Living with the Lindsey's

Our Wedding: The attire

2010-08-06T10:02:00.015-05:00

There are so many details of the wedding that I just loved here are a couple of pictures of our wedding day attire.

My dress I found it at Bella Couture in Mt. Laurel, I walked in the store

and knew this was THE DRESS!!!

A long veil

The back

I searched for months for the perfect shoes, I loved the large flowers

My handsome groom

All about the lace

My flower girls Caroline and Claire

Fairies

Groomsmen

Bridesmaids dresses are from Bella Bridesmaids.

I still want one for myself, I just love the color and style.

My moms dress I just loved the color

Look how far we have come

2010-08-05T22:26:00.009-05:00

So the wedding is over and we have finally gotten settled into married life. We have now been married for 3 months so I guess its time to start blogging again. The wedding was Perfect!!!

Here are a couple of my favorites

more pics to come...

Sweet AnnaLeis

2010-03-24T21:27:00.003-05:00

This weekend we celebrated AnnaLeis, she will turn 10 on March 29th. I know I havent been around for all 10 of her precious years but Im thrilled to have started at the age of 8 and I cannot wait to watch her grow up over the next 10+ years!!

Anna with her Birthday cake!!

Chad with Anna in her disco outfit

Anna and I

This was such a fun and special day we cooked over 100 hotdogs, Im starting to realize what its like having alot of kids around... sure is memorable!!

Our Tea

2010-03-07T23:32:00.008-06:00

This was a very special day for me, some of my moms very close friends (24 to be exact) had Chad and I a tea. It was great to have so many friends and family members stop by and visit. We are so greatful for everything and everyone!!

my favorite!!

the table full of yummy desserts...

some of my hostesses

Mrs. Judy and Annaleis

such great friends for so many years

old roomies and besties

Kim and Amy thank you so much for everything!

Thanks everyone for coming I had a great time and Chad enjoyed loading the car for me... love yall!!!! Leah and Chad

Spring is in the air...

2010-02-21T19:59:00.002-06:00

75 days to go!!! We have stayed extra busy finishing up on all of the details for the wedding. We are ready for the big day!!!

Phoenix ball at The Club!!

Celebrating Ashley's 27th birthday, it was a great night in atlanta catching up with friends I havent seen in awhile!!

The Holidays... not so much fun this year

2010-01-05T18:55:00.005-06:00

I am a little behind on my blogging but a small part of that has to do with the dreaded swine flu... I have to be honest it was a rough Christmas and New Years but there is always next year. We didnt take many picture during Christmas but here is my favorite one from the Holidays!!

To catch up on some dates I finally ordered and picked up Chads wedding band(12/8) and we ordered all of the bridesmaid dresses(12/9)!! I finally picked out some save the date cards (12/29) I wasnt feeling to well on this day so hopefully there will be no regrets. Chad and I spent two afternoons at bed bath and beyond registering (1/1 & 1/3) it was actually alot of fun and I never even got overwhelmed with all of the decisions that had to be made!! Today mom and I went to picked out my fine china I kinda left chad out on this part because I was clueless and needed a little bit of guidance, thats what moms are for!! Pre-marriage counseling starts soon, this should be interesting!!
Here are a couple of pictures from the parties over Christmas!!

Some old and some new guest!! I cant wait until next year!!

Hostesses from the 6th annual girls (including guys this year) Christmas Party!!

Christmas with the Lindseys!!

Ornament party at Julies, we were so crafty on this night!!

My babies...

2009-12-16T21:44:00.007-06:00

So we have had Jack for a month now him and Bella are best friends and Baylee is boss lady!! He is a sweet dog full of love. Here are a few pictures...

They are ready to head to the park...

This could be a postcard... adorable!!

Chad you made the blog... I bet you wont even know it :)

Im attempting to walk all 3 dogs...

I hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful time of the year!!!
More post soon to come full of our Christmas parties!!!

The holidays.... 5 months to go!!!

2009-11-29T17:26:00.010-06:00

Im so excited the holidays are here this means only 5 months to go!!!
Here are a couple of pictures from lunch at mom and dads for Thanksgiving and then our trip to Auburn to hang out with sam for the iron bowl!!!

Iron bowl!!

We got a real tree!!!

The house is so festive Merry Christmas!!!

Jack

2009-11-17T20:44:00.005-06:00

So Chad and I figured we didnt have enough going on in our lives right now so we decided to adopt a 1 1/2 year old black lab named jack!! I was a little nervous at first because he is very large and weighs 102 pounds but he is sooo sweet!!! He fits in just right with bella and baylee!!

Even dad agrees hes a good dog... he let him in the house!!!

So as far as wedding planning goes Chad and I went and picked out our wedding bands today. That was very exciting, Chad didnt even get nervous trying his on :)

We booked a band for the wedding check out Ryan Kinder
Thats it for now!!!

Our Engagement Shoot!!

2009-10-21T18:24:00.012-05:00

At exactly 200 days until the wedding our engagement pictures finally happened!! It was totally worth the wait!!! I have to be honest Im not made for the camera and photo shoots are not my thing. The weather was awesome and the scenery was amazing. Check them out!!

see more pics @ KellenJacob.com

Thanks Chad for being my amazing fiance through these pictures!!! :)

getting caught up... finding a band!!

2009-10-11T19:50:00.009-05:00

So I havent blogged in an almost a month but to get caught up we have done so much over the past few weeks. We ordered my cake from Barbs cakes on september 21, we have an idea of what we want for chads cake. We had our planning session with gabrella manor on the 23rd and went over every single detail of the wedding. I really feel like everything is falling so quickly and easily into place. The only thing that keeps holding us up is all this rain, the engagement pictures have been postponed twice :( oh well we have plenty of time to get those done!! Somewhere in all of this me and malori went to Bellas bridesmaid and tried on several of the dresses. I fell in love with three dresses but we have settled on one, I cant wait to see everyone in them!!! They are adorable!! We ordered Annas junior bridesmaid dress on sunday!!! Malori helped me out and found the exact same color dress that will match the bridesmaids dresses and she looks adorable. Mom ordered her mother of the bride dress last week. Oh and this afternoon I picked up the very large box of wedding invitations!! So the only major thing left is finding a band.... we are heading out tonight to listen to a jazz band. any suggestions?? This has been the hardest decision for us well maybe more for me!!
I dont have many pictures that I can post because thats what the wedding is for but here is a sneak peak of our wedding invitation!!!

A full week of wedding planning....

2009-09-20T22:05:00.005-05:00

We have a super busy week ahead....

Tomorrow Chad and I are having our engagement pictures (if the weather doesnt rain us out) done by Kellen Coldiron. We are really excited but Im nervous at the same time, Im not sure what to expect. Monday and tuesday morning mom and I are doing some cake tasting and then heading to look at wedding invitations. Tuesday afternoon malori and I are headed to Bella Bridesmaid to check out this bridesmaid dress I found online!!

Priscilla of Boston

Wednesday I have my planning session with Gabrella Manor to talk about everything for the wedding. Im not really sure how this is gonna go because I still feel like there are so many things to do before this comes but oh well it will be fun!
Oh and then Corey Smith thursday night in tuscaloosa and a wedding on saturday!!!

my brother....

2009-09-15T11:33:00.017-05:00

This blog is for my awesome brother sam!!! He is such a great photographer... check out his site it has some awesome pictures especially from our beach trip we just got back from!!! Great family time!!!

Sams website

Chad and I walking the beach with bella

Our view from the beach house

walking the beach at sunset

I thought these chairs were cute!!

The end... what a great trip!!

Bellas birthday cont....

2009-09-11T21:14:00.004-05:00

Okay I lied more pictures of Bellas Birthday

I made her a birthday cake tonight, you cant have a birthday without a cake!!

Pictures with bella!

Bella loved her cake, she cried when we took it away :)

I finally found her a bikini its patriotic, she hid under the table when I put it on her ha ha

Goodbye summer

2009-09-09T22:22:00.012-05:00

Saying goodbye to summer this year is a little harder than normal we have so many great memories. I have enjoyed our first 3 months of being engaged, wow time really has flown. Only eight more months until Ill be Mrs. Lindsey!!!!

Right now Chad and I are on a family vacation with my mom, dad and brother oh and of course Bella. Its bellas first trip to the beach and lets just say she isnt enjoying it like I had hoped she would. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Her first time to the ocean

We are enjoying the last bit of summer and tonight we celebrated Bellas 1st Birthday!!!! I realize Im obsessed with my dog....

what did I get her......

An alabama dress I cant wait for her to wear it on Saturday

mom got her the tutu I have been looking for.... its absoluetly adorable!!

Bellas first day home...

Bella at her 1st Birthday Party all grown up!!

My next blog will actually involve people :)

Its okay to dream right....

2009-09-05T23:59:00.012-05:00

Oh some lovely shoes.....

via Style Me Pretty

Oh a lovely house....

My dream house

Roll Tide Roll!!!

I missed the game tonight because of work but roll tide!!!

bridesmaids, bridesmaids, bridesmaids.....

2009-09-02T23:41:00.006-05:00

So if I had 2 grand sitting around I would so buy this dress to leave the wedding in... I think the feathers at the bottom are adorable!!!

via J.Crew

Im still looking for bridesmaid dresses, J.Crew has some really cute ideas!! This dress comes in 5 different styles (which I like) and in the Cypress Green that I heart so much!!!

still looking because these are a little pricey and I wanted long dresses for the girls.... let me know what you think?!?! good or bad

This is a short blog because I have to work 16 hours tomorrow... Maybe Ill have some better ideas after the weekend and more endless hours of blogging (my new favorite thing to do)

So many decisions....

2009-08-26T18:57:00.024-05:00

Decisions... Decisions...
So I found this random picture on the internet awhile back and now Im starting to really like the color idea of the deep purple and the apple green! Im going to try to stick with this color theme for atleast a week without changing my mind again...

I just love the colors...

Oh and these...

via Colin Cowie

Rachael and I went to look at bridesmaid dresses on friday, I had no clue how difficult of a task this was going to be. Bella Couture had some adorable dresses but Im having a hard time picking out exactly what color I want to use.

I have spent hours this past week looking at thousands of blogs, I came across this one picture that is kinda random but the dresses on the girls are adorable. I wish I knew where they came from!!!!

I found this picture from Green Wedding Shoes which by the way is my favorite blog right now!!

The dresses came from Rose and Ruby.

Are these not THE cutest shoes?!?! I keep seeing them on different blogs so I have no clue where they came from but I would love to wear these down the aisle....

Here is the dress I got for our engagment pictures .... I think it will be adorable with a big brown belt and some boots.

via anthropologie

So while Im trying to decide on the color theme, the flowers , the bridesmaid dresses and shoes. I still have invitations to pick out, but I think I have my cake picked out!!!
So many decisions......

So indecisive

2009-08-26T18:43:00.005-05:00

Today was my planning session with my "florist" ha ha Kim Swafford has been one of my moms really close friends for many years. She has volunteered to help take on the what I think is a large task for the flowers for our wedding!!!
We visited with Brenda and Kim at Gabrella Manor to find out exactly what we could and could not do on the property. No sparklers :( We walked all over the house and ground looking at different parts of the house and deciding where exactly we should add extra flowers. The house already has so much character it really doesn't need much. Just a little bit of a Leah touch. Which I don't know what that is right now :)

Im having a really hard time nailing down exactly what colors I want to use I keep going back and forth right now I'm set on deep purple and apple green but I'm sure that will change with the next magazine I get and the next set of flowers and colors I see. If anyone knows me well they know that I can never make a decision, it can be on anything from a place to eat to what color I want my bouquet to be for my wedding day.... so many decision ahead of me.
This is the exact location of the wedding where we will say our vows which by the way IS the most important part of this entire wedding. So I can relax because I have that down pat I just don't have down the colors of the wedding ha ha.... my next blog later tonight will have some picture of some things I need to start making some decisions on....

Our new addition Brody!!

2009-08-19T21:43:00.008-05:00

Here are a couple of other pictures from the engagement party that didnt make the last blog...

My future in laws!!!

Chads future in laws!!

The rest of the engagement party phots are on facebook!!

We have a new addition to the family Brody Alexander Gordon!!! My cousin Casey had her baby early tuesday morning 8lbs, 6 oz, 20 1/2 in. long. He is adorable I went to see him for the first time at the hospital on tuesday!!!

Our engagement party!!

2009-08-16T11:07:00.022-05:00

I have the sweetest friends!! All of my very close friends from highschool threw Chad & I an engagement party. We are so thankful that we were able to get all of our friends and families together to celebrate our engagement!!!

Rachel did a great job with the decorations all of the tables were decorated and looked awesome!

Here is just a small picture of all of the delicious food that the girls cooked... maybe they should go into catering... it was delicious!!

Rachel took a day trip to atlanta to get some 2 buck chuck wine... it was YUMMY!!!

Ashley made this awesome cake for us with the theme of the beach, the location where we got

Thank you girls for everything we had a great time celebrating with our friends and families!!!

Here is the facebook link with all of the pictures that night:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2363794&id=7006419&l=fab7b85c95

My next purchase...

2009-08-14T12:53:00.003-05:00

oohhh this just might be my next purchase!!! to be continued.....

Cake tasting.... YUMMY

2009-08-13T07:24:00.009-05:00

We started the day out with Cake tasting at Edgars Bakery with Chad. I absolutely love love love the strawberry cake here!!!
Then mom & I headed to Olexa's in Mt. Brook for a bite of lunch and some more cake tasting. The cake here is absolutely delicious both the chocolate and vanilla. Its gonna be a really hard decision but I think I have a better idea of what type of cake I want for the wedding!!!

To finish off the afternoon.....

mom and I took bella for her spa day @ Generation Dogs over in Homewood. She got her teeth cleaned and a new hairstyle that looks sooo much better. She looks absolutely adorable, she got a good report from the groomer saying she was a wiggle worm so she is getting better!!!

Has anyone ever heard of pastry art bake shop in Homewood?? Yall need to check out the "baby bites" it is small pieces of the different types of cakes they have. This is our next place for cake tasting, they are delicious & this just might be my favorite... we will see!?!?!

The 2nd day of shopping for "the perfect dress"...

2009-08-11T17:56:00.005-05:00

Today we visited Bella Couture in Mt. Laurel, I have never been to this side of town but its an absolute adorable side of town!!!

We walked into the store at 12 noon before I had even introduced myself to the owner I saw "the perfect dress" it was across the room hanging on the end of one of the racks in the room!! After realizing that I was just standing there staring at "the dress" I introduced myself to the sweet owner. I told her I wanted to try the dress on b/c I knew that's what I wanted. This store had a great variety of dresses and really they were all so gorgeous. I picked out about 7 dresses but I wanted to try on "the" dress first. I put it on and fell in love with it, I tried on 2 other dresses and this started to confuse me b/c I loved different parts of the other 2 dresses. Its so hard for me to make a decision but after trying "the dress" back on I told my mom that this was it!!! She started crying :) We took a couple of pictures, took my measurements realized I needed to loose 5 pounds and ordered the dress!!! This are moving ahead so quickly... tomorrow is cake tasting day!! YUMMY

1st day of shopping for "the perfect wedding dress"!!

2009-08-11T17:51:00.005-05:00

Monday August 3, 2009 me and mom started out early this day we drove up to Hartselle Alabama. Its definitely a very small town but has so much character it is adorable just driving down the street. Mrs. Judy (chads mother) keeps me updated on the new wedding dresses in the windows :) We went in and worked with a sweet girl melissa that day, I think I tried on about 30 dresses that day, this was a great day b/c it helped me figure out the kind of style of dress I wanted! After a couple of hours I was overwhelmed so we headed out for a quick lunch in the town and then headed back home. I needed to go home and think.....

The first 6 weeks of our engagement!!

2009-08-11T17:04:00.006-05:00

My life over the past 43 days... Chad & I got engaged June 29, we spent the rest of the week in St. Augustine/Panama City. We got home July 5, I started right away looking up venues, we visited several that week including: B&A warehouse, Canterbury united Methodist church (I absolutely love this church but it was booked), The tutwiler & The Club. I spent hours emailing, researching and calling different locations. On July 11 we visited Gabrella Manor & by July 16 we had Gabrella booked for may 8, 2010. This was a very exciting day knowing exactly where the wedding was going to take place made me feel relieved. I just knew Gabrella Manor was "the" place, we walked around the house and when I saw the exact location of where I would be standing I had chill bumps I knew it was meant to be. I just love the place!! I stayed busy working over the next couple of weeks but my next goal was to find a photographer after emailing, researching prices and calling several photographers I was definitely frustrated but its so crazy how things work out. A quick email to a friend Sunny Sheppard made things fall so quickly into place. I looked up Kellenjacob.com and once again the chill bumps came, after scrolling to the wedding photos and coming across Rachel Mann Aldridges (aka one of my best friends in the world and also one of my bridesmaids) wedding photos I picked up the phone calling her telling her I wanted Kellen as my photographer I think I made her call his wife to see if may 8 was available. Lets just say I was having a hard time focusing at work that day, I was so excited. Monday July 20 we went to kellens home, he was cooking pasta for his family!!! We just sat down and talked to him and decided that night to go ahead and book him for the date. The following week I left for Connecticut well that is another crazy store in itself... I luckily made it home safely after a night in a micro hotel in Atlanta Georgia. I finished work that week and was counting down the minutes until I got to start my 7 on 7 off shift, this was another blessing that came at the perfect time. I worked my first week on last week, it was tiring and very different from day shift but a lot less stress which is so helpful right now....

out of the loop

2009-08-09T20:24:00.005-05:00

I had no clue I was so out of the loop with blogging... so here I start I recently got engaged June 29, 2009 check out our website on the knot, it has lots of pictures and the story behind it all!!!
http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/LeahDockery&ChadLindsey
I'm trying to figure out how to set all this up any suggestions would be fabulous!!