dresses, flowers, honeymoons and baseball

so much has been going on lately that i don't even know where to start with an update. i'll try to keep this short, but i have a feel that it might get a little lengthy, so hang in there.

let's keep this entry to wedding stuff... since i last blogged about the wedding, we were in the midst of shopping for bridesmaids dresses and shoes, deciding on a florist, and trying to fill in other gaps like hotel room blocks and wedding decor. i'm happy to say that the bridesmaids dresses and shoes are all squared away. i was even able to order shoes for myself. this was another big relief for me. the more items we can check off the list, the better! it was really great getting the girls together, with the exception of my maid of honor who happens to live in minnesota. this was the first time they got to meet each other and they all hit it off immediately. this makes me really excited about future events that involve all of us getting together. it's going to make the whole wedding process that much more enjoyable and fun.

after the early morning shopping, jeff and i finally signed with a florist after working out a pretty sweet deal! we honestly had no idea what we were going into when we first started looking for a florist. everything was so open ended and we didn't have much of a vision for the flowers. thank god for angel rose florist in warrington, pa! we brought in some reference shots of what we liked and she was able to help us envision our flowers and what everything would look like together. plus she really pulled together our wedding theme into the flowers. i can't wait to see the finished product!

i wish i could share more details about the wedding planning, but i've decided to keep a lot of things secret. i don't want to give everything away and leave guests with an exact image of what to expect on our wedding day. it's my goal to keep everyone guessing and let them be wowed when they show up to the church and reception venue and see all of the hard work that went into the planning. i've been working my butt off and hearing/watching peoples' reaction is going to be the best payoff.

the other good news in our little world of wedding planning is that we've selected a honeymoon destination. i'm not going to give it away just yet because nothing is set in stone, but it is definitely a location in the caribbean and it is absolutely amazing! we made an appointment with a travel agent almost two weeks ago to get an idea of places we should go. she mentioned this location and i've been looking at photos of the area and reading up on it the last day or so and it just keeps getting better and better. i think we might be stopping by to visit her again this weekend and hopefully book the trip. i'll reveal our destination once it's definite.

other than those couple things we've been working on some reception decor and accessories for the reception portion of the wedding. i'm so lucky that jeff is as involved with the whole wedding process as he is. he's been a big help planning and figuring out the logistics. we've been getting awesome results from bouncing ideas off of each other. it's true what they say, two heads really are better than one! plus it helps that he's been keeping me somewhat sane as we get closer to the big day. only ten months to go!

here's a pic of us from this past weekend. we took sometime out from our busy schedules to attend a williamsport crosscutters game.

and here's some more shots from the game. we had amazing front row seats and got to see all of the action. and to top it off, i got to see my man mickey morandini (phils circa '93) coaching the team. i met mickey back in the day and got a photo with him and my baseball signed. it was very exciting! i'll have to post the photo here so you can all see how excited i was.

the crosscutters kicked butt and won it 5-1.