Lingerie Shower

This weekend was great! My sister, matron of honor, April hosted a Lingerie Shower in her home! Being the entertainer she is, she prepared games that were just too fun, amazing food, and a beautifully decorated home for us all. My cousin shelley, mommy of baby twins, got to escape for a bit and help april with everything. It was great seeing her and having her there! The games were halarious and it really tested my knowledge of my girlfriends there. A game where they wrote down their favorite love song and I had to guess whos was whos, and they wrote down marriage advice and I had to guess whos was whos. I did pretty well on guessing! I was proud! But the girls got tested at how well they know me too, and they all did a pretty good job! April of course had favors and prizes for the game winners that were spa related products! I got many great things from my friends, and we had a lot of fun! The company was perfect, the food was yummy, the presents were abundant, and the games were simply too much fun! As we began getting ready to head out we all came up with a creative idea. Mom made me take this extrememly long veil to wear that day. So what we did was drap it over the back end of my car and attach it in my sunroof so it wouldn't go anywhere. So on our way home my car had a very very long veil blowing in the wind. It was too funny. Usually when my friend Leslie comes in from Chatnoonga, where she lives, she has to do something with her family so we can't ever get a good long visit in. But all of her whole family was out of town this weekend. So after the shower Jenny and I went to dinner with Leslie at Cheesecake Factory, and I rememberd how much it is to eat out, and we had one last slumber party at Leslie's parents house and watched movies all night. It was simply a blast being with them! The two of them are just amazing!
Yesterday John and I worked really hard cleaning his/soon to be our house for our first party! We had Holly and Sam over for one amazing meal! John grilled pork chops and I made mac and cheese, garlic cheese potatoes, cream corn, and a home made sock it to me cake! It was a true success for food last night! We were VERY excited about that! We all had a blast! We ate dinner with great conversation, and watched a funny movie-I can't remember the title, and we played games outside. This weekend helped me rememeber that friends are certainly special blessings in my and John's life. It's so important that we have close friends that we can fellowship with and enjoy doing things with.

DeAnna

Saturday was DeAnna's big wedding day! Here is a picture of us two (out of six- they came a bit later) bridesmaids and her. We hung out at the salon while she was getting ready. It was a perfect day for a wedding. The weather was gorgeous, thes sky was clear and the bride of course was perfect! DeAnna is a dear friend of mind and a soon to be cousin in law..practically sister. John and her have been so close growing up together through the years. I am so glad that she now means just as much to me. All the best and congratulations DeAnna and Zack!
What does this week intale?! The FINAL dress fitting, maling invitations, fixing favor boxes, finishing thank you notes, and enjoying a shower at the end of the week! More to come soon!

Engagement Pictures

A whole new site! I decided to do a switch-a-roo to the blog once we got the engagement pictures. Now it is all about "our" world and not just "my" world anymore. Let me know what you think! Here are just a few from our engagement session! Enjoy! Compliments of Jodi Richfield Photography.

A Wedding Event Filled Weekend

Friday: DeAnna's bridemaid dinner. Saturday: My first wedding tea with my family and close friends.
Last night was Deanna's night out with the ladies. We went to Olive Garden then back to her house for gifts. We all had a graet time together! I got my engagement pictures back yesterday! They are amazing! Sorry I don't have any to show just yet! Jodi did an incredible job on them. It was so hard for me and mom to sleep last night because of the excitement of today! My first bridal tea was today at my aunt Beth's house. John and I got all kinds of great things! We are very excited about everything! After the tea, we headed back to our house and packed all of the gifts into the master bedroom on display. I got a better look at them then. I can't wait to use all of the awesome stuff I got once we're married!

A Summer Kickoff

Yesterday was the start of the first week of summer for me and John! It was also his first morning to wake up in our house. So I woke up really early and got some breakfast stuff together and headed his way to stir up a yummy breakfast. After we ate we headed to a perfect afternoon on the lake! It was nice being out on the water again! And of course, it was fabulous to start getting a tan. I got a bit TOO much sun yesterday. And for the record, I am pretty miserable today from it. BUT! it was a blast and I caught my first big mouth bass which was exciting! I REFUSED to touch it and was flipping out in the above picture here when it was being taken...but you can't tell right?!! So the wedding is nearing us, and we are getting very excited! We are STILL in the process of getting John's things moved into our house. And he doesn't even have a lot of stuff! I can't even imagine how it's going to be once we start moving MY stuff in later on..oh my word! It will be a job for sure!

Graduation

I was a proud fiance this weekend. John graduated from Austin Peay Nursing program on Friday. It feels so so good for him to be finished! He begins his job in the ER at Centential very soon. And great news with this new job...he doesn't work nights! Isn't God great! Since the last post, God has provided all of our needs except the fridge! Again, isn't God great! We are in the process of deeeeeep cleaning the house because John is beginning to move his stuff in the our house. Now that school is over we are now shifting into HIGH gear for the wedding! I'm so so excited, I just can't wait anymore! Coming soon: Parties and Teas!
Picture Note: We are a really proud new aunt and uncle! And look at how many awesome honors John graduated with! Yes...I'm proud! Next year, I'll be happy to have the robe ;-)

Birthday Dinner, Couch, and 2 Days

Friday night John took me out to Cool Springs so we could find our wedding bands. We found mine at Shane Co. which I recommend to everyone! They are the nicest people and have wonderful warranty's on jewelry. The young man who sold us my ring turned 21 the day after me; he was very nice. He gave us a $25.00 gift card to Red Lobster because he said he didn't like sea food. He then told us how to get there and that it wa sonly about a mile up the road. Once we left we were on a highend search for Red Lobster in the pouring down rain. After three stops for asking direction, and 45 minutes we finally found red lobster. We felt like complete idiots the whole time we were searching! We ate, and we enjoyed every minute we got to spend together.
On Saturday we had our engagement picures taken downtown Nashville and at our photographers house outside. They should be here in the next few weeks so I can't wait to share those with everyone!They are sure to be beautiful!
Today I got a phone call from our friend amanda about a couch she was wanting to get rid of. We so graciously accepted the offer and just got back from picking it up! It looks so great in our living room. It's so exciting how our sweet little house is coming together! We have already begun to get a few wedding gifts. We are locking them away in the master bedroom until after we get back from our honeymoon. We are going to be so anxious to get back and get situated!
There are only 2 days left of school which means...finals! It will get a bit stressful for me, but I'm ready to hit them full force and conquer them all so I can begin enjoying wedding stuff! Two months from today!!

Twenty One

The often most dreaded day of the year, April 15, brought upon another wonderful birthday for me! It began by a wonderful breakfast made my my precious mom and birthday presents from my parents! They got me a CHI straightener (dazzling hot pink color- too cute!) CHI hair products and an extremely powerful and amazing salon brand hair dryer! I was very excited about my hair products and I must say that my hair is enjoying them VERY much! I had a wonderful day at school and a great afternoon! I had to go back to school for a choir rehearsal that night. Afterwards my best girlfriends took me out to eat at chili's. We had a wonderful time. Boober got me baloons, beads I had to wear, and roses that we had all in the restaurant. What can I say, everyone knew it was my birthday! Looking forward to Friday night, my man is taking me out somewhere fancy pants and I'm getting my gift from him then! Then Saturday is a day I have been looking forward to for forever now! Our engagement pictures are being taken! We are so so excited! Updates coming soon from this weekend!

Baby Adam

Mom, Dad, and I visited April and baby Adam today in the hospital. Adam got his hostpital pictures taken today. He looks so different today then he did the other day. He is just so precious I will have to say. Hospital pictures have really come a long day since I was born (21 years ago in 3 days!) when they used to just sit you up with your arms all crossed and a sock hat on. Adam's turned out very nice and he was precious the whole time. April and Adam get to come home tomorrow.
This week is my last full week of school! I am oh so happy about this! I am pretty much finished with every large final assignment except for a few tweeks here and there. I just can't wait until May so John and I can actually go out to eat or hang out with our friends on the weekends instead of study or write papers all the time. It has been a very busy semester for us both. Especially him since he will be graduating May 3! I'm so proud of him! He has done an amazing job balancing everything this semester.
Next time: Birthday Week for Lindsey!!

Adam Sterling Cox

Adam arrived this morning at 7:53 weighing 7 lbs. 14 1/2 ounces and 18 inches long with a head full of hair! He is just so precious and sweet natured! Here are a few pictures we wanted to share!

Craigs List

I just got off the phone with a real dear friend of mine. She introduced me to a very helpful website! It's cragslist.com. It is a site that has everything that you may want to buy for sale from individual owners. I'm sure I'm the only person who has not heard of this so I'm so sorry for wasting your time there for a moment! I was browsing through the couches and these headlines that you click on are quite intriqing. One may say like new, beautiful, modern couch. So one can get their hopes high then click on the link and this hideous couch appears. I haven't found a pretty couch yet that I like. I also looked for a fridge, and found a few hopefuls! John and I have all the furniture for our house except a fridge, living room furniture (couch, loveseat, chair), and queen matresses. We're set once we find those! We have been so blessed with people just giving us things that are in wonderful shape and that are actually nice looking! We are crossing our fingers and keeping our ears opened for those things to add!

Sick, Paint, & Baby Time!

The past week has quite a ride if I say so myself. Last Friday night I was very excited about staying at home all night and working on my thesis paper for music history. My body had different plans. I was up from about 3 that afternoon to 3 Saturday morning with a stomach virus. The rest of the weekend (that was SUPPOSED to be successful) was spent with me on the couch recouperating. And John took me to our house so we could paint some of the iron rails we are working on. That wore me out, but it was a nice day and I wanted to push myself to feeling better. Finally, yesterday, I felt completely recovered, back to normal, and eating regularly which has been nice. I had to switch into high gear last night and finish my paper and several other things with school. But..all of this is boring so on with the fun news. Tomorrow morning we are scheduled to have a new little addition to our family! My sister, April, will be having her baby boy! Bryce, my nephew with be sleeping over at our house tonight bc his mommy and daddy have to wake up extrememly early to arrive at the hospital. We will get him ready and head there around 7 tomorrow morning to see them right before they take her into labor. We are looking forward to baby Adam being in God's world, and we are thankful that God has kept him and his mommy healthy healthy this whole time. Pictures tomorrow!

The Beginning of Wedding Festivities!

Today began the start of the events for the wedding.Mom and I hosted the Bridesmaid Luncheon at The Looking Glass Restraunt this afternoon. We gave the girls their "bling" to wear on the wedding day. The food was amazing, the cake was delish, and the girls were just so sweet! I love those girls so much. They are my best friends. It was really cool to be sitting at the same table with my favorite, best girl friends!

Easter Festivities

Each year Johns family goes out of town for a huge family reunion. I really look forward to the trip every year. We went again this year and had even more fun then we did last year! I think it gets better each year.
Easter Sunday was so beautiful. It was so nice to be at church with my family and John. Dad can't usually come to church on Sunday mornings anymore because of his job but he got to Sunday! We were very happy! After church we went to my Nanny's house for lunch. Nanny hasn't had us for a long time. It's been about 5 years since we all were over there as a fmaily for Easter. It's something that I always enjoyed as a kid and I was really glad that John got to share the time with us together! Check out my adorable newphew! isn't he getting big! Check out April, about to burst! And my sweet sixth grade girls sunday school class!

A Proud Fiancee'

John had his first interview today for a job at a hospital. After about an hour and a half from the time he was interviewing I get a phone call from him with news. He got offered a job in his interview! With his experience they want him in telemetry (heart stuff :-) He is really excited about learning a lot in htis department. He told them he would let them know for sure within the week. We will pray hard together about it and we will make a desicion. It is at Saint Thomas Hospital. It seems they have great benefits, and now I have to learn what all goes along with this word "benefit" I'm gonna learn a lot of new terms that have to do with insurance plans and all that jazz. Aw, the joys of growing up and getting married!! So since he got a job offer I cooked a huge dinner all by myself! I cooked ribeye steak, green peas, baked potatos, macaronie and cheese, and a huge yeloow cake with chocolate icing! I got carried away with the sprinkles!
Wedding planning is being polished as we speak! They invitations are almost finished being designed and the cake lady is sending us a demo of the cake within the week! Then we have small details to cover! I just can't wait to be John's wife! A wife is something I have dreamed of and worked so hard to become good at my whole life. I'm so glad that God put us together. We are truly a blessed couple!

Babies! -Round One

We received a phone call yesterday afternoon that my cousin, Shelley's water broke! She was pregnant with twins. Originally due April 2 they decided to make their debut a bit early! Boy-Parker Charles weight: 3 lbs. 13 oz. 16 1/2 inches long and Girl-Kayla Marie weight: 3 lbs. 9oz. 17 inches long. We rushed to the hospital as fast as we could. It didn't take long and the precious little miracles were in the world! Mommy, Daddy and both babies are healthy and doing great! The babies will be in NICU for a bit but they are making wonderful progress already! They are both cute as a button!
April is due with Adam on April 10th. We can't wait for more baby to get here and I can't wait to see my new little nephew!!

She Made It

Last night I was so stressed out about all the many thing sI needed to get accomplished before today and all the things I had to do for today such as tests, performances, papers, and such. I literally had a breakdown. I wasn't sure where to start and I didn't see myself accomplishing all of my work in time. I found myself stepping back amid all the drama I was simply creating for myself and went out on my front porch swing and prayed. It's so amazing what a friend we have in Jesus and how He is ALWAYS there when we need Him. Even if it is for little dramatic breakdowns where we can't even see tomorrow because the day is so hectic. Once I started praying it was as if a sheet of comfort was laid upon me and all was put at ease. I sighed and all the drama and stress was gone away.
When we have our little moments in life we need to remember to take a moment away from the stress. Just to step back and turn away from it all and give it to Jesus. He'll help take it away and make it all better. What a good friend we all have!

Paint

Saturday morning John and I headed to our house and began painting our landry room. Here is a before and later is an after of our master work! We both learned that painting a room white ir really hard! I worked in the laundry room all morning while he scraped and painting the iron railing on the outside of the house. It was fun working on our house. It really doesn't need anymore work. We just needed to paint that one room becuase it was remodeled and the railing because they are old. It is looking great! While we were there we had some visitors! My and John's friends stopped by, Mr. Darell and Mrs. Ruth. They are the couple who let us borrow their boat all the time! And my mom, april and bryce +soon to be here adam stopped by. April and bryce hadn't seen the house yet. Mom brought John and I a few things for our house! She got my yellow rubber gloves that have a yellow decoratve trim. They are really cute and I begged her to get me them a long time ago and she wouldn't! She also got us an awesome picture for our kitchen that matches our decor perfectly and a decor kitchen towel that matches! We were so excited to get our first gifts! I had to hurry and clean all the paint off of me last night and get all dolled up for DeAnna's bridesmaid dinner. She is a May bride and also one of my bridesmaids. We went to The Old Spaghetti Factory. It was so yummy and a great time with all the girls! DeAnna is the on in the green dress! All of the bridesmaids all wore black! Unplanned but we were happy it worked out this way so De could stand out!

Vague On The Details

After an amazing response from blog readers everywhere I have decided to include some details that were vaguely written in previous posts! I was flattered and had no idea so many people read my blog! So here you are readers!
The interview!: It was with Lifeway Christian Resources. The job is a Summer Internship in the music publishing department. I would go to writers conferences and help be a part of working on childrens worship curriculum! I know, go ahead and say it "it's right up my alley!" I agree!
The house!: It's a 2 bed 1 bath dark red brick home about 10 minutes away from my parents house. It has all new floors and one huge, amazing laundry room! John and I are painting the laundry room on Saturday so start expecting pictures then! The laundry room had to be remodeled so we asked our landlord if we could paint it for something to do together! We weren't going to orignally rent, but when God showed us this amazing deal we couldn't pass it up! We knew this was our first place to live! We got our keys today and like to have NEVER left the place this morning. We love being there so it will be such a joy when we are there in June after our wedding!!!

100 Days

Yes, that's right. Only 100 days! Or you could say 3 months and 8 days. Either way...it's getting here quick! News, News- We got a house!!! It's in the area we wanted and it's just perfect for us! We can begin moving our stuff, in and cleaning, painting, and planting flowers...basically whatever we want, right now!!! We are going to go get our KEY ...yes a KEY! (oh my gosh, i can't believe it!) this week when we get a chance to go over there! Some of you readers may not understand my excitement of a key. But you see, the only key I have ever had has been the same house key I've had all my life. Now, I have a place to call mine and John's! Neither of us will reside in our new home until after our honeymoon! We decided that we will begin living there as together since it's our first big decision together at this point in our relationship! So, yah yah about that!
Today was just gorgeous was it not!? I worked out this morning after my first class and then carried on in class for the rest of the afternoon. Later, I got home, gave Boober a call and we went for a good mile jog. Yes, I'm trying to work on my bod for the wedding and summer. It's been fun working out so far at school. We have an amazing brand new complex. It has strict rules, but it's great!