Today is a big day in our little family. It’s a very special day. 10 years ago today the boy who’d taken me out on 2 dates text me to ask if I would be his girlfriend. Now a whole decade later that boy and I just enjoyed a cheeky glass of bubbly while we ate crumpets and listened to our little people laughing.

A lot has happened in 10 years and I know we aren’t one of those perfect families you sometimes see on social media, I like to think that we still keep it real- as the blog states: ‘just a typical family’. I mean just yesterday we had a shouting match over something stupid so we definitely aren’t ‘perfect’- don’t panic it was an argument started because the muppet had dunked my washing up gloves in the sink! But I’m glad we aren’t perfect. In fact I don’t think there’s such a thing as perfect. I know we care about each other. Love each other. Respect each other. Have fun with each other. Most importantly after 10 years I know we still have a future together. As one of my mummy friends and I chatted about just the other week, our other halves might drive us to fantasise about smothering them in their sleep sometimes but we honestly couldn’t imagine life without them.

I know things aren’t perfect right now as we continue on our path (I hate using the word journey!) to changing our lives so we couldn’t do the weekend away we’d wanted but I know they’ll be plenty of opportunities to do those things in the future, and I can’t wait. I can’t believe how far we’ve come and I couldn’t think of a better companion on the road ahead.

10 years ago I had no idea where my life would go but I wasn’t scared as I’d just said yes to the best sidekick I could ever have imagined. You might drive me up the wall sometimes but you also make me cry with laughter. And I love that we have those moments where we don’t even need to make the joke we can just look at each other.

6 years ago you asked me to be your wife, although really you’d already asked me 4 years earlier when you asked me to be yours. In fact you’ve had my heart since that first conversation when we chatted as we stacked baked beans- we met while working in a supermarket if anyone’s not heard that bit and thinks we were just dicking around in Tesco.

You’re now the father to my children and I love watching little examples of our love running around playing with cars.

I know it’s not been a smooth road here and I know we’ve still got a way to go to get our dream life together but right now I’m so thankful for what we have and I’m happy to be happy with what we have. Maybe not a picture of us in a swanky restaurant sipping champagne but instead we have the greatest gift of all- love.

Sorry to get so mushy and I need to stop now before I make myself cry. I’ll leave a little video of the love and happiness I’m talking about- this is honestly all you need in life and it’s all thanks to the man sitting opposite me studying to make our lives better so that maybe next year we will get the swanky restaurant but at least we’ll know that we were already the richest people in the world.

Happy 10 years you old poo head ❤️