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John StamosandCaitlin McHugh Stamosare celebrating a milestone wedding anniversary!
The couple marked their fifth wedding anniversary on Thursday, and Caitlin treated fans to an Instagram carousel of shots from their 2018 wedding to mark the occasion.
Some of the candid moments included the couple exchanging a passionate-looking first kiss, holding hands saying vows, and beaming brightly for a reception toast.
“I love looking back on photos from 5 years ago today. So many smiles, so much love,” Caitlin, 36, wrote. “I’m so grateful our love continues to grow 💗 What a beautiful life we have together.”
“Happy Anniversary and Thank You @johnstamos for putting up with me all this time. I love you!” she added.
Stamos, posted his own tribute to his bride later in the day: TheFull Housestar shared a colorful painting he’d made of the two of them together.
The pair first met while filming an episode ofLaw & Order: SVUin 2011, but didn’t reconnect until a few years later.
“We just met back up again. Her roommate was on an episode ofFuller House, and so she was in the audience,” Stamospreviously explained. “I walked in, I went, ‘Hey, are you stalking me?’ She was like, ‘No.'”
“That’s why I love her. She’s like, ‘What? No. I haven’t thought of you twice,'” he jokingly added.
John Stamos, Caitlin McHugh Stamos and son Billy.Caitlin McHughs Instagram
After almost two years of dating, Stamosproposedon Oct. 22, 2017, at Disneyland, one of Caitlin’s favorite places. (Caitlin is an activeDisneybounder, a superfan who dresses up in character at the amusement park.) At the time, Caitlin was expecting the couple’s first child.
The pair thentied the knotin February 2018 at the Little Brown Church in Studio City, California before welcoming sonBillythat April.
In August 2021, Stamos opened up aboutfinding his happily ever afterto PEOPLE.
“Six years ago, I sobered up and I became a better person,” he explained. “And when Caitlin came around, I recognized it immediately. I said, ‘I have to be good for that to make it work.'”
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The actor also spoke about how he and Caitlin keep their marriage strong, noting that they aim for romantic nights together whenever possible.
“We surprise each other,” he said. “Last week, she took me to the Lavender Festival and I absolutely loved it. The simplest things are what we strive to get back into. We can’t imagine what life is like without the little guy, but we dip our toe in. And then we go home to a screaming child!”
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At the end of the day, the chaos, the sleepless nights, all of it “is what I always wanted,” added Stamos. “My dreams came true 100 times over.”
source: people.com
