On December 31st, Andrew and I celebrated 5 years of marriage. It is hard to believe that we have shared our lives for 5 years. I have loved every minute of it too! It all started my senior year of high school. This great looking guy(fitting the tall, dark and handsome description to a T.) walked into my life. I actually had a boyfriend at the time so I only noticed his dashing looks and nothing further. But then, something happened and I found myself thinking about this handsome boy. I was twitter-payted! I lied and said I wasn't into him, but I don't think I really fooled anybody. I mean come on! I was a football trainer for heaven sakes and he was a football player. A pretty great one too! I couldn't help but fall in love with the guy. On top of that he went to church with me. Finally my heart won out and I was completely his. The only problem was, for some strange reason, he never asked me out. Sure he was nice and talked to me, but for the whole school year he never once asked me out on a date or anything. Finally my senior prom was coming soon and I still didn't have a date. I guess people bugged him enough and he finally decided he would ask me. I remember the night of the phone call vividly! I was jumping out of my skin because he FINALLY asked me out!!!
But still the guy didn't act very interested. So I decided oh well, I am leaving for college and there will be plenty of guys to pick from. So we went to church camp and I meet a guy. I flirted shamelessly with him and guess what, it got Andrew's attention! He claims he was oblivious to me flirting with another guy but I think my plan worked perfectly. When we got home from camp he started calling more and we hung out more. Then it was time to leave for college. We were still not "officially" boyfriend and girlfriend but I knew I really liked him so I would hold out a little longer to see if our relationship went anywhere. Did I mention that Andrew is a year younger then I? Well that meant will I was off at college while he was finishing up his senior year of high school. So that meant a long distance relationship. Since he was in football I went home almost every weekend to cheer him on. We "officially" started dating in September of 2002. I can't remember the exact date though. We spent the next summer life guarding together at a church camp. Then he headed off to OSU and I went to UCO in Edmond. Once again we dealt with the semi-long distance thing. We still managed to be together every weekend though. Then I decided I had enough of the long-distance stuff. I transferred to OSU the next school year which was August of 2004. It was great being able to see each other throughout the week instead of just the weekend. We liked it so much that we decided hey! Why don't we get married! So in October he proposed. The proposal wasn't elaborate or anything. I went with him to pick out my ring but he refused to give it to me until he had asked me properly. So later that night we ran to my house to pick up something. When I was ready to leave he acted like he was tying his shoe but really he was getting down on one knee and said, "Megan, will you marry me?" Awww...so sweet!
We had three months to plan our wedding! It was wonderful! I don't think I could have done the long engagement thing. I was ready to be married to the man of my dreams! Our wedding was perfect! Simple and elegant. With it being New Years Eve we walked out to our car through a walk way of sparklers. It was BEAUTIFUL!
We honeymooned in South Padre. (Not the honeymoon I had always dreamed of but hey we were poor college students!) Our first apartment was an efficiency, so it consisted of about 500 sf. It had the living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. There wasn't even a door to our bedroom, but we were happy! We only stayed there for a few months until a larger 900 sf apartment came open! :) We had a great first year of marriage. So great that God blessed us with our beautiful baby boy during our celebration. That was quite a shock! In September of 2006, Cannon Todd Mileur was born. We were so amazed at the baby God had created through us.
This was also Andrew senior year of college as a Chemical Engineer. Not the easiest thing to be a new dad and finish such a time consuming degree, but we managed. I had to completely quit school, of course, but it was only temporary. In January, Andrew found out he had secured a job after graduation in the great state of Texas. So when May 2007 rolled around we packed our stuff and headed to our new rental house. It was wonderful! We had a 1600 sf place to spread out in finally! We watched as Cannon went through his major milestones and grew before our eyes! In October of 2008 we purchased our first home. I had been bugging Andrew for a while that it was time to expand our family, but he wasn't ready. Finally, we decided in July 2009 to start trying for our next blessing. September 2009 I was pregnant! December 2009 we found out it's a GIRL! A lot has happened in those five years. A lot of wonderful things. God has truly blessed us and is continuing to do so. I love my husband more than words can describe. He has allowed me so many privileges that I don't feel worthy of. He works so hard so that I can stay home and raise our children. He studied hard in college to secure a wonderful job that allows us to have a beautiful house, food on the table, and lots of luxuries that we don't need. Lord, thank you so much for blessing me with such an amazing husband. I do not for one second take for granted the life You have given me, because I know You had a hand in it the whole time!
So you probably notice how much our looks have changed over the years but hey, we are happy!
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