Baby Nurse

Phew 

the past few weeks have been a whirlwind 

I started my nursing job in the emergency department with Cone Health in Greensboro, NC

they accepted me, and 10 other amazing new nurses, into the new grad academy 

this is where they will slowly help us transition from student nurse to...

 real-live-life-saving-badass-ED-nurses! 

this is my first real job and boy did that first paycheck feel amazing 

I am now a contributing factor to both the wedding bills and our little family :) 

I have to wear these colored scrubs to work 

seriously addicted to buying scrubs now 

must.stop.wedding.to.pay.for.

we drove back to Wilmington (fourth weekend in a row) 

to celebrate my brother, James' 26th birthday! 

we went to my favorite restaurant in Wilmington, Nikki's, a Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar 

lots of fun and sake 

two of my favorite men 

 super handsome date

gorgeous momma 

 Lady and Beau

oh yeah, 

we have also been working continuously on wedding-related things 

we had our tasting with our caterer and could not be more pleased with the selections! 

a little sneak peek of what will be served

no buffet or chafing dishes (Thank Goodness)! 

my bridal shower is two weeks from this weekend 

I just bought the most fabulous dress on sale from Banana Republic to wear to it! 

also, we picked out groomsmen suits 

how thrilled does Jared look to be modeling this? haha 

our invitations will be sent out next Monday! 

the progress is slowly starting to show... 

on a side note 

we hit up the dollar section at Target 

anyone who knows Jared and I knows our obsession with cookouts 

these were 70% off in the dollar section 

now that is a score if you ask me... 

finally, 

everyone could use more of this stud in their lives