnieOctober 1, 2012 at 6:56 AM

    Such a cute post...and happy anniversary to you guys! Hope it was amazing :)

    Annie
    The Other Side of Gray

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  10. UnknownOctober 1, 2012 at 8:20 AM

    This is so sweet :) My boyfriend and I just celebrated our one year anniversary! I can't wait till it's 12. Congrats and I wish you many more!!! :D

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  11. MeganOctober 1, 2012 at 9:02 AM

    Love your style of romance (I'm the same way!) and I hope you two had a wonderful anniversary full of broccoli. I think year 9 came for us at date 9 ;)

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  12. HanPlansOctober 1, 2012 at 11:59 AM

    Wow! 12 years that's seriously cool. We've been married 5 years and still not got the hang of sharing a bed. Then again I've taken to sleeping diagonal across the bed when I go to bed earlier than Chris so that when he gets in he has a warm patch - nothing worse that getting in a cold bed!

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  13. UnknownOctober 1, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    WOW you have been married for 12 years? Congrats girl!

    Sara
    http://seventwentysomethings.blogspot.com/

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  14. A Wild TonicOctober 1, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    Congratulations! :D

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  15. Holly KnitlightlyOctober 2, 2012 at 1:53 PM

    Happy anniversary!! You are hilarious, haha! Here's to many, MANY more years! :)

    (ALSO I owe you a letter. Things have been crazy around here lately, but tomorrow I'm setting aside for CATCHING UP.)

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  16. CaitlinOctober 2, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    This is lovely :) I planned on writing a similar post for my and Rob's anniversary in a few months!

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  17. AnonymousOctober 19, 2012 at 8:46 AM

    I LOVE this!
    12 year is AMAZING, keep it going, keep it stong. :)

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