Busy Bee

I have been a busy little wedding bee this week! Everything that I mentioned in my last post has been taken care of.

We made our first payment to our photographer last week. She's fantastic, and very fast to respond!

This morning, after seeing a matinee, with my mom and sister, of Twilight, I took my card stock back to Swoozies to be printed. That took no time at all and they'll be done in 3 to 5 business days. While I was paying for the printing, I jokingly asked if they were hiring an assistant graphic designer. Guess what? The graphic design artist of the store said that she would be going on maternity leave in May and could use some help! She asked me to leave me phone number and name and said that she'd be calling me! Awesome, huh!

Rigo and I are very, very close to booking our honeymoon. We found a great deal! Airfare to Vegas and back, plus a four night stay at the Stratosphere hotel for only 850 dollars!
My Mom used to be a reservationist for Southwest, so she's going to look into it for us and let us know if there is anything else we can get at a good price. We should be booking it this week!

FULL SPEED AHEAD!

That's right folks! Rigo and I are FULL SPEED AHEAD on planning our wedding! So much has happened and is going to happen shortly. The wedding is only 4 months and 3 weeks away!

Last weekend, before my mom and I had to pick up a very special friend of mine from the airport, we ran to Hobby Lobby because they were having 50% off of their entire wedding supply. Mom bought us a BEAUTIFUL guest book and matching pen. It's stunning. I can't wait for everyone to see it. We also got place cards and invitation accents at a very reasonable price. We picked up a few other things that I can't really post about, but I will say that we were very productive :)

Yesterday, I contacted a photographer that my Mom found online. She is very reasonable, and her pictures look fantastic. As soon as I'm done posting, I'll be emailing her back to finish with the booking process. I was so worried about finding a photographer. Finding her was a huge stress reliever!

I have an "appointment" with my Mom to meet on Thursday to buy my bridesmaid's jewelry. I'm excited about that. She's awesome at helping me make decisions :)

Now that we know what time we want the wedding to start, Rigo and I can have our invitations printed. I bought the card stock a few weeks ago, but haven't been certain about a time, so we haven't had them printed. We're planning on sending them out in January, so we better get on the ball!

That's all for now. Buh-Bye!

Another Change

I'm the bride. Luckily, that means that I can make changes to my wedding whenever I want to. Hehe. Actually, the latest change was all Rigo's idea and I loved it!

We're making a change to the wedding party...again. I promise, this is the last wedding party change! Here it goes...

Bride:

Brittany Stevens - My Sister, and Maid of Honor

Jesse Stevens - My Brother

Sara Henk - My Best girl-friend of many many years

Christopher Pippin - My Best guy-friend of many years

Groom:

Bryan Stoner - Rigo's best friend, and Best man

Madie Hausinger - Rigo's best girl-friend

Matt Poole - Rigo's best guy-friend

Kayla Hurt - Rigo's best girl-friend

We were having problems because most of Rigo's best friend's are girls, and I wanted Chris and Jesse in the wedding, neither of which know Rigo very well. So. This is perfect. I love that it's not something that people do often in their weddings.

On another note, I need to get on the ball with invitations. Yikes! I have to send them out in about two months. I already purchased them, I just need to figure out the exact times so that I can take them to be printed.

Birthday, Babies and Weddings

Three major things.

1. Rigo's birthday! That's right, tomorrow is Rigo's 22nd birthday! His birthday cake turned out terrible, but we gave him his gifts and sang and everything. He seemed really happy. I got him this slick leather jacket. I think he liked it :) I also got him the new Gears of War game. He hasn't stopped playing it.

2. David James Pippin! David James Pippin was born on November 6th, 2008. He was 8 pounds even and 20 inches long. His proud parents are, of course, Tracy and Chris Pippin. They make such a beautiful family. Chris has been a long time friend of mine, and Tracy, his beautiful wife, and I have gotten a lot closer since they've been married. I was told that I am third in line for babysitting, and I cannot wait!!! When I held baby David in the hospital, he didn't cry! Babies always cry when I hold them. He's such an angel.

3. Erin Harper is now Erin Rose! Erin was married to her husband, Jeff Rose, on Saturday. I haven't seen a lot of pictures yet, but I have seen a few, and she looked BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations Erin!