Subscribe to Our Feed!Today my husband celebrates five years with the fire department. I celebrate with him, of course, because the past five years have been amazing. Busy. Kind of crazy. Sometimes very difficult. Maybe a bit tiresome and exhausting at times. But amazing.
He hasn’t changed much. I mean, look at him.
He’s still a baby face as he was in this picture five years ago. I don’t think he’s been asked if he’s old enough to drive the fire truck recently but he still regularly gets carded. He may look the same but he’s changed a lot as well. In good ways… mostly.
The adjustment period of being on the fire department wasn’t always easy. Of course, we further complicated things by immediately conceiving and adding BigBrother to our family. And then we bought this house. And then we had LittleBrother. So from picture frame one to picture frame two in the above photo, a lot happened. Yet he never backed down from the challenge. I suppose that’s the firefighter in him.
I won’t say that I worry less when he runs off to a fire. We all know that I worry. I will say that I’ve gotten used to the worry which is entirely different than not worrying. Adjusting to the schedule was also a challenge, one that I think we both struggle with at times as well. I think, as I said above, we’ve struggled most while also undergoing other personal life changes and challenges. The sleep deprivation of the newborn phase doesn’t always work well with the sleep deprivation of firefighting or the sleep deprivation of solo parenting brought on by firefighting. But we made it through that… twice over.
For five years, I’ve sent him off to work every third day, knowing that he’ll be home twenty-four hours later. For five years, he’s come home twenty-four hours later and made the coffee, helping me get the day started for forty-eight hours together. For five years, we’ve learned more about the fire life and about each other. While this particular anniversary isn’t our anniversary (ours is in December), it’s still a milestone I think we both celebrate.
I mean, five years means three weeks of vacation instead of two. Celebration indeed.
I can’t wait to see what the next five, ten, fifteen and twenty years bring us with regard to fire stories, memories and family life. No more pregnant shots like this:
Or this:
But, most definitely more of this:
Happy Five Year Fire Anniversary, FireDad! We’re proud of you!
(But really… three weeks of vacation! WOOHOO!)
11 Responses to “Five Year Fire Anniversary”
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
Happy Fifth Fire fighting Anniversary.
Not an easy job. Lots of tough times, but many rewarding
times as well.
Thanks to you and to all who serve in this way.
Kristi Fornshell´s last blog ..PATIENCE BY THE AGES
Happy Anniversary, FireDad! We’re all proud of you, too, and we appreciate all that you and your family sacrifice for others. Way to be a superhero!!
Katie in MA´s last blog ..Three cheers for the Saints!
congrats to Firedad on completing Five Years and congrats to you for surviving it!
Domestic Extraordinaire´s last blog ..Although the miles will separate us, my heart will be with him
Congratulations on five years! That’s a great milestone!
Andy´s last blog ..What if…
I bet your boys love having a firefighter dad (all the trucks, the gear, the visits to the firehouse!). And I bet they’ll love having him home that extra week, too. Congrats!
Stacia´s last blog ..Boys Will Be Boys. I Guess??
Congrats on 5 years! You sound so proud of him and you should be! What an amazing occupation and what an incredibly supportive wife he has. Here’s to wishing you many more years to be proud of and posts like this.
Tired Mom Tesa´s last blog ..JumpStart Review and Membership Giveaway
Congratulations on five years!!! You are two amazing people to be able to do this. You really have a beautiful family and I am happy that you had crossed this milestone.
Upstatemomof3´s last blog ..To The One That Challenges Me
Happy Anniversary!
YEAH! Very cute preggie pics!
Happy Anniversary! You’re a great fire wife!
Looking forward to the next five years of seeing blogposts with the fire family.
Thank you, Fire Dad, for serving your community. Thank you, Fire Mom for supporting him in his calling!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Yes, it is to both of you. We just hit 3 a couple of weeks ago and it’s hard to remember him ever doing anything else.
Keep up the awesome posts
Val´s last blog ..Working as a Fire Wife