21 Years Ago.....

21 years ago, on this day, December 7, 1988, Steve and Jane Brady brought into the world their third child...David Roger Brady! I can't believe my little brother is 21 today!!! Wow...what memories we have together!!! Starting with one that neither of us remember but our parents remember very well.... It seems that even before the first time we met we had it out for each other :P...Our parents always tell the story about that special day when they were to bring David (a.k.a...the BABY of the family...always has been ....always will be...) home from the hospital. This was also going to be the first time I (the 13 month old, at the time) was going to meet my little brother...haha...I obviously could sense that my world was about to be turned upside down because as my Dad was driving to the hospital I puked ALL OVER THE ENTIRE CAR....hahahaha...my Dad still says that he doesn't remember me ever puking that much any other time....it was EVERYWHERE!!!

Needless to say....I obviously wasn't all too pumped about having this new "person" around! :) But today I can honestly say that I am so happy that we brought you home from the hospital that day Dave!! I wouldn't trade you for any other brother.... Thanks for all the wonderful memories...good...bad...ugly...:) I love you!

Me visiting Dave at his school last Spring Break!

For those you of you that don't know him...this picture pretty much sums him up! :)

Navy Pier, Chicago

At one of his College Baseball games

Happy 21st Birthday to my funny-annoying-tall-loving-protective-opinionated-blonde-hilarious-awesome-crazy-melancholy-handsome-serious-never a dull moment-baby BROTHER!

My People!

My Fiance Julian!

So, this is the man of my dreams!!! I know that that is a phrase that is way over used but how else do you say it? :) Julian was born and raised in Northern California and I am so happy that the Lord led him to INDIANA for college!! Our freshman year we had some classes together and this is when we first got to know each other...(although we were both dating other people at that time :) Over Christmas break of our freshman year we both ended up breaking up with our boyfriend/girlfriend at the time!! Which meant he came back to school (I live here in the same town as the school) and we were both "available"!!!! By February we figured out that we had mutual feelings for each other and the rest is history! :) On October 9, 2009, he asked me to marry him!!!!! We will be getting married July 2, 2010!!! (Only 237 days from now!!!) Our plans after our wedding are to move back to California and start our life together!

My Parents!

I have the most wonderful parents in the world!!! I truly do!! I love them so much and it will be so very hard for me when I move 2000 miles away from them! They have taken care of us (I also have two brothers ...see below..) and sacrificed so much to make sure we had everything we needed and more.... Not only that but they raised us in a good church where we learned about God from the time we were little! They mean so much to me..I owe them everything! I am so glad that we have a great relationship and I know that they will always always be there for me!!

My brothers!!

Here they are...the 2 people that I spent the first 19 years of my life making memories with. I have great brothers...not always perfect...but great! We had an AWESOME childhood together....there were times spent every fall raking leaves together, times chasing each other around the house, doing a paperroute together in the middle of the night, training for a marathon together (very early mornings), climbing in the Teton Mountains in Wyoming together, Christmas', Birthdays, them being over protective, them being annoying :), wrestling each other on the living room floor when Mom and Dad were out of the house, mowing other people's lawns, mowing our own HUGE lawn...and on and on.... I love my brothers! Now we all live in separate parts of the country....but I know they are always a phone call away!
p.s....I do realize that I look horrible in this pic...it is our most recent one together this summer...but it was taken verrrrrryy late at night...:)

Now, there are many other people that mean so much to me and I'm sure you will be hearing all about them in future post... but these are the people who are #1 in my life!

Have a wonderful night.....:)