11

Today, Lyndon and I are celebrating our 11th anniversary of being together. 11 years. Who would have thought?

For those of you who don't know, Lyndon and I are not married but we are committed to one another. We've been engaged (for ages! - 5 years in December!), but wedding plans are always on the back burner and neither of us mind. (Though I am sure both sets of parents are longing for the day when we get hitched!)

We've come a long way since that fateful night of June 29th 1996.

We have had our ups and downs (as you do) but we've always been together. And (fingers crossed) we always will be together. I think it is important in a relationship to have s p a c e and we've always tried to give each other that, which is an underlining factor in our relationship. And support each other in what roads to take in your life. It's worked for us, so far.

Of course our true bond to one another happened when I became pregnant with Monet Lulu and when she was born it brought with it a totally different relationship to one another. Having Monet in our lives is just brilliant and I would not change not having her when we did.

Moving to Cairns and buying a home together too, has been a huge milestone in our relationship. We never thought either would happen.

We do what we think is right (not necessarily what others think is right) and it has worked for us because at the end of the day, we are happy. There isn't much we disagree on as we basically agree with each other on most subjects. I'm not sure what the key is to a happy relationship but I think we must hold it because we are still together, 11 years later.

Tonight we are planning on a bottle of bubbly to share, along with some take out food from one of our favourite restaurants (see if you can spot it in the below image!)

Below is a photo grid of the past few years of us three. (See if you can spot a pregnant Melody! Heehee!)

Happy 11th Anniversary Lyndon. I love you. But you know that. *wink wink* xx