Guest lists...

I'd like to start out by first congratulating Laura and Devin, they tie the knot tomorrow and I'm so super excited for them! I can't wait for all the festivities to begin!

I'll start with my post now... I think if a couple can make it through the guest list and all the craziness surrounding it, they should be able to make it through most things. Or for at least us this has been a complicated task for sure. Really mostly w/ the replies as we've had quite a few requests for extra guests. Amazingly enough not much from our families (w/ the exception of Tim's Dad,) from our guests. I'm quite shocked how rude some people can be. We've had a few replies with guest that did not have a guest on their invitation, we've also had a few requests from others to bring a person w/ them (if we had wanted to give you a guest, we would have put that in the invitations.) I have a really difficult time telling people no, thank God for my sister! She is now "in charge of the list" and has no problem telling people no. If we go over our original number of invited guests it costs an additional $800 for the room plus the per plate price. So I'm sorry if you've gotten a no for an extra guest but its not simply just another plate its soooo much more! This has been incredibly frustrating to say the least, however all I have to do it make until 10/2/10... I can't wait to head to Rivera Maya at this point. I'm quite excited for the wedding as well, just have some hurdles I've got to jump to get there.

Getting settled?

Wow, its been ages sorry about that but again life gets in the way! Anyways, we moved into the new house at the beginning of the month and have been trying to get settled every since. This is quite the process I must say, very exciting though. We love the place and can't wait to start decorating, etc. Soon we'll be happy to host people but probably not until after the wedding.

There are quite a few things left to do for the wedding however its mostly small stuff... down to the nitty gritty stuff and details. I'm getting really excited and can't believe that its coming so quickly, almost like it sneaks up on you. Love is in the air!

Ta ta for now...

House purchase pending soon and realizations

Wow, again its been awhile but life gets crazy… right? Anyways, what the heck have I been doing? Well we’ve been working on trying to finalize everything for our house purchase. There’s a lot of back and forth with this type of stuff. We’re set to close on the 29th, somehow Liz and I had the incorrect date in our heads but I think that is because we wanted to close earlier, guess it didn’t work out. So that’s been keeping me busy in addition to packing everything I needed to. We actually packed the kitchen up 2 weeks ago. I’m so thankful to my sister as she’s been such a big help and keeps me focused. I hate packing so I’ll often try and do something else. In addition to that we’ve just been going non-stop, started dress alterations, trying to get everyone’s addresses, the list goes on... I did have an interesting realization last night however. Oddly, so I was on the metro train on the way home and sat next to this man. We were just chatting; you know I would probably talk to anyone. So we first were chatting about the Cardinals as I was on the train on the way home from yet another wonderful win! 7 game winning streak, awesome!!! It was a hot game to be at last night and he asked if I had an ice cold one from Bush and I replied no because I’m a bit of a diet and trying to keep trim. The man looked at me and said honey you’re not fat. After I said that I though, how crazy that sounds. I didn’t have one beer last night because I’m trying to lose weight and look skinny. I guess its just weird how things can affect you. Of course I’m not fat, however after going of the South Beach for awhile I did gain it pretty much back, I’m still 6 lbs down. Part of that is also that I haven’t been able exercise like I’ve been wanting to. I know that life gets in the way but that was a wakeup call to me to get back on track but also that its ok to drink a beer at the game, its not going to make me fat. Where did I get that in my deformed brain?

Well since we disconnected our internet my posts will again be spotty. I am going to Chicago this weekend for the Cards Cubs series and can’t wait! It will be my first adventure at Wrigley.

Bridal shower fun

Let me just tell you my sister is totally amazing and so are my aunties. They are so sweet and helpful to her, I'm pretty sure we're both thankful to them for all that they do! So yesterday was my first bridal shower. I arrived and they had decked everything out in red and black to match my wedding theme, super sweet! In addition everyone wore their cardinals gear... I loved it! They prepared a scrumptious brunch with fresh fruit and berries, excellent quiche, tasty salad and assorted pastries. For drinks we had the option of mimosas (my fav), tea, juice and pink lemonade. I'd just like to add the drinks also had a red hue to them as well. I got to visit with my Mom's family and close friends which was just amazing. After visiting with people for quite sometime I got to open our gifts, which was fun as well! I got a lot of really nice gifts and can't wait to have people over to entertain. Surely I will have no shortage of items to show off in the future. All I can say it that I had a great time and will be starting my thank yous tomorrow! Thank you for all the people that put that on, it was truly a wonderful party!!

On another note, exciting news is that the house we put a contract on in South City things are moving right along. Very minimal issues with the house inspection, it appraised and we're getting an awesomely low mortgage rate!! I am quite hopeful that this deal will go through. We should be able to move in at the end of next month, woo hoo! So many exciting things that are keeping us both very busy!

We'll be working on picking readings as well, open to suggestions!

Invites are in!

OMG can I say that I love the invites. They look just smashing as Aunt Nina would say. I will have to start hand addressing them. I'm actually considering having an invite addressing party... I also need to gather some additional addresses for those whom did not respond to my save the date.

A comment I will add is that I really wasn't into hand addressing them at all. It seems like a lot of work to address all of those envelopes. However in speaking with quite a few family members as well as etiquette type people that are close I was informed that this is a must. I don't want to seem like a brat however it just seems kind of odd to me.

Dresses are in...

Wow time flys! Anyways the bridesmaid dresses are in and being shipped the Lou. I can't wait to see them in person. Laura that lives in D.C. went to try hers on and said it looked lovely and bonus might not need as many alterations as initially thought, woo hoo! I am eager to see them...

Engagement Photo Fun

We had our session for engagement photos on Sunday morning w/ Kate who is our wonderful photographer and childhood friend. How lucky am I to know a wonderful person to take pictures of such a special times. She doesn't do just weddings, actually her main focus is taking pics of kids with special needs among other things. Check her out with Kids Being Kids Photography.

Ok, back to us... we met up with Kate in the morning to go out and get some pics. In stead of going Forest Park we decided on trying something out of the box and a little different and met up in Lafayette Square, what a treat! There were a lot of neat little places to take pics with architecture, including one of my favs with a brick wall as the backdrop. We also walked over to Benton Park and got some really great shots there as well. Poor Tim was dying of the heat because well it was pretty steamy and all he had was pants, but he was a trooper and in the end I think he might've actually had fun. If you check out the photos, I think you can tell just by our smiles how much fun it was. After seeing these, I just can't wait to see how the pics from the big day will turn out. Woo hoo! If you'd like to check out the engagement session: http://kbkphotography.exposuremanager.com/