A Day of Love and Happiness...

Some have been asking for more wedding pics... So here are some (ok... a TON) of my favorites from our big day!

Enjoy!!

Seeing each other for the first time!

My bridesmaids, Jennifer (Steve's sister) and Dustin

The Bridal Party... having fun!

Such handsome guys!

Isn't she GORGEOUS?!?!

The cutest little ring bearer in the whole world... Braden

Our beautiful little flower girl, Vivien

Here we go....

Inside the Ohio Statehouse... It's beautiful!

Mr. GQ

Roland and Jennifer

We're legal... WOO HOO!!!

Our beautiful and YUMMY cake

Our guestbook tree complete with fingerprint "leaves" from our guests

Best man giving his speech

Matron of Honor giving her speech

I told Steve that if he shoved cake in my face this would be the shortest marriage in history

First dance with my new hubby!

Father Daughter dance

Dad and I

Dustin and Greg

A great picture of THE shoes!

My In-laws... Steve and Julie

The Sass Ass Bump

Roland and Mom

It Had to Happen Eventually, Right?

It's official! Today.... I really feel "MARRIED".

A little backstory...

Steve applied for a new position with the company we work for a couple weeks before we got married. He waited and waited to hear back after his interview, but never heard anything. He basically gave up on the job and had pretty much forgotten about it.

Until a couple weeks ago when he got a phone call that HE GOT THE JOB!!! WOO HOO!!!

So today at work, Steve comes by my office to chat for a minute. As he is standing by my desk, a co-worker of ours walks by and says, "Hey... Congratulations!!" in a really loud voice. (I say "really loud" because this person doesn't know the meaning of the term "inside voice".) The two of them chat for a minute by my desk, Steve goes back to his office, and all is said and done.

About 10 minutes later... I get a phone call from another co-worker of mine. She is beyond excited and says, "OMG... CONGRATULATIONS!!" I said, "Oh, thanks! Steve is really excited!"... Kinda wondering why she is congratulating me and not Steve.

Then she says, "And how about you? Aren't you excited?! You guys are going to have such a cute baby!"

This is about the time my jaw hit my desk.

Once I was able to pick my jaw up off my desk, I said, "Um.... WHAT?!?!"

It became quite obvious to me that she had completely misunderstood the "congratulations" she overheard, and I had to spend the next few minutes explaining to my very embarrassed co-worker that we, in fact, were not having a baby.

I've heard stories about this. I've been warned by numerous people about this.

Seriously... I am SOOO not prepared for this!

To Wait, Or not to Wait...

So... It's been a year. One year since I had Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

My doctor called this morning and told me to schedule a follow up MRI to see how things look. They told me it would take up to a year to see the full effects of the radiation. Well... that year is up.

And I'm scared.

Part of me wants to call, get the MRI scheduled for next week, go in guns a-blazing, and just get it out of the way. The other of me wants to continue to live in ignorant bliss... Simply ignoring whatever is (or hopefully isn't) living in my head. Why is it that after all the crap I've been through up to this point... This is what freaks me out?? This is supposed to be the easy part!

I have the number to call and schedule. I'm just having a hard time dialing.

To wait, or not to wait... That is the question.

A Visual...

This is what it looks like when your soon-to-be husband does something super duper sneaky... And really, really sweet!

As we're wrapping up family pictures... In walks Steve...

"Oooh!... What's that?... It's for me?!"

I'm thinking to myself, "Please, please, please.... Don't let this be lingerie."

"Shoes??"

"OMG, my SHOES!!!... How in the world......???"

No words.... Just tears...

... Mixed with a little laughter.

"Yep... you got me good!"

"Thanks babe!!"

What can I say... I'm a lucky, lucky girl!

This Little Piggy...

Since we are still waiting on the disc that has all of our wedding pictures on it (grrr!), Steve and I have been enjoying looking through our honeymoon pictures. We did SO many fun things during our 10 days in New England!

I came across a few pictures today that just made me giggle.

The pictures below were taken at Shelburne Farms, which is a beautiful, large working farm in Shelburne, Vermont. Our visit to the farm was definitely one of my favorite stops along our way.

This little lady here is Beyonce.

These are Beyonce's ten (count 'em... TEN!) babies.

How cute are these little guys?! If I could've stuffed one into my jacket and brought it home on the plane, I would have. I LOVED them!! I could have stayed there all day.

Yep... I think this little guy would fit in quite well at my house.

This is what happened when all TEN little babies woke up and decided they were hungry. I don't care who you are... Seeing ten little baby piggy butts all lined up in a row... CUUUTE!!

This is Beyonce not even giving a rip. She never even woke up!!

I guess having ten kids really is exhausting.