Your First Anniversary

Last week my husband and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe that this time last year I was recovering from the wedding planning! We celebrated in style with a lovely dinner at our favorite restaurant and went all out on gifts. I gave hubby tickets to see his very favorite musician, some clothes he’d been wanting, and a special St. Michael’s medal (his name is Mike, in fact he is our political blogger here at Blog Planet, go check him out!), and he gave me roses, a gorgeous double picture frame inscribed with our wedding date, a lovely water globe with a romantic inscription, and surprised me with a beautiful diamond and tanzanite ring. We had a great celebration! Obviously it may not be possible or practical to make all your anniversary celebrations lavish, but your first one should be special. Here are some ideas:

Go all out if you can, but don’t worry about tradition. Hubby and I did save the top of our wedding cake and we did try it, but honestly it didn’t look or taste very good! A better idea would be to go to the bakery that did your original cake and have them make a small replica for you.

Did you use a unity candle in your ceremony? If so, here’s a fun idea. Light it again and use it for a candlelight dinner.

Pull out your wedding album and go through it together.

Guys, here’s a really romantic idea-get the florist to put together a bouquet of the same flowers she carried on your wedding day-trust me, she’ll love it!

If you and your husband are the creative types, write letters to each other sharing your feelings about your first year of marriage.

Plant a tree together in your yard as a celebration.

If your anniversary is near the holidays, start a tradition of choosing a special ornament together to mark it each year. You’ll create a special collection of family heirlooms!

However you choose to spend your anniversary, make it special and take the time to thank each other for being a wonderful spouse! Have any ideas to share? Leave a comment!