Crunch Time!

Only two weeks left and I thought I was holding it together REALLY well (maybe you should ask Derek, he's a non-biased judge), but now I'm starting to stress at this point. BUT I have just decided (at this very moment) that after Friday (tomorrow) I'm done stressing. I am going to put in the final numbers down, and move on. If people drop out last minute, I'll go ask a homeless drunk or two to join us. ;) So that will make for about the same entertainment as having Jen B. there, right? ;) Just Kidding!! Lol.

I picked up my ring today, and it fit perfectly- no resizing necessary! Sent off the music list to Stan the Man (our DJ), and even broke down the day-of time line with Dave at the Hemingway House. Just a few things to fix (via, the internet- yay for email), and for the most part we're settled. Derek and I have had our second to last dance class today... that needs some work, but will be great. :) Our instructor, Josh, seems more excited than us, but I think that's because he could do it in his sleep.

My final dress fitting is next Friday and I leave on Sunday right after that... so once I get it nothing can be altered- at all. I am in my head about that a little; it's a very scary thought since they are actually taking it IN right now... yeah, a little worried. BUT it will all be great... Think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts. lol. Or maybe it should be, "think light thoughts". ;)

What else can I share? I think that's it! Only a few things left to do on our "To Do List"... approximately 12 to 13 things left. We should be able to send you our Family Agenda with Delegations on it this week, just so everyone has a heads up. No need to print them out- we are taking care of all that. :)

Really, when I think about the week of the wedding, the wedding and the celebration, I'm really excited. REALLY. I cannot wait to have everyone in one place. :) :)

Cheers to poking a little fun, lol, this seriously cracked me up. :)

Hemingway and Haring

Otto Haring is our photographer, along with his wife Priscilla. They have shot at the Heminway House before and here is just a preview of their work there.

Hemingway Wedding

Engagment Photos

I know most of you have seen them, but I thought I'd put a few up because there really are no photos for Derek and I one here... And for some reason I had trouble loading them, so here are just a few. :)

The Day Approaches

Well, I didn't do the best job keeping up with this, but I still feel pretty good about it. There have been a few changes that I want to share because I am SO, very excited about them! Also, I just wanted to post some photos for things we have decided and are in the process of completing. All in all,  in just 19 days till I leave for Miami, 25 days till the Wedding, and I'm feeling really great about everything. Nothing is too stressful, yet. ;)

I cancelled the boutonnieres from the florist. Not to worry, I ordered these off of an amazing vendor on Etsy. This is what the boys will be wearing. Not only did it save us money, Derek's will serve as a beautiful little addition to a Wedding Shadow box I plan on making.

Paper Flowers

Check the vendor out at:   Etsy Vendor Merletto

The centerpieces are coming along and look great! Doris sent some awesome books for us to use, and we painted the pages gold. They look great! They are simple, and perfect. Mom just finished spray painting them from black to white this weekend. We are adding another starfish to it so it's a balanced composition.

Simple.

We have ordered some FLOATING LANTERNS!!! We are so excited about this and will light them (probably) after the first dance. It needs to be dark enough that they make for beautiful pictures, so the timing of all that will be interesting.

At the most we'll have 15, but it should still look amazing. :)

The Photo Wall is coming along- thank you Mom and Rich! There are a few little things to figure out with it, but it's looking WONDERFUL! It's going to be so much fun! Mom has even picked up a few fun props to wear.

In progress. The top frame may be cut off bc it's so tall...

Our Ceremony is complete, thank you Deb for the outline, and we are really excited about it. It is very personalized to us. We've already given the final draft to Sid and Dave... no turning back. ;)


Dave Gonzalez at the Hemingway House is now our wedding coordinator and will take care of all those little day of details that were stressing me out. Like hanging these awesome bottles (that will have a LED "candle" in them) in a little tree-nook area in the garden. Hard to explain, but will look great. :)

Not sure why the photos are not rotating... sorry.

I have decided I will toss my bouquet, this is for picture sake, but I'm really excited about it. I will toss it off the second floor of Heminway's House down to the ladies below. And yes, I will be tossing my actual bouquet. I know that many brides are buying smaller ones from the florist and tossing them, but I don't plan on saving it, I'm not sure what I would do with it. So really, let's toss that sucker!!

We are still working on the song list, which we need to have into Stan the Man (DJ) in about a week, so if you have any suggestions that you want to be on the "Must Play" list, send them our way and we'll consider them. Don't worry Sean, Purple Rain is already on there for you. ;)

Our honeymoon is officially booked! We leave Key West on Sunday morning, fairly early. We will be going on a 7 day cruise to the Grand Cayman, Mohogany Bay (Isla Roatan), Belize, and Cozumel, Mexico! Super excited about this. :) It will be much needed, I'm sure.

Our guest book is in the process of being framed. Yup, it's not a book, we are doing a print of Key West, and people can sign the matting around the print! That way we can hang it and we see it daily as apposed to having it in on a book shelf that we just won't see all that often.The print is of a water color from a local Key West artist and has the Heminway House on it, along with the Lighthouse (where we are all staying- sort of), Blue Heaven (our favorite breakfast place), the Southern Most House, and the Truman House (I think). Anyway, it has it all on there!

We went with a lighter purple around the picture...

I think that's mostly it for now! This may be the last blog for a while as things approach. But after it's all said and done, the plan is to post pictures on here too. :)

We're excited and are counting down the days. In the upcoming week Derek and I are going to send out a tentative schedule for the wedding week, along with some delegations. :) I can't wait to have everyone together again in one place! Thanks to everyone who has been helping out, really, it takes a load off of Derek and I! Thank you!!