One Year Anniversary - 1.24.2010

Sunday was our 1 year anniversary. We celebrated by going to dinner at Firebirds, which is where we had our first date and it's just so yummy that we HAD to go there again for this occasion.

The food was absolutely DELICIOUS!! We both had a salad, steak and baked potato. Oh my goodness, it was just amazing!! If you've never eaten there, I recommend you trying it out the next time you're feeling like going out for an upscale type meal.

I really REALLY can't believe I'm posting this picture of myself because I am far from cute in it, but it's the only picture we took together on our anniversary so I feel like it should be shared. The lighting was pretty bad for our little point and shoot camera but the size of my belly, and the fact you can see through my shirt are what make the picture even worse. Yuck! Ahh!

When we got home we watched a little football while our dinner settled and then we had a little Cake Picnic. My mom had this yummy red velvet cake made for us since our original wedding cake topper never got put in the freezer. But that's okay because this cake is wonderful.

(By the way, Publix makes great cakes if any of you are still out of the loop on that one.)

 

See how great that looks. It tastes GREAT too!! The Sparkling Grape Juice was a nice touch as well.

We exchanged cards and had a wonderful time just spending the evening together. I had intentions of us watching our wedding video together but I forgot. Oops!

 

This is kinda silly to post, but these are my SUPER cute PJ's Chase gave me for the occasion. They aren't maternity but I loved them so much I couldn't wait to wear them. Thankfully, the shirt was long enough to cover up my HUGE belly so I wasn't sporting the Wal-Mart look. Haha!

They are from Target. If you want some click HERE. They have a couple different colors but I LOVE the turquoise. I also got THESE, but I definitely had belly showing. I'll have to save them for after BR is here and my belly isn't GINORMOUS anymore. haha!

Oh and just so no one thinks Chase was left out, he got some new clothes as well. :o)

Anyways, it was a great night and we are still VERY VERY much in love. We look forward to many more years of happiness together.

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False Alarm

ARG! I'm so frustrated with my body right now, it's bringing me to tears. I know it's just hormonal/emotional overload but I want to have BR so bad it's killing me. Sunday night on our anniversary I started having consistent contraction but they weren't getting closer together or stronger so I tried not to get my hopes up. Monday I made some more progress and contractions continued. By Monday night I was having pretty bad cramps too so I thought that my contractions were intensifying and maybe things were kicking in. Yesterday I woke up and thought that I was see my "show" and I was having consistent contractions all morning and afternoon. I called my doctors nurse because I really thought something was starting. Well she talked me into going into my doctors office to let him check me and it turns out I wasn't having my "show" and I'm only 1cm. That is progress because on Friday he said my cervix was still closed, but that I wasn't in labor quite yet and I still may have a few more days of waiting. I know a few days doesn't sound like that much but to me it's forever. I'm not in any physical pain, I'm just VERY uncomfortable and VERY ready to meet our daughter. I just want to see her sweet face!!

If you could please pray for me as I have to force myself to wait on the Lord and BR's timing. I so wish there was an easy button but unfortunately there isn't and I have to be patient. ARG! I know crying and getting myself all upset over this isn't helping me go into labor so I'm constantly praying for strength as I wait. Thank you to everyone who is praying for us. We'll let everyone know when she's finally born.

Thanks again and I hope you're all having a good day!

One Year Ago Today...

I married my best friend!

It was the greatest day!!

Chase got ready and took his portraits after a scary morning of the missing tuxedo. He had to chase down the delivery man outside the tux place to get his tux and then hurry out to the American Village to make it in time for his pictures. Haha! Thankfully, everything turned out perfect!

Then I got myself ready with my help of my maid of honor, bridesmaids and my mom.

Jessica took the most beautiful pictures for us.

This picture was taken right after we saw each other for the first time. Chase looked so handsome and he told me I looked beautiful. Aww!

The Wedding Party
We had adorable flower girls,

Beautiful bridesmaids and handsome groomsmen.

Me with my MOH and Chase with his Best Man.

The Ceremony...

Was beautiful and exactly like I wanted it. Except for when my niece, Alyssa, threw her bouquet at the end of the ceremony. She was happy because we were MARRIED!!

It was the greatest day of my life thus far!!
(I never thought that a year from this day we would be anticipating the birth of our daughter any day now. It's crazy but we are both so excited and ready to meet our little girl!)

The Reception

Our First Dance

This was from the Father-Daughter dance and it's probably one of my favorite pictures from the wedding.
I love to see my daddy smile that big. It makes me happy to know that he was and is very happy for Chase and I. Both of my parents and Chase's parents were extremely happy for us on this day.

We had gorgeous and yummy cakes! We were nice to each other and didn't smear any on our faces.

Tori caught the bouquet and Rob caught the guarder.

Our beautiful rings!!
(I can't wait for the swelling in my fingers to go away after I have this baby so I can wear my ring again. It's been like 2 months almost since the last time I wore them.)

After lots of hugs and dancing we were ready to go.

and we were off to Ross Bridge for the night.

We had an amazing wedding day!! We were surrounded by hundreds of friends and family that love us both and were truly happy for us. I am so thankful for our union and couldn't be happier with the man I chose to marry. Chase is truly the man of my dreams and my best friend. I can't imagine my life without him and I'm so excited that we are about to embark on the journey of parenthood together. Only a few more days and Brantley Rae will join us in this wonderful life we are making for ourselves.

If the rain will go away (so Chase can come home from work), we are going to celebrate by spending the rest of the day together, going to dinner. I'll share more about today in a later post.

I hope you all have a wonderful day. Thank you to everyone who has been there to support Chase and I during our first year of marriage. We love you all!!

Belly Post - 38 Weeks

Another week has passed and I'm still pregnant. Ahh! I'm so ready but Brantley Rae has another plan. ha! I got a good report at the doctor today so I'm pleased. He said that I am 80% effaced but that my cervix still hasn't changed from 1/2cm dilated. BR is head down and facing the right way now, thankfully!! He said that he thinks she will be a 7 1/2lb baby if I go full term. Sounds good to me! I'm just hoping that she doesn't get any bigger than that while she's still in my belly. ha!

So, we're doing well and just waiting it out. My patience is running so thin because I'm more than ready to have her at home with us but I guess I'll just have to tough it out and keep waiting as much as I don't want to wait. I know that God has a plan for her and only he knows when she is truly ready to be born, so I'll wait on his timing because I know it is best. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for us. We are so thankful for the love and support we've received from all of our friends and family during the pregnancy.

I'm not going to complain about how increasingly uncomfortable I'm becoming, but I guess I just did, haha! Anyways, Chase and I are just really really ready to meet our sweet little girl but we'll keep waiting for the right time, her time! I'll let you all know when she comes if it's before next weeks Belly Post, if not, then I'll post a 39 week post next Friday after my doctors appointment.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

Followers Gadget

I'm having issues with the "Followers" gadget here on Blogger and I'm starting to get irritated. Ahh!! It worked on my other blog. What is the problem? It shows that we have like 8 followers on here so far but the gadget isn't showing them on my Blog. BooHiss! I'm bothered! This is not the way I wanted to start my morning but I guess I'll just have to get over it and worry about it later. It's time for me to get ready for my 38 week doctors appointment. Wish me luck!!

Welcome Blogger Friends

Hey Friends!! Thanks for making the switch over to this blog. I'm so happy to have my blog and my e-mail on the same Google account now. It will be so much easier to update and such. I hope you all are having a wonderful Thursday and I will be updating tomorrow after my doctors appointment to let you all know the progress I've made. I really hope BR is getting ready to make her appearance.

Catch you on the flip side!!