Smile and Click

After 18 months of engagement, Nick and I finally scheduled our engagement photo session and went to meet our photographer Aileen Secord on Sunday. I think we had mixed feelings of excitement and slight apprehension since we have the tendency to not take the best photos. One of us usually ends up looking awkward as we try to smile the way we think we're supposed to smile. I always think it's a little amusing when people tell you to "just be natural". Really? "Look natural" when you know someone is following you with a large camera? Right...

Fortunately, Aileen said we did really well! She was great and offered helpful tips. We had the photos taken at TreePeople and Fryman Canyon, which is a short local trail we often hike with the dogs. We thought it would be nice to go somewhere we really like and that has been pretty significant in our shared lives here in LA. That sounds a little cheesy I guess.

I've spent the past few weeks putting the finishing touches on the invitations. It's taken 4 post office stops for stamps + mailing, 5 visits to Macy*s to get the right number of registry inserts, two Bed Bath and Beyond trips, one stop at Crate & Barrel in Scottsdale, and an embarrassing number of visits to Paper Source for ribbon and labels to complete this task. The latter was so bad I stopped going to the store closest to us and drove some 15 miles to Pasadena yesterday to prevent myself from looking Paper Source obsessed. We had an envelope stamping party- Nick chose to wear the stamp remnants on his forehead- and called it a day. Needless to say, we're relieved to be finished with invitations.

We also ordered our wedding Ketubah this week. My next task is to move onto more paper projects...continue the place cards and pick thank you notes. I'm starting a non-school rotation tomorrow so I definitely think I'll be recruiting Nick to help with this (he just doesn't know it yet).

3 days less than a full two months! We're just excited for the big day to come...is time flying by? I can't even tell any more.