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1. I posted my 300th post today! Crazy. I know.

2. Bryan and I updated our website for Girl Vs. Boy Design. Check it out!

3. There isn’t really a 3, but leaving it at 2 just didn’t feel right. Have a good night! Bryan has an away soccer game tonight (he coaches) which means left over baked macaroni and cheese (delicious!) and wine for me See you tomorrow.

(image from here)

Hahahahaha  ok, so my mom has a blog, go here to check it out, and on friday she posted a hilarious post about me in weddings… enjoy:

Me in my moms wedding dress (and awesome hat!)

And my flower girl dresses I was pretty much a professional flower girl when i was younger

Thanks for the pictures mom, and for the stylish bangs

What my lunch breaks look like.

B’s cats. Bubs, who got caught trying to jump on the table, and Peets, just being evil.

Our new pan and new yellow Martha towels! (Thanks future in-laws!)

yummy lunch, with my moms homemade guacamole

Yummy candy colored popcorn from the Del Mar Street Farmers Market. 

We have an interview with a potential photographer tonight, cross your fingers for us!

I can only assume that most of my readers are women. And that most of those women are engaged, or newly married. And I can assume that at least some of those women will go on to be mothers after their big day. 

I can’t wait to be a mother. i want to be pregnant, I want to give birth, I want to have a little peanut of my own, and I want to watch that little peanut grow up. Oh, and I want to be the best mother (and wife!) that I can possibly be.

I know a lot of you have heard the story of the Nielson family, about Stephanie and Christian’s plane crash, and about their progress during their recovery. I have been following Stephanie’s sister Jane’s blog to see the progress, but also to see how their family, which has grown from one baby, to one baby plus 3 other little ones, is getting on with this life stuck in between happiness and happiness, in a place of the unknown. The other day I went to Stephanie’s blog and started reading it… from the very beginning.  Holy Cow. She is such an amazing woman, mother, wife, sister, everything. I believe she got married when she was 19, and had all four of her children by the age of 25. Her wisdom, love, patience, everything about her shows a maturity beyond her years. Reading her blog makes me want to be the best mother I can be, and has inspired so many ideas for activities with my future kiddos. 

So, if you are one of my readers who want, or has, kids, and you have some time, I highly suggest going over to her blog, and start at the beginning.  Usually, when tragedy strikes, I am the first to say “God has a plan, may His will be done.” But with this woman… it is more of “God, I know you have a plan, and may your will be done. So long as that will is for her to fully recover, because in today’s world, we NEED more mothers like Stephanie. Thanks God, you’re the best.”

If you haven’t already heard, Stephanie, a fellow blogger, and her husband were recently in a private plane crash. Today there are a ton of auctions going on to raise money for their recovery! Here is some info from the woman in charge:

“Happy Nie Nie Day to you! (What’s Nie Nie Day? See here.) On the schedule: auctions. And more auctions. And then some auctions. Followed by a few auctions.

At last count, there are 165+ opportunities to get spendy on an assortment of fantastic products. UPDATE: Make that 275+ opportunities! (275?!! I am officially a ball of tears. Tears of gratitude.) With all proceeds going straight to Stephanie and Christian. So have fun shopping and bidding, and feel free to be generous. Let’s keep the love flowing.”

So go here, check out the auction list, and put some of your shopping power towards a good cause

I’m not sure why you started reading wedding blogs, but I am pretty sure it started like this: “Holy Crap, I’m engaged!!!!!!!!!!! ………… Now what?” And then you turned to your faithful computer, and to the even more faithful google, and typed in “wedding”.  We all started in the same boat, and thanks to the girls over at Elizabeth Anne Designs, that boat just became a yacht with a full bar and shrimp cocktails. Here is a little tidbit from them about their new library:

“We are incredibly excited to announce our new project, The EAD Library.  After months of development and research, we are launching a new resource for brides tomorrow, Tuesday July 22nd.  The Library is filled with hundreds of useful links, from photographers to shops to stationers.  Our goal is a simple, comprehensive list of vendors.  The Library will help every bride, no matter her location, find the vendors and inspiration she needs for a beautiful event.”

This is a very, i repeat, very useful resource! The library is super extensive with lists upon lists of all kinds of vendors from photographers to calligraphers to bakers. Everything you need to plan your wedding! And on top of their new library, the EAD blog itself is full of inspiration. Go check it out!