Au revoir, 2009! <3
I never thought I'd be silly and slightly emotional saying goodbye to a year. I remember feeling this way when I left Disney World last year... But what a very magical year it was! I am so happy and sad it came and now here it is, getting ready to go!
What in the world happened!?!
It started with a New Years Kiss -
2.14.09 - Engagement Night
All year so far Doug had been so excited for Valentine's day rather than his birthday (the day before), while I was more excited for his birthday. I bought him exciting gifts with home made wrapping paper and then a valentine's day card with his favorite candies and a movie we had both seen together. That weekend I drove up to North Carolina and he had made reservations at the beach during that time and we drove there the day after I arrived. He got the hotel, restaurants, all down. Valentine's night he made reservations for this classy place name New York Prime. We dressed it up for a nice romantic night! Before our reservation, we had hopped a few places enjoying a few drinks at various bars around the strip, I was delightfully buzzed already, but in a such a dream place with my dream man made me even moreso on a cloud nine. When we finally arrived, it was total class. Black tie. You walk and and you feel you are in New York, with Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett playing in the background. The bar was classy, the atmosphere was wonderful. Taking pictures (which I will edit and post after ward, I need to upload them) outside we left and back to the hotel we went to have some play time.
I get inside and we both run straight to our balcony, overlooking the ocean. Embracing eachother and admiring the night, I start talking about how huge the ocean is, and how it blows me away how it's so big.I turn around to kiss him and ask if it's time for play time because we had been there for a while, and he said, "we'll see..." awkward response, I turn back to the balcony and talk some more. He never responded. I keep talking my mouth up and start feeling little tugs on my dress, but I just think it's him messing around wanting me to keep quiet and just enjoy the moment and listen to the waves. Finally I turn around because he's just getting very quiet and strange, his face is nowhere up to be found, but down. He was on his knees dangling this little ring up to my and says, in the sweetest shaky words "will you marry me, alicia?" I sat down on his knee and we both mumbled a few sweet things to eachother , we both were misty eyed, and of course I said yes.
So there's our engagment story.. :)
21st Birthday and Marriage Liscense day - 3.13.09
Bridal Shower 7.12.09 (Will post pictures soon)
The card reading was pitiful.
I cried pitifully reading them so ....
Britta had to step in and read them!
So I just opened presents! Phew.
There was definately great people, delicious food and drinks there. <3
Bachorette Party - 7.17.09 (will post soon)
Wedding - 7.19.09
Jamaica - 7.20.09 thru 7.26.09
We took about 400-500 pictures! Here are just a few!
I have so many pictures of him scuba diving.. this is from night dive!!
Leaving! Ugh!
Deployment II 8.19.09
Exactly one month from the wedding..
blowing me a kiss before he runs off... image I have of him in my head!
Baby Shower For Krista 11.3.09 (post pictures soon)
Since then I've been hanging with my ladies and gentlemen, having fun..
Zaheen - the fuck with us having no recent pictures after our Mcrackalackens adventure and our Highlanding Christmas Merriness.. fuck that. We need new pictures. This weekend!
People not shown - Tye Lewis.....I have no recent pictures of either! No!
And of course, spending time with my ridiculous family.. that drive me ohso insane but I love so so much.
I'm not sure if you can understand through seeing the pictures why I would be slightly sad the year is over. So many beautiful things happened. They were all such wonderful, climatic moments in my life that nearly every girl dreams about happening in her life. I am so blessed to have it happen they way it all did. I am so thankful for everyone and everything in my life. God only knows there's no one and no where else I want to be with in my life then where I am at right now. This not only includes my husband, but also with every single one of my friends and family members.
Now that that part of my life has come and gone so swiftly, I'm now entering into this new year as a wife/woman that needs to keep her shit together whilst still enjoying the awesome wonders that life has for us. I need to be a person who is successfully happy with what what I do, and not live a pay check to pay check kind of life. I need to work hard so that I can play more.
I possibly have a second job (though on the website it already has me up as the title) but I want to wait until I actually start to let you all know what it is. I am super thrilled about it. This will supposedly be starting in January.
So as Lo from the Hills would say, what's Next? Really, what's next?
For once I can say, I do ... and .... don't know! Here's what I do know, I will be moving out of State to either NC, Florida, or ..... Alabama (though very unlikely there, thank goodness!). Doug is changing his job to one of two things, one will require us to be in Florida to train for a year, or the other one that will need him to train in Alabama for a year (but the job is rare/hard to get, so it probably wont happen, but he wants to try). After the year is up, we can pick where we want to live and buy a house and finally have our own home. I am graduating from Chattech this year in the Fall if all my classes fall through as they should.
I also know that Doug, Kearsley, Zaheen (and whoever else tags along) will be enjoying signs like these...
with views like these -
ontop of a roof like this -
in February 2010.
Totally, that's going to be our hotel. Well it's between this one, and another one, we'll see!
Shopping with Zaheen this weekend so that we can enjoy this little vacation in style!
Happy New Year to everyone and anyone reading this, goodbye 2009!