Men of the Wedding

Here's the first of a who knows how long series on the wedding... I've just about gotten over my sickness and blogging hiatus and work is starting to slow down so hopefully I can these out every day or so - so the first part of the wedding recap fun is going to be about how we styled the wonderful handsome men of the wedding.

We decided from the get-go that we wanted the guys to wear converse, two button black suits and a bright colored tie - and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. We gave the guys their ties and bright colored fun socks as their groomsmen gift and they looked super sharp in them!

DJ's blue converse & tie.... 

DJ's older brother Mike helping him get dressed...

 I know, he's adorable...

"the boys" - oh boy.....

some of the groomsmen showing off their snazzy socks...

 don't you just love this shot?

get ready, the girls are next! 

just a sneak... [wedding pictures]

yes, I'm still alive and did get married last week... the wedding was amazing and unreal and now I'm just super sick (of course that would happen the week before and after the wedding) and am now in Napa on business (sans my husband) - c'est la vie....

but I didn't want to leave y'all hanging too long, here's a sneak peek of some wedding photos - enjoy!

 I'll be posting more throughout the next few weeks, get excited! :)

snugglebug.

our sweet boy has been quite the snuggler lately... I think it's because he's home by himself during the day, he's so happy just to be near us [in fact, he has to be near us no matter who or what he knocks over in the process]...

We've actually been bad puppy parents and have let him sleep in the bed with us the past two nights... he's just such a snuggly space heater.... the only thing is [and if you own a bulldog you know this is coming] HE SNOOORES... like cutting logs, poor DJ can't handle it - he hasn't been sleeping well so I think Ollie is going back to the kitchen tonight.

You know I can't post about Ollie without including pictures so here are the latest Ollie snuggles... I already shared that Oliver will use anyone and anything as a pillow including DJ's head - it seems I'm definitely included to this! Enjoy!

Head over to urbanbulldog and check out another cute picture of Ollie in their Holiday Bulldog series!

Black & White Wednesday [I love Christmas]

only three days until Christmas.

I really don't want to take down my Christmas tree...

Part of me says get it out of the way before the wedding and part of me wants it to be up when our friends come [in ONE week!! eeeh! ]

when do you take your tree down?

check out more of this weeks black and white photography here...

bright wedding flowers....

don't you just love bright vibrant colors [and flowers]?

these are some of the bouquets that stand out to me...

I love bright colored flowers - pink, green, red, purple, orange, YELLOW...

[I love yellow flowers]

I get torn sometimes because I really like bouquets that are mixed with different types of flowers, but there's also a simple elegance in all roses or all gerber daisies [and I love daisies], etc.

My bridesmaids, my mom and I are going to the florist on Thursday [12/30] in the morning and are going to make our bouquets for the wedding... I'm going to be an optimist today and say that it's really exciting that I have no clue what are bouquets are going to look like [a little frightening but exciting]. 

now if only I could remember to call/go see the florist to make sure that he gets the flowers from Boston....

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