Two Months and Counting!

You read it correctly! We are exactly TWO months away from the big day!

Here are a few updates from the last post:

Done:
Booked a honeymoon
Found a place to live. Check it out!

And here is Matt signing the lease on OUR house (CRAZY!)

-Ate wonderful food at our cake and reception tastings! (I LOVED this part)

Picture of the remaining cake from the wedding cake tasting (It was delicious!):

-Invitation are ready to be sent. It was NUTS buying all the stamps. This is only the first round that I bought:

-Got Jennifer Anniston arms and Beyonce body.....okay fine, maybe not. But I am working out every day!


To do:
-Decide on first dance song
-Pick the song to play when we leave the church
-Try on THE dress in two weeks and get it fitted!

Time to get busy! : )

Around the Clock Shower

I remember the overwhelming feeling of gratitude I had when my Maid of Honor, Erin, offered to throw our first wedding shower. I am so blessed with wonderful friends who have been so gracious to spend hours planning and preparing to shower Matt and I with fun times, food, gifts and these wonderful times of celebration.

Our first shower was an Around the Clock couples shower in Trussville, Alabama. We were fortunate to have both of our families come into town for the shower. We met for lunch at Jim 'N Nicks BBQ. This was the first time our dads' met. We really had a great time, and all went well!

After lunch, it was time for the shower. Here are some pictures:

The delicious food

My Family

My Future In-Laws

I love this one!

The wonderful ladies who attended our shower

And the guys

We are so thankful for all of our gifts! Each guest got a specific time of day in their invitation, and their gift corresponded with that time of day.

Thank you to Erin and Lynette for being the wonderful hosts of our Around the Clock shower! Also, thanks to CJ for offering your home!

Will you "Hang" with Us on Our Special Day?

I greatly enjoy being creative, and wedding planning has allowed many opportunities for creative projects! The night after Matt proposed I had my first opportunity to find a unique way to ask my bridesmaids, Maid of Honor and flower girl to be a part of our special day. Of course, I was on it and knew immediately what I would do!

The girls each received a box first. On the outside of the box, it read "Matt popped the question..."

On the inside on the box was a ring pop with the note "...and now it's my turn"

I then handed the girls a package, which was a hanger with the title of the part they would play in our wedding. It had the note "Will you 'hang' with us on our special day?"

I got a hanger for myself that I will use to hang THE dress : ) It says "Mrs. Franklin".

All you will notice, the ribbon, text, tissue paper and ring pop are our wedding colors: teal and lime green!

We are 69 days away from our special day!!