Our Wedding Day And Honey Moon

November 14, 2009, was such a perfect day for me. I woke up with butterflies in my tummy, so excited to be marrying my best friend. Will and I had dated for a year and a half before getting engaged. When you know, you know :) And I knew that he was the love of my life. Our wedding was simple and beautiful. We chose to get married at The Briars, a beautiful, antebellum home in Natchez, Ms.  

Me with mr bridesmaids. Sara, Krystle, Whitney & Jordan

Groomsmen & Ushers. Brian, Cole J., Cole, Pat, Cody,& Josh J

Wedding Party :) 

My wedding was everything that I expected and more. Will's favorite car is a chevelle, and I had looked for 3 months for a chevelle to pull up to The Briars in and the day before my wedding I found one (yes I am a last minute kind of person). Everyone in my wedding party told me that when I stepped out of the car, Will didn't say a word about me but said, "Yall is that a chevelle." What can I say :) I set myself up for him to notice the car before me, but regardless of what or who he noticed first, he still married me.

Our wedding was very special to me. My daddy walked me down the aisle and gave me away. I had all of our close friends and family to share the big day with me. We chose a singer to sing Allison Kraus, When you say nothing at all, and also Tupelo Honey. And we can not forget the infamous kiss. My whole engagement I kept begging Will to practice "the kiss" with me. He of course never did because he thought it should be a spontaneous action. It ended up being a spontaneous action to say the least!!! We went in for a short and sweet kiss and the next the I know, the back of my neck had be grabbed and I was kissing a little bit more. Everyone laughed, and I should've expected him to be so wild.  Haley Bale was the photographer, and she did an amazing job. I have so many pictures of my perfect day that I will cherish forever.

After the wedding, Will and I enjoyed our family and friends at our reception, then headed to our honey moon. We chose Gatlinburg, Tn. We LOVED going to the mountains. The weather was beautiful. Our cabin was beautiful. Our entire trip was beautiful, to say the least. We took hikes to waterfalls, we climbed mountains, shopped, took old timey pictures, went to the huge aquarium, and ate a lot. We would love to go back one day, maybe he will surprise me one anniversary, hint hint!

Pregnancy

Pregnancy was a crazy 9 months for me. The first 4 months me and your daddy planned a wedding that was beautiful :) And perfect because I was marrying him! A month after we got married we bought a house in Monroe, La, so moving and cleaning and painting became a huge routine in our lives until our house got perfect for you to come home to. In the 6th month, my daddy (Grant's poppa) passed away unexpectedly. It was such a huge tragedy for me. My daddy would have loved Grant just as much as I do. He was so excited when he found out he was going to have a grandbaby. He told me he was going to have to start hanging out with our baby cousin Eli more often so that he could learn to change diapers and become the best poppa ever! He was the most important man in my life for 23 years. He worked offshore every other two weeks, and the week before he passed away your daddy and I decided we would name our baby "Grant." We never got the chance to tell him our name decision but regardless he would have loved it. When he passed away everyone was so worried that I would be so sad and wouldn't take care of my baby. But I knew that I had to grieve in a way that allowed me to still be healthy for Grant to grow in my tummy. I know this story will sound crazy to people but I promise it is a true story... At my dad's funeral, we were sitting directly in front of the casket. I got so overwhelmed with my sadness that I couldn't sit still any longer. I stood up and walked to Will and just fell in his arms and I remember opening my eyes and the first thing I saw was the name "Grant" in big letters to the left of me ( seriously, a head stone says GRANT in big letters). But as soon as I saw our baby's name I knew that God had placed my baby in my life for so many different reasons. And I knew that I had to breathe and take care of myself so that I could be as important to y baby as my daddy was/still is to me. And for the remainder of the pregnancy Will and I just concentrated on our relationship and getting the house ready for our beautiful baby boy.

:) Sweet baby~

Its A Boy!

Sweet baby feet

Me and Will with Grant

Me and My daddy :)

Nursery of motorcycles :)

4d picture looks like Will