I finally went dress shopping....

I had a fast, busy weekend. 

To start it off Bree had an appointment with the band instructor.

We left there with a new saxophone.

 

 

I worked all night long on Friday. 

I got home at 7:30a on Saturday and my dress appt was at 12:30. 

I had some running around to do before going so I came home slept an hour and was on my merry way. 

The girls went shopping with me. 

I only tried on two dresses as I knew which dress I wanted. 

I instantly fell in love with this dress. 

I loved EVERYTHING about it. 

 

This was my favorite.

It was a little on the heavy side..

Making it a little much for our wedding. 

The girls are wearing that blue Malibu color in the background. 

They just didn't have their size in that color. 

 

Bree had a blast at the bridal store. she's more the shopping type like her momma.

hold on, let me take a selfie :)

Well I left there, over my budget. 

BUT, I got a free tumbler.

To wrap my weekend up the Fiance and I took our little man to Breakfast and to get a tablet with his gift card he won at school for being such a great reader. 

Monday is back and my busy schedule continues on. 

 How was your weekend?

Our Easter Weekend.

 Our weekend started off with Bree and I making our Easter cake.

 I then decided I wanted to make dirt pudding too. 

 After a very long night. I put together their baskets and went to bed. 

Yes, I even buy Alan a basket. 

 The kids woke up and tore their baskets apart. 

We then headed north/west for Easter dinner at Alan's mothers house. 

I had to get all holly-wood for dinner. 

 I bought that dress months ago for our Anniversary and never wore it. 

So, I thought, why not?

We ate plenty-ful dinner and went to sleep. 

I made sure to wake up early enough to put the eggs out for the hunt. 

Our son thinks the bunny brings his eggs in his pouch, Lol.

Bree found the gold and Jay got the Silver one.

They flew kites, played fresbie, and played with pebbles. (nana's dog). 

I managed to sneak in a few shots with this handsome guy of ours. (he never wants his picture taken anymore.)

Nana got them baskets too. 

Lucky ducks!!!! 

I even got the soon to be hubs in few shots  with me. 

The background couldn't have been any better. 

We had a great weekend. 

I love making new memories. 

Easter Selfie.

Pssst. I made it to the gym this morning & burned a nice 500 calories. 

One.day.at.a.time.

Nichole

In 99 days .....

In 99 days ......

I walk down Lake Michigan and marry my very best friend. 

You've always envisioned your day to be this Amazing day that no other will compare too. 

I've become so stressed over everything surrounding this day. 

People getting there. 

How the day will work out.

The trip up there.

My dress. 

My hair.

The guys tux. 

The girls dresses & hair. 

My weight. 

How our pictures will look. 

What I'll look like in our pictures.

The honeymoon. 

Paying off the vender, the photographer, the cake, the flowers, the invites, the wedding bands.

I honestly would've been less stressed out if we just flew to Vegas. (honest).

It is, what it is. 

People have been paid and things are rolling so, it's kind of to late for that. 

I've got 99 days to make this happen. 

99 days to look and feel the best I can on our wedding day. 

Everyday counts. 

everyday is another day to step in the right direction and make better choices. 

I haven't been to the gym in a few days and when I do go, I have to dig deep just to make it  through a crappy hour workout it feels like. 

I have to learn not to be so hard on myself. 

Just because I didn't burn 800 calories doesn't mean my workout sucked. 

It's better than sitting on the couch right?

It's the moments like this morning that make me feel sad. Last year before our Vacation I weighed 177lbs. This morning I step on the scale and this is what I saw.

Not cute. 

But it's the moments like this that show me, my hard work it paying off. 

 

 My entire outfit is too big.



So, Ill stick to drinking my Voss water with fresh strawberries and lemon.. in hopes of dropping at least 28 lbs by my wedding date July 26th, 2014. I have 99 days to make shit happen.

I love coming home to these after working 18 hours.

He still makes my heart happy.

I have this super cute dress picked out for Easter so let's hope I rock that shit.

I'm preparing an Easter cake for Easter dinner at my soon to be MIL house.

I'll post some Pictures Tuesdayish.


I hope everyone has a fabulous Easter weekend.

I look forward to seeing their faces when they find their Easter baskets and do their Easter egg hunt at Nana's this weekend.


A few nights ago we Egged a neighbor, our kids loved it. I love paying it forward.

Thank you pinterest for the wonderful Idea.

Until next time,
Nichole

I always see these #wcw

So, I decided why not take part.
My women crush Wednesday #wcw is Kate Upton. She's got an awesome curvy body.

Don't mind if I do. 
Day after day I go to bed saying I'm going to wake up early & go to the gym.
Yet, I never do.
My alarm goes off, I hit snooze, sleep in, then wake up & eat tons of junk.
It's a never ending cycle.
Well the games stop here.
The excuses are done with.
I go dress shopping in 12 days.
I'm going to try on a million dresses and feel like complete shit about it.
See, I was able to change that months ago & didn't.
I choose to keep eating like a fat ass.

I'm over it.
I'm over the poor choices.
I'm over quick meals.
I'm over feeling uncomfortable.
so, tomorrow I will wake up.
I will go to the gym.
I will work out.
I want to feel comfortable in my own skin.
I want to wear whatever I want comfortably.
I want that more than I want comfort foods.
Tomorrow is a brand new day!!!!

Intro

My name is Nichole.

I'm a mother of four. 

Getting married in July of this year.

I met my fiance back in 2004 but we didn't start dating until 2010. 

It's amazing how someone can be right in front of you the entire time, and you not know they're the one you'll spend the rest of your life with. 

(Amazing huh?)

I plan to keep this blog as a form of an online album of our journeys. 

I keep trying to become better at a healthier lifestyle. 

But, I keep failing. 

I'm a person whom likes to see results quickly, not months down the road. 

hence the giving up. 

I'm a doctorate graduate who works on the cardiac floor. 

I'm in the midst of learning medical billing in hopes of opening my very own practice one day. 

 I'm working on better budgeting ideas, as I spend far to much money on absolutely nothing. 

I expect far to much from the ones I care about. 

Maybe it's because I'd be willing to do that much more for them. 

 

I have a MAJOR love for photography. 

 Welcome to my blog!!!!