who doesn't love attention?

We had our first shower this weekend! And since Marshall is home for a week of course we are going to make him sit through a wedding shower!

We had amazing ladies who did an excellent job throwing us an excellent shower!

We had sweet b-maids who were able to come party with us!

And sweet family who celebrated with us.

Other family not pictured. My bad.

We had lots of fun visiting with friends and scoring some pretty great gifts.

Jett was also highly entertained the whole time.

After shower time we headed home and hung out. The girls and I were waiting for Valerie to make her way to Stillwater so we could get our bridesmaid dress party going on.

I can't show you pictures because it's a surprise. But with top sewer Val in charge it will be a success.

p.s. for those reading thinking "where was my invite to this shower?" that's a good question. i have had a few people tell me they never got theirs. darn post office.

my apologies. your husbands are probably thanking them because they didn't have to go.

kisses.

margs + dinner = fun

Marshall finally made it! But we had to get to Stilly because we had a dinner party to get to.

Oh we have missed each other!

Our lovely adult friends (I say adults because let's be honest, they are more grown up than me) wanted to have a dinner for us with the husbands. It was so great to just relax, eat great food, and enjoy my fiancé and friends.

We all know that I love and support the Whitney English name so what better to give to show our thanks and appreciation to the women who wanted to honor us.

It was seriously like watching little kids on Christmas morning.

Gifts just might be my new love language.

And speaking of gifts...

Paula painted us this awesome super creative painting.

Be jealous. Be her friend and maybe you will get one too.

And the most specialest lady of all. My sweet momma. Thank YOU for putting up with me during this crazy time.

Thank you to all the couples for being in our lives and showing us love.

kisses.

false alarm

Thanks to the Philadelphia public transit system I didn't get to see Marshall last night

But I'm supposed to see him today.... if his flight would ever leave Chicago. Ugh.

However, my friday night wasn't a bust. I got to slumber party with The Friske's!

Now pray for a safe flight.

i get 1 week this time

I'M SOOOOOO EXCITEDDDDDD!!!!!!!!

I get to see this guy tonight!

Yup. The dude who sat across the office from me and would wear my sombrero at his desk.

That guy.

I pick him up from the airport at 10:00 PM, why not AM? Why not now!!!!????

It's been 50 days! 50 days since I have seen my fiancé!! wahoooo!!

Sorry. I'm excited.

Having a long distance relationship is really sucking right now. When I was in China and he was in America it wasn't this hard. Now that he is in Philadelphia and I'm in Oklahoma, AND we're engaged and not just dating, it sucks way more. I miss him more, I'm more needy, and I honestly think I'm crazier in America.

He would probably agree.

10:00 pm. get here already.

kisses.

and so it begins.

I had my first real wedding nightmare.

It wasn't a Carrie Bradshaw wedding kind of nightmare. But it was enough to make me wake up sweating...

I didn't have teeth (typical dream for me), I started my period, I didn't have my dress, Marshall hadn't made it to Oklahoma yet, the wedding was happening 2 days from now, and so much more that I can't remember now that I'm awake.

This is normal, right? Bad wedding dreams?

kisses.

to my love.

Condiments. Some people hate them. Some people love them. I myself love them.

Especially ketchup.

I love ketchup so much that I will even eat it straight out of the bottle.

Okay maybe it was a dare. But I did it and wasn't complaining.

One time I gave up ketchup.

And when I finally had it again...

it was glorious.

I put ketchup on everything and anything (except steak, that's wrong people).

I ask for more packets every time than the average person.

I literally crave the actually ketchup more than I crave the food.

And I love sharing my love of ketchup with those that also love ketchup.

It's nice to know I'm not the only one out there craving those tomatoes, vinegar, and whatever else is in there.

So you can imagine my excitement when Jett finally realized that he himself liked ketchup.

I don't think he just liked it. I think he loved it.

At that moment I was a very proud Aunt.

And don't even get me started on Heinz new packaging.

It's like they read my diary or something.

Next time take a moment to appreciate your favorite condis.

kisses.

twitter vs. reality

I was celebrity tweeted last night.

Okay a "celebrity" in my mind replied. That totally counts right?

Thank you twitter for making us think we could actually be their friends.

who wants to be my twitter friend? heidireeves we could be real life friends too...

kisses.