she has my heart

I was a nanny for a little girl a few months back and I watched her for about 2 years total.  I haven't been able to see their family much lately because of school but I was finally able to spend time with them today and it was the absolute best. Well now her momma is pregnant with baby number two and we celebrated with a baby shower for her.  Little baby Ruby will be here any day now! I'm so stinking excited.  Here's some pictures from today of the sister-to-be and her friends!

all images © Chestnut Tree Photography

 Isn't she such a little princess?

She put her dancing dress on for everyone to see,

and then she pranced around in

her ballet dress.

I could just eat her up.

:)

new nicole here!

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All right friends

here's the dealio

Have y'all noticed this negative aura surrounding my blog lately? 

Well

Consider it peaced out.

Negative Nicole has left the building

with no return in sight.

whew.

aren't you glad?

me too.
I
had this rad convo
with a special someone
I call
Mr last night
and Jesus spoke through him
and showed me some
things I need to change.
freak-ing-sweet,
that Jesus.

I promise to provide 

some more substance around here.

Thanks for hanging around,

can we still be friends?

please?

:)

P.S.
I might.. just maybe..

post pictures of me and Mr again,
not sure if his hotness can handle this place yet.
But it's in the works friends.
Sound good?

wish I could take it back..

Do you ever say something to a person, and mid sentence wish there was some way to pull it all back in, as if nothing was ever said?  I had that moment tonight with Mr. I said something I shouldn't have and I made him feel bad.  It was over something dumb and materialistic and now I feel terrible.  There's nothing I can do to take back the things I said.  It was so meaningless too, there was no point for it.  I didn't anticipate the hurt I saw in him.  But it was there and I've never felt more low than I do right now.  I'm probably scaring all of you, thinking I'm some crazy mean wife, but I promise I'm not.  I just wasn't thinking at all and didn't take into consideration the fact that what I told Mr. would hurt his feelings.  Instead, I just thought of myself and what I wanted.  Ugh.  Sorry if this post is really confusing, I'm just getting out thoughts.

Do you guys ever have word vomit?

superb driver here

i'm really excellent when it comes to cars.

three days after i purchased my car (new yrs eve), a hub cap fell off mid drive..

bouncing back, scratching, and denting my car

two weeks ago i pulled into a cement post while parking at school

and put a nice shiner on my license plate.

last week i locked my keys in the trunk.

today i ran over a tire on the freeway. 

a nice man did indeed pull over to the side of the freeway with me and

duct tape my car back together.

perhaps i should invest in a bike, or public transportation.

especially with the recent jump in gas prices. maybe i'll save a few bucks.

and on a side note...
i cannot WAIT for friday.
i've jumped onto the bandwagon.

tv turn off week

friends,

i have a confession.

this last week was

national turn off your tv week.

bizarre

right?

i know what you're asking..

why would such a week exist

when tv is so educational 

and informative and

allows you to 

feel so

productive?

i asked these questions too.

well, 

i was assigned to turn off my tv all week

and write a paper about my experiences.

the problem is,

i did not just subscribe to

one month free of netflix and watch Army Wives 

everyday.

i'd also like to make it clear that

i did not sit on Skype with Mr and

watch fantasy factory.

and just so we're all on the same page

i did not watch ellen degeneres

everyday at 4 p.m.

since the kids i nanny for were

on spring break this week so i could finally

watch her for the first time

all semester.

looks like this paper

will be a breeze
with all the tv watching
i
did
not
do.

;)

the graduate!

my best friend is graduating!!

here's a little sneak peek of her senior pics.

 © Chestnut Tree Photography

for more images from our shoot 

go here 

:)

love you linds!

love

because the sun in shining here's

some happiness for today

"saturate your heart with love"