our life makes the movies jealous

Tomorrow is our four month anniversary of when Kevin and I got engaged. For the record, it feels like we've been engaged for A LOT longer than that.

The purpose of this post is simple. I have been reflecting over the past couple of days about some of my favorite stories about Kevin and mine's experience falling in love. And I realized that these stories weren't really important enough to make it onto my blog or into my journal, but I never want to forget some of them.

So, settle in. It's story time.

Once upon a time we were invited by my wonderful friend and old roommate Merrie to one of her performances. Kevin and I had been dating for about 3 or 4 weeks...there had been no "L bombs" dropped or anything like that, but we were going strong. That song by Christina Perri came on the radio, the one about loving you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more, you know that one? And without thinking I said, "Isn't it great that we can be in love for much longer than a thousand years? We can be in love for eternity." Then I realized that I sounded like an idiot and tried to explain that I had been talking about in the church when any couple gets married in the temple, that I hadn't meant Kevin and me specifically and finally just trickled into embarrassment. Kevin just laughed and squeezed my hand. We were talking about this story just last night and I asked Kevin if he had been in love with me at that point already and he said he thought he had. :) So basically he's the sweetest ever.

Next story.

Once upon a time, around the same time as this first story, my friend Kristen had just had a baby boy. He was only like 4 days old and we went to visit them. I held her newborn baby for about an hour, and didn't want to share, and I only let Kevin hold him for like five minutes. He knew I was antsy to have another turn and he was very gracious about letting me hold the baby forever. We couldn't stay too long and when we left I just got so upset and emotional and I tried my hardest to explain to Kevin how I was feeling. "Kevin, it's like, I have this physiological response to babies. When I see one, or when I have to stop holding one, my heart just aches. My arms just feel so empty and I want to fill them with babies!" I then started bawling. Any normal boy probably would have run as fast as he could in the other direction, but Kevin just held me and wiped away my hysterical tears and thought I was adorable instead of psycho.

Okay, I probably shouldn't overwhelm this blog with millions of stories all at once, but there is just one more that I want to share.

This past Sunday night we were chilling in my apartment reading President Hinkley's Biography. I had my head in Kevin's lap and he was reading out loud. I fell asleep within, probably 7ish minutes. I wasn't completely out, and I could still hear Kevin reading and I just felt so loved and safe and content. Suddenly I noticed that Kevin had stopped reading. He started chuckling and asked if I was asleep and if he was going to have to re-read what he had already read. I tried to respond but my whole body was so heavy and sleepy. After a short pause, Kevin started stroking my forehead and said, "You're beautiful, you know that?" And then said a bunch of other insanely sweet things that just melted my heart to a puddle of mush.

My wonderful Kevin makes me feel so good, words can't describe it. I fall more and more in love with him every single day. He is more than I ever wanted, because I didn't know that such a person could even exist.
Thank you for making my whole life Kev. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me.

special

Today was just a regular Wednesday. I woke up super early, went to work, went to class, went to the gym, went to class again, stressed out about homework and hung out.

And I also turned 21.
And my fiance made me a special breakfast.
And my co workers brought me cupcakes.
And let me choose the music that we listened to at work (showtunes).
And I get a Tucanos gift card (oh snap!).
And my sweetheart wrote me a birthday letter.
And we had Cafe Rio for dinner.
And then my sweet Kevin surprised me with homemade crock pot chocolate cake
And a BYU hoodie (which is all that I really wanted).
And the Sound of Music on DVD.

Kevin made it very clear that he wanted me to feel so special today. And I tried to communicate to him that not only did he make me feel special today on my birthday, but he makes me feel special every day. I know that I'm special to him, so I always feel special.

Dang I am a lucky girl.

i'm as corny as kansas in august

Life is exhausting. Exhilarating, exciting, awesome, fantastic, fabulous, amazing.

Also, the conversation I just had with Kevin via texting:

Kevin: My girlfriend is so smart. :)
Amberly: Well I was smart enough to snatch you up as soon as I had the chance. :)

I love that boy.

After a long night filled with not very much sleep, let's just say that today could have been better.

I might have cried at work a little bit for no good reason.

And then I probably accidentally sliced my finger open with an exacto knife.

Which led to more tears.

I'm so grateful for a wonderful boyfriend who pulls me into his arms after a hard day, who helps me to smile again and who helps me put my head back on straight. 

i feel pretty great about that.

Last night as I was just chilling at my apartment, my doorbell rang (yeah, we have a doorbell. Isn't that adorable?). I scurried over to answer it and found a bag of candy and a note from my wonderful, darling friend Mel. I love her. She is so sweet. Also, it was a bag of tootsie rolls. That's important.

I had just gotten over the excitement of being doorbell ditched some candy and was on the phone having a grand old conversation with my sister when my doorbell rang AGAIN! And this is what I found:

Sorry for the horrible quality, cell phone pic

My wonderful roommates from last semester plus Nick brought me chocolate covered strawberries and a page full of funny quotes from last semester and reasons why they love me. You can say that I felt pretty overwhelmed by love at this point. I have such great friends.

Also, can we take note of the theme of this night? Tootsie rolls and chocolate covered strawberries? Remember this blog post? Good times.

A shout out to my wonderful friends and those who have shown me support and love in my life. You are many and you are lovely. I appreciate the random, small acts of kindness thrown my way. I have the best support system anyone could ask for.