Saturday, July 25, 2009
So....since I'm shooting a wedding the Saturday of my b-day weekend, Al and I decided to celebrate my birthday and our 3 year anniversary (July 28th) today. So my day started out with a massage and facial and lunch at Moe's. A great start of the day! We came home, did house things and then went to dinner at Tacqueria del Sol/Sundown Cafe (the scene of our first date) followed by dancing at Lava/Cosmo.
We went to tacqueria for the best chicken fried tacos, shrimp corn chowder and margaritas in town. It was cool to kind of re-live our first date.
As we were leaving the restaurant, the hostess took a picture of us in front of the sundown cafe sign that they ended up not taking down with the switch over to tacqueria.
We headed down to midtown to continue the recreation of our first date. We drove bdancing y Leopard Lounge and it was DEAD, so we decided to hit up Lava/Cosmo. We had a great time dancing and hanging out.
I'm so glad that I finally got to go dancing (it's been way to long) and it was a great way to celebrate my early birthday :)
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thank you notes
Why can't I do this?
It's not hard.
It's just saying thank you.
How did I get so far behind?
Life is crazy. For the last year and some change, my life has been consumed by "the wedding".
Now that it's over, I have this sense of emptiness.......which I'm totally ok with.
I now just need to find something specific to focus on.
I'm currently working on my own wedding pictures, which has been VERY difficult, but because of the way my mind works, I need to be doing other things as well. I am a super multi-tasker. I need to just focus and just do it.
JUST DO IT!!!
It's not hard.
It's just saying thank you.
How did I get so far behind?
Life is crazy. For the last year and some change, my life has been consumed by "the wedding".
Now that it's over, I have this sense of emptiness.......which I'm totally ok with.
I now just need to find something specific to focus on.
I'm currently working on my own wedding pictures, which has been VERY difficult, but because of the way my mind works, I need to be doing other things as well. I am a super multi-tasker. I need to just focus and just do it.
JUST DO IT!!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Welcome to the world Penelope!
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Today started out like any other wedding shoot. I went to Shari's house and we headed to the bride's hotel to start taking getting ready pictures. However, on the way to the hotel I got a text I was not expecting.
"water broke" it said......OH CRAP!!!! I missed the baby shower and now I'm going to miss the birth.
Lindsay is my best friend and my world. Her being pregnant is a milestone in my life.
I started to cry...I was so upset. I immediately called Phil to let him know that I was shooting a wedding. I then called Al to tell him that he would be my proxy and my satellite and arranged for him to come pick up a camera in order to be at the hospital to document everything.
Throughout the day, I kept checking in with Al for updates. I was told that things were going slow and that nothing was really happening. I crossed my fingers and made a wish hoping that Penelope would wait. By 7 pm I was shocked to find out that there was still no updates. I check in again at 11pm after the wedding and still nothing. Al came home pretty late (after going to watch UFC) and I stayed up to wait for him. We went to bed around 2:30-3:00 am, but I couldn't sleep. At 4:11 am I received another text "time to push". With that I stumbled out of bed, threw some clothes on, grabbed my camera and drove to the hospital. I got to the Labor/Delivery waiting area at 4:43 am. Penelope Violet Samson was born at 4:56 am on July 12, 2009. She is 7 pounds, 10 ounces and 20 inches long. I sat in the waiting area with Lindsay's mom and we waited for Phil's parents. At 5:15ish, Phil came out to bring us back to the delivery room. He said "come meet my daughter!". It was the cutest thing ever. I've never seen/held at 20 minute old child and it was the most humbling experience ever. Penelope is PERFECT! She has Phil's nose, eyelashes and ears. She has Lindsay's chin and hair coloring. Penelope is also rocking the best baby mullet EVAH!!! So cute! I have tons of pictures and videos to share and will update soon. So, after the grandparents got to hold her, it was my turn. Phil handed her over to me and said "meet Aunt Alicia". My heart melted. My voice caught in my throat as my eyes teared up. Lindsay was right, I cried and then I felt this amazing tug on my uterus....dear lord it has begun......
I got to witness the first few hours of Penelope's life which included her first feeding, her official check up, her first shot, her first bath, her first footprints.....a million firsts it seemed. With everything that the nurse did, she provided a commentary. They don't like this and will cry....ding....they don't mind the needle but hate the medicine...ding...they hate the bath....ding, ding. I was in awe of Penelope....and Lindsay. She was so exhausted after having endured such a strange circumstance during the labor process. Despite her water breaking so early, she didn't officially go into labor. She didn't have any contractions unless she was walking and wasn't dialating. They actually had to induce labor because of the amount of time that had passed and she eventually got an epidural. Lindsay slept and then when she woke up, it was go time. She was a trooper. I'm so proud of her. She kept saying how surreal it was, she couldn't believe what had just happened. WOW! My best friend just had a baby! Insane!
I was so exhausted, that I left around 7am right before the moved Lindsay to her new room upstairs. I dragged myself home and passed out on the bed. I slept until 2:00 pm. After recollecting myself, Al and I went over to my office to pick out some of our wedding pictures for a slideshow. We then grabbed some food and headed over to the hospital to visit the Samson family. When we arrived, Amy and John (Phil's sister and brother-in-law) and Roger (Phil's dad) were still hanging out. They left shortly after and Al and I got to spend some time with the Samson's. Both Al and I got to hold Penny and I think we were both just absolutely smitten. I loved watching Al hold her....it was ADORABLE! I can't WAIT!!!!!
Today started out like any other wedding shoot. I went to Shari's house and we headed to the bride's hotel to start taking getting ready pictures. However, on the way to the hotel I got a text I was not expecting.
"water broke" it said......OH CRAP!!!! I missed the baby shower and now I'm going to miss the birth.
Lindsay is my best friend and my world. Her being pregnant is a milestone in my life.
I started to cry...I was so upset. I immediately called Phil to let him know that I was shooting a wedding. I then called Al to tell him that he would be my proxy and my satellite and arranged for him to come pick up a camera in order to be at the hospital to document everything.
Throughout the day, I kept checking in with Al for updates. I was told that things were going slow and that nothing was really happening. I crossed my fingers and made a wish hoping that Penelope would wait. By 7 pm I was shocked to find out that there was still no updates. I check in again at 11pm after the wedding and still nothing. Al came home pretty late (after going to watch UFC) and I stayed up to wait for him. We went to bed around 2:30-3:00 am, but I couldn't sleep. At 4:11 am I received another text "time to push". With that I stumbled out of bed, threw some clothes on, grabbed my camera and drove to the hospital. I got to the Labor/Delivery waiting area at 4:43 am. Penelope Violet Samson was born at 4:56 am on July 12, 2009. She is 7 pounds, 10 ounces and 20 inches long. I sat in the waiting area with Lindsay's mom and we waited for Phil's parents. At 5:15ish, Phil came out to bring us back to the delivery room. He said "come meet my daughter!". It was the cutest thing ever. I've never seen/held at 20 minute old child and it was the most humbling experience ever. Penelope is PERFECT! She has Phil's nose, eyelashes and ears. She has Lindsay's chin and hair coloring. Penelope is also rocking the best baby mullet EVAH!!! So cute! I have tons of pictures and videos to share and will update soon. So, after the grandparents got to hold her, it was my turn. Phil handed her over to me and said "meet Aunt Alicia". My heart melted. My voice caught in my throat as my eyes teared up. Lindsay was right, I cried and then I felt this amazing tug on my uterus....dear lord it has begun......
I got to witness the first few hours of Penelope's life which included her first feeding, her official check up, her first shot, her first bath, her first footprints.....a million firsts it seemed. With everything that the nurse did, she provided a commentary. They don't like this and will cry....ding....they don't mind the needle but hate the medicine...ding...they hate the bath....ding, ding. I was in awe of Penelope....and Lindsay. She was so exhausted after having endured such a strange circumstance during the labor process. Despite her water breaking so early, she didn't officially go into labor. She didn't have any contractions unless she was walking and wasn't dialating. They actually had to induce labor because of the amount of time that had passed and she eventually got an epidural. Lindsay slept and then when she woke up, it was go time. She was a trooper. I'm so proud of her. She kept saying how surreal it was, she couldn't believe what had just happened. WOW! My best friend just had a baby! Insane!
I was so exhausted, that I left around 7am right before the moved Lindsay to her new room upstairs. I dragged myself home and passed out on the bed. I slept until 2:00 pm. After recollecting myself, Al and I went over to my office to pick out some of our wedding pictures for a slideshow. We then grabbed some food and headed over to the hospital to visit the Samson family. When we arrived, Amy and John (Phil's sister and brother-in-law) and Roger (Phil's dad) were still hanging out. They left shortly after and Al and I got to spend some time with the Samson's. Both Al and I got to hold Penny and I think we were both just absolutely smitten. I loved watching Al hold her....it was ADORABLE! I can't WAIT!!!!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Airbrush Makeup Trial
I had my makeup trial with Toni Acey today and it was pretty awesome!
I've never been airbrushed before and it was suprisingly relaxing. It's very cool on your skin and practically weightless. I loved the way my eyes turned out and was really happy with the fake eyelashes, though it was a little hard to get used to them on my eyes. I HATED the color that my lipstick turned. When Toni put my lipstick on at the salon, it was a beautiful berry color, but 20 minutes later it had turned into a bright pink monstrosity. I also felt like the eyeliner on my bottom lids closed up my freakishly tiny eyes even more than usual, so I'm hoping that the day of, we can change a few things. I'm so excited though, because I'm really happy with the way the makeup lasted and didn't "fall" off my face, even after a long day. I'm so excited and I'm super confident about my choice.
Friday, May 22, 2009
My Christening Bonnet
So, when I was a baby and had my christening (baptism), I wore a white baby gown and a white bonnet edged in lace. This was no ordinary bonnet. This bonnet was also to be my wedding handkerchief if I ever got married.
So...a month before the wedding, my mom began what would become the tedious task of converting my christening bonnet into my wedding handkerchief. She sat down with a pair of scissors and some good old elbow grease to get the hundreds of threads out that created the original bonnet.
Mom said she waited 27 years to do this and she was so happy (and of course she cried).
I wasn't sure how I would carry my handkerchief because I knew I didn't want to carry a clutch the day of and I didn't want to "tuck it in" anywhere and I wanted to have it with me as I walked down the aisle instead of having Al hold it for me. In the end I decided to wrap my bouquet with my handkerchief to have it near me at all times. It worked out perfectly! I'm hoping to make this another family heirloom that I can pass along to my children and I might have to develop some sort of sewing skills so I can return the handkerchief to it's bonnet state.....hmmmm....
So...a month before the wedding, my mom began what would become the tedious task of converting my christening bonnet into my wedding handkerchief. She sat down with a pair of scissors and some good old elbow grease to get the hundreds of threads out that created the original bonnet.
Mom said she waited 27 years to do this and she was so happy (and of course she cried). 
I wasn't sure how I would carry my handkerchief because I knew I didn't want to carry a clutch the day of and I didn't want to "tuck it in" anywhere and I wanted to have it with me as I walked down the aisle instead of having Al hold it for me. In the end I decided to wrap my bouquet with my handkerchief to have it near me at all times. It worked out perfectly! I'm hoping to make this another family heirloom that I can pass along to my children and I might have to develop some sort of sewing skills so I can return the handkerchief to it's bonnet state.....hmmmm....
Thursday, May 21, 2009
The Rehearsal Dinner
We finally got confirmation that the rehearsal dinner will be taking place at Parker's on Ponce which is a steakhouse.
That is all I know.
http://www.parkersonponce.com/
That is all I know.
http://www.parkersonponce.com/
Wedding Day Transportation
So after many months of going back and forth and budgeting, we've decided against booking the Georgia Tech Ramblin Wreck as our getaway car. We've decided to go with a vintage 33' black classic Buick also known as FDR's limo. The car was recommended to us by my photographer Shari. She had worked with Rob from Charisma Coach on many different occasions and the car is her FAVORITE!!! It's gorgeous and super roomy which is awesome for my big poofy dress. I can't wait to ride in it.
We're booking the car so that it will take me and my parents to church and then take me and Al from the church back to the reception. I CAN'T WAIT and I'm so excited to see the car in person.
When I contacted Rob and told him that I worked with Shari, he was thrilled to work with me and also gave me an industry discount. How AWESOME!!!!
I'm so excited that I've been able to get some great discounts and been able to save money on planning the wedding of my dreams!!!!!
We're booking the car so that it will take me and my parents to church and then take me and Al from the church back to the reception. I CAN'T WAIT and I'm so excited to see the car in person.
When I contacted Rob and told him that I worked with Shari, he was thrilled to work with me and also gave me an industry discount. How AWESOME!!!!
I'm so excited that I've been able to get some great discounts and been able to save money on planning the wedding of my dreams!!!!!
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