Anniversaries and baby birds

Today is our second wedding anniversary, and I am struck by how quickly the time has gone. Once, not so long ago, I was eagerly awaiting our wedding, planning and preparing, much the same way that I am planning and preparing now. It seems like an eternity will pass before our baby gets here, but I know the time will pass quickly. Our kid will be in college before we know it! These past two years have been such an exciting time in my life, from the moment I met my husband. That's what great about being married: you have so much to look forward to, so many milestones together. So far we've been through our meeting, our courtship, our engagement, our wedding, our honeymoon, moving a couple of times, roadtrips and vacations, our first Thanksgiving and Christmas together, our first anniversary, and now the conception and pregnancy of our first child, and today, our second anniversary. And that's not including all the personal and professional events and accomplishments of the last few years! It seems like a big list when I write it that way, but there is so much more on the other end, so much more to go. The birth of our child. Our first house. The jobs we will do. Our first garden. Our child's first day of school. And on and on and on, until we retire, and then we get to see the cycle playing out in our children and grandchildren. And it just makes me think about what a miracle it is, to be alive.

Today I'm feeling better than yesterday, not quite so sick to the stomach. According to the books, our baby is starting to resemble the above picture more than the salamander-like shape it had before. I think at this point it looks a little bit like a baby bird.