8 Monthaversary and Zoo Time!

For our 8 month anniversary, Stefan purchased one of my (our?) favorite movies, and wrote me a sweet note <3

I, not to be out done, made him an 8 monthaversary pizza and picked up a Reeses that informed him that he is my fave <3

A few days later, stefan planned a really sweet and fun date to the zoo.  We saw flamingos  (behind us)

and Stefan met a monkey:

We went to the rainforest and saw pretty trees:

And while Stefan tried to save a rainforest worker, I posed prettily by a plant:

 

We saw some sad statistics about rainforests:

but it wasn't so sad that it stoped us from riding frogs!

And talking to turtles:

We saw a duct tape elephant:

and a giant LLbean boot car:

And Stefan bravely posed with a bear!!

Don't worry...we took time to stop and smell the flowers:

After the zoo, it was time for church.  We drove all the way to St. Raphael's before realizing they were dedicating the new church...it was standing room only.  We snapped a pic and then went back to St. Brendons for saturday afternoon mass:

After Mass, Stefan treated me to an AMAZING dinner at Carrabba's.  He had spaghetti and sausage and I had a chicken caesar salad.  "Don't let me forget to take pictures for the blog", I mentioned while we were waiting for our waiter...We both forgot, but, being the diligent blogger that I am, I took pictures after the fact...although we were both sad we forgot to take food pics :(

Only 75 more days till the wedding!!!!  GET EXCITED!

August Update

Not much has been going on in August.  I had my condo repainted in anticipation of getting it on the market (HUGE thank you to dad for the help!).  It went from white with scratches/minor marks on the wall...to just plain white!!

I made Stefan Chicken thighs and rice for lunch one day:

Not to be outdone, Stefan made me Cornish Game Hens and Broccoli:

We went to an all day Pre-Cana marriage prep course and even have a certificate to prove it!

We're still meeting monthly with Father Ryan to get ready for our marriage in 86 days!!!  This is us after precana today:

Because I didn't have a whole lot to blog about.  Here's Stefan in a vlog telling you about what we've been up to lately:

July Blog

At the end of our philly trip I had mom trim my hair.  I totally asked her to trim it too short and this happened:

It needed layers, so I got it professionally cut, but it's still a lot shorter than I would like.  Turns out, short hair is not my cup of tea.

After 7 months, I'm still head over heals for this guy:

Stefan and I reserved our reception hall.  Here's a picture of the location, with my handsome fiance and his beautiful mom:

After reserving the location, we went back to Stefan's parents house...WHERE WE SAW TURKEYS!!!!

I started my new job.  This was the view on my walk to orientation:

And here's an even better view of yours truely on orientation day:

Along with a lot of helpful information, I also received a spork at orientation!

The next day was my first day of actual work.  I, once again, just had to take a selfie:

For lunch, to celebrate the 2 new hires, we had a pot luck.  Someone even went to cook hamburgers and hot dogs.  It was amazing!!

That weekend, Stefan and I went to bed bath and beyond to setup our registry:

Towards the end of setting up the registry, it got weird.  Poor Stefan.  I pulled this Anna (from frozen) hat and made him wear it.  Stefan is such a good sport!!

I was so exhausted after setting up the registry that I asked Stefan if we could go out for lunch.  He, being amazing, took me to Harry Buffalo, and was even a little silly <3

After lunch we went to walmart to setup our registry.  I guess you can only do Walmart registry's online.  That was fine by me.  It was a lot easier to just search for, and add, what we needed to the registry. 

That evening, after we were all done registering for things,  I went to see Stefan in Barnum.  We got there a little early so we went out for coffee.  Giving Jnet coffee is obviously a poor choice.

Stefan was GREAT in Barnum...although you can see for yourself!!

 

Nothing much has been going on.  We're down to 3 months and 1 week until our wedding!

Since I had to pack stuff up while my house is being painted, Stefan agreed to let me start moving my non-essentials over to his place.  So far I've moved my books and DVD's.  I figure if we slowly move stuff over the next 3 months, the final move in won't be too bad...plus, less clutter = easier to sell condo!!