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/