Second Year Celebrations

We were away the weekend before our anniversary, so we made a pit stop at home, and then headed to the Davenport Hotel for a night. It's about a fifteen minute walk from our front door, but it was still nice to celebrate our anniversary somewhere special. 

This is in the elevator.

Not the most inspiring view, but it was still fun to watch people nine stories down below. You can't see our apartment in this picture, but it's basically diagonally behind that white building on the right. 

I wanted steak, so we did Outback take-out. We didn't have two chairs, so we ate it on the floor of our room. And yes, Carson got a salad while I had steak and potatoes. 

Cotton candy for our "cotton" anniversary. He also got a bow tie and dress socks, all of which sound really boring, but he did want it!

A box full of cotton things... everything from socks and tshirts to beach towels to cotton balls. He really went with the theme. 

The shower

We made toasts. None of them were serious... things like "and here's to two more years!" were said. 

Leaving... 

And on our actual anniversary...

I tried on my wedding dress and am proud to say that it not only fits, but it was too big!  

 Not sure how that happened, but it was a pleasant surprise. 

So we had John take a few pictures of us, two years later. 

I might make it a tradition to try the dress on every year, just because I like it so much :) 

 Carson brought me these flowers and a card on our anniversary. He's sweet.