The results are in...

So the photographer we met with on my birthday finally got some photo's to us! They turned out cute for the most part I think.

We did get a lead tho from my friend at work. She recommended a guy who is also in our unit at the base and does wedding photography on the side! He does excellent work and we are going to go with him because he seems to be a little bit more professional as well as experienced than the first lady. Plus we want to support our military family!!

A few others...

I am also excited to report that I put together my tossing bouquet!! I decided to make it just for the fun of it. My actual bouquet for the ceremony as well as the bridesmaids bouquets and all the flowers, we are having them done with real flowers by a florist we found one day on the hunt for wholesale flower markets. Turns out they only sell those flowers for resale. But one of the markets recommended this florist and I loved his ideas.

And an extra special thing I decided to do with my bouquet is to have a locket with my grandmother, Grandma Judith, who passed away of cancer just two years ago, tied around the stems with a ribbon!

That is as far as I got today... just one step at a time and lovin every minute of it!!

Happiest Birthday!

Today has been an awesome birthday! I am so blessed {some might even say spoiled ;)}

So I started the day off with receiving phone calls from my sweetheart and my mama singing happy birthday to me... not on the same phone call!

Later in the morning B and I went to get our photos taken with a possible photographer for our wedding! She took a lot of pictures and said she would have them for us by Tuesday! We can't wait to see them and share them with you all!!

After that we went to the Christian book store in Parker to pick up the ring I ordered for B on valentines day to wear until we get married! It says in Hebrew, ' I am my beloveds. My beloved is mine.' He was so excited and it looks so sharp on him!

Then we went to the guest house where we are having the reception and did a quick set up of our table setting to see how it looks... We loved it!

After that we went to B's house {our future home :)} and he gave me my birthday present from him. Which was...

a bouquet of CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES!!! And with it came with a card that said we are going to a Jack Johnson concert at Red Rocks in August!!! WAHOO!

After that we went to B's Aunt Dori's place and visited with all the family! That was really fun.

Now we are all dolled up and getting ready to head to downtown Denver to have dinner at a steakhouse called Capitol Grill! I'm so excited :)))))

Thanks for all the happy birthdays! This day has been an amazing day...

Sample the reception decor...

So this is just a rough, rough draft.... BUT it's so coming together!! (the tables at the guest house are smaller and the table clothes will actually fit them.) I am proud to say that everything I have gotten for the reception decorations has been half off or more! PTL!

I think we just about have everything we need for the reception, we just have to work out the details... like ironing the linens and making the flowers for the center pieces, etc. I am just really pleased with how well it's all coming together!

I also had the first fitting for my dresses alterations and I picked out the style of bustle I want! (the bustle is when they sew buttons under the dress so I can have the train pulled up at the reception and be able to still dance and walk with out stepping on my dress.) I chose the french bustle which goes up under the dress and creates an arch and looks so gorgeous when its done up!

I would post pictures of my dress so far but my sweetheart is very careful not to see my dress before the big day! Even if I'm looking at a wedding magazine that has pictures of dresses, he will look away because he says he doesn't want to see it by accident. :) He's such a good boy... I love him so much!

This weekend is my birthday and we are getting our engagement photos done! B is taking me out to dinner downtown so I got a cute dress to wear! It has tulips on it (my favorite flower). I'll be sure and post the pictures after wards....

Tiny Little Miracle!

I know you want to see the pics so here they are!

Baby was stretching! It was toward the end of the hour long ultrasound and baby was probably getting tired of the tech poking and proding!!

You can see the thumb and four tiny little fingers! Baby’s hands were up by the face the whole time pretty much!

And of course the little feet! A picture of each one.

Can I just say I am so very impressed with how incredible technology is! With only a 2-D ultrasound I didn’t know that they could see so much! We got see the heart and could actually make out the 4 different chambers of the baby’s heart! We also saw a couple other major organs and the two main arteries. The tech measures all these things to tell the health of the baby and Baby Cakes is doing just fine!!

In all the measurements baby was right in the 50-60 percentile, so although I have only gained 3lbs since my 8wk appt., the fact that the baby is doing so well is a great sign!

As we watched our baby on the screen I couldn’t help but tear up and at times chuckle with excitement and joy! It was so very cute when the tech was trying to get some different angles she caught baby wiggling it’s little tush and it was so adorable! Baby just looked so safe and secure in there, it’s little mouth would kinda sit open as it slept so peacefully and towards the end we could see baby had hiccups! It was so darn cute!!

Most of the time baby was curled up in the fetal position but sometimes baby would stretch out and because baby is still so small and there’s enough room it’s legs could pretty much fully extend!

It really did just make it that much real, that we are having a little tiny precious angel come into our lives and change it forever! I think we are both very excited but also very nervous and anxious about the parenting experience. When Brandon and I left the Dr today we both just started realizing all the responsibility we would be gaining, and all these worries start going through your mind about being capable of protecting the baby from all the evil and harm of this world.

Praise God that He is the Father and protector of this baby and we are just getting to take part in it. No one could know or do better than Him!

We have been quite the busy newly-weds to be! We started addressing our invitations this weekend and plotted out the reception site for where we will put tables and such. In another two weeks we will be meeting with the photographer to do engagement pictures and get ideas for where to shoot for the big day!

We also found some one to do our cake and flowers! She is a neighborhood artist and has come with many recommendations! I've seen pictures of her work and its fabulous! Although she hasn't done many wedding cakes yet she is confident in her ability and so are we. But the plus side is she is going to offer us a discount on the cake if she can use the pictures of it in her portfolio!

And she does real and silk flowers as well! I had an idea for my flowers to honor my grandmother who passed away just two years ago. She was my best friend and biggest fan and I still can't believe she won't be here for my most special day. But she loved flowers and she loved gardening and I just really want to have her remembered always and I thought a really neat way to do that would be to have one purple (or yellow) iris just off centered in my all white bridal bouquet. Then she would be in every picture and with me the whole time! I know she would love that so much!

Both my dress and B's ring came in! I have an appointment next Tuesday to see the seamstress to have my dress altered. It's just a little big in the top but otherwise fits perfect!! I'm so excited :)

We have all of our music picked out for the ceremony and the reception so now we just have to go down and plan what will be played when so our 'DJ' can get set up.

Only 88 days!!! {But whos counting right?!}

This weekend B and I went to Minden, Nebraska to visit B's special Grandma! {that's what B called her when he was little and it just stuck!} She is 94 years old and still lives in her own house and drives a truck. I rode with her and she does just fine too! She is a strong woman.

She was so excited to have us visit and we had a great time. While we were there B asked her if we could borrow a cake plate for our wedding cake!! She collects cake plates and probably has a hundered or more of them! She said of course and even picked out a beautiful white one for us to use!! It's a little bit wider in diameter than the others since the wedding cake will be a little bit bigger than a normal size cake.

We are both so thrilled to be able to include both sides of our family in our most special day!

It has been a busy week!! We finished picking out our music for our ceremony and reception! Instead of hiring a DJ or a live band, we are picking our songs and loading them on to an iPod. Then we have a friend, Glenn Fricke, who LOVES music and would make a great mcee to do all our music stuff!! It's so much more personal and saves us dough!!

We have most of the songs picked out for the reception/ dancing... but we were curious if anyone has any suggestions??!! Post them in a comment and we will add them to our playlist!!

Our invitations have been keeping us busy! We are printing our own on an invitation kit! They are so sweet and romantic! I can't wait for you all to see them... ; )

Yesterday I bought B's ring! He really likes the tungsten so thats what I got him! I was bummed cause it can't be engraved. But I want him to have what he really likes. I'll just look for something else to engrave!!

I'm also really excited and counting down the days til my dress comes in!! (March 7!) I would post a picture of it but B is really particular about not seeing the dress at all until the big day!!! I can't wait for him to see it!

My bridesmaides already picked out their dress and

have them on order! They should be in in April sometime!

The one on the right is B's cousin, her name is Katie too. And Rachael is on the left! They are both working diligently at putting together my bridal shower... I can't wait for all the fun and excitement to begin!