Happy Belated Anniversary (Ode to us)

March 9 was our 2 year anniversary! I guess I was too busy that day and forgot to post on our actually anniversary so I'm doing it late. Also, yesterday (March 11) was our sealing year anniversary. I can't believe how fast the time has gone and how many things we have done. Chris has been such a good/fun/entertaining/funny/goofy/sweet husband! I love you babe! Well, we started off our marriage by driving to Pittsburgh for the summer to sell Dish Network. That started off with a bang... we rolled our car on the freeway going 75 mph. The car was totalled but everything in the inside of the car, including us, were in perfect condition. I know we were being watched over that day, and am so thankful we were not hurt. The summer in Pittsburgh was pretty fun but I worked 2 jobs. One at Bath and Body Works and the other at Pier1. There wasn't much time for fun. I went into pre-term labor in July and thankfully the doctors stopped the labor. I prayed baby would come on his due date and he did! On Oct. 1, we were surprised with a little boy. 6 lbs, 6 oz, 19 in long and the most beautiful baby with black curly hair! He was such a good baby too. He only cried when he was hungry and he slept all the time. He did have to spend a week in the NICU though because of an infection, and for all those parents whose babies are in the NICU for weeks, I am so sorry because it is so hard! About 3 days after I had him, I had some chest pain and a lot of swelling. Seriously, I was 15 lbs heavier AFTER I had Braxon then when I was pregnant with him. My body was retaining so much fluid that I was just a big balloon. Anyway, I had an echocardiogram and they found that I had a silver dollar sized hole in my heart and my heart wasn't able to pump all the blood and fluid that was in my body. To make a long story short, I went in to have an operation to close the hole about 2 months after Braxon was born. Fast forward 3 months: Chris, Braxon and I were sealed in the SL temple. I already blogged about that experience but to recap, it was incredible! That summer we made the best switch and went with APX to sell alarms for the summer. We were in VA, about 45 min from DC. It was so much fun hanging out with all the other wives there. We did fun activities all the time and all of them were so sweet. It turned out to be a good summer with sales for Chris as well. At the end of the summer we were able to both go to school, and Chris didn't have to work so we could take turns going to school and being home with Braxon. Braxon turned one this past Oct and he is so much fun! He now knows a lot of sign language (enough to communicate with us) and he knows what different objects are, although he can't say many words. Now, we are trying to finish this last leg of the spring semester and then it's back to DC! We are so excited and hope this summer will be just as good/fun, if not better than last summer!