Bundle of Nerves

Thursday and Friday before the wedding are really just a blur.  I remember everything that we did and all the things we had to get done, but it feels like those two days flew by so quickly.  Thursday morning I had breakfast with my almost mother-in-law.  Of course we were saps and got all emotional in front of the whole restaurant...oh well.  She got me the coolest gifts!  I got a canvas with mine and Aaron's name on it with 4 words I used to describe our relationship.  I also got the coolest picture frame with our names all over it and our wedding date.  www.personalizationmall.com it's an awesome site!!

Thursday my mom came in to stay with us for the weekend, we had my trial hair appointment, where my mother so boldly told me at the end that they needed to leave some hair over my ears...because they stick out.  Awesome, thanks mom.

Friday morning I woke up at about 4 a.m. because Aaron elbowed my in the eye, all I could think about was having a black eye for the wedding...I never got back to sleep.  I got out of bed at 7 feeling so sick.  Aaron wasn't much better.  I couldn't eat anything my stomach was a ball of knots.  My mom and I were meeting my cousin Chelsea for spa day..so off we went.  I couldn't even enjoy my mani/pedi I was such a freaking mess. 

It was never really about actually getting married to Aaron, the marriage wasn't freaking me out..it was the event.  The planner in me was out in full force, and I wanted total and complete control over everything.  Once we got to the venue and I could see everything, make things how I wanted them, and I started to feel a lot better.

The rehearsal went off without a hitch, even though we couldn't practice in our actual venue.  Our dinner was great, we had fun with or family and friends, I was feeling so much better.  The knots were completely gone!

No Kissing before the wedding!  That didn't last!

One of our center pieces

That's all for now!

<3 Karissa

The Beginning

So this is the end of the story, but it doesn't seem fitting to call it the end.  It's really the beginning of our lives as a married couple.  So much has happened in the past couple of weeks, so I'm going to break up these posts so they aren't super long.


I took the week before the wedding off, and the week after...let me tell you what a total bummer it was to go back to work this week!

The week before the wedding was when the anxiety set in.  It was never about the marriage, or being married to one person, or questioning anything in regards to Aaron himself...it was all about the actual event.  The true planner in me was out in full force.  I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off the week before.  Up until then we had felt we were doing great on our budget...that's because we only shelled out deposits up until then.  Suddenly all the final payments were due.  I swear I heard our bank account cry, and our credit card sigh a little bit.  We managed to stay within budget...but when you pay for everything all at once boy does it hurt.  Thanks dad for paying for the reception!!! 

The week before the wedding I got a call from our coordinator (this was the day of the horrible movie theater shooting) saying they were supposed to be doing a "Flash Mob" to promote the new movie..Step up revolution...(whatever it's called)  the theater wanted to be sensitive to the victims and decided to postpone the flash mob....can you guess when they wanted to do it?  Yep during my reception!

I wasn't trying to be a brat, but when I'm spending thousands and thousands of dollars for my reception I don't want a stupid flash mob interrupting our first dance (that's exactly what time they had planned it for.)  So in true bridezilla form I axed the flash mob...total bummer summer...sorry!!

The week of the wedding, I had my phone glued to my ear all day every day.  I just don't like leaving things up to other people...again it's the planner in me.  It's usually the week before the wedding where I'm telling the bride, "don't worry I'll take care of that, don't worry I'll make that call"  and suddenly I was having to worry about everything!!!

I have never been more stressed in my life..planning a wedding is THE BEST weight loss program ever.  I had absolutely no appetite at all...it's funny because I still don't...but I shed a couple lbs and I wasn't sad about that!  To deal with the stress, we decided to start golfing....I know, help with stress??  Golf didn't help with the stress it made it worse, but we've found out I'm not all that bad!!

I have more posts scheduled but pre wedding I'm starting to ramble...so I'll leave you with a few of my favorite pictures from our photo booth!

<3 Karissa