16 months to go.. I think

I'm blogging since I feel like I've let our blog readers down.. so here are some updates on the wedding.. we have 16 months and a few weeks/days to go before we get married. And though that continues to seem like forever to some.. I'm getting nervous. Our wedding plans are continuously changing.. and when I say continuously changing i mean like everyday. We have no idea where we want to get married though we (or should I say I) am leaning more towards one idea more than the other. We have yet to find the place to do the ceremony/reception just because I am so indecisive and don't know how to make set decisions. And of course my wonderful fiance has said from the beginning this is my day so he is just going with the flow. At this point I'd love for him to say you know what i really would rather do it here, or nope don't like that... just a little help would be great. But he is making it all about me which is wonderful yet so so hard to handle.

Months before we got engaged I was sure I knew exactly what I wanted and was going to get it...HA! I was in a dream world.. and reality set in and this was a harder task than thought.

So where are we now? We have nothing planned.. nothing set.. no ideas together.. no dresses that I love.. no idea which day we are doing it (we have two in mind and it's a toss up).. colors we have but they depend on our venue.. and it's a mad house.

I do most of my wedding planning when my brain is over flowing with nursing facts so I'm always stressed! But my family has stepped in and taken the reins. My mom has been calling places but her ideas are just not the same as mine. My aunt has been contacting people she knows and the two of them together think they pretty much know how to decorate.. that scares me! They do have great decorating sense(though Jason would disagree) but I think when the day comes they are going to ask themselves what they were thinking. And who knows if it will turn out how I planned..wait.. I don't even have a plan...

My plans were to do the whole wedding planning thing over the summer.. however that seems impossible. I'd have to know exactly what I wanted and make decisions on the spot and the Lord knows I'm not capable of that.

P.S- it is not fun living in Charleston when trying to find a wedding venue. Apparently Charleston is a nice place for destination weddings and they think every square inch of this state is worth millions..

Enjoy!

Day 498

I kept thinking about this verse throughout the week.. Genesis 2:24 For this reason man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

We have broken the 500 count, with only 498 days until we are married! It sounds like so long but it really isn't that long considering we have so much to do. The one thing I am sure of is that this is the greatest journey of my life. I am so excited! Every time I see Jas I get so excited because I know he is the one man created and made to be my lifetime partner. It is an awesome feeling and it makes me wonder what I did to deserve such an amazing guy.

Wedding Updates:
1. Sunday my mom, Jason's mom, 3 of my bridesmaids, and another family member went to start looking at wedding dresses. I learned some valuable lessons from that adventure to say the least. Size is just a number (and wedding dresses run extremely small), trying on all the dresses is very tiresome, I'm thankful I brought someone I've grown up my entire life with because to say the least i was very exposed, there is a style for everyone and not every style looks good on certain people (especially me), and last but not least just because the entire store is filled with dresses does not mean you will find the one...
2. We've picked colors.. and only a few people know just because I'm terrible with secrets!!
3. I'm planning on booking the photographer sometime this week. We've chosen Richard Bell Photography. If you've never seen them THEY ARE AMAZING! Their website is www.charlestonwedding.com check them out!
4. We still have not chosen where we are getting married.. it's so so hard!
5. Oh, we have a date! YES, we have set the date obviously since we are already counting down.

There are probably more updates but we're back at school and my brain is again filled to the rim with nursing information ... so I'll update as often as I can.

Hope you are enjoying our blog and please feel free to follow us even if we don't know you. As I've learned many who read our blog don't have blogs themselves :) Love y'all! Have a wonderful week.

Progress

Jason and I have started our planning, though we haven't gotten far. We attempted to make a guest list which worked out fine until we realized we already had 244 people not including any of my family! This has caused some troubles considering we were going to try and keep the guest list at 250, obviously our list is going to be edited but it's going to be so so hard to cut people that we'd really love to have.

I'd love any and all wedding advice because I've got no idea what I'm doing and no idea how i'm going to get it all done with so little time. I know 2010 seems far away but we are so busy and school is starting again.. oh I can't even bring myself to think about all the chaos this summer is going to bring as we try and plan some more. So far this wedding planning thing has been no fun. I mean don't get me wrong I enjoy it but there are certain experiences that come along with it that haven't turned out to be quite that enjoyable.

I don't want to share too much information but i'll give you a tad bit of insight! We are planning a summer wedding in 2010. We want an outside ceremony and reception. We want everything to be simple yet intimate, rustic, and southern.

We will continue to keep everyone updated about the progress of our wedding but in the mean time please continue to keep us in your prayers as our faith is continuously being put to the test.