How did this happen? How did I last post in May of LAST YEAR! How are we now only 51 days away from our WEDDING?!?! Although the blog title says differently, I have not been much of a slacker at all. We have been working so hard planning our wedding for the last 15 months, and wouldn't you know it, life seems to have interfered a time or two.
We sure have been on one roller coaster of a ride, but I think I speak for both of us when I say we wouldn't have had it any other way.... well maybe just a few minor adjustments!
Sure, we have been knocked over a bit, even stomped on, and beaten up a little. BUT, I have never been more confident in our relationship or felt more secure in all my life. I truly, 1000%, believe that everything that has happened in the last year, happened for a reason. We've learned so much, more than any of the other years added together, both about ourselves and us as a couple. We've grown on our own, and together, the bond and understanding between us has left me speechless numerous times (which is hard to do!) We've learned patience, to the tenth degree. We've learned how to fight with just scowls and eye brow raising =). We've learned how to ensure we drown, but more so how to guarantee we thrive. We've learned to appreciate time alone together, and learned that the littlest things can make the biggest memories.We've learned that at the end of each day we bring it all home to each other, and that IS enough.
When I first decided to start this blog, I thought it would be so fun to document our wedding planning. I thought I needed an online diary to debate what shade of red to use? Which invitation was the most wonderful? What kind of font would we use on our response envelopes? Do we book the photographer for 4 hours or 5? Are calla lillies are really worth the extra money? I had all kinds of plans when I started. I would talk on and on about all of the little details that are going to make our day unique and memorable and one of a kind. When I started this blog, I thought it was all the extras, and the above and beyonds, and the never seen that befores that would make our wedding "the best wedding ever!" As I sit here 15 months later, nearing the end of my time as
"Soon to be Mrs V" and rapidly appraoching my new journey as "Mrs V" I'm realizing that I'm sitting here as an entirely different person. Sure, I debated shades of red, and changed my mind about flowers, hairstyles, and wedding bands a million and one times. What the last few months have really taught me though, is that in the end the details are simply details. The details don't create the marriage. I find myself daydreaming more and more about our relationship, and the marriage we are creating, and less and less about favors, rose petals, and colored table linens. I find myself in awe of how what I once considered a day dream, is now becoming my reality, and I am mesmerized by all of it. I feel so incredibly lucky to have found such a wonderful man to call my husband. I hope a year, five years, twenty years from now, I still remember to tell him how lucky I feel. I have a feeling that even thirty years from now, I will still be searching for just the perfect words that can explain to him just how much I really love him.
I've realized over the course of the almost two years we've been engaged, that our wedding day is simply the starting line to everything we have been planning for, and dreaming of for years. The day is OUR celebration that we've made it, and a chance for us to show to all of our friends and family the relationship we have made together. Now don't think for one second that I am not over the moon, crazily, super fabulously, ridiculously excited about our wedding. I have an AMAZING dress that I will ROCK on our wedding day! I am so excited to stop planning, and get to enjoy all of the hard work. I am so thankful that so many will travel to celebrate with us. I've just been feeling as the time line is winding down, that this is so much bigger then just a day. It is more humbling than I ever imagined it would feel.
To love and be loved in return is a miraculous feeling, and we are truly blessed to have such wonderful family and friends!
We are very lucky to have found an amazing photographer for our wedding. Beth owns BMP Photography , and is just fantastic! Above is just one of many of the fabulous engagement pictures she took of us. We were so impressed with them! Her style truly captured our personalities, and our sense of humor!
