pretty sure this is it for ms. frost

September 4

Bedroom

The bench legs getting some ac air to help the finish dry.

September 5

Front yard

One bench! (Explanation: Andy is making four benches as gifts for the families that live on the compound where our wedding will be. They are also going to be used in the ceremony for seating for the older folks.)

September 6

Bedroom

Adah in her pillow crib again. I love her little legs trying to poke out. I swear she looks like she's grown so much since the last time I took a picture of her sleeping on the bed on August 31.

September 7

Living Room

His and her wedding gift from Cousin Paul and Shannon. Awesome! I can't wait to not cry when I cut onions.

September 8

Olio

Molly, my wedding date partner, and I making ourselves at home as we have a not-so-cold one. We were reflecting on how we are both getting married in two weeks!

September 9

James River

Andy's back satchel is getting full of skipping rocks. We had a contest to see who could find the best skipping rock and I won. Or maybe I was the only one having the contest...

September 10

Office

I booked us a room at a bed and breakfast and went ahead and used our new salutation. :) 

September 11

Bedroom

Z must be sensing our departure because she has been napping and sleeping in the bed. I wish she were as nice as she is cute.

September 12

Church Hill

Took an afternoon stroll with Sister and Adah. We saw the city from up high. I'm going to go ahead and say it's a nice place to be. (Ten days.)

September 13

Living Room

The packing piles are started! We head out butt-early Saturday morning. That's okay because I love to get up at 3:45 am now!

September 14
Living Room
Last of the truck snacks have been purchased. We could leave for Arkansas right now and be okay.

September 15
Parent's Carport
 Little Rock, AR
The infamous chalkboard greets us after our quick and easy 15-hour drive. (7 days! Holy smokes! or Holy shitballs! if you're talking to Matt.)

We aren't big countdowners, but we're kind of counting down

August 17

Kitchen

What I did with a zillion peaches: made some mini tarts. Along with a peach cobbler and three bags of frozen peaches for smoothies.

August 18

Bathroom

To me this is more than just my cat climbing up for a pet. It's a reminder of how shy I am when it comes to taking pictures. I just got home from an evening of hanging out with friends, plenty of opportunity to make my life look more interesting than just being a lady with a cat. But no, taking a picture might have drawn attention to myself.

August 19

Otter Cove

Guest photographer Andy. He's been working hard on some benches for the wedding, but took the time to notice this nature.

August 20

Cupertino's

This morning at work two girls were talking about delicious New York style bagel sandwiches. I got off at 11 am so I had to go have one. Again, it was no Bagel Delight, but it was nice to discover a place  where I can get a semi-fix. It's actually probably a good thing that they aren't the best bagels I've ever had in the world or I would develop a dangerous habit.

August 21

Bedroom

This is how Andy naps in the daytime when he gets off work and has had a night of saving lives. It's nice for him because it blocks out the sunlight and it's nice for me because it muffles his snoring.

August 22

Otter Cove

Finally I was able to get down to the river to "help" with the benches. We got there just in time for sunset on the dock. As a side note, anytime I hang my feet over the edge of a dock, I think of Honduras and get nostalgic/happy about those months of my life.

This was also a great way to celebrate One Month(!) until the wedding.

August 23

Otter Cove

The bench maker.

August 24

Bedroom

I think this was just an illustration of how lame I was being that night. I did get home from the river the night before at about midnight and had to work at 6:30 so I must have been really tired.

August 25

Otter Cove

Again, guest photographer Andy hard at work.

August 26

Otter Cove

So this week I barely saw Andy because he was at the river the whole time and I was in Richmond. He had his grandparents over to test out a bench. He gave them giant tools to hold.

August 27

Stella's

A little lady brunch to celebrate the upcoming festivities!

August 28

Living Room

I get to babysit this little superhero sometimes and it is so much fun.

August 29

Virginia Historical Society

Food truck potluck. My first RVA food truck experience actually. It was hard to choose which one to try, but I went with some tacos and one of them nearly burnt my tongue off it was so spicy. But good!

August 30

Kitchen window

Wedding crafting from my end. (Andy does the manly stuff, like making benches from scratch, and I do the girlie things like taping photographs to tags and hanging them from rods). This is not the final product, which I didn't take a picture of before sending home with Mom, but turned out wonderfully!

August 31

Bedroom

Tiny Adah in her pillow fort.

September 1

Office

I love colors! And crafting supplies!

Notice the change of months. We aren't crazy countdowners, but we can now say we're getting married this month. I'm just calmly expressing the passing of time and how it relates to significant events.

September 2

Sister's house

Admittedly, this is not the most flattering picture of Adah, but she is wearing a headband and a tutu-type skirt.

 

September 3

Whole Foods

The time is 4:23 am. I am at work. But at least I have awesome new socks. (Oh yeah, I started doing the baking in the mornings. That means crazy early in and crazy early out.)
And for good measure, nineteen days and we're hitched.

pocahontas and other girls

August 9

Sister's

High-fiving the US Women's Soccer team gold medal.

August 10

Bedroom

End of the day panic photo. Is it the dresser! Or the closet! Or the bed! I like to keep people on their toes.

August 11

Shockoe Bottom

That's the train station at night. We ate dinner at Bottom's Up and this was the sight greeting us when we got back to the car. I mean, it was there when we arrived and got out of the car, but it wasn't all lit up and glowing.

August 12

Sister's

Sleeping baby, sleeping dog.

August 13

Office

I could stop here and Andy would have a pretty awesome arm warmer!

August 14

Pocahontas State Park

My friend Molly and I took a day adventure and went to this park. We hiked and, wait for it...paddle boated! It was pretty much the best Tuesday ever.

August 15

Dining Room

Andy brought home a box of fresh peaches. I peeled and pitted all of them.

August 16

Living Room

Floor time with Adah. She's hanging with my gator. He could eat her, but he's soft and nice.

we checked something off the list!

July 23

Kitchen

Fresh cherry and nectarine pie trying out a vegan crust. What I learned: That crust needs to bake for about two hours!

July 24

Sister's

Sweet Adah. All she does is sleep.

July 25

Dining Room

Rearrangements from Mom's visit. Our dining room is now just a room with the cyborg in it.

July 26

Culinary School

One reason I like this job is because this was my dinner while at work. And that's when there was just one chocolate on my plate.

July 27

Maidens

We went out to check on the dog at the Whitten's and they have a pink wheelbarrow for girl gardening.

July 28

Living Room

Adah visits for the first time and she dresses real cute for the occasion! 

July 29

Office

Working on getting our wedding bands so we emailed a picture of my engagement ring to the guy who made it.

July 30

Church Hill

I guess if I were a bird in a cage I would want to be a bird in a cage on a front porch.

July 31

New Dining Room (ie. Sunroom)

So many people came to work wanting good bread for BLTs. I could not stop thinking about bacon so this was my solution. Homemade veggie quinoa burgers. With bacon on them.

August 1

Lewis Ginter

Butterflies alive! You can go in a room in the conservancy with hundreds of neat butterflies flying around. 

*Side note: We can now say that we are getting married next month!*

August 2

Old Dining Room

Hosting potluck. Lots of good food, drink, and company.

August 3

Club Road

This tree had arms all over the place.

August 4

Sunroom

Somebody brought flowers home.

August 5

Car Floorboard

I looked down on my way to work and noticed that the same somebody who brought flowers home also rainbowed my laces! Though he adamantly denies it.

August 6

Sunroom

We wanted to weigh Adah on the kitchen scale but it maxes out at 5 lbs. Instead we just put her in the fruit bowl.

August 7

Hugo Kohl Studio, Harrisonburg

We went to pick out our wedding bands! Hugo uses antique presses to make rings and such. There are some funny tweedle dee and dum ones on that lower shelf.

Skyline Drive

We took the scenic route home.

August 8

Bedroom

I could be dangling my legs over a dock in to the ocean, but it's just me getting in to bed.