Wedding Countdown: 9 Months

We are now less than 9 months away from the wedding! Keeping with my usual procrastination habits, we are slowly getting things rounded up.

I'm going to just start picking things up as I find them in stores. We found the perfect basket for our flower girl to carry when I was out shopping with Mom a few weeks ago. The pattern on it matches the lace on my dress awesomely. (Ahh! Gave away a dress hint there..)

Pinterest has been exceptionally helpful in coming up with ideas. Seriously, how did people get and share ideas before?! I'm not going to lie, right now my wedding board is mainly filled with cakes. But the cake has to look good too, right?!! Plus, I like to find awesome decorating ideas, and see how we can mix them up to add our own personal touch.

Last, but certainly not least, we took engagement pictures! This past weekend, when I was home for Taylor's cousin's wedding, my cousin took some pictures for us. We had a really fun time, and she took some great pictures. I've been eying some pretty frames at work here recently, and now I finally have a reason to snag some!

 Next up on my list:
-Bridesmaids dresses!!
-Caterer
-Photographer


Stay tuned for the next update!

Wedding Update: 1 year.

Well folks, Friday (April 27) was the one year mark until the wedding. I figured I would start updating on the planning business. I feel like I'm doing pretty good so far, seeing as I'm the biggest procrastinator in all the land. Thankfully, I've got my mom here to keep me on track.

1. Date and Place. Done and done. When I called the priest to offically set the date with him, he was surprised we were going ahead and scheduling this far in advance. Trust me Father, so am I.

2. Colors. Let's face it. All girls think about wedding ideas way before they actually get engaged. So when we became official, I kinda already had some things in mind. Like the color scheme. The bridesmaids are all wearing navy. And flowers and accents and such will be yellow. Flower girl may be wearing yellow as well, I haven't decided yet. She's about the only one who could pull off wearing yellow. Plus I'm thinking of throwing in some other blues in for variety.


3. People in the wedding. When we got engaged, Mom gave me a list of all the things we needed to come up with. It's in my wedding notebook. (Yes, I have a wedding notebook. I actually have a wedding bag.) Most of the list was of who we wanted to do things in the wedding. So Taylor and I sat down one night and filled it out. I think we've basically figured out who is doing something in the wedding and what they are doing. We haven't told all of them yet, but we'll get to that eventually.

4. My shoes! Yes, I have my shoes. I got them before I even got my dress. I knew I wanted red and no heels. I don't wear heels and much prefer the comfort of flats. So I was either going to go with some converse or Toms. And then my friend found these awesome sparkle Toms and I KNEW right then that I had to have them. You see, The Wizard of Oz has been my favorite movie for forever, that's why I knew I wanted red shoes. And there was no way I was going to pass up wearing my form of ruby slippers in my wedding. And let me tell you, I am in LOOOOOOOOVE.


5. The dress. Yup. I have my dress. Or, I've picked out and ordered my dress. I have to pick it up this week. And no, you can't see it. I'm keeping it a secret. The only people who have seen it are work people, Mom and Abby, and I sent a picture to my dad. I have been showing people pictures of all the dresses I tried on and having them guess which one it is. (Except Taylor. He still gets to wait.) I had an awful lot of fun dress shopping with Mom and Abby. And Mom didn't even cry. She choked up a bit when I came out in the first dress, but no tears. I am very very excited about it. I think it looks fab.

Stay tuned for more updates!!

He liked it so he put a ring on it.

Here's the story about how I got this ring on ma finger:




Let's start by rewinding back to Christmas. We're all at his parents' house opening presents and he tells me that I still have one more from him. I just say "ok" and move on, not worrying about it much.

Then on December 30th, he makes a trip down to my apartment in the city. I kinda thought this was weird, seeing as I had to work until 7 that day and then had to be at work at 11 in the morning. And he was needing to go back on the 31st. But I didn't ask questions.

I could tell something was up. He just seemed different. Probably nervous.

Anyways, we went out to eat and when we got back to my apartment he hides my gifts while I'm in the bathroom. Then I get sent on a little treasure hunt. If you ask him, he'd tell you I complained about it the whole time. But that's not the point...

After I found my first gift (A Christmas Story cup he got the day after Christmas), he sent me on the hunt to find my other one. He ended up putting it in a little decorative Santa bag I had hanging on my doorknob. When I pulled the box out I knew what it was. And the rest is history!

Later we ended up calling each other's mothers. His mom knew, mine didn't. He didn't go the traditional route and ask the parents. My mom's reaction was really funny. It went something like this:

Taylor: Hey, would it be ok if I was your son-in-law?
Mom: Well, yeah. I guess that would be ok.
.............long pause..................
Mom: Wait...when did this happen?!

But, yeah. Mom's pretty excited. We can't wait to go dress shopping! I already stopped by David's Bridal and picked up some catalogs. And marked the one's I like with post-its.





:)

Wedding of the Decade.

My mom got married on Saturday. It truly was the wedding of the decade.

Because it took a decade for it to happen.
But it was such a fun and good time. I love it when my family gets together.
I have a great family.


Please note that this isn't all of us. I think my cousin counted up that there were 11 of us missing. This includes my grandparents and my grandpa's siblings, all of my mom's first cousins, and then all of my generation. Plus a couple 4th generation youngens.
And we still all get together every holiday and every Father's Day weekend we all go camping.
This is why I love family.

Anyways, the wedding went great. I remembered his ring and the marriage license.
That was my part. And actually signing the marriage license.


Apparently I sped walked down the aisle. I wouldn't doubt it.
I get weirded out when people watch me.

Reception and dance were loads of fun.
My college roommates Erin and Kaitlin came and apparently even coordinated their outfits.


Their first dance as husband and wife was to At Last by Etta James.
It was a secret that Mom had planned. Since, like I said, it took them 10 years to get married.
You thought I was joking weren't you?


My grandpa even got to dance a song. For those that don't know, he had to have surgery to get 2 toes removed about a month or 2 ago, so we weren't sure if he was going to be up and moving on it by the wedding or not. But he pulled through and danced a song with Mom.

New step-dad's favorite wedding dance song is the YMCA. Obviously, it is pretty cool.

All in all, good times were had by everyone.
My legs literally hurt for 2 days from all the dancing. Even after I took off the shoes.
Totally worth it though.

Just cause I'm a big fan of candid pictures.
Ignore that beverage in front of me. That looks like it is on display in some sort of ad.