19 DAYS!!!!!

With just 19 days left until the wedding, things are getting a little hectic around here. For a little break, Patrick and I went to go see Darius Rucker and Rascal Flatts in concert on Saturday night with John and Kim. AWESOME!! Boy was it a fantastic concert! Now, however it is back to work.

I have just a few thank-you notes left to write . . . many details left to work out . . . but I feel like it's all coming together. Oh man, 19 days! It's so exciting!

Every time we head down to the Towson area, we bring another load of stuff down to Patrick. My clothes, however, still need to be packed, as do all of my knick-knacks and lamps and mirrors.

Emily will be up a week before the wedding. YAY! We have lots of wedding stuff to do together, but it will be done while spending quality time together. I love that girl so much! It's been eons since we've been together for any great length of time! Anybody have any good chick flicks for us to watch while she's here? Ris and I are hoping to watch a bunch of girly movies before the wedding . . . while working on favors and stuff.

Eileen is coming up soon, and we're planning to do something fun together. I can't wait!

Slideshow from the Shower

Thanks to Morgan for the AMAZING slideshow!

Showers of Blessings

So, life has been so busy lately! It is my honest opinion that long engagements should be BANNED . . . and seven months is definitely way too long to be engaged. I have wedding plans/details coming out my ears, oozing from my pores, and frying up my brain--I can't wait for it all to finally come together and be done! To make things more stressful, my computer is still acting up (the hard drive just crashed for the SECOND TIME). Honestly, I feel like I've spent more time on the phone with Dell in the past month than I have on the phone with Patrick. Depressing, right? However, God is giving me peace and enabling me to trust in Him through all of these "little things."

Mom and Marissa threw a second shower for me at Trinity. With the help of Mrs. Mickey, Mrs. Maria, and Kristen, we went early to set up and decorate. Everything looked really beautiful. Marissa made and decorated a delicious, GORGEOUS cake which totally wowed a lot of people (especially me . . .).

There were so many people there! Members from my mom's family, my dad's family, Patrick's family, the church women from Trinity, and some from New Covenant all came. It was really an overwhelming blessing to see that so many women and girls gathered to shower their love and support on Patrick and me as we prepare for our lives together.

We received so many wonderful gifts from so many people, and I am currently in the process of writing out a million thank-you cards. Literally. We are so thankful for everyone who came and for the generosity of all of the women and girls.

God has definitely blessed us thus far, and we pray that He will continue to bless and to guide us through the time until our wedding and the rest of our lives.

Shopping!!

One month and eight days---WOW! Time is flying by! Perhaps some of it is because we've had things to do EVERY WEEKEND, but our days are just never ending! Each and every day finds us with a loooong list of things that need to be done.

Today, I had an 8:30 AM (thanks Mom for the uber-early hour!) appointment with the oral surgeon just to make sure that I am healing properly (I am). After that, we went to Michael's to find and organize our thoughts. We went back later with McKenzie and Molly Edwards and Kristen Miner to make use of our coupons. It was so much fun!

Once we dropped them off, Mom and I went shopping for clothes! Mom bought a dress for the rehearsal. I was finally able to find some clothes for the honeymoon (I found several CUTE dresses), a dress for the rehearsal, and something for the church shower on Friday--I got SUCH bargains! Things are really starting to sink in now, and I'm getting really excited!

Bridal Shower!!

The Fulford's threw a beautiful shower for me out in Clarksville this past weekend. Mom, Kim, and Aunt Pat worked hard and everything was just lovely. The food was amazing, the decorations gorgeous, and the games fun.

I was able to meet many family friends, childhood friends of Patrick, and visit with family and women I had met before. To top it off, Eileen flew in for FOUR HOURS just for the shower. Kim took a lot of great pictures (some of which will be posted here) to capture memories from the day.

My wisdom teeth were pulled today, so my face is swollen. Thankfully the surgery was after the shower and not before!