a dress

so guess what?

I GOT MY DRESS!

it is simple

and beautiful

and perfect

and i couldn't be happier!

but

i can't show you all

because bennett reads my blog

and he can't see it until i walk down the aisle towards him

i can't wait to get married...

here comes the bride, all dressed in white

today is the day i have been dreaming of for years!

i am going to atlanta to shop for a wedding dress!

i have an appointment here today

and here tomorrow

and i am so excited that i could barely sleep last night

be back on monday with stories and pictures!

(and maybe even a wedding dress!?!?)

graduation

tonight my baby sister graduated from high school

and i still can't believe it!

i feel like it was just yesterday that we were playing with our american girl dolls

and now i'm getting married and she's going away to college!

oh how time flies...

and isn't she beautiful?

little list

while bennett is climbing ancient ruins

and swimming in the aegean sea

i am trying to do as many things as possible to help the time pass quickly

until he comes back home to me

to do:

-babysit. a lot.

-ellen's graduation

-go to atlanta and try on wedding dresses (!!!)

-babysit more

-clean out bennett's car

-merrill's wedding

-sleep as late as possible

-go to bed as early as possible

-finish organizing and decorating my new room

one week down

two more to go...

365 more days

one year from today

we are getting married.

he will be my husband

and i will be his wife

and we will take each other

to have and to hold

for better

for worse

for richer

for poorer

in sickness and in health

to love and to cherish

till death do us part

and i. can't. freaking. wait.

do not worry

i am a worrier

always have been, always will be

but since bennett has been gone

(which makes my worrying a million times worse)

i have found comfort in this single question:

can all your worries add a single moment to you life?*

my worrying does nothing but hurt me

it won't make things easier

it won't make me happier

it won't bring my bennett back to me faster

worrying won't benefit me in any way

so why let it run my life?

*matthew 6:27

3 days down, so many more to go

our love is so much bigger than 3 weeks

i can do this

i can do this

i can do this

(photo bennett sent today of him standing over ancient ruins)

i have been dreading today for a while now

my bennett is leaving for greece today

to study abroad for 3 weeks

so after i take him to the airport

i plan on coming back to my bed and sleeping all day

maybe even all 3 weeks

until my love comes back home to me

today is not a very good day : (

maybe you could say a little prayer for him?

inspiration while i'm moving

all images via design*sponge

woohoo!

happy mother's day mama!

(photos from our trip to chicago!)

babies

SO GOOD

flood photos

as you all probably already know, nashville experienced a horrible flood on sunday. luckily, i am just without hot water right now which is nothing compared to those who lost everything. here are some pictures i took right outside my apartment building sunday. believe it or not, what you are looking at used to be a busy road and an entrance to the complex.