Happy 'Golden' Birthday, Nathanael!!!!!

 It's Nate's 25th Birthday today and becuase of that I'm posting this blog....and some pictures of the man in my life. (No, not Quincey....well maybe 1)

HAPPY  BIRTHDAY  THANAEL!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

  

   

The night we got engaged!

Halloween 2008

The year I surprised him in Myrtle Beach for Spring Break!

Engagement pic

(Exposure Photography)

Nate and Q....with a strange haircut.

(The dog, not Nate!)

Oh, why not 1 more......

Quincey won a nice little gift basket at

"Bring your dog to the Park" night!!

(A little muddy if you can't tell by Q's discolor!)

 Looking forward to celebrating many more birthday's together...all 3 of us!!!!! :)



Joshua Radin Concert tonight!

 Well, Joshua Radin concert tonight!!!!! Nate got us tickets for 1 of my Christmas presents and I haven't lost them....HOORAY!!! This will be our 2nd time seeing him. If you all recall, we got to meet him after the last concert and Nate asked him if he'd sing at the wedding. He said he was pretty busy, but email and Facebook him. ha ha ha ha....It was a very sweet let-down!! Something tells me Nate will try to sneak another try in tonight! ;)

 Had a pretty low key weekend. Well, Friday night we went out with Alli & Adam and Nate's friend, LaVera. We tried a new pizza place downtown (YUM!) and then headed out for the night. I will say one thing: I sure do miss the NO SMOKING law in Illinois!!! Watched all the NBA All-Star festivities on Saturday and Sunday and even got some more flower patterns cut for the centerpieces. Of course that's the easy part....the hard part is putting them together and making them look good! Don't worry, I'm sure most of you reading this will have a chance to help with these god-forsaken things!! No, they really are fun. Trust me! (insert blank face here)

THE DRESS IS HERE!!!!!!!

 Ok, I don't actually have it.....but the store called Tuesday and left me a message that IT WAS IN!!!!! I immediately text mom, Maris, and Nate!!!! Now we just have to find a time for them to come up here so Maris can see it for the first time!! I so wish I could post pictures of it....but "you-know-who" knows about my blog so I can't. If you haven't seen it yet, leave me your e-mail address and I'll pass along a pic....unless you REALLY want to be surprised at the wedding! ;)

I guess this is really happening....... : )

Oh, here's what I can PROMISE my dress will NOT look like:

Not this......



Not these......

Nothing like this......

And FOR SURE NOT THIS!!!!!

Check this out..........

Kim ~ We solved the problem!!!!!! ha ha ha ha

Low-key V-day

 This past Monday was Nate and I's 9th Valentine's Day together! That's almost 10! So you can understand our somewhat "whatever" feel towards the day. Also, every gift reason we have comes within a 3 month spand for us. Christmas, anniversary, both birthdays, Valentines' Day...everything! So we kept it kind of low-key this year. Saturday night I did make dinner (something other than pasta!). And Sunday night we made "Valentine's Breakfast"...for dinner.

Breakfast dinner again.......

 Last week Katie W. had to come up to Indy for work, so Wednesday night the 3 of us went out to dinner, after Katie and I did a little shopping of course. Mom sent our V-day goodie bag up with her...hey, beats paying for postage! In addition to getting the heart pancake mold she gave us Steak N Shake giftcards too!! (and of course candy!) So, guess where Nate and I went to eat for Valentine's Day?? You guessed it!! Oh and guess what coupons we got in the paper on Sunday?? You guessed it again!! (This game's too easy, huh?!) After Nate got home from "practice" he came and picked me up and we went to Steak N Shake with our coupons and giftcards! We got 2 whole meals plus 2 milkshakes, a free Coca-Cola glass for spending $15, AND a bottle of their seasoning for less than $20! We even had 12 cents left over! He headed home after stuffing ourselves and I had a card and some candy waiting for Nate (well, I had to get him SOMETHING!). Of course he acted like he didn't get me ANYTHING!!!! And then he surprised me with an Under Armor shirt I'd been eyeing at Dick's the last couple times we went in there!!!! All in all......a great night with my Valentine!!! :)

One normal picture

 

The self timer went off too early...I was picking up Q's bone

My other Valentine!

Again....and those flowers on the mantel are the start of the centerpieces

for the reception!!!

New Wedding Website

Ok, post over load I know.....but you've missed me. I'm just trying to make it up to you guys! (And can you tell it's slow at work today?!?!)

Well, I posted a while back that we made a wedding website on The Knot. However, I was a little bummed about the layout of it, but in my excitement I just used The Knot anyway.

Here's a link to the NEW & IMPROVED WEDDING WEBSITE:
http://www.projectwedding.com/ourwedding/nateandblythe/

Now, we're still working on it....but I wanted at least my family and closest friends to see it. I LOVE that we can put a picture with each person in the wedding. That way people will have a better idea of who everyone is. And there's a section called "Wedding Map" that is just COOL! I'll let you guys see for your self.

Grandma ~ Thanks for signing the Guest Book on the old website, but we're going to need a new one on here too!! ;)

Keep checking back to see all the updates!!!

HERE COMES THE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!

 No....not from me!!!!!!

My cousin, Kim, is PREGNANT!!! She had her 1st doctor's appt. today and it's offical!!!!

She is 8 weeks along....and I heard through the grapevine that her due date is Septmeber 27th. The wedding is Septmeber 17th. She's in the wedding. Welp, we decided that we'll order that dress big, find her some comfy flat shoes, and send her to strut that baby belly down the aisle!! The ONLY negative to this....I may be on our honeymoon when that baby decides to grace us with his/her presents. :(  Thank goodness for camera phones!!! :)

Congrats Kim & Matt.....considering our youngest "baby" is 14, it's about time we get that 'baby smell' back in this family!! ;)

Kim & I

Can you ever forgive me?!?

 I realize it's been almost 3 months since I've posted anything up here and for that I am sorry. I have no excuse. I am planning a wedding, but trust me that's not been taking up my time. Let me try to fill you peeps in on what I HAVE been doing.....

Thanksgiving and Christmas came and went and after moving away from home, I really do understand why they call it "the most wonderful time of the year"!!

Nate and I decided to host our 1st Annual Holiday Party!! I think we had the most fun decorating and setting up!! Last year when Maris and I lived in the townhouse was the 1st year I bought decorations for Christmas. I came out of that season with 1 Rubbermaid tub of stuff. I now have 3. What can I say, Nate and I like Christmas time! :)



Waiting on our guests to arrive!

Holiday Party!

Nate and I celebrated our 8 year Anniversary on December 21st with dinner and drinks in downtown Indy. (And yes, we realize that will be the last year we will be officially celebrating the 21st.) :(



Anniversary Night! (the boot made an appearance)

New Year's this year was spent once again at Jake & Katie's...along with Amanda, Matt, Maris, Nate, and Murphy dog!! We did a sushi theme this year. (I swear Maris was a sushi chef in her past life!) We played a new game called "Things". We listened to some crap performers and then watched the ball drop. Fun time had by all.



New Year's Eve Family Photo!

What can we say......

On January 13th Nate and I's friends, Jessica and Jose, had their baby boy! He was suppose to be born on my birthday (January 17th) but decided to be a little show off and come early! That's ok by me because my birthday "celebration" runs roughly from January 10th-24th....so he was still a lovely b-day present!



Nate made it down to Lexington, KY for track the weekend after Joseph was born.

Turned yet another year older and wiser on the 17th. Nate took me out to eat, proceeded by flowers, and followed by cake!

Birthday Night!

Jan/Feb Birthday dinner on my dad's side

@ Jake and Katie's!

We've made it to a couple Pacer's games this year which are always something cheap and fun to do. Heading to another one on Feb. 23rd and this time Nate got GOOD seats!!

One of my Christmas gifts was tickets to see Joshua Radin again here in Indy! That concert is next week as well!! I have fallen in love with his music so much that we're pretty sure one of his songs is going to be our "1st Dance" song!! (If you haven't heard his music, you should look him up!!)

Update on Nate: He is out of his boot!! He's been able to wear regular shoes since the New Year. However, when he's just sitting at work, he wears tennis shoes because most of his dress shoes still rub his scar area. He's now able to do squats with out any weight and the elliptical, among a few other things that make me grimace to think about. It's just an area you don't think about using until someone you know tears theirs....and then it's hard to think of him doing these movements and stretching it out. But he seems to be fine! He claims he'll be jogging soon....so anyone who still wanted to race him "while he is down": Your time is running out! :)


*There was a day in between Thanksgiving and Christmas that made me realize family is the single most important thing in my life. (I always knew this, God just sometimes likes to point it out to me again.) And even though talking or calling everyone I love sometimes slips my mind, I hope everyone knows I think about you guys EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Now, I leave you with some pictures for your viewing pleasure: (Mainly for those who DON'T have Facebook.....)







Our Christmas night

New Year's Eve

Christmas Eve

During the ice storm here in Indy, I was out scrapping my car when the guy next to me doing the

same says, "My wife's not going to very happy". This is what he was referring too. He was pounding

on his back window in an attempt to free his car. Note to self......

My mom sent us a heart shaped pancake mold for Valentine's Day, so I made breakfast dinner!!

(There was no way I was getting up early to make these!!)