Freakin Pick Another Month!

     Okay so usually I am not always so in your face about things or easy to rile up but come on people. Everyone has known for a good year that Chris and I are getting married next October 5th. It now seems like everyone and their freakin brother is getting married next October. Not only do we have people trying to steal our day we also have people taking our colors, which we have also picked for the past year. Everyone had known all of this because I have been very vocal and very excited about everything. I'm just so freakin frustrated and upset. I mean come on family let us have one day the way we want it.
     Then to top all of this off I have girls that aren't happy with what I want to do. I wanted cowboy boots and an outside fall wedding. I also wanted to have a sleep over the night before with my girls at the reception venue after the rehearsal dinner. I have all but two complaining about it. It's so freakin stressful. Seriously, I haven't asked for many things because I don't want alot.
     Well I'm just going cry this out and try and be okay with everything when I have to talk to my mother-in-law. Have a great night everyone.

Gall Bladder Troubles

     Hey guys sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I have been crazy busy in a sick way. I have been feeling really nauseous and sick for the past three weeks in addition to pain on my right side. I went to the emergency room last Monday and they told me I need to get my Gall Bladder taken out. Sounds like it's really bad. Problem is that was last week and I can't get into the general surgeon until tomorrow. That is almost two weeks later. I'm hoping I can get this taken out by Friday. I am sick of this, it hurts so bad today. I can really tell when I get dehydrated, the pain is horrible.
     On a different note my wedding dress came in already! There was a cancellation and my dress came in sooner. I am so excited. I can't wait to put it on again. I so hope my wedding goes off without a hitch. I can't wait I wish it was already next year. I can't wait to marry my best friend and have him see my dress.
    I've also been busy with a budding business possibly. I'm working with photography and possibly making it an actual job. I'm calling it (as of right now and possibly keeping the name) DayDream Photography. I'm so excited. I know there are a bunch of photographers with this name but I checked and I couldn't find any that were in Michigan. I'm excited, I have two weddings and another session at my county fair already in the pipelines. I've also ordered a few new lens and things for my camera. I can not wait to play with my tele lens and macro lens tomorrow when it comes in. I'm so excited.
     So yeah I've been really busy. And I love the way my life is going right now. I can't wait to hit the pavement with my feet running once I get this stupid Gall Bladder taken out. Hope you guys haven't missed me too much and I will try and post a few of my new photos soon.

My Ring...

     So I finally found my ring...kind of. I had originally decided on a more expensive Kay Jeweler's ring which I absolutely love. It has curves and a beautiful marquee diamond in the center. It reminds me a lot of my engagement ring. The downfall of said ring is that Chris didn't really like it because it was so tall. That being said I really didn't want to find a new ring because I loved it so much.

     So when we went to Disney I started looking around looking for jewelry that would go with my dress without being too Disney. Chris started looking around too and he ended up finding this beautiful ring. It has curves and mimics my engagement ring beautifully. I so can not wait to wear it. Since it is a twelve dollar Downtown Disney ring we are going to take it to the jeweler which made my ring in town (Silverberg Jewelers). I can not wait to have it and be able to wear it every day. I also love the fact that it is a Disney ring since we are having a small Disney inspirations throughout the wedding. It also matches the fact that my dress is a Disney dress. :D

     The first picture is my engagement ring, which I love completely. I didn't want diamonds and he designed and gave me exactly what I wanted. The second is the ring I wanted originally and the last picture is my wedding ring inspiration!

Dress Pictures!

   So I finally got my pictures from the Sister-in-Law (who took the camera and the SD card and hid them on all of us.) I'm so excited. I love my dress, I can not wait to buy it and wear it all the time. The first dress is the Belle 2 dress that I tried on and loved. The last three are the Tiana 1 dress that is my dress. You can kind of see my tiara I bought and the veil I want to get. I love how everything looks. Again I can not wait to buy my dress.

The Dress and the Ring!

   So wonderful news! I finally found my dress and we also found my wedding ring. Neither was what I was originally looking for either, but they are both amazing! I still can't believe I am actually getting married, it is so surreal.
   So my dress we found earlier last month while I was dress shopping with my Mother-in-Law (MIL) and Bridesmaid (BM). We went down to Grand Rapids to Bridal Elegance (which I recommend highly). It was a nice little boutique. My consultant was amazing, she has son who also has Spina Bifida and was very understanding and made the whole experience a dream. I started off slightly disappointed that they didn't have any of the dresses I really wanted to try on there. We did though however find a very plain dress which looked very pretty on me. It made my crutches seem to disappear. Chris' Aunt, MIL and BM all liked it, and I guess to an extent so did I. It was just very plain. They said I could add bling to it and add to it. I felt bad that I wasn't just feeling it. I really liked it but I felt like I would be settling. Needless to say I didn't buy my dress there.
   We then decided to drive over to David's Bridal, whom said I wouldn't need an appointment to go try on dresses. Yeah I didn't get in their either because that place was a zoo. I can understand why they call it the 'Walmart of Bridal.' I liked my first experience at David's but every time since it just seems like every time I go there now, they don't have time for me or I'm too hard of a client. I'm not a fan.
   Across the street though is the Alfred Angelo store. Anyone who had talked to me about dresses knows I am a huge Alfred Angelo fan. His designs are amazing, it doesn't help that he created the whole Disney Bridal collection. Going in I didn't think we were going to get in, there was a very large line to the counter. We did get in however and to top it off my consultant's name was Ashley. Sign from heaven right there. She asked me what I was interested in and what the MIL and BM would like to see me in. Then she picked out my choices and a few of her own. Once I got back to the dressing room she told me there was one dress she wanted to see me in first, the Disney Frog Prince Tiana 1 dress. So I tired it on...and fell in love. This dress is just so comfortable and beautiful. It hits me in all the right places and the corset hits wonderfully on my hips keeping all the weight right there. I love this dress. It is a beautiful taffeta number (so very light), with small flowers and pearls on the one shoulder flowing down the bodice and on the waist. This dress is everything I didn't think I wanted. It is taffeta and not satin, one shoulder not strapless and has small flowers on it. I love this dress though! *sigh* I can not wait to go buy it.
   MIL wanted me to try it on again three weeks ago though. Chris' Grandmother got to her along with a few other people. Everyone thought I would fall out because I am a bit more blessed up top than other girls. We ended up going to Auburn's Unique Bridal and I tried it on again. I also tried on the Disney Beauty and the Beast Belle 2 dress and fell in love with that one too. That one is over my budget. Once I tried on my dress again though I fell back in love. The Frog Prince dress is so my dress. I can not wait to wear it. I swear I won't take it off at my wedding night. :D We did end up finding my tiara at the shop in Auburn though. It is a beautiful as it was a steal. Originally over a hundred and fifty and I got it for twenty five. I love it too. I think I've also decided on a veil too. They have a beautiful cathedral veil that frames the dress. I just don't know if I can hand over two hundred for it. I'm hoping Chris' Aunt might be able to help us make it.
   Well this had gotten quite long. I will have to post the story of the ring later. I will see you all later. I will also post pictures when I get them off the camera. :D

Weight Loss and Cupcake Wars

     Hi guys! Not sure who still reads this but I'm still posting just to get my thoughts out. Things have been kind of crazy around here lately. School has started, it finally began to snow (we've needed this for all the agriculture in the area), and the house has kind of stalled out.
     I think I've nailed down some things I want for the wedding. I know I want an aisle runner, I want purple silver and black. It's small things like this I know I want. I'm for sure doing a boudoir shoot for Chris for his grooms gift.
     Speaking of which, I joined "Slim-to-Win" at Morey Courts. It's a weight loss competition where the top ten losers (percent body weight not number of pounds) get a free gym membership, a nutritionist, and a trainer to help with work outs. I really want to get that. The grand prize is ten thousand dollars, that would be nice for the wedding but I really want the nutritionist. I've been struggling a lot with what to eat.
     Well I have to go, but before I leave I was hoping you guys could all go to The Gourmet Cupcake Shoppe on Facebook for me. Chris and I have entered a compeition to win a cake and cupcakes (enough to feed 100 people). The photo which has the most votes wins. We just need you to like the page and then find our photo and like that too. Thanks so much guys, this really means a lot to us.

Back Again...

     So I'm back. Not much has been done in regards to the wedding. I've been catching a lot of slack though for wanting/having an outdoor wedding. I'm having an outdoor wedding in the beginning of October people, just please deal with it and be happy with me. On the suggestion Chris we will be having a plan B for bad weather. Unless it is freezing though I am not having it inside if it's only 50 some degrees out. I am having a short ceremony so you wont be there for very long. Again please just be happy with me.
     Christmas is coming closer everyday now. I'm almost done with buying and wrapping Christmas presents. I'm excited. I hope everyone likes/enjoys what I got for them. John got Dad a puppy for his Birthday/Christmas. His name is BlackJack and he is an adorable little Begale. I can't wait to meet him tonight, will def post pictures later.
     Speaking of pictures, I've been working more on my photography a lot more. I'm excited, hopefully I can get some more work for my portfolio over break. I've done pretty well in my classes. I'm not in a class this semester so hopefully I can still keep up with my photography. I've almost become obsessed with it, Chris and I have talked a lot about photography lately. We are interested in getting two different types of photographers for the wedding. We want one artistic one and one which is more traditional. I will probably have to talk to Dan about it later.
     Well I've gotta book it, Chris wants to watch 'The Big Bang Theory'. Yay!