10 Days Until Forever

Well we really stink at this whole blogging thing...forgive us for our downfall!  I apologize for falling off the grid, but that's bound to happen when you're planning a wedding in two months!  With the wedding now 10 days away, I'm experiencing mixed feelings; a combination of excitement, nerves, and hoping I don't forget about any last minute details.  I'm sure my big sister and anyone who has ever participated in the planning of a wedding can relate. Surprisingly, though, I have felt relatively calm for the last couple weeks and even still I don't feel like I'm overly stressed (I may change my tune in a week or so!).  Most of the big things are taken care of, so all that remains are minor details.

It's really interesting to look back at the beginning of this whole process and laugh at how stressed I was for the first few days after we got engaged.  The list of items that needed to be taken care of was overwhelming, and having people ask "So what are you doing for this or that?" was really freaking me out.  I kind of wanted to just dig a little hole, crawl in and say "Someone else plan it...I'll come out in a couple months for the ceremony."  But then the control freak designer in me would never be able to do that...haha it's just not how my brain works!

I think it took me about a week (and lots of calls to my mom, sister, and maid of honor) to get over the initial freak-out.  The Saturday after Jared and I were engaged, I spent the day dress shopping with my best friend and we magically found a dress that I fell in love with.  It was the last dress I tried on and it was PERFECT!  And the best part?  NO alterations whatsoever.  I got to buy it off the rack and take it home that day!  Needless to say the relief of having found a dress so easily helped me calm down and take things one at a time (not to mention the fact that Tori is the best and made me a wedding binder complete with checklists and a countdown).  Since then the planning has gone fairly smoothly for the most part.  With each new element came a new set of worries, but we're now in the home stretch and I'm just ready for it all to happen!

In the midst of all the planning, though, almost everyone who helped me has said that all of this stuff doesn't matter so much, and the really important thing is that Jared and I love each other and we're going to be together for eternity.  And I couldn't agree more!  I think that perspective has helped me keep my focus where it needs to be instead of getting all caught up in the unnecessary details.

All in all, I feel so grateful, excited, and extremely lucky that I get to be with Jared for the rest of my life and beyond!  He is the love of my life and I couldn't be any happier! (Pardon the cheesy gushing...but it's true!)  Here's to 10 DAYS LEFT until the best day ever!

P.S. Photo credit goes to our awesome brother-in-law A.J. Jones!