{it was a fiesta!}

the toilet paper brides.

my bridesmaids and me :)

my attempt at cutting the cake.

little me! 

me & my momma.

me & the pinata.

it was a fiesta!

{bridal shower}

My Bridal Shower is today at 2:30pm, I am so excited! I will definitely post pictures later tonight. Meanwhile, I should probably get in the shower pretty soon so I can blow dry my hair straight and all that good stuff. I'm really excited about starting my new job next Monday. Three months at home gets to you eventually. ha! Bella is definitely going to miss me being here with her all day though :) She's such a cuddly little puppy. (And she sleeps all day every day.) I think that's about it going on over here. Alan's still working both jobs and I'm still in school (I can't wait until I graduate and can be a full time Special Ed teacher!)

fyi-- our wedding is in 36 days. and in 37 days will be relaxing in Riviera Maya, Mexico. ahhhh!

{wedding hair, aisle decor etc.}

My hair for the wedding. For the actual day we are doing the bun a little higher (and less messy of course.)

Like I said, less messy for the actual wedding day :)

(Please ignore the expression on my face.)

Our aisle decor. :) I love it!

{new job.}

I found out on Wednesday that I got a job as a Teller at South Carolina Bank & Trust :) I am SO excited. I start Teller School on April 5th and that lasts two weeks, after that I will be at different branches depending on who needs me. The job is full time and pays almost exactly what my job at Bank of America did :) :)

{school, etc.}

SO, I definitely thought I wasn't going to be able to finish my last semester in school because of everything that has happened this year. ( I take classes online and my semester was September through February.) BUT, I ended up finishing them all AND was on the honor roll. I am sooo excited. :) Things are starting to look up, and hopefully the other 9 1/2 months of the year are going to be wonderful.  :) My sister turns 15 in June (and is getting her permit, yikes..) and my brother is turning 21 in July (another yikes.) It will definitely be an interesting summer to say the least! Plus, Alan and I are getting married in May. My poor parents-- all their kids are growing up. ha!

Just a side note-- I love this little girl :)
(oh, and notice how badly her hair sticks up around her head. hahaha.)

{St. Patty's Day.}

Brielle, Matt and Baby C.

The sun was quite bright when it decided to come out..

Some random drunk guy attempted to take our picture. It ended up very crooked and mostly of everyone else. 

--oh,  it is now 49 days until the wedding. :) --

{bella.}

ok, so maybe this isn't a recent picture (it was taken in March 2009).. but it's still cute. I took Bella to the vet the other day because she was having some problems, and apparently in addition to having worms-- her knee cap randomly dislocated itself and she is a little overweight (which I am actually really surprised about considering she is only 57 pounds and she is a year old.) My poor puppy! :(

Here is a much more recent picture of my sweet puppy.  :)

{...no}

There are some people that are in the incorrect mindset that my wedding is a "party" for them and their friends. Obviously these people are set out to give me a heart attack and/or stroke before May 2nd. No-- my guest list cannot be "upped" from 60 to 100 so you can invite your high school friends and other random people I do NOT even know. NO-- I do not have to run every single detail of MY wedding by YOU. NO-- I am not going to up MY wedding budget by $1500 so you can invite these ridiculous people. Alan and I are paying for this wedding ourselves, not you. So kindly mind your own business and if we need your help, we will gladly ask for it.

{I'm in love.}

I absolutely love these shoes, they are just so unique. I was looking for something different to do for my "something blue."

Please ignore how large my legs look. I am going to go with "it's just the angle."

I don't know if I can bring myself to get the bottoms dirty.. they're so cute!

--Hello, my "something blue."--
(I'm not sure why they look silver-ish, they are definitely ivory.)

{mail.}

I got my first two reply cards in the mail today, and I am so excited! (dorky, I know.)


oh, if anyone has any song suggestions, I need music for--

-- the bridal party to walk down to
--my entrance
-- our exit from the ceremony
--our entrance to the reception
--our first dance ( I was thinking "Feels Like Home to Me")
--my dance with my dad (I've always wanted "Butterfly Kisses")
--Alan's dance with his mom

{SHOES!}

I have been looking for the perfect pair of shoes for the wedding for weeks now. At first I thought I wanted blue shoes (for my "something blue").. then I saw that they make shoes that have BLUE soles & I fell in love. Today, I found these.. they also come with rhinestones on the bottoms that say "I do" on them. AHH, perfect!

 

I am in LOVE with them.

{jordan's softball games.}

  Check out Jordan's awesome hit Hammond vs. Dreher