SevenEleven

I always tended to lean toward the long term relationships. When I dated, I dated seriously. I'm not sure I ever went into a relationship with the intention of sticking with it, but it sort of just happened that way. With the exception of my first "real" boyfriend in middle/high school, I chose guys that needed to be fixed. I was a loser magnet. I don't know if I stuck around because I felt too guilty to end it, but I stayed in damaging relationships until I needed to get out so badly that it hurt. There are a million dollars worth of therapy in that subject of my life alone.

When I had LittleJuJu, I was 21 years old. I knew that being alone would be hard, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it was OKAY to be alone. I didn't NEED someone in my life to make me complete. I had enough on my plate with a baby and who was I kidding? No one in their right mind would be interested in dating a 21 year old single mom anyway. I was not interested in meeting anyone.

Don't they say something about that? You find what you want when you aren't even looking?

When I met Mr.JuJu I had an immediate sense that THIS MAN did not need to be fixed. The spark was there and even more importantly, the spark AND the baby were there, at the same moment. He was okay with that, and you know the rest, I've written it here before.

What makes this fourth anniversary the most special one yet, is not that we have made it this far and we are still crazy about each other. Not even that we have had two children in two years, a feat that could strain any strong marriage to it's breaking point, what makes this anniversary so special is that not only will Mr. JuJu be married to me this year, he will also become LittleJuJu's father, in every sense of the word. We have always felt like a "real" family, but now we will have the credentials to prove it. LittleJuJu could not have been given a better father, not even by God. He is the luckiest boy in the world and I am the luckiest girl in the world. Our marriage will be a marriage of three this year, and while a marriage of three wouldn't seem like a good idea to most...for us? It's all we ever wanted.

Also adding this picture, only because our expressions were priceless...captions anyone?

Comments

[Mom]

Happy, Happy Anniversary to you and Big J and Little J. I mean that with my whole, entire heart. The only thing better than what you've written here is actually seeing the two, er, three, excuse me, FIVE of you together. The love radiates. Now before I make your readers gag, I'll just say, Congratulations with Love and I'll go...

[Mom]

*wiping tears* I forgot a caption:

Only moments after the pronouncement that he and JuJu were officially man and wife, Mr. JuJu scanned the wedding guests looking for a likely sucker on which to pawn off The Kid ... Spying his new mother-in-law grinning proudly from ear-to-ear, he knew then that he had it all in the bag.

[Natalie Murdick]

Little JuJu: "Now where's my freakin' cake!?"

[KtP]

Aw, what a sweet post! Congrats to all of you!

[heathabee]

"LittleJuJu could not have been given a better father, not even by God"

- sounds to me like Mr Juju *was* sent straight from God! Happy Anniversary, and congratulations to you all!

xo

[Luann]

I can't believe I forgot!!!!!!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU BOTH!!!!! (slowly retrieving wedding pics I missed out on)

[Becky]

Absolute Happiness....congrats to you all!

[Shann]

Congrats on four great years together and many more to come. All three of your children are blessed to have you guys as parents. Hope you all are always as happy as you looked on your wedding day.

Caption: Mr JuJu: "Okay, where's the bar?"
Mrs. JuJu: "I'm so hungry I could eat my bouquet!"
Little JuJu: "How come they got rings, and I didn't?"

[Mom]

Great captions, Shann :-)

[Pamalamadingdong]

Happy Anniversary! (lake..I know..I suck)

Also,
You really are a smoking hot babe!