Sleepover!!!!

Well I must say that it has been a very interesting 24 hours! My brother and sister in law's anniversary was last week and they wanted to go somewhere over night and Gabe and I were supposed to take my oldest niece Noel for the night. But things did not work out and we were both a little bummed that we were not able to watch her. But we decided on Sunday that we would take her last night for the night so that my sister in law could get things done. She is such a doll. We had so much fun playing last night and had dinner and watching a movie. She went to bed at 8. Gabe and I decided that we should go to bed around 10:30 because we knew it was going to be an early morning. Sure enough at 3 am little Noel had a nightmare. So we were up till 4 trying to calm her down and putting her back to sleep. And then at 8 this morning she was up. We had a good day  filled with shopping, playing and McDonald's. Funny story....  We went to Smiths today and when I was getting some fresh vegetables there was this lady with a child in her cart. The child was bald and wearing some mutual colored clothes. She told me that my child looked just like me. I just smiled and said thank you. If anyone knows my brother you know that he and I look alot alike and Noel looks like my brother so much. That Noel ends up really looking like me too. So she is easily seen as my child. But on the other hand she looks nothing like Gabe. Ha ha. Anyway so the lady proceeded to ask how old Noel was. I told her that she was sixteen months old. The lady said I am so jealous your child has way more hair than mine. So being the idiot that I am I turned around and said " oh and old is HE?" The woman gave me the dirtiest look I have ever seen and said " Well SHE is sixteen months as well!" oops insert my foot into mouth right at that moment. And of course Noel is smiling and waving at this lady and I all I could muster out was " Well that is nice. She is a cutie." Needless to stay I told Noel to stop waving and pulled Gabe over and said let's get out of here. It was so embarrassing.  Watching her was so much fun and Gabe is so cute with her. Noel just loves him I think that she loves him more than me. Looking at Gabe with her I knew that he is going to make a great father. But after just dropping her off at home Gabe and I are exhausted. It just makes the choice of having kids right now that much easier. We are just not ready but we are enjoying just watching our nieces and playing mom and dad for awhile.
The other exciting news is that Gabe and I are going to Brazil!!!! I am so so so so excited. We are going for New Years and I cannot wait. Gabe's family is so excited to see us and we are so excited to see them. I miss them a lot. I know that Gabe misses them too. I am excited to meet the rest of the family that I was not able to meet at the wedding. It is going to be one of the best trips that I have been on. I really need to get working on learning Portuguese. Well that is life of Dani and Gabe this week.

Wedding Bells

Well it is offical! Gabe and I are finally married. We have been for two weeks now and let me just say that it is loads of fun. Gabe's family  flew in from Brazil. His grandma, mother, brother, and step dad all came in. His mom is so cute. We were able to spend  the whole week together and had a ton of fun. Everytime we went shopping she always bought me things. Such a sweet lady. And I fell in love with his grandmother. She is adorable. Although she did not speak any English so it was a little difficult for us to communicate, but she was so sweet and loving. Gabe's brother is just a teenage boy. He is super nice and such a cute kid. I love his family so much and I am so sad that they do not live closer so that we could see them all the time. Our wedding was the most amazing thing ever. Everything went really well. The temple ceremony was so beautiful and thank goodness  is it did not rain. We got finished with all our pictures without there being a down pour. After Gabe and I left the temple that is  when the rain came. We felt that we were lucky. It was a mad dash to the  reception center in Ogden. We had to get ready for the ring ceremony that we were holding. It was so adorable. But I am not sure if this happens to all new brides but that day I have no idea as to where my brain went. My sister in law called after the temple to see what time we wanted her at the reception to help get me back into my dress. The whole time that she was on the phone I had to keep asking her who she was and why she wanted to talk to me. Ha ha do not ask me where my brain went cuz simply I do not know! Anywho we had the reception and everything went so well. Gabe and I got a free room at a B&B up the Ogden Canyon. It was amazing. They gave us this really nice room with a jacuzzi tub and they served us breakfast in our room the next morning. The next day we woke up and off to Hawaii it was. It took a really long time to get there. But it was so so so much fun. Neither one of us had ever been to Hawaii. It was beautiful and romantic and it was so nice to be there with my new husband. (It still is a little wierd to call him that) Although, we spent way much more money then I thought that we were going to we had an amazing time. I literally cried on the way home and begged Gabe to not allow me to go back. Although I did not want to come back it has been really nice to be in our own little house. We got a lot of great things for our wedding and are slowly putting our house together. I love being married and I love my husband. Life is amazing!!!!

One Week!!!!

Well it is official. It is exactly 1 week from today that Gabe and I will be married. I am so excited if you could not tell. And I am so sorry if all of my posts lately of the wedding but in one week it will all be over. Just a little update since I last wrote. Gabe and I went through the temple last week. It was such an amazing experience. I must say that it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. It was such an amazing to see Gabe in the temple. It was at that moment that I realized that this was all a reality. I was really getting married and I was doing it in the temple.  It is such a good feeling. It has been a very busy and crazy week. We are very excited for what the next week will bring. Gabe's mom, grandma, and brother went to New York this past week and will be flying here on Mon. I am so very excited to see them. I have only met his mom once and I have never met his grandma and brother. His stepdad will be flying in the day before the wedding. It will be nice for Gabe to see his family again and for me to meet the family that I am about to become a part of.  Everyone keeps asking me if I am nervous. But to be honest I am not nervous at all I am just so ready!!!! I know that marriage may not be the easiest thing in the world that you have to work on it. But I cannot express how excited I am to have Gabe by my side all the time. I also cannot wait to have a real vacation. It has been a really long time since I have had a real vacation. It will be so much fun to be with my husband with me. The next that I write a blog I will probably be a married women. I hope to see you all at the wedding and I will post pics as soon as I can!!

Getting Close!

What a relief!!! Gabe and I finished the last of our invitations today, and mailed them all out!!! It is such a relief to finally have those big boxes out of my way and not have to worry about them anymore. Things are coming along really well. I can hardly believe that the wedding is like 3 weeks away!!! This past week has been so great. I finally got my temple recommend and Gabe finally got his last night. After much bugging and a lot of running around he finally got it. It almost seemed like he was never going to get it. But I am so proud of him. He got his priesthood on Sunday and he is now a elder. He was so excited!!! He told me the other day that anytime I wanted a blessing I should just ask. He is darn cute!!!!He has come such a long way in the church. He has such a great testimony of the church. Sometimes I think that he knows more about the church then I do, and I have been in it my entire life. All my life I have always wondered what it would be like to go to the temple and to be sealed to my family and now it is here. I am so grateful that I have a man that is worthy to take me there.  We are having our new bedroom set delivered tomorrow. I cannot wait. Gabe has been moving a few of his things in at time so that we don't have to move so much later. When I look around and I see all his stuff the reality of me living with a man is kinda scary. Do not get me wrong,  I am excited but it's going to be definatly a change. Life is good, we are so happy and I just want it to be here already!!!!!!

Bridals

Last week I got up at the crack of dawn, and went to Layton. I got my hair done and then went to my parent's house. I then got into my wedding dress and was off taking my bridal pics. I must say that it was a little wierd being in my dress. It felt that I was really getting married Ever since I was a little girl I have always imagined what it would be like to get married and now it is here. As I was standing there all dressed up and watching my mom cry her eyes out, I knew that this was reality. I knew that prayers had been answered. I had been given such an amazing man and I was getting married to him. It has been a very emotional few days. This last Saturday, my good friend Annie threw me a bridal shower. It was so much fun. We played a game where Annie had asked Gabe some questions about himself and I had to answer them. If I got them wrong I had to put a piece of gum in my mouth. By the end of the game I had 7 pieces!!!!! I felt a little sick and I was determined that Gabe had made up some of the answers so that I would get them wrong. ha ha.  We got a lot of things for the house and it was great. I also got some unmentionables that was fun as well. I am so grateful for the good friends that I have and that they care about me  so much! Then on Sun when I walked into the church the 2nd counseler came running up to me and asked if I had gotten my temple recommend yet? I was not supposed to get until next week but I guess they are rearranging all the wards and the stakes soon and they wanted to get it all done. I was not prepared for this. I have always imagined that I would get married in the temple. It is something that I have always wanted. But this was it. I knew in my heart that I was ready, but I was not so sure that I was ready in my head to answer the questions. When sitting in front of the bishops office my hands sweated and i could not sit  still. Gabe leaned over and told me that everything was going to be alright. I was going to be just fine and that there was nothing to worry about. Well needless to say that he was right. I am going to go see the Stake President tonight to get everything done, but I was so glad that I got the recommend. I am getting married in the temple and I am so excited. Gabe and I are going through on April 30th. It is my dad's 60th birthday and he said that we could not give him a better gift then to go through the temple. I am so excited and  everything seems to  to be happening so fast. 31 Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Invitations

So, we are down to less then 2 months till the wedding. It just keeps getting closer and closer. But it still feels a long way away. We got our invitations in the mail the other day. They are so pretty if I do say so myself. We had a few invitations made in portuguese so that we could send them to Gabe's family. We thought they perfect until we noticed that the portuguese ones had the wrong date. Whoops.... that was our mistake. So we are just going to send them out and put a little insert with the right date. We are super excited as always and I just want the invitations to be sent out and for the day to be here.

Engagements

So yesterday was probably one of the funnest days that Gabe and I have had. We had to get up early and be in Layton by 8:30. A family friend of mine was doing my hair. I did look so beautiful if I do say so myself. But in Gabe's words, "Pumpkin you  look HOT"! And Gabe looked amazingly HOT! But what else is new? He always does. I know I know I maybe a little biased but it is okay to be biased about your honey! So went to the Union Station in Ogden. For those of you that have never been there it is a very historic place. The building is very old fashion. There are several old trains that are there and it is just a fun place.  We have been praying that it be good weather. It was a little over cast but perfect for taking pictures. I must say that I have never had to stand in so  many uncomfortable spots in all my life. We then went to another location that just had beautiful structures. We took several pictures and are going to have them back in just a few straight weeks. We then are just waiting for the invitations to get here and we will be all set. I know that it was just 3 months ago that Gabe and I started planning a wedding. Now, we are almost done and the big day is arriving. It is weird to think that in 2 months that I will be married. Reality has not hit me yet and I don't know if it will for awhile. The other day I went to Ogden to help my sister-in-law with the kids and when I returned home Gabe had a gift for me. It was not my birthday, it was not Christmas, it was just a regular day. It was for just because he loves me so much and was thinking about me. I was so shocked and so excited! It had made my day. And I knew that this is why I was marrying this man. He loves me with all his heart and I could not ask for anything more!!!!