We're Married!!

I know I haven't been updating a lot, but life has been a little hectic lately! I graduated from college, moved all my things (and all my boyfriends things!) to my parent's house, and since then I've been trying to get all the wedding stuff ready in time for next Saturday. I can't believe I'll be married in a week! Right now I feel like I'm in this strange limbo. I always kind of feel like a little kid when I stay with my parents, but I've been living on my own for so long that I still feel like an adult. I'm ready to be married, and have my own home, to take care of my husband and have him take care of me. I'm ready to make curtains and buy furniture and cook dinners. It's still weird to me that I will have to wait a whole month after we're married to do those things! I am looking forward to seeing all of Kevin's family and friends in Arizona, and I'm really looking forward to our honeymoon in Hawaii! I know everything will happen very quickly - I can't believe how fast the last two years have flown by.

Last Saturday, three incredible women threw me a beautiful shower. I've never even been to a wedding shower before, much less had one myself, and it was really fun! I'll try to post pictures sometime this week. We finished all the thank you notes last night, and are still organizing gifts - I can't believe the support we've gotten from friends and family. It will make our move to Connecticut so much easier. We actually have silverware that matches now! And color coordinated kitchen supplies!

Michael and Flower moved into their own apartment, and while I think it's really good for them, I still miss having little Miguel around. Luckily, we've been babysitting a lot while they get all settled in, so I haven't had to go a whole day without seeing him yet. Whenever I hold him, though, I think about how far away I'll be later on this summer, and I can't help but wonder how big he'll be the next time I come home.

Sometimes when I think about how far away I'll be and how many loans we had to take out and how long we have to postpone having children, I start to have second thoughts about going to Yale. But the thing is, I know that I'll end up with a job I love, and I know that Kevin and I will love exploring the east coast. I know that three years isn't too long to wait to have kids and that if Kevin is 38 versus 36 when we start, it won't make that big of a difference. It's just a scary thing, moving to a place I've never seen to start a program I have almost no experience in. I'm so blessed to be able to take my best friend with me. That makes all the difference in the world.

Home Again

Today is Miguel's one month birthday. No, there has never been a cuter baby. And yes, that is a mohawk.

Your life isn't really complete until two of your friends re-enact an extremely embarrassing scene from 40 Year Old Virgin on a table at Pancake City. I have never been more horrified or entertained.

FINISHED

As of ten minutes ago, I am officially done with undergraduate work. I thought I would be excited and bouncing off the walls like Kevin was when he finished school. But I just feel sad. I had such a wonderful experience at Truman, I feel like I need a little period of mourning for all the good things I found here. I know that I'm going to a new school and I know that I will find good things and good people there to fall in love with. I know that I have this amazing new life ahead of me, and I am blessed with a man that loves me and is suited almost perfectly for me. But I think today, I will cry a little bit and hug my closest friends tight before I begin my great adventure.

One Last Hurrah

All the seniors...
Here comes the train!!!
Apples to Apples never gets old, especially after a rousing game of Disney Scene It.

EMPLOYED

My fiance is officially employed by Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut! This is very exciting news because he was able to get the floor and the hours that he wanted. He's working in secondary care, which means that when people get out of ICU, he will take care of them. This means he will get good experience so that he can work in his ideal emergency room or critical care after a year or two. He also got rotating shifts, which means he will work days and nights. Since he'll be working days a lot of the time that means I get to see him! His manager promised him he won't flip-flop a lot, so his sleep schedule shouldn't be too crazy. Life is good. It is so, so good.

It's the last week of classes, which means one thing: it's crunch time. There's a lot of stuff to do, but I won't bore you with the details. The important that is this: I'm really happy to be doing it because I'm about to start a new phase of my life, one that I've been looking forward to a long time. In less than four weeks time, I'll be Mrs. Kevin Hove, and I'll be on my way to Connecticut to begin a program I'm really passionate about. How many people are lucky enough to do something they love? These thoughts are helping me fly through the next two weeks with all the errands and projects and tiny nagging details that go along with moving and graduating and getting married.

Over to the left is one more reason I'm really excited. Her name is Alexis Renee Hove and I think she may be the prettiest little girl I have ever laid eyes on. Seriously, isn't she gorgeous?