“At that moment I knew…I knew like you know about a good melon.”

I stole that quote from one of my favorite movies, When Harry Met Sally.  I love listening to the love stories between scenes.  It makes me wonder what Adam and I are going to look like in 50 years and how we will tell our story.
So far we are 0 for 2 on anniversary celebrations.  Last year our Anniversary fell on the day before the factory in China was scheduled to open meaning Adam would have to work long hours, including the weekend.  Rather than sitting at home hoping he could get an hour off to have dinner with me I took a trip to Singapore to visit my cousin.  We made up for it big time by going to Thailand the next month.  This year before the baby came we had our date nights in Hong Kong and we tried to make them extra special since “any day now” we would have to worry about packing up an infant to go to dinner.  This year our anniversary is special because we get to share it with our 8 day old son and my mom.  Not the most romantic day but special.

Back to the quote…like I wrote on Valentine’s Day…I am not big on showing your love for someone because you feel like you have to…I am all about the little moments that let me know my husband loves me.  Throughout the past year there have been many of these little moments which are more special than any huge celebration.  Sometimes it would take Adam a little longer to get home from work because he stopped off at KFC to pick up a mini ice cream Sunday for me.  When it’s Adam’s turn to pick a movie he tends to pick ones that I like and while I have been pregnant and stocking up on Children’s DVD’s he will even sit through those.  He spent hours downloading corny Christmas movies and even committed to watch them with me just because he knows how much I love Christmas stories.  I recently found out that late in my pregnancy Adam had to go to a business dinner and asked for an extra dessert to bring home to me…he forgot it at the restaurant and felt so bad that he picked up an ice cream on the way home.  He never told me about saving the dessert because he didn’t want me to be disappointed that all I got was an ice cream, but when one of his co-workers let the cat out of the bag I felt like the luckiest lady on earth.  My wonderful husband also makes sure that I always have a full bottle of water…in fact I keep bottles of water by the bed, in the bathroom, by the sofa and in the kitchen…somehow during naps or what not my water bottles magically become full.  I look forward to our daily talks at around 11:30/12:00 when Adam will call to see how my morning was.  I love our lazy Sundays spent in pj’s.  I love our game nights even though Adam usually wins. 
Living in China has truly made it so that we depend on each other and Adam is literally the only person in the world that I can spend 10 days with one on one 24 hours a day on vacation without getting irritated. 
Celebrating our anniversary is not about the fancy trip (although I would happily go to Thailand again) or a fancy dinner…it’s about looking back at the time you have spent together and looking forward to many years to come!