Our LifeLONG Journey: 2010

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Wedding Slideshow

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m really bad when it comes to blogging! A lot has happened since the last post. A new school year has started. I transferred and now I’m at Gale-Bailey Elementary School. I must say I really miss Diggs! I’m going to try to stay on the positive side, but I miss the people I worked with.

In regards to baby news, we are having a girl! We are both extremely excited and can’t wait to meet her! It’s amazing how times really does fly by. It seems like it was almost yesterday when we found out we were expecting and now I can feel her kicking as I sit and write this. :-) We need to start getting things ready for the nursery. We have picked the paint color, but haven’t started painting yet. We also picked out the baby bedding, which I think is too cute!

One last thing about the wedding….below is a website that you can click on to see a wedding slideshow of pictures taken at the wedding. Thanks to Liza Maryann Photography for all your hardwork! Enjoy!

http://www.lizmaryann.com/AMYANDTJ/index.html

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The Wedding and Some Other Important News :-)

This past weekend TJ and I finally got married. The ceremony took place at Sacred Heart Church and our reception was at The Sunset Room. It was wonderful! Below are some pictures of the reception. I hope everyone had a great time…I know I did!

Now on to some other news…TJ and I are expecting! My due date is January 17, 2011, which means we are a full 14 weeks. The baby is doing great! I have had such a smooth pregnancy so far…a minimal amount of morning sickness. I have started to develop a sweet tooth that I never really had before. I had a doctor’s appointment today and was able to hear the heartbeat for the first time. We have had 2 sonograms already. It’s amazing to see the how much the baby has grown in such a short amount of time.

Here is our first sonogram at about 8 weeks:

Here is our second sonogram at 11 weeks:

We have many things to look forward to in the near future! Thanks to all who have been so supportive…we have the BEST family and friends!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

2 Weeks!

So I think the last time I posted something there were 73 days until the wedding…. now there are 14! A lot has happened in the past 6 weeks! TJ and I traveled to Indiana for my sister’s graduation. She attended St. Mary’s College, which is the sister school of Notre Dame. The area and campus is really nice and I’m glad I was able finally to take a mini-tour of the college.

All of the major areas of wedding planning are complete. We are in the process of tying up loose ends and bringing all the small details together. Today my mother and I will be doing the seating arrangements! Below are some more pictures I’ve taken to document the whole wedding process:

Rileys’s dress (Front)

Riley’s dress from the back

Wine bottles that will be in the Welcome Baskets with our monogram

Our invitation (RSVP card is missing in this one for some reason…)

Our Rehearsal Dinner invitation. We are having a Crab Feast and a Pig Roast for our Rehearsal Dinner at the local Fire House. My mom had this designed and I think it came out really cute!

The next two weeks will be busy, but I’ll try to update as much as possible!

Monday, May 31, 2010

It’s been awhile….

I’ve been so incredibly busy over the past couple weeks that I haven’t been able to post anything…sorry! I’ve taken many more pictures, but (believe it or not…) I dropped my camera in the toilet…clean water thank goodness! Anyways it’s still drying out so I’ll have to wait and see if it works :-( Well, lets catch up!

In Family News…

On May 15th, my sister, Laura, graduated from St. Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana. Again, Congratulations! On the same day back in Annapolis, my cousin, Lisa, got married! We flew into BWI around 9:30 that evening and decided to head to the hotel where the reception was taking place. We arrived around 10:15pm and the party was wrapping up….better late than never! She looked beautiful and it was nice to spend some time with that side of the family!

In Wedding News….

I met with the florist and came up with some great ideas for bouquets, centerpieces, etc. I never realized how much flowers cost! It’s a little insane! Also, I’m a very visual person. I need to see something to know if I’ll like it. But in this late stage of the game, I’m handing over the reins to my mother and the florist. Once I get the details, I’ll fill everyone in!

Yesterday, I picked up my wedding rings…yes ringS! I really wanted to have one on each side of my engagement rings…one of my diva moments I guess you call it :-) TJ’s ring came in a few weeks ago….it’s exciting to be able to check another item off the list.

My mom is heading down for the next 2 weekends to finalize more details: flowers, music, readings, readers, programs, menus cards, escort cards, etc. I’m lucky to have her!

Hopefully not as much time will pass until my next post! :-)

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Pennsylvania for the weekend…

We headed up to Harrisburg, PA yesterday for a “Couples Shower,” given by our close family friends, Mike and Georgia Ward. The food, company, and conversation were great! Thank you to everyone who came! Below are some pictures of the shower.

Today we are making a little trip out to Hershey to check out Chocolate World for the candy buffet table that will be at the reception. I’m sure I’ll have pics to post!

Most importantly, I would like to wish my Mom and all the other Mothers out there a “Happy Mother’s Day!” Yesterday, I asked my brother to pick up some floral arrangements for my Mom and Grandmother and told him to get something good! I think he did a pretty good job!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Are we compatible?

TJ and I had a meeting with Father Fred today to review the results of the compatibility test that we had to take at our last meeting. We were separated in different rooms and had to fill out a questionnaire that had about 200 questions. Father Fred told us that we were one of the most compatible couples he has ever worked with. Yay! Apparently we scored within the high 90th percentiles across all categories. The questions that we scored differently on were small things like, “Are you satisfied with your future spouse’s organization skills?” For those of you who know TJ, he’s like the Organization King. For those of you who know me…..let’s just say I’m not even close, therefore, I had to bubble in the “Disagree” choice. We got a good laugh out of it!

All in all, I’m so happy to be marrying someone who loves me for me and truly is my best friend. 73 days!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The little details….

When we first started planning I only thought of the big things such as the venue, flowers, catering, music, THE dress, etc. I now know that it’s really all the little details that pull the day together. For the past two days (and a few other days within the past month) my mother and I have been discussing the various shades and styles of table linens, charger plates, dinner plates, drinking glasses, utensils, and napkins…. you wouldn’t believe how much time and effort goes into to this decision making! Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a lot of fun, but talk about visual overload! Here are some of the table settings we thought about using. These are not the actual place settings, but we are using various parts of them to create two other arrangements.

Tomorrow, TJ and I have another meeting with Father Fred. We have to go over our compatibility test results….this should be fun! We have only one other meeting to go to and that’s to sit down and actually plan the ceremony. The countdown is ticking….74 days left! :-)

Monday, May 3, 2010

The Beginning

Hello All! I am beginning this blog (thanks to the fabulous Pre-K team!) to write about our wedding and life afterwards, hence the title “Our LifeLONG Journey.”

I guess the best place to start is how TJ and I met. We met at Casey Jones in La Plata in December 2008. To make a long story short, Brenda (TJ’s sister) introduced us and we got engaged on Thanksgiving 2009. When some of my friends became engaged, I asked them how did they know their fiance’s were “The One.” They always responded that when you know, you just know….. That’s how it happened for me…. It didn’t take me long to realize that TJ was “The One” for me!

We started planning immediately! Since I’m a Speech Pathologist within the school system, we decided on a summer wedding. We looked all over Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore and couldn’t seem to find the venue. My parents and I were walking around National Harbor and came across “The Sunset Room.” The official date was set: July 17, 2010. Below are some pictures of the venue.