Seven Years!!

Today Erik & I celebrated seven years of being together. It's hard to believe how much has changed since we've been together: we graduated from college, I worked and then went back to school, Erik started work on his PhD, 2 of Erik's cousins have gotten married, 3 of my cousins have gotten married, babies have been born, family members have passed and too many friends to count have gotten married. We live in a different state now and live together (which is still an adjustment!). We've lived in different states and been away from each other over summer and winter breaks — and will be doing that this summer again.

What's amazing is that I still remember the first time I met Erik. I remember the day that we decided to stop pretending that we were just friends and become a couple. Over the last 7 years, we've been through a lot but it has only made our relationship stronger and more lasting. I can't wait for 70 more years (yes, I'm planning on living well past 95!).

We celebrated by going to Bacaro in downtown Champaign. It was very delicious and had fabulous wine (which is a complete must!). Here's us toasting to 7 years:


We then ended the night by watching old tv show episodes on DVD. We changed into sweatpants and just relaxed —> our favorite pastime.