Happy Birthday to my Fiancé!

I was able to sneak this picture of him at a castle in Scotland.

What a cutie :) After-dinner espresso in Italy.

Today, Nick turns 24! He's not so thrilled about it (he thinks he's old), but my excitement for his birthday (and all birthdays in general) surely makes up for it.

Where do I start? How much I love him? How wonderful of a boyfriend and now fiancé he is? How much I respect him as a person? How excited I am to marry him and spend the rest of my life with him???

I could go on.

I am so so thankful that this man was born 24 years ago, and I am so glad that our paths crossed and we fell in love. I cannot believe how blessed I am to have him in my life! It really feels like he was made for me. I tend to be a very anxious and easily stressed out person; I am always always worrying about something. Nick is not like that. At all. He is living proof that stressing out and over analyzing does nothing at all, because he does none of that, and life still happens and things work out. He balances me out and knows how to calm me down. Just being around him has a relaxing effect on me, and I know that with him, I will be safe and I know that I will be taken care of for the rest of my life.

Not only that, but I am so blessed that we share the same passion of music and singing. I have been able to be in choir, symphony orchestra, and opera with him because we both play instruments and both sing. Last year we were in Millikin's production of "Cosi fan Tutte" together, and it was so nice to spend every night at rehearsal with him. Our choir also took us to Europe together last summer, and we stayed after and traveled around (and got engaged). I am so lucky to get to share all of that with him, and I honestly can't imagine being with someone who wasn't a musician and didn't understand it and appreciate it in the same way. I feel like our relationship can be that much deeper because music is just another way that we can connect as a couple for our entire lives.

As I've said before and could say again and again and again, Nicholas is an amazing man, strong inside and out, so kind and caring, talented, and makes me feel like the most beautiful girl in the entire world. I know I am lucky to be his fiancée and to have the kind of love that we have for each other. We've been together for almost 6 years, and he still gives me butterflies and makes me giddy!

So baby, even though we can't spend this day together, I hope you have a wonderful day, and I can't wait to celebrate with you when you are back in 2 weeks!

Being silly.