two

ok - I know it's only my second post, but I'm seeing a theme with my titles - "two" symbolizing my second post, and my second year of marriage beginning, and going to 2 locations for mour "trash the dress" event yesterday!

Well here I am on the 1st day of my 2nd year of marriage! Danny and I spent the whole weekend together doing mostly normal things, but just logging in some quality us time. We had the traditional piece of our wedding cake top on Saturday and it wasn't half bad. the icing was freezer burnt but the cake was pretty good! There should definitely be more chocolate chip wedding cake in the world! Unlike Kara (a friend of mine who religiously remembers to take a picture of every single thing) - I didn't think to take a picture of this momentous event for us until it was over - haha! I even got out my wedding cake knife and we ate it off of our china - oh well - we did it!

Well before I get on to blogging about "trashing my dress" yesterday, I'm going to tell you a few other things about last week....

One exciting thing was that I got a promotion! WooHoo! I am now a first shift lead editor. most of you have no idea what that means - but basically it means a longer title and more money for me! I love my job! I won't be transcribing much anymore - mainly just editing other people's transcription. This is a huge blessing because Danny and I have had some financial issues this year, but God has always provided for us and taken care of us and I know He will continue to bless us.

Another thing - leading up to the "trash the dress" event - I know you are wondering if I was able to actually fit into my dress after last week's blog. Well mom was able to work her sewing magic and it fit like a glove again :) Thank God!

I think I will actualy keep you all in supense a little longer about what all we did yesterday since I don't have any pictures to show you yet....I'll have to wait until my photographer sends me the proofs. Dad took some video too so I may see if I can Youtube it or something. I can tell you where we went....

First we went to this grafitti wall under a local overpass. It was a little (insert adjective here) because we didn't know what all the grafitti meant or said - so I hope we aren't endorsing something that is totally obscene or racist or something! We were there about an hour, and to say that I was "glowing" is an understatement. I was dripping will sweat - as was everyone else! But we have to make sacrifices to be beautiful and get the good shot!

From there we went back to Tammy's house (my photographer) to grab some ice water, cool off, and touch up the makeup. Then on to this really awesome barn. Unfortunately, there were no trespassing signs posted so we couldn't take pictures there. I was pretty bummed because I have somewhat of a barn fetish - I just love old barns. But it's just as well because from there it was a 45 mninute drive to the beach and we were running out of daylight. We had intended to go downtown and get some creepy shots in a cemetery - (to see what I mean go to http://juliabailey.com/ click on slideshows and choose the cemetery session). There was a "death shot" that I really wanted to get....I know, it's so not me - but I'm trying to step outside the box....besides I was trying to go for the artistic expression. Anyways, it was getting late and the cemetery was most likely closed by this time, so we chose to skip it and move on to the beach.

We got some shots in the sea oats and on the rocks, and some great sunset shots on the driftwood with this old dead tree in the background. And, yes, we did get some shots in the ocean too - I can't wait for you to see the pics. We had this big piece of tulle to use as a veil that was very dramatic looking. I can't wait to see the pics myself!!!

360

It's interesting that on this day that I start my blog, I have been married 360 days. I could do some kind of witty evaluation on how that parallels how my life has come full circle, but I won't. I will say that it has been a wonderful first year of marriage and I'm so happy to be looking forward to the next! Danny and I bought a house this year and we have increased our family to include a dog and 5 turtles. We have had some financial set backs this year, as most newlyweds do I'm sure, but God has always been faithful to make sure all our bills are paid and we have food to eat (even if it is just Ramen noodles sometimes). We wanted to take a mini vacation for our anniversary, but we can't afford that this year. We are planning to celebrate in a very unique way though....by doing something called "Trash the Dress." It's a new thing that photographers are offering couples now....an alternative idea for those who do not plan to save their wedding dress. Now I love my dress so I'm not planning to "trash" it. Basically, it's an opportunity to take some more casual pictures of the couple....barefoot on the beach, perhaps in the water, or in a pool, some people go crazy (see www.trashthedress.com). I plan to still be able to save and preserve my dress so we are going to keep the "trashing" to a minimum. My photographer is so excited I agreed to do this because she has been wanting to create a portfolio for this option to offer and she has wanted me to be her model for it so to speak. I'm excited to to be able to do something completely unique and out of the ordinary as a way to celebrate our first year as husband and wife. There is only one small set back (actually maybe "small" is not the operative word!) I have gained some weight this year! Most people have told me how great I look and for the most part I agree (aside from my little Tabor gut) but why does it have to be that happy newlyweds gain weight. Where is that written? is it some kind of law or something? Cause I didn't sign up for that -lol! anywho I can get the dress on but I can't zip it - but I am determined to make this work!!! I'll let you now how it goes!