Grays grays go away...

I'm graying! What kind of sick joke is this? And I'm not talking about that random one or two grays you find in high school and go eww! No, this is full on granny style. It started out just a couple towards the front of my part, and over the past year have been popping up like some evil weeds. I know gray hair is part of growing old, but I'm only 24! I did not think I would have to worry about grays before I was old enough to get married or have kids. And to make it worse, the majority of them are towards the front of my head and in my part. I used to love doing a cute braid across my hairline, and now it's impossible because that just shows them off. I've started parting my hair a little further over because it seems to mask them better.
The Cause:
Genetic? Possibly, my mom grayed early too.
Stress? Very likely, I stress more than anyone I know. That's definitely something I'm working on.
Lack of mineral? Hmm... someone mentioned that to me the other day. I'll have to look into it further.
The Plan:
So it's either dye my hair with permanent color that totally fries it,
or us semi-permanent that I have to re-do every 2 weeks.
Or rock the granny look.
I think I'll stick to the semi-permanent for now.
This blows.

My other half

Week 2 of Theo working away. He got home last Friday night and we had an amazing day together Saturday. I really needed it. Then Sunday it was back to the airport and he was off to Washington. I miss my other half so badly. I think I've been doing pretty good up until now. I just want to hold his hand and wrap his arms around me when I need it. I feel like a brat for being so needy, but he honestly completes me. Corny I know. I go to bed at night and set the decorative pillows on his side of the bed and picture him lying next to me. I can't believe I'm complaining this much and it's only our second week of this schedule. I can't even imagine how it's going to feel on week 5. Luckily when he comes home for good we'll be only about a month away from the wedding, only a month away from being eachother's forever.
Oh what I wouldn't give for one of those right now.
Don't mind me, it must just be a case of the Mondays.

Down girl....

I can put away my big, scaley, green tail for now because....

I got my PROOFS! Yay! I was so close to a meltdown when I got that oh so lovely, "1 New Conversation" tab. Not only did she include everything I wanted, but she also included expedited shipping at no extra cost! I only need to change one little detail and they'll be ready to ship. Whoooo... big sigh of relief. Ah they are too cute!!!!!

Bridezilla is showing her ugly face

Ok, I don't consider myself a Bridezilla by any means. Through the whole wedding planning process I have been so easy going. My main concern the whole time is that my Theo and I don't spend a fortune and we create a day that we'll remember and that our guests will have fun at. Seriously though, this Etsy seller has given me some magic potion and turned me into an ugly bride. Situation is as follows.
Theo and I search the web for affordable, cute invitations. We've almost given up hope when we find a seller on Etsy that has ADORABLE invitations for super cheap. Not to mention she has almost 200 positive responses to her work.
End of May to June 10: The seller is quick to respond to my questions and we work out a cost.
June 10th: Seller says "Please send me your wording when you're ready." AKA last time I heard from her.
June 20th: Wording is sent and I'm so excited thinking she'll have a draft of our actual invitation soon!
July 1st: No word yet... hmmm. Maybe I should check in. Send her a message to just see how things are going and see if it would be possible to have them printed and mailed by mid July. I also ask what the rush fee will be since I know that's soon.
July 7th: Stillll no word! Send another message saying I'm getting nervous.
At this point I have no clue if she's even working on them. The RSVP date is August 18th, we have to get these sent out soon!!!!
WHAT DO I DO?????????????

Call me crazy

My mom says I've lost my marbles. Okay, she might be right. I actually painted the ends of wooden toothpicks baby blue for the hor 'dourvs. I thought it would be a quick project but ended up taking way too long! I am crazy for spending time painting toothpicks when we still have a humongous list of things to do. Whatever, they turned out super cute. And in case you were wondering, only the top ends were touched and the bottoms are still safe to touch food.
Oh and one of my favorite shirts has turned into a painting shirt. Who knew toothpick painting was messy?

Can I also say that how much I am loving that this is the fourth episode of The Office in a row? Repeats of course, but I love it!

Baby's a working man

I dropped Theo off at LAX today, and he'll be gone for 4 days. Sad face.
He got a job this summer coaching volleyball camps all over the place. I think his furthest one is in Washington, and most of the time he'll be gone for about 4 days. I'm already feeling like he's far away. Theo and I have this weird thing where we can feel when we're far apart and more than just a car ride away. I'm going to miss him terribly. When I got in the car after dropping him off, one of our favorite songs "I'm yours" by Jason Mraz came on the radio. It put a smile on my face. I can't wait until Friday when I'm back at LAX, taking my baby home... until Sunday when he gets back on a plane.

4th of July

We had such a great 4th of July. Theo made french toast for the family from this amazing challah bread that we got from Delicious Bakery during our cake tasting. Amazing french toast. Theo thinks french toast made from Hawaiian rolls are the best, but he's yet to make them.
We relaxed all day then spent the evening at my future In-Laws... aka, 4 doors down. It really is convenient spending holidays with both our families when they live on the same block. Instead of migrating up to the church that does a big fireworks show and having to brave the massive crowds, we stayed on the block and set off a great deal of illegal fireworks.

Our dogs were a wreck. My family's dog Ruby better than Theo's dog Dre. Dre spent most of the night in our bathtub, she jumped in there herself. Here's my parents bringing Ruby to see the fireworks.

Some good friends of ours have an almost 2 year old and it was really awesome seeing his face light up watch the fireworks.



I can see how holidays are more exciting again when you have children. I'm excited to one day take our kids to Disneyland, and see them wake up Christmas morning, and feel that wonder that they're experiencing. I bet it's kind of like being a kid again, maybe even better. Speaking of firsts, I really can't wait for all the firsts Theo and I will have as a married couple. First kiss, dance, trip (Cancun!).... think I'm getting just a little excited about our wedding being almost only 2 months away?? I think so!

Cupcakes

We went with both the in-laws this morning to cake taste! It was so yummy. We caved and ordered a mini cake with a ton of cupcakes. They may be so last year but I couldn't deny how much more affordable they were, not to mention how cute! Ours will not be nearly as couture as these gorgeous cupcakes, but they sure are great inspiration. We're getting them from our local bakery, Delicious Bakery. My parents have been going there since I was little for baked goods.
Here's to inspiration!

dreaming

It seems to be a trend of mine to post about once a month, which is sad. I could fill you in on everything that happened in June but ehhh... how bout just the cutest pic of my love and I at Lake Mead from this past weekend's trip with our families?
Maybe I'll upload the rest later... maybe.

I am so in love with our new room. In some insane act of generosity my parents decided to switch rooms with my fiance and I. It wasn't my idea, but we love it, and my parents are actually quite happy with the switch. I got to unpack some wedding shower gifts which was fun (bad karma? hmm. hope not.) It's given me a flash of what life will be like when we have a place of our own.
Oh a place of our own. I long for it. I absolutely love my family and will have some major homesickness I'm sure, but I want our own space so badly. We're ready for it. Luckily this move to the new room should hold us over for the next year, I hope!! We really don't want to have to rent. Our dream is to save up enough over the next year to afford a small home or townhouse to buy. I dream of a front porch, a kitchen of my own, a little garden, a big comfy couch in the living room, an awesome board game collection, being close to our parents houses, and last but definitely not least... a baby room. I'm getting ahead of myself, I know.
Wedding.... newlywed time together.... move.... baby.
So for now, I anxiously await the 18th of September when I see my handsome groom waiting across the beach for me. That's a dream I know will come true and I can't wait!!

Side note... I'm in love with CB2, it's like the young, hip Crate and Barrel but the closest one is on Sunset. I need to go get this pillow that's on sale! We love fish on decor. I have a small collection of fish plates developing. Kinda weird but totally cute!
http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=1010&f=5786

That's all for now. Need to strip because it is far too hot in our bedroom and not to mention time for bed. Friday tomorrow and three day weekend, yay!!