Letting the cat out of the bag, one year later...

As most of you know, because you were there, our wedding was on November 15th, 2008. However, what we didn't announce, but are now going to, is that exactly one year ago from today, according to the state of California, we actually became legally married.

On October 8th, 2008 we went to the Alameda County office and signed all of the forms to get hitched! We needed to get the paperwork done sooner than mid-late November because we were moving abroad so shortly after our wedding, so we decided to expedite the paperwork process.

It was so much fun! We told a few people, and Dave's best friend John was there to witness the event, but it really felt like we were sneaking away somewhere and getting married. It was casual, romantic, we made totally adorable spontaneous little speeches to each other, and we simply had a great time as you'll see in the photos below.

We did not announce it sooner because we did not want to take anything away from the magic that occurred at our wedding. We wanted that night to be special, and as you know if you were there, it totally was. Declaring our commitment to each other in front of our dearest friends, our families, and with our rabbi was very important to us. We'd do it all over again if we had the chance.










HAPPY ONE YEAR OF CIVIL MARRIAGE, MY LOVE!