Define Your Own Perception: From Here To Eternity!

I'm a giddy little school girl today!

Why you ask?

Because we have one of my all time faves here for a visit!

Okay, so I know that I have loved everyone featured so far, but you know how it is...

Think back to when you first started blogging, and you stumbled upon those bloggers that grabbed your heartstrings and never let go. Courtney is that for me.

Take it away, beautiful!

I'm a little intimidated to be talking about marriage on Janna's blog because seriously.... Janna has got the marriage thing down :) I love the relationship and love that Janna and Will share. I look up to them so much! But when I was engaged to Eric I got a ton of feedback about how I was making the wrong decision.
Why were so many people against the idea of Eric and I getting married? 

Because we were young.

Source: someecards.com via Katrina on Pinterest

Eric was 21 and I was 19 when we started dating. 10 months later we sealed the deal at ages 22 and 20. When we got engaged all of our loved ones were ecstatic for us! But I'm a hairstylist which means I see and have conversations with a ton of different people every single day. I had a lot of people sit down in my chair and tell me that I should wait to get married. I should travel the world before picking my spouse. We both needed to grow up before we could handle a marriage. The list of reasons why we "needed" to wait could go on forever. 

But I knew that Eric was the one for me. 

He is the one that I wanted to experience the highs and lows of this life with. I wanted him by my side while I traveled the world. Eric is the one I choose to be with for eternity.

Marriage isn't always easy... but it's not supposed to be! I don't think marriage would have been an easier adjustment had I waited until 30 instead of 20 to be married. But we went into this commitment with the knowledge that even though it wasn't going to be easy, we were going to work our buns off to make this thing work! It helps that I picked the right man to be my husband, and visa versa, but it is so satisfying each time we make it through a difficult trial together. 

We come out of the highs and lows more in love than before!

Eric is my best friend, my biggest support, my partner in crime, and my deepest love. We fight hard, we play harder, and we love the hardest. We don't ever stop working at our marriage because the moment we do is the moment it will all fall apart. Our marriage means everything to us, and for that reason we are willing to give it our all! I'm not ashamed to say that we married young because we have grown together. And I can't wait to see how we will continue to grow and love as our life together goes on... starting with the newest addition to our family come December :) Experiencing these huge changes, and the highs and lows each day with Eric by my side, is the BEST decision I ever made!

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Let me tell you how flattered I am that she thinks so highly of our marriage. Her marriage is awesome, so that is a BIG compliment. Don't they just make the cutest couple?

They are going to make beautiful babies too.

I can't WAIT to see their little bundle of joy...like for real.

I love you girl!!

In other news, and in case you don't know, next month is my "Birthday Month", and I need you all to help me make it special. For the second year in a row, my lover will be gone :(

Then, when you add in the fact that I am getting antsy for the last two months to be over, I'm definitely going to need your help. I'd like a few more sponsors for this series, and if anyone has any ideas for something else fun...I will gladly take suggestions. I'm thinking a {little} group giveaway would be fun or perhaps some Halloween inspiration. 

You guys are the best, so I know that it will be amazing no matter what.

I have faith.

PS. I'm sad that I didn't get to participate in the Girl Behind The Blog this month, but you should check it out! I am so inspired by these ladies and the vlogs!