two hundred sixty one

it's finally here, the best year in the world. 20-11. this engagement is now on it's official official countdown since we are finally in the same year as the wedding. it's amazing how slow and fast this waiting period goes, it's already been a year that we have been engaged. that just shocks me, yet at the same time... A YEAR! i've had to wait three hundred and sixty five and i still have two hundred and sixty one days left. Lord give me patience.

i know not many are keeping up with this blog (especially me), that's the bad thing about a long engagement. this becomes 'old news' for most everyone, i've already had the comments "oh, i thought you got married a while ago..." HA nope i'm still in the countdown period. since there is only a year left and that this is resolution making time I'm going to do my best to post once a week. this kind of thing only happens once in a lifetime.

another sign of a 'too' long engagement: it has been so long that people have had their feelings hurt because they weren't "invited to the wedding," or they "still haven't gotten an invite yet..." seriously people? we haven't even sent out the save the date (that is coming soon though, i think all the wedding calendars point to 6-9 months before hand so we will be in that time period very soon) let alone the actual invitations. those won't be sent out till around early june. so patience please.

i love you all and happy new year!

three hundred thirty eight

Patience! i need it and it seems some of my dearest friends need a small dose as well...
ha i'm kidding, i am waiting and waiting for my engagement photos from sara. ahhhh! soo very impatient.

slightly off topic but still under the huge umbrella of 'weddingness' i got my bridesmaid dress today for miss Elena's wedding. it is gorgeous and fits pretty darn perfectly, except for it being an inch too tall. easy enough to fix. here is a photo i took with my phone


the shoes are fabulous as well. they match the top of the dress so perfectly kudos to Em for such a fantastic find and for $20 bucks you can't beat that.

the dress is champagne color with the lace overlay on the top. maria, who is the maid of honor is wearing a slightly different dress that is gorgeous. here is my mock up that i did for elena to help her visualize the dresses and her choice of deep red roses. gorgeous!!!!
please ignore the fact that the roses are just floating there since their hands are actually behind them. use your imagination people!

it is less than fourteen days till elena's big one! i can't believe it went by that fast for her. my day seems to be dragging it's feet. yes yes, it will seem like it flew by when it FINALLY gets here but as of this moment in time.... it's taking the long road.

three hundred sixty four

finally! we are officially at the year mark. we have exactly one year left! yes yes yes! i am soo very excited. today is a perfect day, perfect temperature. there were six roses on my rose bush in full beautiful bloom. i missed traffic on my way to work this morning. so far soo good. so i believe september twenty fourths are forever going to be good for me. i really love this wedding process.

another good thing that is happening today is i am picking up my bridesmaid's dresses! ha so they get to sit in a closet for exactly a year.

four hundred

it's the last day in the four hundreds! yes yes yes!

so we have official been waiting for two hundred thirty two days, patience is a requirement at this time and it's not always easy to find it. however we are doing well and trusting in the Lord that this time is making us grow stronger and when the day comes we will treasure every minute.

"...waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be." - John Ortberg -willow creek community church

"Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith." - Adel Bestavros

six hundred thirty two

this is the number of days I have to wait. I will do it patiently and enjoy every single moment...however I will still be counting down the days. In truth I started at much higher number two thousand six hundred sixty seven, though at the time I didn't know it. knowing now that I have made it through two thousand thirty five days of unofficial waiting, and I can now add one hundred six days of official waiting I am confident that this remaining time will be manageable.

through pictures and thoughts I will walk you through this remaining time.

so the number today is five hundred twenty five.