Engagement Anniversary, Zach's Birthday, Photo Thoughts

Thanks, chicas! I'm totally going to post more pictures of me in workout clothes! haha You're too sweet - and thanks for the protein feedback. I like the idea of 1 gram per pound - makes sense to me!

Today I’m celebrating two things. One that actually fell on today, and one that fell on Dec. 31, 2009, but that I haven’t mentioned!! The first is today is my brother-in-law’s birthday – happy birthday, Zach!! I hope him and my sis are doing something fun tonight and that I get to celebrate with them soon. The other is my engagement anniversary. Yes, on December 31, 2006, Austin proposed to me in Park City, Utah, on a mountain top during our ski trip!

So weird to see the pictures now! My hand looks NAKED without my wedding band!! Our engagement lasted 14 months – just long enough for us to have the exact wedding we wanted, and long enough for us to DIY everything: programs, moss letters, wish tree, out-of-town newsletter, paper cones, favors, maps, etc.!!

Here's some pics from the wedding taken by the birthday boy!! I think I posted some of these before, but it was a year ago so whateva!

Now we have a pupper. And a house. And we’re at a combined weight loss of 55 pounds! (136 to 121 for me; 205 to 165 for Austin) WOO! I’m loving life and I’m loving being married to Austin. It’s just like when we were dating – only better!!

My 2-year anniversary is coming up quick – February 16, 2010. I’m not sure what we’re doing to celebrate, but know we’ll have a blasty as per always!

So, backtracking, today was a pretty good day. I had lots of work to do so that kinda sucked! haha I got up, got ready and worked solid all day. I did take my lunch break to research stainless steel appliances, hitting up Brandsmart and Home Depot, then it was back to the grind fo sho!! Breakfast was random - ham and cheese muffin. Lunch was mustard chicken pasta. I had lots of snacks - granola bar, light babybel and scoops and cream cheese. Yes, I forgot my guac at home so I resorted to cream cheese! hehe Now me and Reubs are back in bed eating popcorn and watching a Lifetime original movie on demand - Secrets of an Undercover Wife. Basically this woman who looks eerily familiar is getting married. On her wedding day her husband is arrested and convicted of murder. She's trying to figure it out - craziness.

BTW - my bro-in-law AKA birthday boy AKA wedding photographer started a blog!! I love his site, but think his blog is much more personal and am so happy he did it!! Check it out if you find the time - i'm kind of obsessed with it. :)

A few questions:

Do you have stainless appliances? If so, what brand? Do you like it??!! I'm leaning towards Maytag!

Do you ever have professional photos done? I thought about getting some family shots this year of me, Austin and Reuben - us with our weight loss and with Reuben (he wasn't in wedding photos). I've also been thinking of doing a trash the dress sesh with Zach!!

P.S. I made a video last night of my putting my fist in my mouth. Wow. I do weird shiz when left alone for too long. I may post it - I know you're on the edge of your seats in anticipation. haha

My Wedding... in a Nutshell

So, my first anniversary is coming up quick (February 16... still can't believe it even though I talked about it YESTERDAY). We had every intention to go to Mexico and had it all worked out, but there was a work event I couldn’t miss so we had to forgo the trip. Then house stuff sprung up, and now here we are, less than 2 weeks out, and we’re like “I love you but I’d rather put that 3 G’s toward the house instead of the anniversary.” I myself am more than okay with this and figure we can go back our regular plan of skiing in December and our new plan of going “somewhere tropical” every February starting in 2010 when we’re all settled and cozy in our house and aren’t worrying about it in the back of our minds. That being said, we’re thinking we’ll just go out to a nice dinner to celebrate the first one, and let our house be our anniversary gift to each other. Damn good gift if you ask me! So, in celebration of my pending anniversary with Austin (who it must be said I’ve been dating since we met on the stairs at our apartment complex at Auburn University in September 2001 when we were 19 and 21... we're now 26 & 28...), I’ve decided to post some of my FAVORITE pics from my wedding day, taken by my awesome and talented brother-in-law/photographer Zach Porter. Hope you enjoy! We just LOVED it… all of it was amazing.

Sigh. Loved our wedding... hope you enjoyed it in a nutshell. :) And i'm sorry if you're thinking I suck at picking my "favorites." hehe I swear I narrowd it down from a million! Here's Zach's site if you want to see more of his stuff - I just love it.

I'll be back to my regular programming tomorrow with today's food, etc. Hope you all have great Wednesdays!!