G's Birthday!

This past Saturday was my beautiful little sister's 9th birthday! I love this little girl so much and I had the best time celebrating with her. She spent the day bike riding with some friends on her new sweet purple bike; which I don't have a pic of, but it was pretty awesome, and swimming. Later, at her request, we went to a little Italian restaurant that just so happens to be the same restaurant Aaron and I had our rehearsal dinner at. She has loved this place since the first time she took a bite of their delicious macaroni and cheese. You can tell from the pics below that she was on cloud nine the entire night. Check out her adorable peasant top and skinny jeans! I had to get her some dark skinnies! She LOVES them. And my mom bought her some stylish black flat boots which completed the outfit! The kid raked in on outfits. Lord knows she didn't need any more toys or games so we were all instructed to go the clothing route, which I happen to love! She has such a fun/funky style right now. Reminds me a little of me when I was her age. I loved the mismatched high tops and sideways ponytails. She also has dreams of being a fashion designer and has actually sketched out some stuff and pulled out pages from magazines as her inspiration. The girl is going places!

crazy girl! mmmm....
dad will hate this pic of him but look how

happy G and my mom are! Too cute!!
cheesecake and cookie cake! what a lucky girl!
black flat boots
silk bubble DKNY dress I found for a steal! She's totally going to rock it

with her skinnies and one of her many pairs of high tops I'm sure :) Gabby and Chester Cheeto

I love you little sis and I hope you had a great and memorable birthday!

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Happy Birthday my Love!

Today is my amazing husbands birthday! I couldn't be more excited to celebrate today. You see, I have a thing with "firsts." First Christmas, Valentine's day, birthdays, etc. Well this is his first birthday as a married man! I know, corny. Since he is turning the big 2-5, I figured I would make a list of 25 things that I love about this man!

1. he makes me laugh - gotta love a man with a sense of humor
2. giggle talk - he coined this term back in high school. it's a certain way we talk to each other. love it!
3. his prayers - he prays every night before we eat dinner and before we go to bed
4. pet names - he's aarbear (Aaron) and mine is baybay
5. the way he grabs my hand when we are laying in bed and kisses it and says "goodnight babe"
   
6. the mornings when we lay around and snuggle for an extra 5-10 minutes.
   
7. how excited he is when he walks through the door every day from work
8. he's patient - even in Houston traffic!
   
9. he loves my family and adores my little sister
   
10. he loves our daisy mae more than i would have ever thought
11. he's my rock, my strength and my provider - i am so thankful for all that he has done for us
12. he doesn't complain when i hog the t.v. - he has grown to love the shows i love
13. his faith - he has such a strong faith in God and that is so important to me
14. he loves going to church and will get upset if we don't make a service
15. he grills an amazing steak
16. he's so incredibly sweet - he tells me all the time how beautiful he thinks i am and let's face it, us girls need that!
    
17. he works out with me - he hates the 30 day shred too :)
18. he prefers his cowboy boots over dress shoes which i just adore!
19. he's super cute and his butt looks awesome in levi's ;)
20. he is a hard worker and is super dedicated to his job
21. he takes pride in his home and wants it to look as nice as possible
22. he's clean! sometimes cleaner than i am....
23. he has a ton of confidence...sometimes annoying since he thinks he's "the man", ha!
    
24. he's a good listener
    
25. he loves me more than i ever thought was possible

I love you honey and I am so blessed to call you my husband! Happy Birthday!!

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Going away

Beau and I are heading out of town this weekend. Tomorrow his brother is graduating from Lackland Air Force Base, so we are heading to San Antonio. We will spend the day there and then we are off to a resort in Austin. Why are we spending the weekend away you ask?? Well, Saturday just so happens to be my handsome Beau's birthday!! He is turning the big 25...yes I married a younger man, but only by a month :) We are also having a pretty big day on Sunday as it's our 1 year anniversary!! Nice date planning, huh ladies? You see, I figured if our wedding day was the day after Beau's birthday then he would never forget! Actually.....it was the one weekend that worked out with all of our vendors. Him never being able to forget it is just an added bonus! So we will spend Friday through Monday soaking up the sun, err rain, depending on the weather. Either way it will be amazing! I'm so excited to spend 3 days away with my husband!! I can't believe it has already been 1 year. I will have a few scheduled posts for this weekend, so keep a look out! We can't go without a post of wedding pics on the anniversary, now can we?? I'll try not to have picture overload, but I can't promise anything!

I'll give you a little taste of what this weekend will (hopefully) be like:

we are staying here:

with these views:
drinking a couple..who am i kidding..several of these:

indulging in this once or twice:

and hopefully paying this spa a visit:

but best of all, I will be there with him....

photo by the one and only AshleyK

I hope you all have a fantastic Easter weekend!!

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Amazing Gifts!

First off let me say thank you so much to all of you sweets for leaving me such nice birthday wishes!! I really appreciate it! It's so nice to be told "Happy Birthday" by so many people. Makes a girls day!

The birthday festivities started Friday night at my parents house. My dad grilled some amazing steaks, as always, and we had some wonderful appetizers that my mom and sister cooked up. Look how cute all of the table decorations are! My mom outdid herself once again!

{precious flowers!}

Let them eat cake - the cutest most delicious cake ever, that is!! Loved the way it turned out and it was oh so tasty.

{make a wish ;)}

And then there were two: Me and sweet beau. Pay no mind to the pale, white washed face. I will be tan this summer. You just wait!

Not onto the good stuff. The presents!! I know I've said this before, but I really am so fortunate to have the family that I do. They are so good to me. I feel so blessed every single birthday I get to celebrate with them! On to the gifts. My favorite of all night had to be my new Nikon D-60 camera!! It was a gift from my parents and beau. I am in LOVE! I was a mad woman this weekend snapping pics left and right. I think every girl, after they get married, falls in love with photography. It's hard not to. You see all of the amazing images and you want to be able to try your hand at photography too. I will never be a pro, but this is a start!

My big sis knew about the camera so she picked me up this little guy! It's not the full blown Photoshop, because let's face it, I am in no position to drop 3K on that, but it's so perfect and exactly what I was wanting!

I don't know if you recall the black coat from this post. Well I was surprised when I opened up the box from my grandmother and found it inside! It's so cute and the fit is to die for! I wore it out to my birthday dinner that Beau took me on with my new black boots and I felt oh so chic!

And my little sis, err, my mom picked this cute bottle of wine up for me. How funny is this? I had no idea they had "Middle sister" wine. Perfect!!

I can't end without saying how sweet Beau was on Saturday. He woke up semi-early (which he doesn't ever do!) and fixed me delicious cinnamon muffins and eggs. And then *gasp* he cleaned up afterward. It was great! Ok, I'm done now. It was an amazing birthday and I couldn't have asked for more.

Happy Hump Day!

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Hilarious!

My coworkers fiance and good friend sent me this hilarious card this morning! She is such a sweetie and so funny!

So, umm, yes MY birthday is tomorrow!!! Well, technically it's not tomorrow. I was born on Leap Year, February 29, 1984. Now if you recall, Feb 29th only comes around every 4 years. Some may see it as getting shafted since my real birthday isn't every year, but since I'm a glass half full kind a' girl, I like to see it as a plus! You see, I like to celebrate on the 28th to keep it in February, but also on March 1st, because it is kind of like the 29th. See??

Now, I am like a 5 year old when it comes to birthdays. Beau thinks I'm ridiculous, but I really don't care. I woke up this morning, bright and early, super excited that it is my birthday weekend! Beau was a tad annoyed! HA You can blame my parents :) for always making me feel so special and always having something exciting going on for our birthdays! I can look back on all of my birthdays and remember so many wonderful times! My mom used to be quite the cake decorator. She made us the most amazing cakes for our birthdays growing up! I wish I had pics on my computer so I could show you all! And don't get me started on all the fun festivities and crafts she would have for us to do during our sleepovers!! So yes, birthdays are a big deal. Tonight we are going to celebrate with my parents. They are cooking up some yummy steaks plenty of wine and we ordered a cake from the same lady that did the shower cake (see below post) so I can't wait to see it!! I told her what my vision for it was which might include pink, orange and leopard print :) Tomorrow night Beau is taking me to the fabulous Da Marco's restaurant. It's going to be such a romantic evening!! I will be sure to have a post up on Monday with plenty of pics!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

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Sisterly Love

{Sister and me}

Yes, there is another birthday in my family! Today is my fabulous big sister's 26th birthday!! I can't believe she is 4 years away from 30. HA! She took the day off of work and my mom met her for a yummy steak lunch. Sounds like fun to me! She also just returned from the Grand Cayman islands with one of her girlfriends for a little birthday treat! Jealous? Why, yes I am! I'm sad I'm missing out on the festivities tonight (momma's homemade tacos, all the fixins and some chocolate mousse to boot!) to help her celebrate! Being the big sis, I always looked up to her. She was kind of like my role model. She was taller and always had the cute clothes that she rarely let me borrow because she was worried I would spill something on one of her new shirts :) I was pretty notorious for spilling a drink or chocolate down the front of my tops! However, I do remember sneaking some of her clothes out of her closet when she wasn't looking and then so carefully putting them back - HA! She was what I wanted to be when I "grew up" and still is. She's an independent, beautiful and oh so sweet sister. I love her to death!

Happy Birthday Chee!! I miss you and I hope you have a fabulous birthday!! Can't wait to help you celebrate this weekend!

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Happy Birthday Momma!

Today is my wonderful mothers birthday! I love birthdays in our family. It means the whole family gets together, usually around good food and plenty of wine and we have the best time. We always try to celebrate them for as long as we can. We had her birthday dinner this weekend and it was so good! But today I wanted to do something extra special. I have decided to take off work and spend the entire day with her! It's going to be so nice to spend some quality time with each other. You have no idea how excited I am! I wish I could have been there this morning when she woke up so I could have made her breakfast and waited on her like she did for me for so many years. She is by far the most incredible, patient and caring woman I have ever been around. Not to mention the most beautiful. I hope one day that I can be half the mother and wife that she has been! She is truly amazing. We have big plans for today. We are going to meet my dad and sister for lunch and then do a little afternoon shopping. I'll leave you with a couple of my fave pics of the birthday girl!

love this picture from my wedding

me, big sis and mom

Happy Birthday momma!! I love you so much and I hope you have an amazing birthday! Can't wait to spend the day with you :)

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Dilemma

So my mom sent me a link today of several coats that are on sale. She wants me to pick one out for my upcoming birthday. YAY! Well I narrowed the 95 choices down to 3, but I can't go any further. I'm horrible at making decisions - especially when ordering online!! So this is where you lovely ladies come in. Now keep in mind, that even though the outfits that are shown on the models are adorable, I will mainly be wearing this with jeans, pants or a dress. But mainly jeans, I'm sure. OK, Without further adieu:

So chic and I'm loving it with the white tights and tall boots. This one is available in black and ivory

I like that this one is double breasted with blouson sleeves. This one comes in iris, red, camel or black

I like the A-line of this, but will the sleeves make it too little girly? And the only color left in this is grey or black

So what's the verdict?? And thanks for any and all help in advance!!

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