Apr 18, 2011  •  In Blogging, NYC, Personal, Relationships

3 Years, A Busy Weekend, and A Winner

Three years ago today, J and I said “I do” in front of 250 of our closest friends and family.

We’ve certainly had our ups and downs along the way, but I wouldn’t trade what we have right now for anything in the world. The amount of love and respect I have for this man has grown exponentially since we first started dating 8 years ago, and he continues to amaze me every day.

It also doesn’t hurt that I still catch him looking at me with the same expression as below:


(photo by Danny Weiss)

Happy anniversary, my love. Here’s to many, many more to come.

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We celebrated our anniversary this past Saturday with a lunch at my favorite steak house and a visit to Discovery Times Square for Harry Potter: The Exhibition. My surf & turf was superb, and the Harry Potter exhibit was worth every penny. It was a bit more crowded than I would have liked, but I was giddy like a little schoolgirl the entire way through and am really regretting not having purchased the audio tour.

J and I had a fantastic anniversary celebration despite the torrential rain which continued throughout the day.

The trouble started when we got home.

My eyes started itching almost as soon as we stepped through the front door. I immediately took off my contacts and washed my face, taking care to remove all eye makeup.

But the itching and tearing continued through the night and I could hardly sleep. By the time the sun rose Sunday morning it even hurt to keep my eyes open. Light sensitivity added to my list of symptoms, and I was so miserable that I was sobbing. I was also scared — I had visions of Claire growing up with a blind mother and J having to take care of a blind wife.

We called J’s brother and luckily my SIL was able to come over to watch Claire while we headed to the ER. After the doctor put some numbing drops into my eyes I finally started to feel better. She checked for scratches on my cornea (there was none) as well as other symptoms of allergic reactions. Because the swelling, tearing, and itching subsided after a series of steroids, antihistamines, and antibacterial eye drops, the doctor concluded that it must be an allergic reaction…but we weren’t sure from what. It could be the circle lenses I had donned the previous day, or the old eye shadow I had applied. The doctor seemed to think that the cause stemmed from the antibiotics I had been taking for the past week as a result of a root canal.

The good news was that I seemed to be responding to the treatment, so the doctor wrote me some prescriptions and sent us home. I spent the rest of the day recovering in bed and I’m happy to say that I’m feeling much better today.

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With all the excitement I had almost forgotten about the Magic Sleepsuit giveaway! Well, better late than never, right? Drum roll please…

The winner of the Baby Merlin’s Magic Sleepsuit is…

#51 is commenter Olivia, who had the following to say:

Congratulations, Olivia! I will be emailing you shortly!

And thank you to everyone else who entered! The past month has been a HUGE month for this blog (more than 95k unique visitors!) and I owe it to every one of you. I have stated in the past that I do not make money from blogging, and I am still quite happy with the status quo. That being said, if I do hit 100,000 visitors in a month, I do want to do a big giveaway in celebration. So stay tuned, and keep reading!

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14 Responses to “3 Years, A Busy Weekend, and A Winner”

  1. Rebekah says:

    Yikes about your eyes! Glad that you’re doing better.

    Happy anniversary! It’s actually my two-year wedding anniversary today, too.

  2. Vee says:

    Happy anniversary!

    Something similar happened to me once or twice with my eyes when I was much younger (and I am also a contact-wearer). I was unable to open my eyes if there was any light, they just constantly teared up. My teachers thought I was losing my mind because it looked like I was sobbing, but really I just couldn’t open my eyes or stop them from tearing. My eye doctor decided it was an allergy to my contact solution, but I still don’t think that was the case. =/ Hope you’re feeling better.

  3. Happy anniversary! Sounds like you had a nice celebration except for your eyes :S

  4. LatteLove says:

    Happy Anniversary Jenny and Josiah! (and congrats on the big blog numbers! You’ve been doing an amazing job on this blog for years, so it doesn’t surprise me!)

  5. Annie says:

    Happy Anniversary Sister in law!!! 🙂 I’m glad that you’re feeling better too!!!! xo

  6. Olivia says:

    Woohoo I won! Thank you!

  7. Stephanie says:

    What a weekend!! Glad you are doing better.
    I love reading your blog, so keep it up! 🙂 You’re a gem.

  8. Amanda says:

    Happy anniversary!!! Boo to the eye debacle, but I hope you had a beautiful celebration.

  9. Anna says:

    OMG, your anniversary is on the same day as ours!!!! (Except Marcin and I are only at our second.)
    Happy anniversary then! And you too, Rebekah!

  10. Carly says:

    Happy Anniversary!!

    Congratulations on your big blog month, and I hope you feel better!

  11. Amanda says:

    I’m glad the eye thing wasn’t anything serious! Hope you feel better soon! And happy anniversary!

  12. Heather says:

    Wow – what a crazy weekend! First of all, happy anniversary. You look absolutely gorgeous in that wedding photo above. 🙂 Second, so glad you are feeling better. I have had eye issues in the past and it is definitely a scary feeling. Eyes are so delicate and so important. And finally, congratulations on hitting 95k visitors – that is awesome! Your blog is great and you deserve every one of those visits. 🙂

  13. Woo! Almost 100K hits! Congrats! That being said, sorry to hear about your eyes! I’ve had my share of allergic eye issues this year and I really had no idea about them. Do people really ONLY get eczema on their eyelids? Yes, apparently, according to my eye doctor. Anyway, hope you feel better and throw out the old eye makeup just in case! 🙂

  14. Oh! And Happy Anniversary…duh!

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