Saturday, September 25, 2010

Wedding News

I guess I could've put the last post and this one together, but I didn't think about it. 

Since I'm dedicating the blog to my wedding I should update you!

We have an engagement party coming up in less than 1 month! I'm super excited about it and I will be even more excited when I find something cute to wear! :) All of our closest friends and family will be invited! Well...except like parents and grandparents. Sorry y'all.  Anyways, Jessica and Chuck (my bro-in-law), Jenn and Justin (sis-in-law and bro) and Machele and Jonathan (cousins) are hosting and getting it all together.  A big THANK YOU shout out to all of them! (Even though only one of them knows I have a blog now)

Next - Well, I can't remember if I've revealed how many people will be in our wedding party or not so if not, here goes.  Colten and I talked alot about who all would be in our wedding and I had several girls that I just had to have and he had a few guys he wanted in it too.  So once we got to naming names and asking people...it turned out that we will have 10 bridesmaids and 10 groomsmen.  Yep, TEN.  It's alot huh. But, I say, the more, the merrier!

My bridesmaids : My sister will be around 2-4 weeks post-partum...hopefully 4 ish so she will feel good and have fun, and then there will possibly be two bridesmaids that will be pregnant.  Possibly very pregnant.  I had a dilemma.  I was stressing pretty bad because I know how things are when it comes to weddings and dresses and people and I just wanted everyone to be happy.  Well, the more I thought about it, the more upset I got. The reason being...the dresses that I picked out and LOVE are short.  Not like booty short, but knee length or just below the knee.  Now, there's no problem with this...unless you're prego and have a big (but very cute) belly poking out and making the dress come up in the front.  I was sure that I was going to have to switch dresses or I was going to lose a bridesmaid. But one of girls went to brave it out, be the guinea pig and try on the dress with a fake pregnant belly!!! And guess what....THEY WORK!!! The dresses don't hike up to far and she said that they are very forgiving! I am ECSTATIC!!!!!! Seriously, thrilled!!!! Maybe everyone will be comfortable because I already know that (prego or not) EVERYONE is going to look ADORABLE!!!! :)

My first stressful problem is pretty much solved.  I hope it all goes this smoothly!

Fabric.

I used to like to think that I was pretty "in the know" about fashion and decorating and food and all of that other fun, girly, fashionista, homemaker kind of stuff.  Well, after buying a house I've come to realize that I'm not as talented as I once thought I was. Or maybe I used  to be and then I became a nurse and lost all contact with the outside world...I like that excuse better.  Anywho! Colten is soooo ready for me to start painting the house, because he knows that the sooner its painted, the sooner he gets to move in. Which is kinda unfair you know? He gets to move into the cute new house that I'm going to have worked so hard on and I have to wait until May.  If it weren't for bills, I would make him wait too. Back to paint...

Me, being probably the most indecisive person I know, could NOT pick a paint color! I mean, I probably looked at 500 colors and didn't love ANYTHING! Really, nothing?! Yeah, this is when I decided that this whole decorating thing was going to be just a little harder than I thought it was! So that's my cue to call in back-up (aka my mama and my sister).  I think they like helping me, because I like for them to make decisions for me! :) Or wait, maybe they don't like helping me but I kinda force them...? I don't know...they help and act like they like it.  So, back to the subject...I was talking with them about the colors and how I had NO idea what to do.  Well, Jes suggested that I pick fabrics before I pick colors. What?!?!?! That made complete sense! Why couldn't I just think of that! Duh Jena, go pick out the fabric and work around its colors! So off to Meridian we went, Me and Mama went to Jes's after work one day and went to this fabric store that Jes discovered.  I was excited and then I walked in and got even more excited because I saw all of these Precious prints and cute florals and neat designs...and theeeennnnn the lady that worked there started helping me.  Well, holy crap, I needed steering, not helping! I got completely overwhelmed and slightly a bit anxious.  I needed someone to say this is what you're getting, that ok? Good! Although Jes and Mama wouldn't make the final decision, they did put in their input and it helped to sway my decision! Thank goodness or we could have been stuck in there ALL DAY LONG!!!! Well then, I had to ask that woman to help me figure out how much material to buy.  So she sat me down at a table, (she told jessica to sit too, thank goodness) and she started throwing formulas at me to figure out how much fabric would be needed.  I don't do math.  I actually HATE math! And I had no clue where she was getting ANY of these numbers from.  I hope Jes knew what she was talking about because she either sold us ALOT of fabric or not enough.  I wouldn't know. 

So to my final point now...I have FABRIC for my new house!!!! I can now pick out paint colors and move forward and get to painting! I can't wait to see the finished product, I think it's going to be SO cute!!! I will try to post pictures as it progresses.  :)

This weekend is Bulldog Bash and I'm stuck at work.  Working weekends is for the birds. Enjoy your weekends if you get them. You're lucky.

Peace Out People. 

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Blah!

This describes how I've felt for A couple of weeks now. When I first got engaged, I was SO motivated and pumped about exercising and trying to look my best! Now I don't have a very good attitude about it. I go to the gym twice a week and that's it. I'm being super lazy! I tried on my wedding dress again, thinking it would have me re-motivated and back into it all. Well...good news is the dress zipped right up! Looser than before...way looser! Bad news...I guess my brain thinks I'm skinny now and it's telling my mouth to take a bite of EVERYTHING that doesn't move faster than me! Seriously! It's awful. I even went and got fitted for running shoes to make me start running again...confession: haven't had them on since I left the store. Ugh! Gees! I need someone to follow me around and beat me on the head! Oh wait, I kinda have that too...signed up for a personal trainer. I see him twice every week and I do exactly what he says! And I work hard too! But then i just go home and eat...

Ok...I'm done complaining now. I know I've just got to get off my booty.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Lately...

I found my wedding dress 5 days after Colten and I got engaged.  We didn't really mean to, but I found the one fast! Well, about 2 weeks ago the store called me and told me that my dress was HERE!!!! I had 14 days to come get it.  Wait, come get it?!?!? I thought that they would hold that thing hostage until like 2 weeks before the wedding.  Boy was I wrong! But, I am NOT complaining!!! Lauren, one of my bridesmaids, went with me to pick it up.  I got to try it on again and it was even more beautiful than before! I didn't want to take it off...I could just stand in it all day and pet it! :) I also got Lauren to try on the bridesmaids dresses that I'm thinking I want them to wear, and I love them too! I picked out cute dresses so they could possibly wear them again...I know I have a lot of bridesmaids dresses that will just hang in the closet forever and so does everyone else!

So anyways...I'm re-excited about the wedding! I can't wait for things to start coming together! May 14 will be here before we know it! It was 8 months from yesterday! Yes, I'm counting down!

Ironically, we closed on our house yesterday also so it was a special day! We are now homeowners! Let the renovating begin! I'll try to post before and after pics! It's going to be precious once we get done with it!

This weekend mine and colt's parents will be eating supper together for the first time (they just met today) so I'm anxious and excited about the weekend.  I know they will get along great!

Until next time...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

P.S.

Oh yeah, I'm still having profile issues.  I can't figure out how to make it all match and be cute and get the picture at the top of the screen to be the right size.  I don't know if anyone is even looking at this blog but if someone out there in cyber space is...just bare with me please...or give me some tips! :)

Our Firsts.

Being engaged, I have come to find out comes with lots of firsts.  I've mentioned one before, our first house.  And there will be many more firsts I am sure.  But this weekend, we took our first "family" picture as an engaged couple. Colten and I have taken many pictures since we were engaged, but when I say family this time I mean Colten, me and Lucy! My (well OUR) boxer baby! She is our child...seriously.  She thinks she is a human! Lucy had her first birthday September 1! We celebrated with the birthday song, a birthday bone and of course a birthday present! No wonder she thinks she's a human!

So here is our first family picture...and isn't it cute!

Friday, September 3, 2010

Changes!

Things are changing alright!!!

Since I'm kinda dedicating this blog to mine and Colten's wedding, I tried to CHANGE my picture at the top of this blog to a picture of us...Ya see how that worked out...I'll try to fix this soon.  Although I'm not sure what exactly I'm doing. 

My life has changed SOOOO much in less than a month! The Friday after colten and I got engaged, me and my mama went dress shopping.  We went just to look and kind of get an idea of what I really wanted.  After trying on like 20 dresses at the first store and getting REALLY discouraged we went to the second store and found THE dress! It was the very first one I put on! I'm so excited about it! The engagement is still kind of new and hasn't really sunken in totally, but finding my wedding dress made it a little bit more real! :) I would show you guys a picture of the dress, but that's got to be a total surprise people!!!! So...I'll just show ya'll a picture of my gorgeous ring!!!



Didn't he do GREAT?!?!?!

The day that I found my dress, I also got more news.  My sister and brother-in-law are having another BABY!!! Yay! So exciting!!!! But wait...Jessica will be due when? April? Yep, that was our first wedding date but now it's May 14...after all, I HAVE to have my matron of honor/sister at my wedding! So yayyy! Another baby to add to the family...and the wedding party!!! :)

And another change....Colten and I made our first big decision together this week! We found a house closer to his parents and out of the neighborhood our future house was in.  We looked at it and discussed it...thought it over, got our parents opinions and now we are the proud owners of a NEW HOUSE!!!! Well, it's really a small, older house but new to us! It's in great shape and it's bigger than what we were going to be living in! It has a big front porch with a swing on it (I love swings!) and it has so much potential to be soooo super cute!!! I can't wait to get started on the decorating!



This is the front of our cute little future home! It needs some work but we're both excited!


So that's about it for all of our changes so far.  I know there will be many many more to come! If you have any cute and cheap decorating tips, feel free to share them!!!

Hope everyone has a great and safe labor day weekend!
And p.s. GOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!

Until next time...Much Love!