We're ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Incredible. It's the only word to describe how I feel right now. We had been planning this trip to Chicago for the past two months or so. The plan was to go to Six Flags, but we found out two days before we left that the park was closed for the season (other than on the weekends). Plan B: Brookfield Zoo. Okay! Sounds good to me!

The trip began as any other road trip...scurrying around at the last minute to pack things that Lilly would need, stopping at the bank and the gas station on our way out of town...then a quick stop in Wabash to get my mom and my sister. We were finally on our way to the windy city around 11:30 Wednesday morning. Upon arriving at my brother's house, we planned out what our little vacation would consist of. Adam suggested that we go to the lake at some point. Although I wasn't overly thrilled at the thought of walking my big ole' pregnant ass around the Montrose Harbor for an hour, I agreed and suggested that perhaps we go before dinner so that we could get Lills to bed at a decent hour.

The evening was beautiful. The lake was calm, bright, and set an overall romantic mood. My brothers were busy entertaining Lilly and pushing her in the stroller. Aaron and I strolled hand-in-hand along the harbor, while my mom and Miranda followed closely behind. Everything was just perfect! We made our way closer to the lake, where I begged Aaron to go as close as we could to the edge of the water without actually going in! Everyone else stayed behind on the steps that overlooked the lake. The senery was gorgeous...the skyline in the distance, the water peaceful, the day turning to evening, and the sky a gorgeous blue. Nothing could make the evening better....UNTIL........
Aaron turns me around so that I'm facing him. He gets down on one knee and I about PASS OUT when I hear him say "I love you. I'll always love you. Will you be with me forever and marry me?"
Here's where the romance goes OUT the window......
My response: "SHUT UP! ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!? SHUT UP!"...Followed by me pushing him!
"Is that a yes!?!"
"OF COURSE! YES! OH MY GOSH! SHUT UP!"
Aaron pulled out my DREAM ring and placed it perfectly on my left ring finger, which was shaking uncontrollably!
He stood up and hugged me, and I cried my eyes out!

It's official! I'm the luckiest girl in the universe. I have the most incredible family, the most amazing daughter, and now the most WONDERFUL fiance'! I HAD NO IDEA HE WAS PLANNING ALL OF THIS! He's AMAZING!

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





***And a VERY special thanks to my mom, Adam, and Gary for helping Aaron pull off such a perfect proposal! I love you all very much! ***

Oops, she did it again.....(It was too easy!)

Britney, Britney, Britney. Where do we even begin with you!? Well, by now, we've all seen the pathetic performance (and I use that term loosely)that our once-pop-princess performed at the VMA's last night. You have to understand, I am probably the easiest critic of Britney's, since I DO own a shirt that reads "Britney is Queen", however last night the mother-of-two (and again, I use the term MOTHER loosely), completely let us all down. Right from her beginning pose, which exposed the mess of extensions from the back, took a role in the demise of her comeback performance. We all knew not to expect to hear Britney's REAL voice, but rather the usual lip syncing perfomance that we're so used to seeing. The problem, however, was that Britney apparently didn't KNOW the words to her own song...or perhaps was too lethargic to truly lip the lyrics. And let's not even TALK about her "dancing".....Or shall we? I understand that Britney has had two kids. And please, the girl looks good for popping two kids outta her little body, BUT, if she wanted to dance like she used to, then perhaps covering her mom-body up would have been a better route. Instead, Britney tried to outdo her own previous VMA performances, and shock the crowd by displaying her scarcely-toned body for the world to see. The problem: We've all already seen enough of Britney's body to shock us for a lifetime. We didn't need a barely-there outfit to astound us. In fact, what may have shocked the VMA crowd a little more was seeing Britney COVERED up....and perhaps that's what she should have done. Strap yourself into a tight little girdle (is that what they're called?!) to hold everything nice and close to your bones, cover it up with some flashy material, and shake your body 'till you just can't shake it no' mo'! Sorry....I got a little Diddy on you all!
So perhaps this comeback that us loyal Britney fans were hoping for, just isn't in the cards. Poor Britney. Well, look at it this way...maybe now she'll try the MOM thing on for size! Hopefully!?

Young Love....I miss it!

Damn Newport Harbor! MTV's newest version of Laguna Beach has got me thinking...I miss the young puppy love that comes with being in high school! hahahaha! I know that people are going to think I'm insane for saying that, but think back to how FUN it was to be flirty and to LONG for that ONE guy. It was annoying at the time, sure...but looking back now, ugh! I'd do anything for the simplicity in those relationships! Now it's all about bills, kids, marriage (not in that order, usually!), and just the day-to-day realities of adulthood! Ugh! I'm sitting here, watching the newest episode of Newport Harbor (it's commercial, I'm not missing anything!) and literally smiling because the relationships, however cheesy, are innocent and so silly! I think I'm going to break up with Aaron tonight and then try to get him back in the morning...maybe then I'll feel like I'm in high school again! LOL!