=)

I get to go to this great place this weekend (the ham!)

And get to see all these fun people!!! (plus more fun friends!)

And...eat at this amazing restaurant!! Yum! Oh how I miss the food of Birmingham!

One Year Ago

A year ago today! Crazy! It all started when Andrew asked me if I would be interested in taking a job in dallas as we knew one day Feb 28th, 2009 would come along! God is so good. It's been a year and quite the transitional year. I interviewed at Children's Medical Center in April 2008 and before I knew it I was starting my first day on May 5th, 2008. Dallas has been interesting, good, but interesting. Some things from the past year:

I have realized how amazing my friends are.

I have missed my family *esp seeing my favorite niece and nephew grow up more than EVER*

I have lived in 2 apts, moved into my second one so it could fit another body, my husband! =)

I have realized the south is very southern and hospitable, meaning TN, AL states! 

I have realized when people say I still live in the "south" they dont know  what real southern hospitality is, guess you gotta live there to really know the real south!

I have realized that shopping is no better here, or at least I havent found it to be yet (still working on that one).

I still miss La Paz shrimp fajitas but Dallas does have better food! Mexican and all other cuisines!

I miss Hot n' Hot shrimp and grits so much!

I love how quacamole is now a household staple.

I have finally somewhat gotten over my fear of flying.

I never thought I would fly so much in my life.

I transitioned from working with adults to children and I love it SO much more.

I transitioned from working with one of my great great friends to no one I knew. But have loved getting all the amazing girls I work with. They make me laugh and make the days go by!

I have had the best meals of my life in Dallas.

I got engaged.

I went from having all my best friends surrounding me to having no friends, still working on that!

My brother-in-law had his third brain surgery. 

I lost my sweet sweet granny.

My sweet little niece turned one and my precious nephew turned 3!

Im still trying to find a church like my old one but today (yesterday when i wrote that) might have been a start to finding a home church body for us.

I have never seen such a flat city in my life.

I bought my first pieces of big girl furniture. 

I do like being in a big city with all the fun buildings but miss the Birmingham size city also.

I admit, I like the Dallas skyline better than Birmingham but not Nashville (not yet..not sure I ever will, I mean its home!)

I went through the biggest transition of my life thus far. Im know more will come in life.

I have realized how much more diverse Dallas is than Birmingham or Nashville. 

I got married!

I miss girls night and sipping on a crisp glass of vino with my best friends.

I miss running hills (oddly).

I miss the quaint villages of mnt brooke.

I miss walking to La Paz, walking to Clumpies.

I love having Sprinkles around.

I now have a husband and love living with my best friend.

Im learning to love Dallas....shh, dont tell Andrew (ok, not really LOVE but its more LIKE Dallas).

Im STILL adjusting and transitioning! 

Its crazy bc people say it takes about a year to get fully acquainted. I remember the days of driving around Dallas wondering where the heck I was and then I would realize Im only a block from my apt. When I got lost, I would "somehow" always find my way to Sprinkles! I had a theory of eating a Sprinkles everytime I got lost.  That had to stop! =)

When I first started at Childrens, I felt like I knew NOTHING about pediatrics (and I didnt!). I have learned alot this year but I know Im still learning. Not just in work but in life, in marriage, in my walk with the Lord. Im still adjusting from moving, I guess Im a slow transitioner. I didnt think it would be as hard as it was. It was definitely worth it, I love not having to get on a plane to see my best friend. Now I get to roll over in the morning to see him. Its wonderful. I still go through my times of missing my family and friends more than I thought I would. But I guess thats why God made airplanes! 

Oh the day of packing..or month of packing all ended up in this uhaul that Andrew drove! So precious. Natalie rode with me and kept me entertained for 10+ hrs! Wow, longest road trip for me! I dont think I have ever spent so much on gas in that uhaul. Hopefully we wont have to do that many times, except maybe one day....one day....way in the future....when we maybe move! You like that--one day, maybe, in the furture! ha, i would say that phrase is Andrew friendly! 

One of our many rest stops!

Welcome to Texas!

We finally made it! 

One year and counting.....

May 5th will be my year marker at work. I still cant believe its been a year. Thanks for everyone's listening ear, advise, laughter, joy, prayers during this transition! 

Happy One Month

Last month this time, I was doing this....

About to get to do this......

And excited to marry this man.....

What a fun day! 

El Dorado Royale!!

So it was off to the honeymoon...

Saturday night we staying at Union Station, which was such a treat. Its beautiful in there. I could get used to room service considering we had it for b'fast everyday and at least one other meal/snack (it was our 4th meal of the day not lunch or dinner). 

Sunday we flew to Dallas and stayed at DFW in the Grand Hyatt-incredibly nice! It was amazing, and once again--room service, b'fast in bed. Ah, the joys of being spoiled! We ate at the hotel restaurant, which of course was marked up ten fold but it was really good too. I love food!

We flew out to Mexico early Monday morning. Ah, flying into Cancun was amazing--the beautiful crystal blue ocean, sand, sun...what more could you ask for! We then drove to Riveria Maya where we stayed at El Dorado Royale. The service was impeccable. Wonderful wonderful. There are hotel like rooms and then casitas, we were lucky enough to stay in the casitas.  You can see below:

This is a little bundle of casitas with their own little lazy river pool (it didnt actually let you lazy river to the main pool). There are probable 10-15 little bundles or neighborhoods of casitas. They are in a  "U" shape and in the middle of the "U" there sits the main pool/swim up bar. The one with all the flowers, bigger building is the back of the main lobby.

We did this EVERY morning--b'fast on our balcony. Amazing and refreshing. Loved it. We did manage to eat about 4 meals a day as I said in the beginning. Talk about stretching your stomach. I got back and was hungry by 9am and 5pm. The food was ok. We started out at the worst place to eat in the resort the first night so that was good and only got better from there. There are 7 restaurants to eat on the resort--oriental, mexican (surprisingly the worst one, ugh! american, fondue, itialian, and some others).

Breakfast/Room service, our favorite!

Dinner at La Fondue

Actually one of the better places to eat

We were lucky enough to get a massage on the ocean, one of my favorite things about the week. Hearing the ocean in the background was the best part of it. I loved it. It was a couples massage so we got them at the same time, which was the best--simply bc I got to see Andrew experience his first spa treatment. ha, the oils pretty much intoxicated him. He was a noodle when we were finished. We went into the spa, got a pedicure, and then got in the hot tub. Where the hot tub is there is a hydrotherapy pool system. Andrew loved it. Freezing pool, not fun for me. There are 4 little different areas of the pool and Andrew tried them all. See below! 

After our massage. 

Loving the hydrotherapy pool.

No way I was getting in that freezing pool.

Other than the massage, we pretty much ate, layed by the pool/beach, ate, explored the resort, and ate some more. Cant forget the fruity beach drinks. The wine was miserable there and im not a huge fan of fruity beach drinks. I settled but I missed my daily refreshing white vino! =)

Some more pics of the week...

One night before dinner.

Gotta love self timer pics!

The lobby in the background, which was beautiful.

These little (or huge) guys were everywhere. I was terrified at the beginning but by the end, they had names and we loved them! I know, kinda weird. They are sweet and harmless. Andrew tried to fight one. I think it could kick his butt, i mean look at that tail!

The main areas had white lights around the trees. I love white lights, somehow they make everything happy! Not that you can't be happy at this place.

Andrew's favorite place, the swim up bar at our pool. The bar tender in the background--always make good friends! =)

We took accustom to the traditional morning bloody mary's in the AM. Love them! 

Time to go home

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The Best!

So we were honored and thrilled to have Mary shoot our wedding. Check out the absolutely amazing video she put together with some of our pictures! 

Morgan Slideshow!!

Mary, we love you and were honored that you shot our wedding. You and Adam are incredible. Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts. It was truly a JOY having you around all day and night! So much fun!  

Words dont express how much we are in love with her work. See for yourself! 

Picture Blog!

Mom, sister, and me!

All the best girls in the world!

My sister and I at the Bridesmaids Lucheon

I gave everyone a cowgirl hat and pink pashminas for their dress on Saturday night.

The cowgirl in me must be coming out, but they were adorable at the TX BBQ Rehearsal Dinner.

Love these girls,

Julie, Lo, Rachel, Sadie

My highschool favorites, Carla and Angie--

scripture readers in the wedding.

The Morgans!

The Mr and Mrs cutouts--absolutley amazing! I have never looked so good as a cowgirl! 

These are definitely coming out at the least expected times...could be lots of fun!

So I just figured out how to put pictures in different place..the long blog was getting annoying.

Me and Andrew!        

All the girls with the cowgirl hats! So cute!!    

My nephew and me before the wedding!

             

Meredith from Private Ed. came to do my makeup

She is so sweet and great at what she does!

Before I woke up, my mom put a sweet little gift that under my door on Sat morning. It was a sweet little hanky with  my new initials and the date. I wrapped it around my flowers. Very sweet.

Michele getting Tyler ready for his important role.

The perfect departure....a fun antique car that was a surprise, HUGE snowflakes! WONDERFUL! Mr and Mrs!!!

These are really all the pictures I have for now...

Honeymoon next!

To be continued...............

Whoa...

Mr and Mrs...

Morgan!!!!!

There is so much to update on! A Texas BBQ dinner, a wedding, a reception, a honeymoon, a married like, a Mr and Mrs Morgan! Ive been sick lately so I have not felt like blogging but Im getting the urge to get the "kissing booth" off the page and update. There has been so much going on...it might have to come in pieces. 

I got home the Wed before the wedding. My mom picked me up and we went to Wild Iris for a little mom/daughter dinner. It was delicious. We sipped on wine and had a great meal, getting more and more excited about the weekend. I went home, unloaded the bags, and relaxed. It was great. Mom had done all the planning, I think I maybe did 2% of everything that went into the wedding. I had the boy and that was the main thing I needed!  =)

Thur I picked Andrew up and we got our marriage license...almost official a few days early-just missing 1 signature. So no MRS till Sat, 2/28! After that we did some errands, I got my hair done--you know, just took care of things. Thur night my sister, Andrew, little t-bone, and ellie came over. Tyler didnt want anything to do with me and just asked "where andrew?" Of course--the uncle who is new to the family, has met him twice, and wants nothing to do with his obsessed, attention wanting aunt! =) Mom cooked a great meal for the kids and we all enjoyed.

Before bed, mom and I took care of putting presents together and stuff like that. Just getting ready for the fun weekend.

Friday started with the bridemaids luncheon. It was at Belle Mead Country Club, which was absolutely beautiful. It was fun for friends to see BMCC in different settings bc the reception was held there too. We had a great lunch, a feminine lunch for the ladies and an AMAZING dessert--oreo covered ice cream with carmel on top! YUM! While we ate, the guys were just hanging out, doing tux stuff and so forth. Guy stuff--not nearly as fun!

I was so thankful to have such a beautiful luncheon! The hostesses--all my aunts, had pink tulips for the center piece, guess they know me too well! =)

Lo, Rach, Juls, Lauren, and Kali!

Love these girls and so glad yall could be there.

At the luncheon.

I dont have many pics from the B'maids luncheon--this is 1 of 2 that was on my camera. I have lots on snapfish Ill have to download soon!

Then goes the rehearsal at the church which went smoothly. Tyler tried to learn his job as ring bearer but you know how well that goes for a 3 year old. Heck, he is cute doing whatever he wants. I dont care if he ran, walked, rolled down the isle. Anything he does is cute to me! 

Friday night was the amazing Texas BBQ at Carriage House. It was SO much fun and great food perfect for the night. It was completely Texas themed with cowboy boots, hats everywhere. So cute! My mom made the slideshow and it was absolutely precious. Our friends were so generous and thoughtful, sincere, loving to say such sweet things to us on the wedding eve. We are blessed. Thats it, we are blessed! Im so thankful that so many of our close family and friends could be there. It was perfect! Words dont do justice so here is 1 picture but Ill have to post pictures of everything when I get them! It was so detailed with the cutest decor...esp the cut-out Andrew cowboy and Missy cowgirl. Classic! 

Katie! Love the girl. Thankful yall could be there to celebrate with us!

Again, I have no pics downloaded. They are all on snapfish...ill download and share after this blog! Yes, I stole this from katie's blog. Thanks Katie! We ended the night we a great dessert and a good nights sleep.

Andrew and I were able to steal some alone time after the dinner, pray for our wedding day, and just have an alone moment, and I mean about 1 minute. I think thats all the time we got to ourselves the whole weekend. But thats A OK bc it was so much fun to be surrounded with my favorite people who I rarely get to see. 

So, Saturday!! Wedding day!! I woke up so calm. I think I was more calm on the wedding day than I am on a normal day. Later on I found out Andrew was calm all day too. 

Ill stop here....

I stole some other pics from other blogs bc I dont have any wedding pictures. I plan on downloading some and sharing. But the wedding deserves its own post! Enjoy these pictures!

Natalie and officially--The Morgans at the reception.

Toasting with a new champagne flutes! 

To Be Continued.....................