Category: Wedding

***WARNING: GIRLY POST***

After several requests for wedding details (girly stuff), I have decided to give an update. I think I hesitated before because I was a but stressed, but I have gotten a lot accomplished the past few days (or at least it feels like a lot). The planning process is going well despite my freak-outs every once in a while about certain details. William is always there to quickly remind me that as long as the two of us and our parents are there, nothing else really matters. I went for my first dress fitting this past Wednesday and the dress fit perfectly (as the seamstress suggested). I feel I could lose a few more pounds, but I should be fine either way. I have another fitting in 2 1/2 weeks, so we will see. William still doesn’t understand why he can’t see the dress. He is not one for surprises, but this one he will just have to wait for. Other than that, I have been meeting with some of the vendors to finalize the details and things seem to be falling into place. I have been working this weekend to finalize the program and am almost done. The to-do list is still long, but I think I have all of the major stuff out of the way. I will admit that I frequently go to the knot.com message boards (although I have not posted a message before) to see what other brides are doing and stressing about. It seems to keep me sane when I see other people going through same excitement and sometimes stress of the process as I am.

We have already started to receive wedding gifts, which is very exciting. I have opened the first few we have received, but I think I will hold off on opening more until William can share in the experience of opening the gifts with me. A few people have asked about the registry and you can find this and other details on our wedding website, www.williamandkyllan.com. Oh, and if you had problems reserving a hotel room at the Hilton, let me know. We had to add more rooms to the block, so we should be ok now, but we need to make sure your reservation is in our wedding block.

Ok… so that sums it up, but if there was something else I was supposed to talk about, let me know.

*IMPORTANT: Don’t forget to RSVP by THIS SATURDAY (yes…even if you already told me whether or not you are coming). It is much less stressful when you have accurate head counts, so help me out!

It is hard to believe a year has gone by since William and I became engaged and we are now just 6 months away from being husband and wife.  Wow… that’s even weird to type!  I still remember watching in disbelief as he got down on one knee in the rain and the huge smile that stayed on his face for the rest of the weekend.  We are both extremely excited and look forward to sharing our day with everyone despite William’s attempts on a weekly basis to grab our parents and 1-2 friends and elope! (Dont worry… it’s not happening).  The wedding plans continue to progress very nicely and have not attempted to pull any of my hair out yet :-).  You should be receiving your Save the Date invitations in the mail in the next few days if you have not already, and can visit our wedding website for additional details.  Hope to see you in Dallas!  

William and I took engagement photos a few weeks ago and they are now available for viewing and purchase for anyone who is interested. Follow this link and click online proofs to view all the photos. I have to warn you that there are about 400 photos, so it may be quite overwhelming! I suggest scrolling through the pages instead of each individual photo. You can click on the photo to see a larger version and order prints. Enjoy!

Since William was in town in route to Denver, we decided it would be a good opportunity for us to take our engagement photos. So…on Friday William and I took our engagement photos at the Las Colinas canals. I was excited about the location because it has great architecture and nice scenery for photos, but I had no idea how popular it was. When we first arrived, we spotted a bride taking her bridal portraits nearby, but as we proceeded to different locations we learned we were one of four or five couples taking engagement photos and there were also four or five brides there too! It was photographer alley, but there are so many different areas to take pictures that no one had problems maneuvering around the other groups. Despite the other groups, William and I enjoyed our time and warmed up to the camera more and more as we went along (or so we think we did). The session reinforced that we are are very pleased with our choice of photographers. The Dallas area has a wealth of great photographers to chose from, but William and I met with Sam Anise from Beaux Arts Photography and were both thoroughly impressed with his work. You can tell he is extremely dedicated to his work and has a passion for photography. Although we have not seen the photos, I think we are very confident that we will have lots of great photos and are excited to see the results of our modeling. 🙂

p.s. I am in the process of preparing a special post for the 8-1 Wake Forest Demon Deacons, but I will wait until the rankings are released. Go Deacs!

As you have already read in previous posts, my parents and William’s parents were in Dallas last week and it seems everyone thoroughly enjoyed their time here despite the triple digit heat each day and me running the moms all over town.  We made great progress on the wedding plans.  I now have a dress!  I am not sure how many dresses I tried on, but I would say close to 50 at the different bridal shops we visited.  This includes several dresses I tried on just for fun… no serious interest.  I seemed to have disapointed the salespersons at the bridal shops who were waiting for the “wow” factor from me, but despite what people may say… I liked the dress I chose from the beginning.  I had to think about it for a few days just to make sure it was indeed “the dress”, but I am very excited about the decision (Actually… I think my mom was more excited than I was).  My measurements have been taken, the dress is ordered, and I have been asked  by the stylist not to gain or lose any weight between now and September 8, 2006… we will see how that goes.  My thoughts are I will probably lose 10lbs since I am on my fitness kick right now and then gain them back later next year when I find excuses not to work out. 

After 5 cake tastings, we also settled on a bakery for the cakes and I even found a design for the groom’s cake that William gave the thumbs up to (those of you who know William well know this is not an easy task)! 

We are still undecided on a florist, but we have a bit more time to make decisions for that.  The major items are out of the way…bride, groom, ceremony location, reception location, photographer, cake and dress.  With a little bit over a year left, I think we are in good shape.   

I am not sure who won the golf tournament my dad and William’s dad had going each day, but I think there was some fierce competition on the course.  It was good to see the Brown & Cody families come together and it appears there are already plans for another gathering, so that is great news. 

So the planning continues as we approach the 12 month mark.  Make sure you are saving your pennies!  I think everyone will be in for a great celebration next September. 

As I mentioned on a previous post, my mom and William’s mom are in town this week and have been accompanying me on the visits to the wedding vendors.  We have seen lots of good vendors so far…. I already have a few dresses I really like (although according to the stylists at the bridal salons, I am not giving them the “wow” factor), we have tasted many wonderful cakes and visited a few florists.  It appears that we will be able to begin making some decisions as early as tomorrow!  I still have several on the list for tomorrow and Friday, but we have made great progress!  So… that’s the update so far.  I will post this weekend to let you know what choices I made.