FREE AT LAST! ok...maybe only temporary

I have finished another semester of PA school! Hooray! I will find out soon how sucessfully I finished another semester. I now get almost two whole glorious weeks off of studying. I almost don't know what to do with myself! Even now, I'm trying to decide what to do with my night. It's a crazy thought. ;-)

On another subject, we had a bit of a scare on Monday night. To make a long story short, I was in the hospital for four hourse with preterm labor and was eventually sent home because the labor wasn't progressing at all. So they sent me home on drugs in hopes to relax my body enough to stop the contractions. They did stop, well kind of. Now, I've moved on to the oh so fun Braxton Hicks contractions (or at least that is what I think I'm feeling now). It is not at all as intense as my contractions were on Monday, so that is why I'm guessing its the BH contractions. So basically, I've decided that Skyler better come early (like maybe in 2 weeks?) so I don't have to feel these pains (which are pretty much all day since Monday) for the next 5 1/2 weeks. I will not be a happpy mama if that happens. Unfortunately, I can not force Skyler to come out. I can only hope and pray that he isn't stubborn like his dad....or his mom. =)

So that's my story and I'm stinkin to it! I hope everyone enjoys their nice weather this weekend (or at least the Michigan-ers will have nice weather--who would have thought?)

Ta ta for now folks!

Way Back Thursday? (Wedding Edition)

A friend from college and EMD celebrate life volleyball (in the old days), Raechel, has a weekly post of "Way Back Wednesdays". This week she reviewed her wedding and asked people to do the same! So, even though its a day late...I decided to post some pics too! I have one disclaimer...I lack a scanner, so some of the photos I just took with my camera. (so I promise they look better than they appear!) Some of the photos I had scanned in the computer years ago, so some of them look ok.

Ok..on with the show!

This is my lovely little sister and I! (although most people these days think she is older than me--she doesn't like that..but I do!)

Halle, my flower girl, and I. I can't believe she is turning six this year!

This is my sweet husband who cried when he saw me coming down the isle (and we had already seen each other before, but it was still a magical moment for us!)

(Again, sorry for the picture of a picture deal) This was the moment he saw me coming down the isle. How sweet is he! I love this man so much!

....and this is me crying as well. My mom thought I was having an asthma attack, but I was just crying too hard! =)

Us during the ceremony
Between the ceremony and the reception, the wedding party stopped by a local mall that had a carousel to take pictures. This is one of my favorites! I was completely surprised by him, it made me laugh!

the girls

...and the boys

At the reception, the bridemaids, a few others, and myself learned and danced Thriller for the guests...SO fun!
The conclusion to our special day!

I apologize for my over indulgence in the pictures I displayed, but it was such an amazing day! I wanted to share as much as possible with y'all!! I hope you enjoyed it!

Now...I really must get to studying, I've procrastinated long enough. =) But this was a fun distraction!

FORE!!!

I have seen a popular posting for Wednesdays where you post old photos and what not. Now I'm SO not displined enough to do this every week and today is actually Thursday and not Wednesday...but oh well! I found this old photo of Rachel and I and I thought it would be fun to share. So take it or leave it. =)

To be honest, I'm not even sure how old we are in this photo. I would say that Rachel is probably 4-5 and I'm 7-8, approximately. I am 90% sure that this was taken at good ole' Indian Lake Campgrounds (a little shout out!). And I know this was my dad's doing. He is a big lover of golf and I'm sure did everything in his power to get us to love it. Rachel likes it more than I, so at least he succeeded with one. =) Well, now he can try to work his magic on Skyler and I'm sure Skyler will love to golf with his Grandpa (actually he'll probably enjoy golfing with both of his grandpas!).

Hope you enjoyed my little blast from the past!

Preggo Update

Here I am at 32 weeks. Just to answer anyone's curiosity (since I get these two Qs a lot)..NO, I am not having twins and YES, as far as I know my due date (of June 1) is correct. Since I carry Skyler right out in front of me, I tend to get these two questions a lot. I have definitely entered the stage of needing to be pushed to sit up and needing to hold on to something to bend down. Sleeping is a pain, literally, but it's ok. I figure when I finally get to see my little Skyler, all of this will be worth it! =)

I have been doing some projects for the decor of his room and I'm quite proud of my craftiness. Once I'm finished, I just may post some pics. =)

Well, I really should get back to studying (unfortunately). Have a great day!

April 4th

Today is April 5th. It seems strange that 6 years ago yesterday, Allen and I went on our first date. Oh how time flies. I can hardly believe we've been married almost 4 years! In honor of our "dating" anniversary, I would to share how we got together. Many know this story, but if not, sit back and relax...

Long ago in a far away land....

Allen and I officially didn't meet until the summer of 2002 after our freshman year at Olivet, however, I was told after we were dating that he has his eyes on me our whole freshmen year. =) Yet, he never talked to me...how is a girl to know a boy likes her if he never talks to her? Moving on... When we did first meet, we both had not so great attractions to each other (for allen it was more of "maybe I should reconsider this"). You see, we met at Indian Lake Campgrounds (Heaven on Earth we like to call it) because our mutual friend Brett, brought him. What turned me off was that Allen had a mullet...oh yes, a full out mullet. (not pretty ladies...let me tell you) What turned Allen off was seeing my sister and I's giggly relationship--you see he has all brothers and didn't understand this (still doesn't sometimes).

So needless to say, we became friends. Fall of our sophomore year, we would talk here and there and I did find out through a friend that he liked me. At the time, I liked someone else, so I didn't pursue him. He did pursue me. He asked me out several (Allen will say 15x) times to do group things--never one on one dates. I had a bad experience in highschool where I kind of led a guy on and I didn't want to repeat it...so I said no...everytime. So by Christmastime, he basically gave up.

Then in early spring our sophomore year, we talked and decided to be co-captains together for intramural indoor soccer. Due to this, we started to talk more and more. OH...I left out a very BIG KEY thing. When we came back from Christmas break...Allen's mullet was GONE. I thought..."mmm, much cuter". =) So anyways.... So I realized that I was starting to like him and I thought I was being pretty obvious about it (although I found out later, he had no clue until I was pretty blunt about it). Then I finally asked if he wanted to see a movie with me. Right now, I can't remember who paid..I think I might have paid for myself. After the movie (which was Bringing Down the House in case anyone is interested), we went to Denny's to talk and have hot chocolate. We ended up talking there until 3am! That moment was the moment I knew he was the one for me. I had never in the past been so comfortable with a guy where I could completely be myself (silly, stupid, and all) and not feel dumb.

From there, the rest is history.... he asked me out the very next day (the day of our very first kiss--which was so cute...he was so nervous). So even though we joke how I turned Allen down many times, I remind him that he did "get" me in the end. =)

So that is our very long, but interesting (at least I think so) story of how we started dating! Hope you enjoyed it!

Below is a pic from our wonderful wedding!

Check out this amazing video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYKa9E1xzao