On the morning of our first anniversary, we paid tribute to our Mexican honeymoon with chilaquiles. The dish typically consists of corn tortillas, green or red salsa or mole, eggs, and sometimes pulled chicken. We made ours with lots of tomatoes, jalapenos, and cilantro.
Following breakfast, it was time to exchange gifts. We both had fun following the paper tradition and added touches of our own.
For him: a hand-cut card from Etsy seller Storeyshop that paid tribute to our spontaneous wedding vows, and a gocco’d print with lyrics from one of our favorite wedding day songs.
Also, the book Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day (which I knew I would also benefit from).
For her: personalized stationery, a subscription to Bon Appétit magazine, and a lovely print from Etsy seller fancyprints.
The print looks perfect in our living room. And maybe someday we’ll add little baby bird nests to our tree.
Later that night we got dressed up and drove 30 minutes south to LIFeSTYLE trattoria in Bedford.
We enjoyed bruschetta, blueberry risotto, chicken cacciatore, and homemade tiramisu.
And a few weeks later (because it’s always appropriate to celebrate your marriage), we enjoyed a replica of our wedding cake: white cake brushed with Chambord and layered with raspberry Champbord preserves and mousse. We had much more time to savor it that night than we did at our reception!
How did you celebrate your first anniversary? Did you give paper gifts? Did you eat cake?
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Your living room is adorable! Love the red couch and the new prints.
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My grandmother just gave me the top layer of our wedding cake… not sure how it ended up at her house in Waco (wedding was 101 miles south in Austin!)… I’m also wondering whether 20 mo old wedding cake is yummy… I guess we’ll see on Anniversary No. 2!
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Congrats on year One!! I have been reading your blogs since the days when you were dress shopping. :-) Our first anniversary is coming up in just a little more than a month, and we are tentatively planning on going to Pizza Hut and having a meat lover’s pizza… because of a funny story from our honeymoon. But maybe we’ll decide to step it up a bit and go somewhere a little nicer.
I love the gifts you guys gave each other! Super fun, and I love that they will always remind you of the first day of your life together.
Blessings!!
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emily you look GORGEOUS in that picture! being the talented cook that you are, how on earth do you stay so skinny?
i can’t believe it’s been a year since your wedding already – time surely does fly.