Zap, Zap, Zappa...

On our quest to find the perfect bedspread for our new king size mattress set, (arriving any day now), Chad and I took our Sunday afternoon to scour the mall's department stores in hopes of a successful find. Although we didn't find anything that we liked, we had a great time looking at all the things that we hoped to add to our wedding registry.

On the hunt for decorative pillows... Not quite what we were hoping for...

But THIS one on the other hand... might be a winner!! This pillow apparently has multiple uses.. :) :) :) I think Chad likes it.. lol

Orrrrr.... maybe this one?? ;) Who the hell makes these things?!?!

Chad's Sideshow Bob impersonation.. :)

I love my nuthead!

Cutlery anyone?

Whoa there...

Yumm??

Looking for a casual set...

Being goofy...

Fun stuff...

Making sure we made a good choice....

Trying his hand at modeling... lol..

My very own Dallas Sasquatch sighting... :)

Rebel Time...

So after much deliberation, and after a very helpful recommendation from our awesome wedding photographers, we finally settled on our newest toy. We're still a long way from being experts and are still figuring out all the bells and whistles but we decided to take our new camera for a spin around Dallas to see what we could come up with.

Robert E. Lee house..

Taking a gander..

Playing the silly but willing model...

Alright Chad.. enough already...

Close up!

On to our next stop...

Union Station Ballroom...

Union Station stairway...

I don't even know why I was making that face...

So handsome..

the awesome stained glass in the chapel in Thanksgiving Square

Playing with the shutter speed and aperture...

Farmers Market...

Exhausted after a long day out and about... :)

Daddy and Macie...

Mommy and Macie.. hanging out before bed..

Giving her the "look"... lol..

Good Times... :)

I really can't believe that it's damn near AUGUST already?? Seriously? Where the heck did July go? Hell, where the heck did this YEAR go? One moment I'm anxiously awaiting my proposal, giddy and curious about what my engagement ring looks like, the next thing you know it's been 8 months and I can literally SMELL our wedding rounding the bend... Geesh! My only wish about this time right now is that I wish it were going slower.. just so I could savor every last little bit of it all.

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This past week, we took advantage of Chad's entire WEEK off (can you believe someone getting to just lazy around the house for a WEEK?!) Sooooooooo soooo jealous over here... lol.. Anyway, we took advantage of his time off to tackle a few of our last remaining wedding day tasks.

Tuesday, July 21st-
Part of Chad's amazing committment to our marriage was his willingness to do whatever it took to please my family and I by getting married in the Catholic church. With him not being Catholic, it meant jumping in with both feet and delving into unknown territory. The first task of the process took place back in January when Chad and I sat through a 200 question compatibility questionaire (given by the church) to focus in on the important things in marriage like family, finances, kids, yada yada yada. As the second part of the marriage prep process approached, (a weekend marriage retreat at the diocese of dallas), we met with our church contact person to discuss the findings of our questionaire. We were pleased to find out that...we are actually EXTREMELY COMPATIBLE!!! Already knowing this, we focused our discussion with the church lady on the maybe 10 questions (remember out of 200!) that we answered differently. The session went off without a hitch, and left the church feeling pleased by having the blessing of yet ANOTHER person.. Woo hoo! Let's get married! :)


Wednesday, July 22nd-
Next on the wedding day "TackleFest" was to meet with the church's music minister to discuss our ceremony songs and such. Getting more than we bargained for (which included our own personal show of him playing all our possible song selections on the church's piano) we narrowed down our choices for our special day! It was so nuts hearing the song that will be played while I walked down the aisle!!?? Is this true?? lol.. dont' quite think it's hit me yet. lol... There's no turning back now! lol...


Thursday, July 23rd-
Although not a wedding day duty, we did get a chance to hit up one of our favorite restaurants by treating my good friend Chiku to an AWESOME birthday dinner out at Jaspers in Plano. The food was just as we had remembered it, and Chiku had a great time! With all the craziness that has gone on in her life these last few weeks, Chad and I were thrilled to take her out and hang out with her again. The food was incredible and we left there with full and happy bellies!... Jaspers is highly recommended! :)

Happy Birthday Chiku!!

Lip smackin' Good Ribs!

Giving Chad a raspberry.. .

Sweet Little Munchkin-Day 2

Spending quality time with Gramps.. :)

Watching tv together.. ___________________________________________________________________

Before heading over to Great Nana's house for a visit, we stopped by a party where Addie spent most of the time clutching my moms shoulder with her head practically buried in her armpit. :) However, It didn't take her cousin Aiden long to coerce her out of her hole... they became fast friends and spent much of our time there, hanging out with eachother. :) I think Aiden even got a hug from her! :)

Aiden and Addie...

Addie and Grandma...

Look Granny, over there! :)

My mom... asking for kisses... :)

Sweet babies.. :)

Sweet Little Munchkin... :)

After much anticipation of seeing my neice, Miss Addie again, my weekend home came and went a bit too fast but it was such a great weekend spending time with her! We laughed, we cried... (well SHE cried) ;) but all and all, I think she really loves her aunt... despite the seemingly "too short" monthly visits. After a very successful Saturday spent alone with her, I'm confident that our next visit together will be just as enjoyable. I miss you Addie, your Godmother loves you!

Heading home from picking me up at the airport... Took about ten seconds to warm up to me.. :)

She LOVES her Mickey and Minnie Mouse dolls... doesn't leave home without them.. :)

Part of the weekends festivities included a trip to the bridal shop for my second wedding dress fitting. While there, we found a super cute flower girl dress for Addie to try... She LOVED every second of it. :)