i've been keeping a BIG secret!

I've been keeping a big secret from you all and I figured it's about time I came clean....

It's true, I am pregnant!!! Our first little one will be making his or her debut February 29th, 2012!!! I have been busting at the seams waiting to share this good news and I initially wanted to wait a few more weeks to announce it but I figured it was about time I let the cat out of the bag! :)

I am 10 weeks along and me and baby Dodge are doing just fabulous!! I decided to start a new blog to share specifically just about the pregnancy and I REALLY hope you will all come and join my new blog!! I will still share projects and crafty stuff here but most of my time will be spent over there blogging about this little one!  I will link below for you guys to check out! 

http://thedodgediaries.blogspot.com/

God gave me you {{Three Year Anniversary}}

Today is our THREE year anniversary and I cannot believe how quickly time has flown since we became Mr & Mrs.  To say that the last three years have been the most incredible of my life would be a complete understatement.

I have loved every single day of being a wife and being married to my best friend.  I truly couldn't have asked God to give me a better man to spend my life!  Obviously we have had our challenges and  ups and downs, but even in the days when things have been tough there is no one I would rather have by my side than Scott.  He brings out the best in me, isn't afraid to challenge me, or to tell me when I am crazy and out of line, but he is also my biggest supporter, the encourager of my dreams, and he always fights to be the best and give the best to me and to our life together.

To my amazing husband, I love you more than words could say and I am so thankful that you choose me to be your wife and best friend for the rest of our lives.  You have exceed everything I could have asked or dreamed for in a husband, and I thank God every day for you!

I cannot wait to see what the next year has in store for us!! I know it will only keep getting better and better! :)

Old school S & K {{2003}}

Engaged! {{9-9-07}}

The BIG Day! {{6-13-2008}}

...Three Years Later, still in love <3

be my valentine!!

So, did you all have a great Valentine's day? I absolutely LOVE Valentine's day, it is one of my favorite holidays for sure! I was so excited about it this year that I made some yummy treats to bring to work for my co-workers. Who says that just because you aren't a kid that the Valentine's treats have to stop? I decided to make some M&M "Cakies" as well as some chocolate crinkle cookies!! They turned out so cute and yummy (from what I heard)! 

I found these adorable plates at Target and wrapped up the goodies for everyone! I love how cute they looked!

I also made 2 of these cute little baggies with a free printable I found! Don't you love how cute they turned out?

What can I say, I love any excuse to bake up some goodies!! I just can't help myself, I have a baking addiction!

Our Valentine's day plans weren't really anything too special.  We decided to have a quiet "romantic" dinner at home, well as romantic as we get!! I actually really love just having a nice night at home with the hubby.  I am all for going out to a nice restaurant, but I equally love making a delish dinner at home for my man! It's an excuse to actually get him to eat dinner at our dinner table. We are horrible about eating in the living room.  Don't judge me! LOL :)

Here's our cute little dinner setup!

Look at my beautiful roses from the hubs! Aww <3

I was so excited to cook dinner in my adorable new Anthropologie apron that I got from the hubs as my Valentine's gift.  Seriously is this not the cutest apron EVER?!

Love, love, LOVE!!!

For dinner, I decided to make cheesy spinach stuffed chicken breasts, green beans, & a garden salad.  For dessert we had chocolate pudding with homemade whip cream!  Simple, delicious, and totally perfect for a yummy dinner at home!  

Yum, yum, yum!!  Overall, it was the perfect night at home, I couldn't have asked for a better Valentine's day! I am so thankful that I have had the same Valentine for the past 8 years! My hubby is so good to me, and I am so blessed that I haven't scared him off yet! Haha :) 

Here's some pics of our fun night together! 

I had to BEG my hubby to take a picture with me....he is so anti self taken pictures! LOL! Below is proof that his patience wore out with me after taking one picture.  I had to tackle him to try and get one smoochy picture.

Haha hilarious right?! It's SO us though you don't even know!  I love how quirky and weird it is, true to form! 

I hope you guys all had a wonderful day with your lovelies! I have a really fun revamp post that I will be uploading later this week, so you better swing by!

XOXOXO 

a busy weekend & first valentine's memories

Another weekend has flown by, and I am seriously bumming that tomorrow is Monday already! I am feeling really excited about all the things we accomplished this weekend.  This week I got a really nice BONUS check from my job! I've said it a million times, and I will say it again, God is SO good to us! In an economy where people are struggling to find jobs and make it through each day, He has been blessing us left and right and His favor and blessing is so evident on our lives it's awesome.  I say that not to brag on us, but to give glory to Him for all the good things He has done for us.  We are more grateful that words could say! It's nothing that we could do on our own, but only what He can do for us! It's amazing to see God's word work in our life, He is such a good Father!

With that said, we had the extra money to buy some furniture pieces we need to finish off our loft.  YAY! You know it's bad news for your bank account when you take TWO cars to Target just to get your purchases home, and then need TWO carts for all your purchases! Hahaha :) Sad, but true! We bought the final bookshelf, a desk, side table, and a lamp.  My awesome hubby spent all day putting everything together!

I'm an awesome helper...really I am :)

We bought a 4th bookshelf to complete the loft! 

Love, love, LOVE!

My handy man :)

I also got to get my craft on this weekend! I got to revamp a chair that we are going to use for the desk chair. I don't know about you but typical office clunky chairs are UGLY in my opinion.  The chair revamp is SO fab, it deserves its own post, so keep your eyes peeled, I will be doing that this week! I am falling so in love with my loft.  It's near being complete, we ordered our loveseat this weekend as well and as soon as that is delivered I will do another post showing you the finished result.  It's gonna be fab!

Today, we got to spend some time with sweet little Brinley! I love it when my sister in law asks me to watch either of her boys.  We love spending time with them so it's always an YES on our end!  We got to spend time with sweet Brins since they were taking his big bro ice skating.  We had such a fun afternoon with our sweet little chunkers.

Of course, first stop the pantry!! This kid loves to eat!

Aww this melts my heart!

Who could not love this face?!?!

We had such a fun day with this little buggy! 

So, I know I am getting long winded here, but with tomorrow being Valentine's day I wanted to reminisce about Scott & I's first Valentine's day together.  We celebrated our very first V-day together back in 2003, we had been dating for about 2 months and it's quite evident in the card I got from him. 

See that, it's a mushy romantic card and what's that a PERSONAL hand written note? That's banana's! It's something that's truly foreign in any card that I have received post marriage.  I love looking back at this and seeing how sweet, cheesy, and newly in love we were.  It's adorable!

I guess he really did mean what he wrote...all these years later and still very much in love!!!

Our romantic dinner at Panera back in 2003! It really was cute since it's the same place we went on our first date.

Hope you all have a great Valentine's day with your love!

weekend wrap up

Last week was such an eventful week, I feel like I barely had a minute to wrap my head around it all and the weekend finally came.  Work was incredibly busy and I was totally worn out each day, and then of course we had so much to celebrate with welcoming my baby nephew to into the world.  By Friday, I was certainly worn out!

I am so thankful that I had already planned this weekend as a 3 day weekend, I know I needed the extra day.  What made it even better was that Scott also had a 3 day weekend, so I got to spend some extra time with my favorite guy!

On Saturday, we spent the afternoon at my nephew Brennen's basketball game.  I haven't been to one of his games since he was in 8th grade, and he is in 10th grade now, so I was LONG overdue! I intended to go to one last year, but time slipped away from me, and then the one game I planned to go to we got a horrid snow storm and I was stuck in traffic for 2 plus hours and missed the game.  Even though they lost the game, I was thrilled to watch my nephew's mad awesome skills.  I am such a proud auntie!

Sunday, we were total lazy pants and sat on the couch ALL DAY long watching Super Bowl coverage, and then of course watching the big game!!  I personally am excited that the Packers won, not because I like them  in any shape or form, but simply because it kept Ben Rotheslisberger from tying Tom Brady in Super Bowl wins.  (Yah, I am that lame & obsessed).  Speaking of obsessed, the true highlight of my Sunday was the fact that my boy, Tom Brady, was unanimously voted in as MVP of this season! Ahh!! SO excited! He's ah-mazing.

Okay, I'm done with my Tom Brady rant (at least for today.)

Today, my hubby decided to bring me on a date afternoon and we went bowling.  I am a horrid bowler, it's actually kind of embarrassing! I did SO awful my first round, but was able to make it up on the 2nd game.  Don't believe me?  This will speak for itself.

See that score? I tied my whole entire first round score in the first two frames of the second round.  Haha!!! What can I say, I was having an OFF day!  Nevertheless, I had a bunch of fun with my sweetums.

I had to take a picture of these bowling shoes.  Seriously, how weird are they? I guess people can't tie laces anymore???

My awesome "I just got a strike" pose! Haha :)

See, I did redeem myself!! 

Overall, it was a great weekend! I am kind of bummed I have to go back to work tomorrow, but such is life! Here's wishing all of you a great week!