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!

Sew Cute!

I've been asked to help in the Apparel and Sewing class at work during one period to help out a few students that are falling behind. I've been helping all week, and I LOVE it! The woman teaching the class saw the apron that I started this summer, and told me that I did a wonderful job on the stitching. I've been having so much fun that I decided it was time to try my hand at my sewing machine again. I couldn't have had better timing!

JoAnn Fabric is having their Moonlight Madness special until Saturday, which means that all of their McCall patterns are 99 cents!!! I found 8 new patterns that I liked and didn't already have.

I bought:

PJs

Blouse

Tunic

Jacket

More PJs

Baby Accessories

Infant Clothing

More Baby Clothes

I know...I bet you're wondering why I bought the baby patterns. Well, my best friend, Chris, and his beautiful wife, Tracy, are due to have a baby boy in a few weeks. I am so excited for them! I decided that baby clothes and accessories would make both easy first sewing projects and cute gifts for the new baby. I'll be making diaper covers from the "Infant Clothing" link, and the jumper gown on the "More Baby Clothes."

I'm pretty excited. I know I should be working on sewing things like my veil, but that can wait, I suppose :)

Wonderful Weekend With Mom

That's right, my mom and I had an AWESOME weekend.

It started on Saturday. Mom picked me up early and we went to a craft show at a church nearby. We ran to a few garage sales, and then ate breakfast at IHOP. After that, I took her to get her hair cut at her favorite salon for her birthday. That's right! My beautiful mother has a birthday on Wednesday :) Her new haircut and color looks fantastic! That was an awesome day. While we were out talking, we realized that I wasn't doing anything on Sunday, and I needed wedding invitations :)

On Sunday...Mom picked me up early again. We walked around Portifino and talked while we waited for stores to open at noon. Around eleven, we drove to Market Street and walked around Borders Book Store.

When Swoozies opened, there was a crowd outside, and we part of it :)

Mom had never been in there. I love it. It's like a fun party and holiday store. They also have a HUGE selection of invitations and card stock. While the invitation sets in their binders were WAY expensive, the kind sales lady gave us a great idea. Long story short, mom and I bought all the card stock for the wedding and when we have all of the final details, we'll take it back to them for printing! I'm so excited!

After Swoozies, Mom and I ate lunch at Pot Belly Sandwich Works, where Brittany works.

Even after ALL of that, we weren't done! We decided to stop at JC Penney to look for some new work clothes. We each were able to find new pants and a few blouses. Get this...I went down a size! That's exciting :) We were done for the day, or so we thought!

We walked out of JC Penney towards the mall, and guess what we saw... A Wedding Show! They had cake vendors, photographers, makeup artists and even a fashion show! It was so cool that we happened upon such a neat show!

Wonderful weekend, I'd say :)

Since August!

Where has time gone?!?

I know...it's been FOREVER since I've posted. I'm not entirely sure where to start? A lot has happened. Unfortunately, my focus hasn't been entirely on the wedding, but I'm SO anxious to get back on my wedding track!

Since my last post, I have received another WONDERFUL gift from Rigo's family. I have gained a huge interest in cake baking and decorating. I absolutely LOVE doing it. Well, what does every baker need? A beautiful new MIXER! That's right. Rigo's parents surprised me with a brand new JC Penney Cooks Mixer! I love it.

I've started two new jobs since August, which is part of the reason the wedding planning has been so slow. I am now working with high school students at Klein High School. I love this job! Not only do I work with wonderful kids and teachers, but Rigo is the technician at the same school. Perfect! Rigo and I also accepted positions working for the new Woodforest Stadium. I run an instant replay camera down on the field, and Rigo runs the instant replay computer up in the press box.

Anywho, that's what we've been up to. I'll post separately about the more interesting things that have been happening. Thanks for reading!!!