Getting Started...

I tried to think of a comical name for this blog, preferably something with the word “finally” in the title since it only took us 5 years to get to this point, 3 in which we were talking about getting married. We’re finally doing it though, and this time it’s easier than ever and it just seems to make more sense now.
So, in this blog I will be updating everyone on the planning process, including most of the little details. This is going to be a wedding planned on an extremely small budget, so I guess it might be interesting to see what kind of challenges we go through to keep things inexpensive yet nice.

The date is set for November. The plan is to arrive in Port Aransas a few days early to enjoy the beach, get married, leave to go back home the following morning, have the wedding reception the next day and then leave for our honeymoon!
Since the ceremony will be at Port Aransas, we are limiting our guest list to about 25 people, then the reception will be the huge party with tons of guests.
I do want to figure out a way to record the ceremony so that all of our loved ones who weren’t able to make it will still be able to see it if they would like to. It will most likely include a laptop, a webcam and some website that hosts webcams live. I will need to do my research on that.

So far, the details that we have decided on...
- Location
- Cake
- My Dresses (1 for the ceremony, 1 for the reception)
- Bridesmaid Dresses
- Our Colors
- Centerpiece Decorations
- Signature cocktail
There are a few other things that we have chosen, but I will get to those later. Miles (my son) is asleep in my arms right now.

Location: Juan Veramendi Park

Cake: There will be 3.
1. My cake - I really wanted to have my white chocolate raspberry cake, but he's allergic to chocolate so I had to choose another cake, though I would like to eat my raspberry cake still.
2. His cake - pumpkin spice with cream cheese frosting.
3. "Our" cake - Alternate tiers of white and chocolate, all with mint buttercream. A few years ago when we had first started planning, this was what we decided on. The only thing that changed it was tasting the white chocolate raspberry (and the thoughts wondering what a creamsicle cake would taste like). I had a dream the other night that I was eating a chocolate cake with mint buttercream at my wedding and it was heavinly.

My Dress: My ceremony dress isn't really a bridal gown. I will get the info on that
later.
- My reception dress is Porscha by Maggie Sottero. I bought it when we
first started planning so it has been retired.

Bridesmaid Dresses: David's Bridal Style F13128 in Canary Yellow, picture soon to come

Our Colors: Ceremony - Aqua, Tropical Orange & Yellow
Reception - Forest Green, Tropical Orange & Yellow

Centerpieces: Mint plants potted in painted terra cotta pots, citrine jewels scattered around outside of pot. We both love mint, and the citrine is special to us because both of our birthdays are in November, we're getting married in November and the center stone in my ring is a citrine (because of our birthdays... I wanted my ring to be symbolic and unique).

Signature Cocktail: Mojito