2 weeks and counting...

Two weeks!!!!! Oh happy day, oh happy day :) I am glad that I am actually starting to feel happiness again after Mondays big event. I finally got my wisdom teeth pulled on Monday the 19Th and it was a very uncomfortable experience. Here is a picture two days after surgery.
I am still not completely healed, actually far from it. My cheeks are still a bit puffy and they are now turning yellow due to bruising, it's very normal :) Right after the surgery I woke up and immediately started to cry. The nurse said that it was the anesthesia but I was in a lot of pain too. Then they gave Nate a coupon to get me a McDonald's shake so I could take my pain meds (IB profin) and I cried the whole way to McDonald's. Nate said, "Elisabeth, we have to get you a shake to take your pill so you won't hurt." And I cried, "NOOOOOOOOO", like a big baby. Then when I took my first drink of the shake, I started to laugh and spit the shake everywhere. I realized I couldn't swallow and then started to cry some more :) Nate was enjoying watching me all messed up and freakin out. I guess girls cry when they come out of anethesia. Talk about mood swings! Nate then took me to my parent's house where he took care of me all day. He made sure I followed all of the doctors orders. What a good husband he will be :) As for wedding stuff, there hasn't been much. We had to cancel our meeting with the wedding coordinator and our photographer because of my mouth not being quite healed yet. But this weekend Nate and I will have a wedding shower hosted by one of my family members and we will also sign the lease to our apartment and start moving our stuff in on Sunday. Very exciting. I am so glad the wedding is almost here, I am just so done with this engaged thing :)

3 weeks and counting...

Three weeks!!!! I am getting very excited. Plans are being finalized and excitement is in the air! I am having a wedding shower on the 25Th with family members of mine and Nate's. They wanted to throw it for us so we said "yes!". Also, my grandma is coming on the 31st from Florida and will be staying with my parents for a bit before the wedding. Today, Nate had his bachelor party with some of his buddies and they went paint balling. Nate just got a new paintball barrel and was pretty stoked about it. He said it worked great. He wasn't too thrilled with the place he went paint balling at but it was cool that he got to spend time with the guys. I am getting surgery on Monday and am praying that it won't affect the way my face looks for the wedding, but I know God is good :) Anyways, that's the update for now!

4 weeks and counting...

Today Sonja and I went to David's Bridal to get her dress and Sharissa came with us to exchange hers for a smaller size. We accomplished both goals and we are all very happy! Only four weeks to go and I am so excited! Nate is really excited too. He keeps saying "four weeks!" :) We have our last counseling session this Tuesday and I can't believe we have made it through. I mean, I can believe it but it is such a cool accomplishment. Anyways, Just a small update and a picture of Sonja's dress.

1 Month and Counting...

Remember when we had five months to go and I said that one month was going to be so cool? Well, one month is finally here!!!!!! I can't believe it!!! This has been the most stressful but most blessed month probably yet. Nate and I have encountered many roadblocks to where we were trying to go but God removed those barriers and taught us a valuable lesson in trusting Him. As most of you know, I work for Teen challenge, and as most of you know, I don't make much money. Well, when I get married I will be making more, but still not enough to survive on. Recently I have learned to push through my fears and to trust God by requesting more money from my work. Over much stress, tears, and time, I got the answer on May 2ND that my request had been granted and they are raising my salary by $2 an hour! Not only did this miracle happen but a miracle with the apartment Nate and I wanted happened as well.
After getting a dreaded credit check through the apartment complex, Nate and I found out that my credit would cost us double the deposit that we would normally be making. A couple known mistakes have been on my credit report and I explained that to the apartment complex. They wanted proof. I tried to get the proof but to no avail. But at the last minute, God came through by providing the money for that extra deposit and now we have reserved our very first apartment together! We will not be moving into it until after the honeymoon of course but we are excited to finally have a place that we know we can afford!(I have put pictures of the actual apartment complex on this blog.)

God has been so good to us. He has blessed us with money for our apartment, more money at my job, and money for the wedding. He has even blessed me with a good friend who took pity on this poor woman with no clothes for her honeymoon and is taking me shopping so I can look extra good for my husband to be in Hawaii :)
Wedding planning is slowing down because it is coming to an end. We have pretty much everything finished except for the finalizing of the schedule and other details for the day of the wedding. We will be meeting with our wedding coordinator soon to discuss all of this and finalize it.
On a personal note, please pray for me around the 19Th of this month because I will be getting my wisdom teeth out and during the surgery they will be fixing something in my nasal cavity as well. It will be an extensive surgery and I will be out of work for three days. I don't want any of this to cosmetically mess me up for the wedding so please pray that I have a fast recovery.
I am getting so excited for the wedding. It's so close that I can't hardly believe it. I am just ready to finally be Mrs.Benjamin. I am more in love with Nate now then I was at the beginning, and I hope that it will be like that until the end- we will always be falling deeper in love as time goes on.