awww... i can't believe you got to marry your high school sweet heart!!! : ) awwww!!!
anyways... LOL, we've been struggling with getting my daughter to sleep since the first week she came home with us... she still sleeps in our bed almost every nite but for about the last two weeks i haven't had to stay in there with her until she was asleep...
now i always make sure to do the same thing when i put her down to sleep... we read a book, we talk about the great things we are going to do the next day, and then i tell her if she doesn't cry then i will check on her in two minutes... and i leave, and i don't go back if she cries, i'll call to her and tell her "stop crying and mommy will come fix your blanket..." and wait until she's quiet to go in there... it works!!! she only takes about 5 to 10 minutes to go to sleep ALL BY HERSELF now!!! : ) it used to take an hour every nite of me laying next to her, or rocking her or singing to her... now she can do it herself!
whatever you decide to try.... be consistent!!! or it won't work. believe me, i've failed many times in the last 2 1/2 years!