what’s been going on

well. guess it’s been a while since my last post. good reasons though.. lots of school, wedding planning, and.. well, that’s the most of it!

let’s see, finished up a may mini, and 2 classes over summer 1, which has totally sucked. and yay, get to start 2 more next week ;) but, i'm making good head way, so that’s what matters. the end is finally in sight.

praise the lord.

wedding. well, its coming along, slowly but surely. things that have been marked off the list: venue, photographer, dress… whoa, is that all?!? we’ve bought a lot of décor, but, still need plenty more. working on getting all the table cloths in place, oddly that’s what’s mostly stressed me. odd. we took our engagement pics, it was ridiculously hot, but the pics came out good :) food is covered, just gotta pin point the menu. still need to figure out our play list for music, bridesmaid/flower girl dresses (though, that’s all family, so not too worried about that). been working on registering this week, who knew that would be so difficult and time consuming?! its been fun though :) let’s see, i know im forgetting stuff, hope its not too important ;) if anyone has any good tips/tricks/advice.. ill take it!

can’t wait! 4 months exactly!!!

something else we’ve been doing, is a premarital class at church. an 8 week class covering all sorts of topics.. and its been great! i really enjoy our mentor couple, they are really fun and we’ve got some similarities between our situations, so that’s nice. usually after class, on the ride home and for at least an hour, we sit in the car and talk. its just been really nice to hear others advice, what the bible says, and just great conversation starters for us. i would highly recommend this class (merge at watermark.org)

aubrey. oh this child of mine. what a mess :) but man, do i love her! she has been so fun lately. she sings and dances non stop. makes up songs to whatever she’s doing or what’s going on around her. most the time they don’t make a bit of sense, but she does it a lot! we’ve also been going to the library quite often- free entertainment! she loves it though, always wanting to go. we signed up for the summer reading club.. but i think i lost the paper of the books we’ve read :/ she still loves her little babies and animals and carries them all over the place. she’s all about accessorizing and picking out what she wants to wear. her imagination is so fun to watch, she get’s so detailed in her pretend play. she’ll change her voice to whatever is being portrayed and she loves to mimic- especially me! girlfriend still loves her sleep and rarely misses a nap. though, sometimes a “nap” is just laying in bed for 2 hours because she will not fall asleep! but, as long as she’s in her bed quiet, i don’t care :) she has also, finally, gotten to the point of waking up in the night if she needs to go to the bathroom. she hasn’t wet the bed in months, but i would still worry that she might and would have to get her out of bed while she was sleeping to have her go to the bathroom again (amazingly, she’d sleep right through it all!) but now i don’t have to worry anymore. now, just to get  her to get up and go instead of me having to go in there and get her. she is also way concerned with me being happy. if she does something wrong, or that she knows i don’t like, she immediately says “are you happy?” if i say no she says “i want you to be happy. yes you are” so i tell her what she needs to do, or not do, for me to be happy- and it works! haha. she’s also been real lovey, kisses and hugs randomly, i  love it!  well, guess that mostly sums her up right now.

looking forward to fourth of july, its one of my favorite holidays. hoping aubrey will do better with the fireworks this year. last year i had to take us away and hide behind cars while she had a major death grip on me. poor baby hated it. i think she’ll like it better this year though.. hopefully. :)

other random stuff, haven’t worked since mid may (minus a few times at the bakery for big orders) since ive been going full force with classes over the summer. in one word not working has been amazing. but, i need to get a job. :( just something part time. guess ill get on that this week. philip has also been looking for another job, part or a better full time. the job he has now is good.. but, frankly, we need more money. (don’t we all?!) so, he’s on the hunt and has had some interviews, hoping this last one works out. so, if anyone knows of any lab jobs available in the dallas area… :)

just some faves from instagram :)

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I know the lighting on the blue one is weird, but its from daniels mom while aubrey was there for a week (i was missing her bad so i asked for a pic) I just thought she looked so grown up.

  

this might sound crazy, but, she was laying down next to me one night, and I just noticed how much arm hair she has now. that seems like such a big kid thing. my baby really isn’t a baby anymore is she. :(((

 

I put a box together full of aubrey’s coloring books, workbooks, colors, etc. i told her to go get into it, after about 10 minutes of listening to her in her room, i decided to start recording. she has been very thankful and grateful lately. its kinda long, but its pretty cute, especially towards the end :) (oh, and im in the midst of rearranging her room, so, it’s a little messy :)

one day aubrey made a “mad” face, it was so funny looking that i tried to get it on video.. then she started hamming it all up. of course :)

this past sunday, after lunch, aubrey had this major burst of energy. pretty evident in the video of what i mean by she makes up her own songs and dances. oh, and we recently watched some celtic river dancing and so she naturally picked it up. future career? ;)

alright, well it took those videos approximately 2 days to upload, grr, so that’s all she wrote.

see ya in another month. ;)