Alison Whines

Actually, it's Alison Wines. That's the name of the vineyard that's located in the Hudson Valley from which Beck got me a bottle of wine for Christmas. It was part of a "Things with your name on it" theme. She also got me a set of notecards with my "new" name on it: Alison Knowlton. (Giggle!!!) Anyway, I was sitting here thinking that it'd kind of be cute to have a bottle of red and a bottle of white on the table: one named Alison and the other named Alexander. I tried googling Alexander vineyard but I didn't find any Alexander wines - just Alexander Valley Vineyards. Maybe that'd work...

Anyway, I thought that "AlisonWines.com" was a funny name for a website. I told Alex the name of he site and he said, "It's true." Whatever. ;)

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Soooo... Since Alex's grandmother isn't going to be at the wedding and since there's a possibility that Beck might not be there, I started to consider having a videographer at the wedding. I emailed and called a bunch of people and the first demo DVDs came today. One guy sent a full sample DVD from a wedding he did at our site - at the Franklin Plaza!

I've never been to a wedding there so I was sooooo excited to see the video!! :) I got super-hyper-excited while we were watching it. :) Alex was not so hyper/excited. He was sitting in his chair playing World of Warcraft rolling his eyes at me. I jumped around the living room, running up to the TV to point out the things that I loved about the ballroom, etc. The wedding on the DVD didn't have flowers on the candelabras, just candles like I'm planning on. They had the ceremony there and a harpist. It was so great seeing things "in action" that I'm thinking about.

I'm sooooooo excited!! :) There's still so much to do, but the planning is almost the best part! ;)

More Big News!

Michele, my friend from work, got engaged on Christmas morning! She completely wasn't expecting it! Darryl gave her his grandmother's ring - it looks so perfect on her finger! :) I'm so happy for them! She's very cute about it - kind of shy... She barely told anyone our first day back at work. :) I ran out on lunch and got her a bridal planner. She totally made my day when she told me that she felt lucky to be sitting next to me because I could help her if she needs it with the planning. :)

Congrats, Michele & Darryl! :)

CONGRATULATIONS BECK AND KEVIN!!!!

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a BABY in a baby carriage!!!

Yay!!! :) :) :)

Her due date is July 16th, which is one day before my birthday... and 11 days before our wedding. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a prompt baby so that Beck can still be at the wedding. Actually, my prediction is a girl on July 14th. I think 7/14 is a cool date because 7 x 2 is 14. I love dates like that.

Sooo... as a back up, I've started the search for a videographer. If she can't be there in person, then at least we can watch the video together. Ooh! Maybe we can webcast it! I hope she can be there, though... I can't imagine my wedding without Beck!

Anyway, I'm very excited for her. Beck's gonna be a Mommy! Awwww... :)