Bridal Shower and Lingerie!

This past Sunday was my Bridal shower, thrown by my wonderful "Mom", Maid of Honor, and my bridesmaids.

It was perfect. 

The food was amazing, the decor was perfect, there was a good mix of family (from both sides) and friends. 

Ty was wonderful, he wore his "Yes, Dear" shirt, helped keep tabs on Whimzy and helped with games.

I got some wonderful presents (Thank You notes are going out by Monday!), and got to spend some time with people I do not normally see as well as spend some time with my close friends.

It was perfect.

Thank you so much to the ladies who set this up for me <3

 

Also, tonight, I am going lingerie shopping with "Mom" and Angie.

I am so excited.  I love buying new bras!

Plus, possibly a corset-type thing.  I am not sure if I want to buy one for the honeymoon.  They are a pain to get on without help, and that would ruin the whole idea.

 

Eh, we shall see.

 

 

 

Well, I have enough to do to keep me busy for the next 3 months, so I will try to keep everybody updated!

So far we have about 55 people who have RSVP'd.

 

Please send yours in ASAP if you haven't already!

A First

After a rough couple of very overwhelming days and anxious nights, I am feeling perky again today.

You know why?

I laid in bed last night, thinking.

And I fgured something out.

This is the first time in my entire life that there has not been any family conflict in my life. 

Seriously.

We are on good terms with everybody!

It is awesome. 

No worrying about what might happen at the wedding, or

having to stress out about people playing nice.

It just blows me away that my life has taken such a dramatic turn around in the last few years.

I am so happy that I am getting closer to my family, including my Dad.

I am so happy that I get to build a relationship with my in-laws and that I am entering such a huge family.

I am lucky to have such an amazing set of psuedo parents that are helping me with the wedding, Whimzy, and life in general. 

I am even going to be re-meeting my step-family in the next month or so.

A few years ago I would have never been able to guess that I would be so surrounded with family that I enjoy being around.

I am so glad that I was wrong.

 

And on an unrelated note, Ty just stabbed a My Little Pony balloon to death.

It was terrifying.

;)

I Hate Sundays

I hate Sundays.

After a whole weekend of being able to snuggle up to Ty, pass some Whimzy duties off to him, tell him stupid jokes, kiss him whenever I want, and make him find things for me,

he has to return to work on Sundays.

We spent most of this past weekend in our pj's, on the couch, all cuddled up and playing with Whimzy.  When we did have to put real clothes on, it was to grocery shop or spend a couple hours out to eat with good friends and family.

It was, essentially, a perfect weekend.  I would have not changed a single thing.

Then, this morning we cleaned and really made up for the fact that we really did not do anything productive all weekend.

Then, he had to leave.

And that ^ is the face and reaction that Whimzy has every, single time Ty gets ready to go to work.

I feel the same way, but I have to be all grown-up and kiss him good-bye and then wish him a good night at work.

 

So, yeah, I hate Sundays. 

I hate the drop back into reality, and I hate missing Ty.

 

 

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54 Days

As my wonderful Aunt pointed out to me today,

I have 54 days until my wedding.

54 days.

54 days until I become Mrs. Ty Christensen.

Exciting...

But also extrememly overwhelming.

I feel like there is still so much to do,

so much to think about,
so much to finish.

 

In 55 days, over a year of planning will be done.

I will have time to relax and I will be getting a 90-minute massage in front of a fireplace.

 

I just have to keep reminding myself that this is completely worth it.

This is my wedding. 

It symbolizes the relationship between Ty and I.

It symbolizes our love, and our lives together.

It is going to be perfect.

 

 

Deep breaths.

Take a step back.

Put things in perspective.

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*happy dance*

This post is actually all about wedding stuff!  Woo-hoo!

 

First of all: I went in and got my dress fitted today for final alterations. I am not allowed to lose any more weight because otherwise the dress won't fit me!  Oh, and the cute little skirt that goes with the dress that I can change into that didn't fit me before?  It fits me now! 

 

 The Bridal Shower invites are out and let me tell you, they are adorable!  I have such amazing bridesmaids and almost-mom!

 

I have a ton of information being posted for everybody involved in the wedding! I mean, like we need to get these details nailed down ASAP!

It is less than 2 months away *deep breath*

Only 8 weekends until I say "I do.."

*deep breath*

No, not cold feet, just excitement and a bit overwhelmed.

 

Just so everybody remembers, the hotel discounts for the wedding end on April 26th. 

 

Wedding invites are going out this next Monday! 

 

Song lists are mostly picked.  Still have to spend some time on them with Ty and finalize a few things, but yeah...

 

Omg.  So much adreneline is going through me right now!

Not to mention that I am seriously floating on Cloud 9.

I need to come back down to earth and spend some time on regular life things...lol.

 

 

Okay, that is enough for now!  I need to calm down and return to real life...

 

Doctor Who, Socks, Shoes, and Optimism

Ty warned me that if I said "caffeine and optimism" again, I was going to give him an aneurysm, so I had to come up with an alternate title for this post.

I know I said yesterday that I was having trouble coming up with stuff to write about, but after reading an article in Entertainment Weekly that corresponded to a recent purchase I made and a delivery from David's Bridal, I have A LOT more to say!  Oh, and an energy shot.  That may have also helped ;)

 

First off, I am obsessed with Doctor Who.  My living room walls are covered in art specific to the show, my funny bridal shirt is going to have a Doctor Who theme, and I am willing to actually spend money on merchandise.  I recently purchased a set of Doctor Who socks, a mini figurine, and a shirt.  

I also recently received the new EW Doctor Who issue in the mail.  50th anniversary!!  Woo-hoo!  I am seriously so excited and am feeling kind of loser-ish because of my obsession.  But, honestly, whatever. 

So, I am not sure if this paragraph had a point...

Rambly....

Woo-hoo energy shot!

 

Second off, I got my wedding shoes in the mail today!  They are perfect!

Definitely am going to be buying another pair of wedges to practice walking in, because I will stumble down the aisle if I don't get used to walking in them. But they are gorgeous!  Totally me! 

 

So, I have an entire apartment to clean, an essay to write, and a couple recipes to take care of.  I am giving myself 3 days, including today, to finish it all up. Well, except for the essay, which is due tonight. 

I can do this, and I am going to rock it and enjoy life again.

I refuse to let my anxiety rule me and my life.

Right?

Right.

 

 

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A Few Things

I know, I have not been very good at this lately.

I have not updated anything!

Honestly, I have just been super overwhelmed and barely treading water with a lot of stuff. 

Things are moving along!  My wonderful MOH and almost-mom were addressing bridal shower invites this evening, we got my Dad #1 and Dad #2's tuxes, I got my tiara, I have picked out most of my jewelry, and it looks like the invites are going out this week!

 

The tiara:

 

I have been told that it looks better in person :)

Ooh, and I bought my shoes!  They should arrive any day now! I wanted white, glittery, wedge heels.  Unfortunately, I could not find any.  I ended up with silver, glittery, wedge heels.  Guess my rehearsal dinner dress has to be white now! 

The silly thing?  I am not overwhelmed with worry that Ty isn't the one or anything like that.  I just have this deep anxiety that once things go well, it is inevitable that they are going to go bad very quickly.  It keeps me up at night, sometimes. Imagining all of the terrible things that could happen...drives me a bit crazy.

But anyways...

We had a wonderful weekend and we got to spend some time with Ty's mom and then with my family.  It is really nice to not have any strife on either side!  Not only was spending time with my family awesome, my uncle looked at our car to make sure that we won't die driving it while it made a sound that sounded like a gateway to hell was opening inside of our front passenger tire. We won't die, or be sucked down to Hell, hopefully.  I love Ty, but he just isn't very handy when it comes to this stuff.  I hope he picks some stuff up from my uncle!

 

Whimzy is loving school and she is talking more and more each day. Singing more and more each day, too!  I am hoping she ends up with a better voice than me ;)  We planted flower seeds in some pots last week, but I am doubtful about their survival because of Whimzy's ideas of ponies playing in dirt lately.  Poor seeds. 

Also, I am a terrible mother.  There are at least a million egg hunts going on in my area and I do not have any concrete plans to take Whimzy to any of them. It might be fun, or it might be a bunch of baby hellions in below freezing weather in the middle of a field.  The rewards just aren't outweighing the risks for me... Maybe we will do our own hunt. 

 

Ah, well, that is life.  I will try to keep things updated more.

If I don't, please go ahead and call or contact me if you want to catch up!

 

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