What I wouldn't give for a time turner right about now. No, don't worry! I haven't missed saving a hippogriff or anything, I'm just shocked at how quickly time is flying. It'd be nice to have the extra time to get some more stuff done! You know, maybe some more work when I was doing wedding stuff or more wedding stuff while I was doing work....But alas, no letter at eleven and no time turner now...a muggle I remain.
But, that's not to say Javs and I aren't working hard to continue chipping away at that 'to do' list! Today marks 150....150 days til the wedding. Doesn't it seem like I have one of these count down posts like once a month? I know, its cause the time is literally flying by! I left us with some major items at our last calendar check, lets see how we've done:
-Address gathering for guest list - check!
-Send out Save the Dates - check! (and a future post)
-Engagement announcements in the paper - check! (all have been published now! and Nana has her copy to proudly show to all the residents at her assisted living community)
-Dress for Kels - check!
-Dress for Jess - check! (another post to come & contingent on Isabel finding a dress that will 'go')
-Dress for Isabel - we're getting closer! She is diligently looking :)
-Boys Attire - hmmmmmm
-Rehearsal Dinner Locale -CHECK! (and a future post from Javs)
-Referring to any industry established timeline to see how we're doing -why would I do that? but, I did look at a checklist that Crystal (our day of coordinator) provided and we're right on target! (mostly)
-Creating a 'to do' list with timeline - Javs did this! We just haven't referred to it since he created it about 50 days ago...
we also
-Booked our florist!
-Confirmed a spot for brunch on Sunday
-Arranged transportation for our guests to and from Ash Lawn (important for you guys!)
-Officially completed our registries!
-Attended our first wedding as an engaged couple
-Bought and started using RosettaStone
-Mrs Cabezas bought fabric for her MOG dress (just yesterday)! (she is having it made - how fun!)
Stuff we need to do in a bit of a hurry:
-Secure our last big vendors:
-Tent (not really a tent, but sides for the pavilion in case it rains, dance floor, etc)
-Ceremony Musicians
-AV for Ceremony (if we want microphones and speakers)
-Hairstylists
-Make-up Artist (possibly - I'm debating doing my own makeup...)
-Decide what those silly boys are going to wear (especially if they need to buy suits!)
-Meet with our officiant (kind of pre-wedding counseling)
-Confirm a caterer for our rehearsal dinner
-Start some of the fun DIY projects we've got planned!
I really am sensing a shift in our wedding planning. It kind of started when we looked at florists, but I think once we finish booking those last big vendors I'll really feel it; the freedom to start focusing on some fun details. There are lots of fun ideas that we've thought of to add to our day and keep it 'us.' I think we've reached a point where I feel organized and accomplished enough that we can finally start to work on those and I'm really looking forward to that.
Okay - attending a wedding as an engaged couple - they say (whoever they is) that you'll pay way more attention to detail and possibly struggle to resist the urge to compare what you're seeing with what you're planning. While I certainly noticed more and did some comparing, (i.e. whispering to Javs that their ceremony chairs were the nicer chairs that we'll have at our reception, but not at our ceremony cause we're getting the cheaper chairs for our ceremony...) I had two major take aways that have stuck with me:
1) Their ceremony was so lovely and so them. Javs and I have been focusing a lot on keeping the day 'us,' but I'll completely admit that more of that involves ideas about corn hole at cocktail hour and family style dinner service at the reception. We've thought some about our ceremony, but this wedding has really inspired me to carve out some time to think about what we want to include during that portion of our day. It is, after all, kind of the reason everyone is coming right? I mean that's where the whole 'getting married' thing goes down. So, I'm inspired to start thinking ceremony.
2) Oh my goodness, I think time is flying now, but that day is going to whiz by faster than I can even imagine. I'm sure Kels' day flew by, I remember trying to be in the moment and know that the magnitude of the day hit me when I was walking down the aisle. But I wasn't thinking 'bride' at Kels' wedding and I saw for the first time at this wedding, from a 'brides' perspective, just how quickly everything flew by. It was a great reminder that while I'm excited about all these fun details, October 13th is really going to be about savoring the moment and the memories as they come.
In addition to my take aways, we also had SO much fun! It made me pumped for the start of wedding season. Now I'm looking forward to attending some more weddings and learning more great stuff! Happy counting :)
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