Saturday, September 5, 2015

27 Days

We're getting married in LESS than a month & I'm  f r e a k i n g  out. Not because I'm afraid things won't get done or anything, but because WE'RE GETTING MARRIED IN LESS THAN A MONTH! Whaaaat!?

Sebastian & I have have been together since I was fifteen & he was seventeen years old. We've gone through hard times together, & we've come out stronger because of it. We've learned so much about each other that I can't imagine what more there is to learn, although I know once we're married, it will be like we're starting over.

I was just telling Sebastian the other night that I felt like I've done a horrible job 'documenting' our engagement. I post to instagram constantly, but I haven't used my little blog the way I thought I would the past few years leading up to this exciting time in our lives. I think I'm going to go back & write about when we searched for a venue, picked out our cake, went dress shopping, signed the papers for our apartment, & bought his wedding band. The bridesmaids dinner my best friend hosted before she went back for college, & the planning, planning, planning I've done with my mama. Not necessarily just so you know what's going on in our lives, but so I can look back a few years from now & remember what our short (some would say too short *cough* mom *cough* ;)) engagement was like. I'm a big fan of details.

I'm thankful to have tomorrow off to be able to get some stuff done. There really is a lot to do in a little bit of time, although we're still trying to figure out what that 'a lot' consists of. Thankfully, I have ten bridesmaids who are all so willing to help with whatever we need help with. It's so nice to have that support, & soon enough, I'll be calling them all crying, needing chocolate & hugs & their craftiness to come save me. :)

It's a busy month for us! In two weeks, we'll be heading to Florida for Sebastian's aunt's wedding, & the day we get back, we'll get the keys to our first, oh-so-perfect apartment. Then, two weeks after that, we'll be saying 'I do' & I'll be heading off for a week with the man I'll be so beyond blessed to get to call my husband.

Well that's fun to say. :)

Amanda Hedgepeth Photography! 

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Engagement Party

On Saturday, my parents threw us an engagement party. As soon as we got engaged (before we got engaged!), we knew who we'd want in our wedding party. Instead of just calling everyone and asking them to be in the wedding, we (I) wanted to make it more personal. So, we decided we'd get all of our closest friends (who are currently in this country, haha) together & ask them then.

I made bridesmaid boxes & Sebastian got cards that were so good, he didn't even sign them. ;) With the help of some friends, my superhero mom pulled off the best party we could have asked for!

Unfortunately, it got dark right as things were getting good, but I'm so thankful for our friend, Diana, who captured all of these great pictures! & don't worry - it's not the last you'll see of these fun people. ;)