Chocolate Heaven

We had a BUSY weekend of celebrations!

Friday night we headed to an engagement party for "Phillary"...aka Philip Tester & Hillary Pace. They are too cute and I loved talking about wedding stuff with Hillary.
Saturday we headed up to Boone with Kelly, Robby & Lindsay. After a few "mishaps" we made it into Boone. We had a great time of shopping, eating and cheering on our app state boys!
Sunday was the big day...
After church, we headed to Winston to celebrate Gregg's 88th birthday, Dad's 60th birthday and Lora & Cole's 6 year wedding anniversary. WOW!!!
We did presents at our house before heading to the "old folks home" to see Deedee & Gregg.
Lora & Cole decided to get dad an extra present this year...I don't think anyone will ever be able to top this one. CANDY MAN WAS IN HEAVEN!!!
After a little QT with Deedee & Gregg, we headed to dinner. Thankfully we didn't have to experience K&W for dinner...we were spared :) We actually had a great dinner at VT...complete with free desserts and champagne for the Lantzys.It was a very full weekend but I'm glad we ended it with family. Its always an adventure with my family but I love it!

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Happy Friday.

Thanks Lyns:)

What were we thinking?!?!

Well folks, its almost been 1 year since a few of my friends and I went to the midnight premier of Twilight! Yep, I know...get your laughs out now.We arrived at the theater 2 hours early to ensure we had the best seats.
After the movie, I talked about my disappointment HERE!
The Twilight books were great, so I should have known that movies are never as good as the book. The screaming pre-teens could have had an impact on my viewing pleasure as well.

New Moon is being released tomorrow and that is all I have been hearing about on TV. I will NOT be going to the midnight showing. Alli and Adele were trying to talk me into see a matinee with them and I might. (sorry Ellen- I might be a sell out) Maybe I should just wait for it to come out on DVD so I only have to pay .99 cents.

Oh the memories we can laugh about...

Oh Daddyo

We have 283 days until our wedding but don't worry...I have already picked out the "father/daughter" song. Yes, I know its a little weird. Most people pick their song out a few weeks before the big day...but not me.
I heard this song a while ago and sobbed when I heard it. (sobbed=I loved it) I love the song even more because I have never heard it played at a wedding!!
My dad has always had a special place in my heart and I cannot wait for him to walk me down the aisle to marry Mike!
Get ready to shake your booty daddyo :)

Dad's 1st Father/daughter dance

Will you be...

Wedding planning is coming right and I'm loving all the little details!
Apparently its the best time to be engaged in the APP Family! Not only do I get to share this time with Hef and Lauren but now we get to share it with Hillary. Love those two love birds!!!!

We have booked all of our venues, paid our deposits and asked our wedding party to stand beside us. My friend, Lynsey, gave me the idea of asking my bridesmaids in a different way. I wanted them to know how much they have meant to me and how honored I would be if they would be in our wedding party. First, I found a woman online that designed some personalized cards for each bridesmaid. Then I talked to a few cupcake companies about making some special cupcakes for each maid. After some back and forth, we nixed the cupcake idea b/c they don't really ship well. I settled on personalized cookies for each girl. I was VERY happy with how they turned out and an add bonus was they tasted great (or so I was told by my sisters)!

Mike opted to call his groomsmen instead of me trying to make him do something "girlie"! They lost out- I was planning to get extra creative for those guys.

When Nathan and Tara were in Charlotte earlier this month, we asked Nathan to marry us. We didn't want him to feel left out...so we made some brownies and wrote a note on them with icing.
Even though it was really lame, Nathan agreed to marry us and NOT dress in his Wake Forest attire.

In case you were wondering, everyone agreed to be in our wedding party! Glad we won't be up there alone :)

Preacher man

one of the cards...the cookies

I drove all night...

LITERALLY!

My phone rang at 1am on Tuesday morning. I was told Em's water broke and Abby was on her way into the world. The little princess decided to come 4 weeks early and arrive on 11.10.09!

I jumped in the car around 2:30am and started driving to TN. I was on "Nate duty" all day Tuesday and we had a ball. We sang, danced, played and laughed a LOT.

I was so excited to take Nate to the hospital so he could meet his baby sister AND I really wanted to meet her too! Nate did great- held her, kissed her and said he loved her.

Abby Reece is so tiny, has the cutest little lips and makes hilarious noises.

I am SOOOOOO proud of my sister! She did it this time with NO DRUGS!! That was not the plan but Abby came so fast there wasn't anytime. Em is a ROCKSTAR and Abby & Nate are lucky to have her for a mom.

Here is a sneak peak...I will let Em post all the other pictures first.

Nate checking out Abby for the 1st time

Playmates

O'Malley's girlfriend, Salem, got to stay with us while Emerson was making her entrance into the world. Usually O'Malley doesn't like to share his bed...or anything for that matter. But I think he knew that Salem missed her parents and needed some extra lovin! So stinkin' cute :)