double digits

This engaged couple right here is now in the countdown phase of double digits!!! Perfect timing because wedding festivities are just beginning! I have a wonderful bridal shower being thrown by my lovely bridesmaids in Madison this Saturday! I am so thankful for such sweet friends and I don't know how to thank them enough! I am so happy that they get to share this time with me because each and every one of them is quite special to my heart.

I also get to try on my dress in my size for the very first time! Everything is starting to feel so real and it's awesome! Summer sent a picture of herself in her bridesmaids dress and heels for our wedding and I couldn't stop smiling and almost teared up. I'm really worried I'm going to be a sobbing mess the day of!!! I get teary eyed at Say Yes to the Dress episodes... WHAT THE HECK AM I GOING TO DO THE DAY OF?! hahaha

Anyways, so to celebrate this double digit countdown, I will share exactly where Rod and I were 99 days after we met.  (yes, I counted, and reminisced)

Rod had been on a trip to Ole Miss for a cross country meet that he had to work as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Alabama. Oddly enough it was the day Auburn played Ole Miss at Auburn ("heart attack Auburn"pulled out a win).  I was in Nashville working my very first conference. I remember this weekend like it was  yesterday and it was the sweetest thing ever! He rode on a van (or bus?) back from Ole Miss and then hopped in a car and surprised me in Nashville!

Throughout our relationship we relied on "iChat" to see each other since we were miles apart. Well, Alyssa, my boss at the time, and I were going to go grab a bite to eat and see if we could get in to the Avett Brothers concert. Well Rod kept being like "hold on I'm almost back to the house and I want to see you on iChat because I'm going to bed early" or something like that (didn't click with me). So, I wait, and he gets on iChat with his computer camera facing my hotel room door number! I was ecstatic. It was perfect and I was so excited to see him! We then all grabbed a bite to eat and tried (and failed) to get into the Avett Brothers concert, but it was still a great night!

Oh, did I mention it's Mother's day this Sunday ANNDDD my birthday was a month away from yesterday??!?! Yeah, so definitely a crazy awesome week to be so thankful for and excited about!

-L

long distance pros, right?

So... It's been a while. There hasn't been a whole lot going on except getting used to the new job and long distance away from the future husband to be. But the whole first two years of dating we were between 140-600 miles apart, right?! Sooo this should be a piece of cake, right?! No. Way. It sucks. I loved knowing Rod was in the same city and we could grab dinner together, cook for each other, walk the dogs together, etc. Now, nothing. I've had the dogs the past week so that has helped keep me company, but I miss that boy! I also miss my Huntsville girls a lot. I was able to go up this past Thursday for a little get together they had planned for Elizabeth Davis and myself (the two brides in the group). It was so much fun and so great to catch up a little with everyone! It was way too short though.

Anyways, we are getting close to the 100 day mark!! I CANNOT believe it. I don't really know where April went and May is going right along with it. However, exciting news, my dress was supposed to ship this past Friday, so I am hoping it is in by this weekend so my family can come to my first fitting! My bridesmaids are throwing me a bridal shower this Saturday in Madison! I cannot wait to see everyone all together! It's going to be so perfect. I'm also starting on the invitations and will post a preview soon! Woo hoo! It's all coming together. :-)

-L