Bricks, Shingles, & Windows

They're up/on!













So, I think I'm sort of like a Mother-To-Be about this whole house thing. It's all I can talk about and I'm afraid everyone may be a little sick of me at this point. ;) It's just insane to me how fast this whole process has been moving along the past few weeks, so every time there is a new development- I MUST SHOW YOU. And even if no one is reading this, I will love looking back at it.

(And just to clear this up- I love hearing Mothers-To-Be ramble about their protruding bellies so maybe (hopefully) other people aren't annoyed by my house-baby ramblings. lol.) OH and be sure to keep up with my Flickr (here) if you want to see other pictures or the descriptions that I post. I don't usually post them all here.

Take A Tour: Vlog! :)

There has been a lot of progress on the house! Take a look! =)

Building Our Home from Stephanie Lynn on Vimeo.

And, our first kiss in our living room. ;)



We put the wedding invitations together and will be mailing them out by the end of the week! We've also started the cleaning and packing process. I have taken pictures of pretty much everything we've done and will flood you with them soon enough. I'm back in the blogging mood and it feels good. :)

Bridal Shower Thank Yous!

Finally found the perfect "Thank You" notes at Target. =) *stares at the box* Do you think that they'll write and send themselves? ;)




Just kidding! I'm excited to let each and every person who bought us a present know how much it means to me (and Nate)! Speaking of Target, they have some things that they didn't have when we were in to do the registry and we need to put some more things on! Can't wait to scan some more home goodies. :)

Building The House

I'm not sure what I last updated with on the progress of the house so I thought I would share a few photos that we've taken out at the site! The last visit we made was on Sunday afternoon and it was absolutely beautiful! We walked out in our "backyard" and went down to the pond that's about 3 minutes walking distance from our lot. It looks like they're just about to pour the foundation- they've done a lot to the land but since we are not construction workers we're not exactly sure what has actually been done. There are little "trenches" .. for plumbing and such? Hah... yeaahh.


Looking out into our future backyard..


Looking toward the street and our future across the street neighbor's homes.


Nate trudging through the dirt. (my shoes were real sad after a few minutes of walking out here!)


This is "our pond". I envision many Summer days spent beside this pond. :)
**I took this picture through the lense of my sunglasses! Cheap photography tricks, yall. ;)


Here is a lovely picture taken by the pond. A reminder that Spring is here!


..and the same flower in a different view!


Apparently this area between our back yard and the pond used to be a corn field!


I could just lay here all day and stare at the clouds passing by!


And lastly, I love the lines in this one....




And there you have it. :) I will keep you posted on the progress! I'm excited to take pictures of every stage. It will be neat to look back and see what used to be just a piece of dirt and how it has transformed into our home. <3

Bridal Shower Recap

Right so, I wanted to type up this whole blog about my amazing Bridal Shower- and the thing is- it was amazing. But I can't really put it into words! Because if I do it goes something like this- "OMG, it was SO GREAT. Friends! TEA! PRESENTS. asjdlkkajsd. PRESENTS AND FRIENDS AND TEA. And PINK. And.. flowers! PRETTY flowers!!! ... and so many presents. AND so much fun! OOohhhhhhh... perfect!" Yeah. That's what this day looks like in my head and I wont subject you to that so just look at the pictures, kay?


The overall Tea Party set-up!




Would you like some noms? (I had to say "noms" because apparently I say that word a lot and it makes people laugh.)




My Mom & I- we don't look alike at ALL do we?



Tea time up front!


The "littlest" tea party going on in the corner! <3



My soon to be Sister-in-Law, Erin (party planner extraordinaire) playing with my Niece Bella! Love her tutu!



The daunting present corner!



Playing "The Price Is Right" with the gals! They had to figure out how much my basket of stuff was worth!



OH look how lovingly I am staring into the handheld mixer's eyes!



These salt & pepper squeezey things rock my face off! They're magnets and you SQUEEZE them instead of turning them like normal salt & pepper grinders.





My kind of cooking- put it in and WALK AWAY. ;)



SO excited about this rice cooker and vegetable steamer! MMMM!



Embroidered oven mits and towels! <3 LOL at some of my friends wondering why someone would embroider my current initial onto my wedding present. (My initial isn't changing, HAH. The first three letters aren't even changing!)



And one last present picture. There are a million, thanks to Ashley!



Wait I lied - I can't forget the SPOONTULA!



My little Ballerina!





My beautiful cake made by my other soon to be Sister-in-Law, Kristi!





My two wonderful girls, Tabitha & Ashley!






More pretty-ness~









Mom & I!



Self portrait!



Surprise!



A few boys that snuck into the party! (Nate and my soon to be Father-in-Law!)



And lastly- all of my beautiful girls! Love, love, love!