Andrea and Jeffrey

Sorry, it has been a really busy year. To all of you who are still waiting on wedding pictures: we will finally get around to uploading them. To give you an idea of our time since the wedding, we went on our honeymoon, decided to start trying for our first kid, hosted our teenage niece for a month,got pregnant really fast, worked through a huge project at the job, got scared to death over the pregnancy about every week for the first trimester, chilled for a month, and now we’re to the present. Phew, that was tough. Sorry we didn’t hold up our end of the bargain on the wedding blog. We promise we will make up for it with the baby blog.

A lot of people have been asking us where we’re registered. We’ve come up with a number of creative answers to this question, but the truth is that we haven’t registered anywhere. The reason is that we really have most everything we need, and, honestly, we don’t have much room in our apartment for anything we might want to ask for. We’re a few months away from house warming (since we don’t yet have a house).

We are more than thankful for any gift you wish to give, and are more than willing to accept financial donations to be put toward the house, home, and family that are soon to come.

While we wanted to throw a big wedding as much as you wanted to come to one, practicality won out. We have friends and family spread all over the country, so it was going to be terribly hard to get everyone together as fast as we wanted to get married. After all, we’ve waited four years, we are a little impatient. We promise before the year is out to get close enough to all of you that we can throw the party of your dreams. If anyone has suggestions or wants to toss out an invite, feel free to leave comments on the site or send some e-mail. We want to say thanks to all of you for your warm wishes and prayers.

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We’ve booked an intimate venue for the ceremony, one that is just big enough for us and the parents. Once the rings are on our fingers we will post plenty of pictures and links to the location. Keep checking back for updates.

Before Andrea and I first met, I had just resigned myself to finally buying some furniture and settling down into a permanent home and she had decided to swear off dating and be single. I had finally settled into a permanent job after years of consulting.  She was a retail maven who came here to start over again, this time determined not letting anyone trip her up. Enter me. . .

Four years, one week, and four days ago Andrea and I met when our apartment manager suggested that I might be able to help her help her dog adjust to the new apartment in the new city. Seven straight hours of playing toss the dog toy and we were friends (me and the dog and me and the girl). Thirty or so hours later and we were virtually inseparable. Due to the fact that I happened to be working the third shift that week, we had plenty of time to get to know one another.

By the end of the first week, we decided that we should be officially dating. (And that I should probably get a little sleep). During that first year, we walked about twenty collective miles going up and down the hill separating our two apartments. By the time our two leases were due for renewal, we knew we just needed one.

The following three years, I’ve watched her change jobs like locals trade cars (in search of fulfillment) and she’s watched me change hobbies like people change socks (I get bored easily). She’s learned hiking and backpacking. I’ve learned more about fabric than I ever cared to.  (She’s a fashion major.) I’ve learned not to get in the way when visiting “The Limited”. She’s learned not to ask how much my gear costs. (‘Cause it’s always “on sale.”)

We had an instant connection that went so deep it took us months to really admit it out loud. For the first few years we tried really hard to take our relationship slowly. All of the sudden, we looked up and realized it was time to get caught up.

We hope you’ll excuse us if the marriage seems a little sudden to you, as we’ve been waiting four years for this. We’re so excited we just can’t wait. (The Friday night I proposed, we almost decided to get married the next day.)