Welcome to the family Ruby Anderson!!!

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.
-- Anonymous










And with little girls...it's all in the details =)

Inspired Bride

Just a couple of things that' been on my mind:



Wedding Ceremony + Reception: Hyatt, St. Louis, MO
Dress: Maggie Sotterio (And it's hanging in my closet!!!)
Flowers: August Bloom Florist, Main St. Edwardsville
Save the Date: Me+Photoshop+Vista Print=delivered Friday
Invitations: Kinda decided??
Girls dress: not exactly picked out
Tux: A tux is a tux? Is it wrong to think like that?
DJ: Next official decision
Videographer: Not sure?
Cake: Belleville Cup Cake Company

This week's project

It's funny how sitting at a computer starts as this:

And turns into a fun little this:

And wa-lah. My save the date is done! Hello Vista print!!! I got one thing mostly scratched off my forever growing To-Do list!!

Shannon is in the beginning stages of labor and I can't sleep! I am sure I will have this uploaded to them before I head off to Campaign tomorrow!! What an exciting week!! =)

Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog,
by Taylor Mali

First of all, it’s a big responsibility,
especially in a city like St. Louis
So think long and hard before deciding on love.
On the other hand, love gives you a sense of security:
when you’re walking down the street late at night
and you have a leash on love
ain’t no one going to mess with you.
Because crooks and muggers think love is unpredictable.
Who knows what love could do in its own defense?

On cold winter nights, love is warm.
It lies between you and lives and breathes
and makes funny noises.
Love wakes you up all hours of the night with its needs.
It needs to be fed so it will grow and stay healthy.

Love doesn’t like being left alone for long.
But come home and love is always happy to see you.
It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life,
but you can never be mad at love for long.

Is love good all the time? No! No!
Love can be bad. Bad, love, bad! Very bad love.

Love makes messes.
Love leaves you little surprises here and there.
Love needs lots of cleaning up after.
Sometimes you just want to get love fixed.
Sometimes you want to roll up a piece of newspaper
and swat love on the nose,
not so much to cause pain,
just to let love know Don’t you ever do that again!

Sometimes love just wants to go for a nice long walk.
Because love loves exercise.
It runs you around the block and leaves you panting.
It pulls you in several different directions at once,
or winds around and around you
until you’re all wound up and can’t move.

But love makes you meet people wherever you go.
People who have nothing in common but love
stop and talk to each other on the street.
Throw things away and love will bring them back,
again, and again, and again.
But most of all, love needs love, lots of it.
And in return, love loves you and never stops.