EIRIC™: Interracial Couple Celebrate Wedding With Smurf Cake Topper

Dear Readers,

As noted by the 2000 US census: approximately 120,638,000 US citizens are either married or cohabiting ("cohabiting" means unmarried but living together). Of this 120,638,000 US citizens involved in serious romantic relationships, approximately 6,906,000 are in cross-race relationships.

Two years ago when the hubby and I said #Ido, we increased this general statistic and the specific numbers for Caucasian male/African-American female cross-race married couples in the U.S. In 2000, this pairing ranked 6th in the top 12 mixed-race married couple pairings. The table noted below specifies the rest.

*Ranking*	*Husband's Race*	*Wife's Race*	*Approximate Number*
1	Caucasian-American	Latina	824,000
2	Latino	Caucasian-American	723,000
3	Caucasian-American	Other Race	600,000
4	Other Race	Caucasian-American	348,000
5	African-American	Caucasian-American	227,000
6	Caucasian-American	African-American	80,000
7	African-American	Latina	72,000
8	Latino	Other Race	47,000
9	Latino	African-American	41,000
10	African-American	Other Race	35,000⁺
11	Other Race	Latina	35,000⁺
12	Other Race	African-American	11,000

We've been happily celebrating our anniversary by moving into a new place and wondering why the heck we have so much crap. Don't cry for us online friends because we're taking an anniversary/birthday (hubby's) weekend getaway in the next few weeks. ______________ here we come! When we figure out where we're going, we'll let you know.

They say if you make it past your second year of marriage, you're pretty much set. I was thisclose to getting excited until I realized:

(a) I don't know who the heck "they" are;

and

(b) that's just plain stupid. How do you account for all those folks who divorce after the two years?

Side note to royal couple Kate and Harry: don't fall for that stupid advice. Loved your royal wedding, by the way.

Wait---where the heck was I? I'm so easily distracted. Okay, back to why I started writing this entry in the first place. Oh yeah...our wedding.

A friend recently sent us some pictures (our friends tend to be #tardyfortheparty) from that day which motivated me to go through our albums - a combination of professional and that of friends - to see some of the ones that we'd like to share with you.

I tend to prefer the more "artistic" (as defined by my taste) shots so those are the ones that I'm sharing. If you'd also like to see some traditional posed shots, we'll post a few.

Enjoy!