Love Is Blind's Lydia and Milton celebrate 2 years of marriage: 'It feels longer'

"We've already been through everything," says the only couple to get married in season 5.

Love Is Blind's Lydia and Milton had viewers on the edge of their seats wondering if the couple would make it down the aisle in season 5. But they not only defied expectations by being the only couple to get married that season, they have also stayed together and just celebrated their second anniversary on Friday.

"It feels longer [than two years]," Lydia, 33, tells PEOPLE. "It's like, 'Oh really, just two years?' I cannot imagine my life without Milton anymore, I don't even remember what that was like."

Milton Johnson, Lydia Velez Gonzalez
Milton Johnson and Lydia Velez Gonzalez on 'Love Is Blind'.

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"We're still just as playful as we've always been," Milton, 26 adds. "For me, it feels pretty normal. It's two years. We've already been through everything [together]."

Milton's referring to the first obstacle they faced early on their marriage, as they had to be long-distance due to his job. Lydia lived in Houston while Milton, a petroleum engineer, was based in Long Beach, Calif.

"Last year I ended up working on a project that had me living in California for four months and Lydia was coming every two weeks, or I was going to Texas every two weeks seeing each other, staying for a week each time," Milton explains. "Luckily, Lydia's job has an office in Long Beach as well, so it worked out really well for us."

The couple now lives together in Houston, and reveal they've found a rhythm that works when it comes to their busy work schedules.

"That's our big thing. We share calendars and plan things that way," Milton says as Lydia adds, "It is a challenge, but it's literally taught us how to really get organized because if we don't get organized, it just gets too complicated."

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Milton says that Lydia has helped him take care of basic things like going to the doctor.

"I do typically keep a pretty busy schedule. I think just really having somebody being able to be solid in understanding my schedule and be able to plan the smaller things around it that I really need done," Milton says. "For example, I've been needing to go to the doctor for months, honestly, probably years, and Lydia will sit down and be like, 'Now, on this day I see you have a gap. You're scheduled for the doctor at this time at this place.' I don't know, maybe to her, those are just small tasks that she really helps me with, but they're huge for me... and things that I didn't realize that I really, really value."

Meanwhile Lydia says that Milton shows her the "attention and emotional support that I need regardless of my mental state."

"I've gone through some hurdles in the past few months and he has shown up at every single one of them and he has been there for me and he stops whatever he's doing to just listen and be there for me," she says. "I think that's one of the things that I value the most and I feel so blessed to have."

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