I guess it's been a while

Let me bring you up to speed.

We went to a couple of weddings...

Dan's friends Kenny and Tasha in Allentown:
and Dan's step-brother, Nick's in California:

Then was my bachelorette party:
(Yes, that's my brother. He wanted to send his little sister off right, and I partially blame him for my not being able to get in to the Continental or remember most of the evening. Thanks, C.J.!!)

(That is also my Aunt Debbie. She pretty much rocks for hanging with us for most of the night!)

Then was Dan's bachelor party. I think I'm glad that I don't have any pictures from that night. All I know is that they went to Atlantic City.

Then well, this happened:
Practicing for the big day...
I can't promise that I didn't make that face at all the next day.

Look at that color coordination. Who was obsessed with burnt orange and brown for well over a month? Not me, not me at all.

And then on November 8, 2008, Dan and I were married.

We dance, we partied, we had an absolutely amazing day!And then we went here!

Here we are being nerds on our first day.

Here is the view from one of 2, count 'em 2, balconies.
Here's a pretty lighthouse...
And then we met this guy. Luckily I had my jersey, since Dan's cousin gave us tickets to the game the night after our wedding. I mean, the photo just wouldn't be the same without the jersey.
And then we met these guys. This is probably the coolest experience I've had so far in my life. Okay, it might be tied with skydiving. But it was definitely awesome! And we have the whole thing on video!
Then... well, then we came home. Neither one of us feels like we've stopped since Dan proposed in Italy in 2007. We've been married now for almost 4 months, and sometimes it feels like it was yesterday. Other days (most days) it feels like it was forever ago. It's true what they say... it goes by too fast. I'll try to keep this blog updated more often now that things are starting to slow down. We'll see.

Pictures, pictures and more pictures...

As promised, here are some pictures of our apartment, pre-painting and after.

First is moving in our couch (Thank God for a large bedroom window, and a first floor apartment, or else I don't think we'd have a couch!) That's Mom inside, and Dan outside holding up the couch in the bushes. I think I was supposed to be helping bring it in, but I couldn't resist documenting this feat. It was our second couch attempt - first was Mom-mom's couch that didn't fit through the door - and the first time we tried the window.

The unpainted living room:

The painted living room:

Dan, slacking off as usual (just kidding, Dan, you did a great job painting!!):

(I swear the wall Dan is standing next to is the same color as the other walls, we only have one lamp.)

The unpainted dining room:

Dining room wall into kitchen:

We finished painting the dining room, it's the same color as the living room. The wall that separates them is a lighter color. The space is kind of small, so we didn't want to overdo it with colors (we also have to repaint when we move out), but we wanted it to feel warm and fuzzy when you walk in.

We also painted the master bedroom, but I don't have pictures of that before. I think I just wanted to get it done! That is a almost a lime-y shade of green, that I'm crossing my fingers goes with the bedding we registered for, but for right now, it looks awesome with the bedroom furniture!

We're taking a break from painting now, and have kind of relaxed about the whole apartment in general. There are definitely things that still need to be done, but for now we have a month of weddings (3 of them in 5 weekends), so our weekends are kind of busy.

That's it for now!!

Moving

Well, Dan and I are moving this week. Given our incredibly busy schedule lately, this may be a little hard, but we are doing our best. We were lucky enough to be able to snag the apartment on the first floor of where I currently live - no movers necessary! So far, we've really just been cleaning (trust me, it was WAY more than necessary!). Mom has been nice enough to lend her window washing skills, Dan and I tackled the bathroom and kitchen and last night we wiped down the walls and woodwork. We also stripped the baby wallpaper in the second bedroom, which I have named Dan's room until we get married. It's coming along nicely. Now we just have to find some people to help us paint... oh, yeah, and get furniture!!

More updates/pics to come!

Catch ya up

So - I'll try to catch you up on what has been going on in our lives since November, some wedding related, some not-so-much.

First things first, Dan and I decided on a fall wedding, so we booked the church and went from there. We booked a reception location. Then we booked our photographer, whom I love, our videographer and DJ. Then we had to book another location for the reception, which is a really long story that I won't bore you with. Then we told all of our people that we had to change everything. Oh, I forgot, we had also booked a hotel to go along with the original location, so I had to book another hotel, too. That was a fun process. At some point in all of that, I sort of hit a wedding planning wall. I couldn't get excited about much and didn't really want to deal with much wedding related. Also at some point in all of that, I bought my dress!!

The beginning...

I figure that's a good place to start, right?

Dan proposed on November 6, 2007, in front of Trevi Fountain in Italy. I could not have dreamed a better proposal! We spent the rest of the night calling family and friends (and running up my international phone bill!) and sharing our excitement with them. The next morning, I woke up planning. I woke Dan and said something to effect of "Now we can start looking at places and flowers and invitations and save-the-dates and tuxes and dresses and asking people to be in the bridal party and tons of other fun stuff!!!" For those of you that know Dan well, you can imagine the look on his face while I rambled on my *fun* list, followed by his response of "We haven't even been engaged 12 hours yet, Liz, calm down. Can we get home first?"

I have been planning ever since, so I thought a blog would be a good place to keep everyone up to date with what's going on and hopefully keep myself a little sane.

Hope you enjoy!!