getting caught up... finding a band!!

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....

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!!!

Its okay to dream right....

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.....

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....

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

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....