Let Them Eat Cake!

One of the more fun things to decide on for the wedding has been the cakes. I’ve been drooling over pictures of cakes in magazines and online for months now and had a pretty good idea of what we wanted the cakes to look like. I got names of cake bakers from other people and suggestions from my caterer and started making appointments. I’d really like to make appointments with tons of cake bakers so I can get the little sample cakes they give you for tasting. I might not fit in my dress by June if I did that but I’d sure have fun eating the cakes.

My sister, Rebecca, and I met with a cake lady on Friday and really liked her. Her cakes are so pretty and taste great! The thing that I’m most excited about is that she said she was going to name a cake design after me. If she’s never done a design that she and a bride come up with then she names if for them. So when you eat the cake at our wedding, you’ll be eating the original “Julie Cake”!

Julie Has Something To Say

Like a good maid of honor, my sister, Rebecca, pointed out that my additions to our blog are seriously lacking. While posting to the blog is always on my to do list (wedding or otherwise), it seems I never get around to post anything. So I promise that you’ll be hearing from me soon. I have lots to share and hopefully they’ll be some pictures as well.

I Need Help With My Cake

Julie has decided on a baker for our cakes so now I need to start thinking about what mine is going to look like. To me there are really only two choices...

Fudgie the Whale

or

Cookie Puss

Part Of A Well-Balanced Balanced Rehearsal Dinner

Julie and I are talking to various places about having our rehearsal dinner there so if you are vegetarian, allergic to shellfish or peanuts, are lactose intolerant or have some weirdo food allergy let us know so you don't die the night before our wedding and totally ruin our weekend.

That Was Easy

Julie went to look at invitations on Saturday and spent 2-3 hours working on what she wanted. I was in the neighborhood and on my way to a friend's house to watch football and drink beer when Julie called and wanted my opinion. Oh, shit. This is out of my jurisdiction and I knew I'd have no idea how to choose. Julie had narrowed it down to two invitations and somehow I picked the one that Julie liked the most and she was pleased with my choice.

The owner of the shop was talking to us and said it must have been my beard that helped me pick the right invitation (he is a fellow bearded guy and obviously knows they give us extra-sensory perception) and that the "other guy" Julie brought in didn't choose as well as me. Funny dude.

So Julie spent most of her Saturday afternoon working on this and I spent 2 minutes on it and everyone in the store seemed impressed I was in there and that I'm the hero and a great fiance'. Just in case ya didn't know.

Back To It

Julie and I are going to start back up with planning this weekend. We've given ourselves a two week break from thinking about the wedding since we did so much early on. This weekend we'll be working on the invitation lists so be nice to us if you want to ensure your spot!!

First Engagement Gift

My Aunt Linda and Uncle Alfred gave us our first gift since we've been engaged: a beautiful pair of crystal champagne glasses from Waterford. It was a great first gift and we really appreciate them. We're excited to use them on our wedding day. Thanks so much!

Dress Shopping

Julie, Libby, Rebecca, their Mom and Dad (and his video camera) are out shopping for dresses and such as I write. Rebecca is in town from NYC for the weekend and they haven't seen each other since we got engaged so it should be crazy today.

The Devil Will Be In The Details

Caterer? Check.

Florist? Check.

Band? Check.

Photographer? Check.

The Starting Lineup

Andrew Harris - Best Man

Josh Gilbert - Groomsman

Robbie Rux - Groomsman

Baylor Dennis - Groomsman

Daniel Rives - Groomsman

Usher - Usher

Jimmy Conyers - Usher