Matthew and I are moved into the apartment! Well, all the furniture and what have you. I am on the computer in our apartment as of right now, SO cool! (huge smile! picture it, then times it by ten). I will not be joining him until after the honeymoon obviously, but  went ahead and moved my stuff in regardless. I can live out of a duffel bag, right? How exciting! I can't wait to decorate and refurbish some pieces of mine and have so many ideas running through my head. I probably shouldn't get carried away... lol!  But I want it to look cute and furnished rather than a box with a couple couches, lol! Our July is just blowing by! It's just going to be a huge whirl wind. So, we really won't experience everything as newlyweds until August I assume. But wow, what an accomplishment this Fourth of July weekend! And I LOVE our new bed! It's white iron rod and real shabby chic looking (so Vanessa at the moment). Much thanks to IKEA! It matches my current queen duvet comforter set really well. Also, Matthew's dad, Terry, was able to do some bargaining with a mattress place and got a great deal for a brand spankin' new box spring and pillow top mattress! Matthew is just off the walls happy with it, lol! Matthew, his Dad, and I moved everything in Saturday afternoon and it was pretty hassle free, for the most part. We owe a huge thanks to his sister Steph and his dad for helping us out Saturday! Especially letting us use the huge love seat! Oh my goodness, they did so much!

 Disregard our sweatiness... lol!

Story real short, Matthew and I are happy just to have a place finally and are thrilled to have been moved in and what not. Now, off to celebrate a great Independence Day! HAPPY FOURTH of JULY Everyone!

Frenemies

Gemme and her first encounter with cats, lol! We went to PetSmart to look at food, potty training stuff, Crates and all the basic dog supplies so-to-speak and she was actually really well behaved for a puppy. I am really thrilled with her! She is very courteous and pretty mellow. We never have to put her on a leash because she just follows... although we will be leash training her, no worries, lol. But anyways, I just thought this was too cute that she was so fascinated and wanted to play SO badly with the kittens! She was glued to that glass window! All my videos were apparently too long to post on Facebook and I was like, "Wait, I have a blog!" lol. 

CAKEALICIOUS

So, we still need our Wedding Cake done, I know, its crunch time, lol. Anyways, these are examples that kind've inspired what I want to do! I like the simplicity of the cake and how the focal point is the flowers since our reception center is in a garden, its very suiting. Obviously, I'll put my own twist to the feel of the cake but these kinda struck my fancy for what I'm going for. Matthew and I want buttercream. I'm not a fan of fondant perse and it just doesn't look as soft and feminine nor does it taste very good sometimes. Matthew and I really like the last example-the one that looks like it has vintage wallpaper on it! But we will see what we can do. Anyways, just thought I would post pictures as to what I might do... As far as which one I pick, you will just have to come and find out ;)

 Branchy Blossoms

 Elegance in cocoanut pearls

 Fresh and feminine 

 Simplicity

Vintage

Matthew and I will probably go through Kneaders because they have an exceptional reputation and quality product. Every time I've eaten there I have been thoroughly pleased! I just have to get back to the lady on the pictures I sent her via email since she is doing another wedding cake that day as well, so wish me luck! We will at least cater through them so here is a link to see what they offer Kneaders Catering. Matthew and I never knew they catered! And you only need to give them 24hrs in advance! Wow, sure saved our lives! :). Anyways, those are our updates for today... keep in tune for the upcoming wedding day events! We will make a post of all the times and details. 

Don't Be Shy

It's finished! Our date video is now officially posted on Lilly McDowell's blog! Just click here to check it out! Matthew and Vanessa's Video We had an absolute blast filming with her! She was enjoyable to be around and put us at ease, she knew exactly what to do. Both Matthew and I love her sense of humor as well. The shoot went by "swimmingly," as she says and we were able to get a ton of footage! Some of that footage made for some strategic positioning as Matthew had her sitting and filming on his lap while driving! At one point, shooting the video cost her a face plant in Matthew's vehicle, haha! Apparently I adjusted the seat and pushed it back just as she was bracing herself on it so she could hop on top of Matthew. Instead, she ended up toppling over him. I was laughing so hard so it's a good thing she came out A-ok, lol. 


Matthew and I recommend this for any of you couples out there! It was truly a fun time together and created memories we really enjoyed and will be able to have forever now. Engagements are a must of course, but a candid video clip like this gets the couple into other surroundings and catches them being their lively selves. I think it is really unique and different than a lot of wedding videos and I'm glad Matthew and I chose to do this. I Love being outside of the box and it was a treasure to find Lilly because this is exactly what Matthew and I wanted! I wanted to do something like this back during Christmas and these types of videos are just now beginning to be quite popular this summer actually. He and I are going to shoot another one for our anniversary next summer along with a Love Story [how we met, what was our first kiss, how the year has been and other types of questions, etc...]. If you view her site I'm definitely sure you can see what a blast they are to film and how fun-loving all the videos are. She does a great job making them turn out so well. So, even if you guys are shy and awkward, you are not out of luck! lol. But really, I recommend doing something fun like this because it is super cute and is a neat way to catch the two of you interacting. It was nice to get away and it takes all the stresses from your wedding planning and throws it out the window. Bonus, right? lol!


Matthew chose the song "Don't Be Shy" by Shwayze and the song was really unique and different. It was nice to do something a little out of the ordinary because other people generally just use the same songs. We are the first couple to do a hip hop genre, haha! She had us play the music throughout the whole video shooting and we were able to dance, sing and goof around to it. It was a lot of fun to have the music blasted while washing the car. Matthew and I, however, will need a little break from the song...there is such a thing as overplaying something, haha! But it is just a chill summertime song to have. If you would like to see the lyrics you can go to this site for their viewing: "Don't Be Shy" Lyrics  Matthew like the parts where Shwayze kicks out a little rap, lol. You can also see Matthew lip syncing to "Do ah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Doo."
Anyways, hope you guys like the video! I'm full of giggles in it, but I think the video is really cute. Hope you enjoy it :)