A New Chapter: Coming Soon

I am beginning to get that butterfly feeling every time I think about the wedding. It's nerve racking but it's also so exciting that it is just around the corner. Tomorrow will be SEVENTY days until we are hitched. That's it.

Our first shower is this weekend and I am really excited (obviously) but also kind of on edge. I think I mentioned this in my last post, but it is mostly Logan's family friends and I just want them to love me, haha. I also have a sort of fear and awkwardness of being the center of attention when it's not under my control. I don't mind be in the spotlight if I put myself there... but just being expected to be the center of attention and everyone making me the center of attention always makes me super awkward and I may or may not have a REALLY bad habit of laughing uncontrollably when I feel awkward. This could potentially be very rough. AHH.

Well in other, less scary, news, the apartment is coming right along. :) It's so sweet that Logan has prioritized getting it all ready because he wants it to be ready to hold all of our stuff we get from showers and such. I love his natural masculine desire to provide a home for me and to prepare a place for me. It really is one of the sweetest things I've experienced in our relationship thus far.

His wonderful parents bought us a bed as our wedding gift and it is just beautiful. We spent three hours the other night putting it together and it could not be more perfect! Earlier that day we went mattress shopping and it was such a hilarious excursion. It wasn't hilarious to us at the time, but looking back I'm sure all the sales people we talked to thought we were crazy. I think we were acting like an old married couple. This is how the conversations went (over and over):

J - "Ohh this is nice, what do you think, honey?"
L - "That is totally your call. I'm just concerned with the price tag, you're the one with the preferences."
J - "Yes but do you like it? I want you to like it, too!"
L - "If you're happy, I'm happy baby."
J - "I'm happy... but do you like it??"

Hahha. We finally ended up with a foam one that I took a nap on (you know, to test it out) yesterday at the apartment and it is FABULOUS.

We also finished our local registry at West Elm. That was tricky, because since it isn't a national registry you don't get a fun scanner and go around playing with things. Instead you have to list, item by item, all of the things you want to register for to a sales associate who puts it on this special piece of paper. It was semi-intimidating so I avoided a lot of the things I probably would have registered for if we had had a scanner and no pressure. But that's okay, it was really just a way for us to make a "wish list" of the things we're hoping to get for our apartment someday rather than a list for what we want others to buy us.

Oh and we got a proof back for our invitations! They are going to be SO CHEAP I am pumped. When the printer emailed us the quote I couldn't believe my eyes, Bill Prady really hooked us up and I am so thankful. This means that we can stick to our string tie envelope that Logan and I are in love with, since they're a little pricier. Yayy! And those will probably be on time, which is such a relief after the Save the Dates ended up being two months later than planned.

Anywho. I am so looking forward to not having to say goodbye to Logan every night. All of the things I thought would be trivial in marriage are now the things I'm looking forward to the most, like sleeping in the same bed (something we've never done), riding home together and not having to immediately get back in my car to leave, and being able to travel together. It's going to be so nice, I'm looking forward to it.

Okay, it's past my bedtime. Love you all.