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When I started this blog it was mainly to keep our families, wedding party and friends updated on our road to the altar since we all live so far away. It was also so we could remember every detail and feeling in its purity as we went through it. It’s a place I can come back to and feel exactly how I did on the day that I wrote it. A place for Colt & I to go back to and laugh. It’s also something I can’t wait to someday show our children so they too can experience our journey in it’s entirety.

With that being said, I know that during this wedding process not everyone has agreed with Colt and I’s decisions. I also know that we have unintentionally hurt some people’s feelings. I recently found out that there are a lot more people reading this blog than I knew about and although we are extremely flattered some are not doing it for the right reasons.  So we are asking that if that is the case and you have nothing but negative and hurtful things to say then please stay off of our site. This is a place that is reserved for happiness, love, positive energy and the people that support that.

This blog is an outlet for us as we go through this amazing, fun and sometimes stressful process. We want to thank everyone that has supported us unconditionally and put our happiness above their own feelings on how things should or could be.

This is our day and it’s about us!

 

 

7 months and counting..check.

On January 25^th I got an e-mail from the knot that was titled “7 months to go” and all of the sudden it was that sunken feeling in my stomach were I couldn’t find my breath and my heart was beating irregularly loud. How did this happen? Were we really only 7 months out? Breathe. Think. Breathe.

I can honestly say this was the first time in 2 months that getting married hit me like a ton of bricks. The feeling was almost unexplainable. It wasn’t panic or worry as much as it was holy freaking shit! we are getting married! and then out came the check list.

I thought we were light years behind but according to the knot at 7 months you should have the following:

Your bridesmaids dresses picked out

Your cake baker

Order Invitations

Choose a hairstyle

Well, well, well puffing out my chest and taking a nice long yoga breath. Looky who’s on track. My bridesmaid dresses have been picked out and the majority of my maids have already got fitted and ordered (and I know the others will be soon …right ladies? haha) Colt’s groomsman’s outfits are picked out and the pants and shoes have also already been ordered. Our wedding cake is part of our package at the Grand so all we have to do is send a picture to Maryann , do a tasting and then she will take care of the rest. We ordered invitations and are waiting on our samples to finalize the order (our goal is to have them in everyone hand’s by February 25th which will be exactly 6 months until the wedding ekkk) and I am still working on a hairstyle although I have a general idea.

Bids.

In addition to all those check marks we also just recently got bid’s from two different DJ’s. One is the obvious choice but he is also much more expensive. His ideas and style gave me chicken skin and Colt made fun of me after the meeting for being such a dork. He said I totally “geeked out” and to be honest I did. But to my credit he was that good! He totally had me in the moment and suddenly I was at my wedding and I could see it all so clearly. I could see Colt, our guests, our families and I honestly just melted. We are going to talk more about all of our options tonight and I hope somehow we can figure out how to make it work in our budget.

 Viva Las Vegas.  

We are also deciding on our bachelor and bachelorette party. We really want to go to Vegas and we found some very reasonable tickets for the third weekend of May which would be the 18^th to the 21^st. We want to go on the same weekend but do our own thing. Girls and Guys at different hotels, doing different activities, going to different clubs etc., We also think it would be fun to have the opportunity to do a potential dinner and or pool day all together. We really want to spend some quality time with our bridal party before they get on island. We know once they get on island time is going to go by so fast with rehearsals, dinners and then the wedding. Vegas is where we always pictured our parties so it’s kind of hard to settle on anything else. I mean we are only getting married once and we really are the go big or go home kind of couple. Plus I can hear Kahunaville calling my name from here…or maybe that was just Ashley.