Photographer booked! And feeling the love from all of you!

I'm a little late in posting this, but last week we booked our final vendor... and in my opinion, our most IMPORTANT vendor... the photographer!
Ever since Daniel and I got engaged in October, I knew almost immediately who I wanted to turn to when it came time to talk wedding photos. I had oohed and ahhed over Stacy Kennemer Preston's AMAZING photography way before we got engaged. She had some incredible shots on her website and facebook page, not to mention some utterly awesome wedding pics that she had taken. I immediately thought of her cool, effortless-looking, casual, happy and FUN photography style and knew we had to get her.
Last week I met with her at her office and we laughed and giggled while she walked me through the process of what she can offer us and what my choices and options were as far as paper style, packages, etc.
I felt right at home and content with our decision to use her:) I'm just so glad that were able to snatch her up for our date before anyone else! :)
Oh happy day!!!!
On another note, we managed to take some really cute pictures Sunday while at my sister's house for Easter. Erica took come really cute photos that I plan on making into postcards for save-the-dates. That's NEXT on my list. I already have a few invitation styles picked out, so I'll need to order those soon.
Amy and I managed to make it to David's Bridal last week as well to check out some maid of honor dresses for her:) We really enjoyed the evening and grabbed dinner before heading over to try on at least every single dress in the entire store ha! Such a good friend. Love her so much.
I also sent out MASS facebook messages to friends and family to try to retrieve addresses for the save-the-dates and invites that will soon be mailed out. I just want to say how loved I felt by the messages that I received (i.e. "YAY can't wait!)
Daniel and I both are incredibly fortunate and lucky to be surrounded by such amazing people in our life. Thanks you guys... you're all amazing!

Gettin' the ball rollin'!

It's been a while since my last post... I've missed updating this! I've been really busy with switching over to my new position at Manchester Times in Lifestyles--which I'm LOVING! Seriously, could not love it more.
Anyways, I've picked up the wedding planning pretty hardcore today and scheduled a bridesmaid's dress fitting for Miss Sarah Louise for this Thursday. She'll be heading off to dominate basic training in just a little over a week and won't return until exactly one month before the wedding, so I was advised to go ahead and get her a dress ordered. Which brings me to another topic. For a LONG time now I was convinced I'd have sunflower yellow and brown as my colors, to coincide with my fall wedding. But in the back of my mind, I've ALWAYS loved and admired the crisp, cleanness that deep navy lends. Sounds silly, I'm sure, but I just love how.... CLEAN it looks. I really can't think of another way to describe it. I think it'd look really nice next to my ivory dress (not stark white, but ivory). Anywho, I need to figure this color thing out quick to get ready for my Sarah's adventure Thursday! Oh and we're less than SIX MONTHS away from the big day!