Living Life As A Newlywed

Now that I am no longer planning a wedding (which btw I can't tell you how happy I am about this)I don't need a blog called Planning Our Wedding. I have decided even though I didn't have a lot of followers on my wedding blog that I would not give up blogging and am working on a new blog.

The new blog is titled Living Life As A Newlywed and will consist of me writing about everyday life and my journey as a new wife interested to see if married life changes things after being with each other for 7 years and living together before marriage. I encourage all the 14 people who follow me now (not a joke) to please start following me on my new blog. This is definitely going to be a change for me trying to figure out something interesting to write instead of writing about our wedding plans.

My first post will be about our fabulous honeymoon so go check it out!!!!!!!!!!! Like Now! Go!!!!!!!!!!!

Went from Being a Ms. to a Mrs.

Well hello lovelies!

Oh how I've missed thee. Well I am finally back from our honeymoon and am now Mrs. Heather A. Lopez!!!!!! The wedding was beautiful! I have to first say that everything went by soooooooooo fast, most of it is a total blur.

So I got up early that morning and we had our hair appointments that started at 9 a.m. Then after our hair was done we went to one of my bridesmaids house to get our makeup done. Then around 2:30 p.m. I headed to the venue to finish setting up what I needed to set up. Around 3 is when the bridal party arrived at the venue to get ready. It was very hard for me to stay in the back room and not have control of what needed to be done. Trusting friends to give the flowers to the right grandparents and parents, etc. etc.

Once it was time to start walking out, I got soooooooooo nervous and couldnt believe this was finally happening. As soon as I get to the aisle runner to walk down I LOST it!!!!!!!!!!! I mean completely lost it!!!!!!!!!!! I was crying like a baby. I can't even tell you why! I didn't notice anything except for Joey. I didn't see the people in the aisles, our wedding party or even the flowers on the ground. My face was sooooo red and I must say I was taken totally off guard by it.

The ceremony was beautiful but we did have just a few blunders. The first was our vows.  I found the vows that I wanted us to say from online. As soon as I saw it I knew it was perfect for us. Its a little non traditional and contemporary and a little long. Here is what we vowed to each other:

I, ______, choose you, ______, to be my wife/husband. I love you. You are my best friend. Today I give myself to you in marriage. I promise to encourage and inspire you, to laugh with you, and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle. I promise to love you in good times and in bad, when life seems easy and when it seems hard, when our love is simple, and when it is an effort. I promise to cherish you, and to always hold you in highest regard. These things I give to you today, and all the days of our life.  

So at some point when I'm saying my vow I have to get the pastor to repeat the sentence 2x!!!!!!!! Not just once but twice. I'm telling you I was a wreck. The next blunder was our outer candles for our unity candle wasnt lit. So when it got time to light the candle we had to stop and ask someone for a lighter! LOL

Other than that the night was great. Just wish it wouldn't have gone by soooo fast. It will be a little while before I get our wedding pictures but here is a sneak peek!

Thankful Thursday

With 2 days away from our wedding, I wanted to thank everyone who has been a part of this journey. We started out with a 14 month engagement and it has been a long and mostly stressful process. I have enjoyed most of it but probably would have lost my mind without the help of friends, blogger friends and family to help me get through.

I am very lucky to have so many people that love me and support me. This is why we have such a large wedding party! First I want to say thank you to my few blogger friends who have helped give me advice and words of encouragement to get through some of the madness that is wedding planning!

Next I want to thank my wonderful friends and wedding party for just being them and being our friends!!!!!! Most of them have been with us from the very beginning back in 2003!!!!! It has been a long and wonderfully sometimes bumpy ride and we are so glad to have always had yalls support even when we made a maybe not so smart decision back in the day.

To our family, we want you know that yall mean the world to us! We had this big wedding so that yall could be a part of it and enjoy the day with us. We are soooo thankful for everything yall have done for us and supporting us through the good times and the bad. We love yall very much!

To those that are no longer with us, we miss you dearly! Words can not express how much we wish you were here. Dad, I wish you were here to walk me down the aisle. I will be thinking of you and so glad you and Joey got to spend time together before you passed away. Grandpa and Grandma Hill, I wish sooooo badly that you could have met Joey. Papa you would have loved him. He loves baseball just as much as you did. Yall would have gotten along great!

Well thanks again everyone for your support and encouragement and we love you!!!!!!!!!!1

Wedding Wednesday {4.21.10}

Well I've finally got my dress!!!!!!!!!!!! It turned out great! I also had a dress made to change into later during the reception. The only thing I have to say about the whole dress thing is I wish I would have actually lost some weight. It makes me sad that I'm back at my heaviest for the most important day of my life. I guess I'm just so disappointed in myself for not following through with it. I've been having a really hard time with this lately.

I don't know what it is but I have a little control problem that probably comes from the madhouse that I grew up in. But the only thing I can't seem to control is my weight and problem with food. I dont really want to talk about it anymore because I am supposed to be happy that I'm getting married this weekend. And yes I know I'm by no means "fat" but because I am only 5'4" I am bigger than what I would like to be.

To lighten up the mood I've decided to share my dresses with you all. Joey has not seen my wedding dress and luckily he does not read my blog! So without further adue here they are:

Tisk Task Tuesday {4.20.10}

Countdown: 4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG, I cant believe I'm finally getting married in 4 days! I have been so stressed  making sure that I'm not forgetting anything and hoping that the logistics of the wedding go smoothly and of course wanting to make sure everyone has a good time.

The only thing we have left to do is finish packing and putting everything in my car. Later today we meet with our officiate for the first time together. We have a pretty good idea of how the ceremony is going to go but just looking over everything one last time. We have to pick Joey's dad up from the airport late Wednesday night and then Thursday right after work I leave to Katy to stay with my best friend and foster family. Friday we have our nail appointment and then I'll be heading to our venue around 3 to drop off the rest of our items and set up.

Then our rehearsal starts at 5pm on Friday and after the rehearsal we are heading to dinner at Los Cucos. Then Saturday I will be Mrs. Joey Lopez!!!!!!

Monday Mantra {4.19.10}

• This week I am GETTING MARRIED!
• I believe that stressing is bad for you.
• I'm addicted to spending time with Joey.
• I hope that we have a beautiful wedding and everyone has a great time.
• I'm jealous of noone or nothing this week.
• Soundtrack/Mantra of the week: The Bridal March

 Also this marks my 100th post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And my last Monday Mantra before becoming a married woman!

Half Full Friday {4.16.10}

 

 

• I am happy that I am getting married in 8 days!!!!!!!!!
• I am happy that I'm getting my dress today (or at least I better be)!!!!!!
• I am happy that this weekend I will be getting my engagement ring cleaned, getting eyebrows done, cleaning house and spending some time with one of my future brother-in-laws.
• I am happy that this is the last weekend before I am a married woman.

 

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Wedding Wednesday - Songs

Since we now have 10 days until the wedding, I thought I would share some of our songs for the wedding.

Prelude (Guests being seated): All My Life (KC & JoJo), Bless the Broken Road (Rascal Flatts), Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion), I knew I loved You (Savage Garden)


Processional (Parents & Bridal Party Walk in): Butterfly Waltz (Brian Crain)
Bride Walks In: Bridal March-Instrumental (Jonathan Cain-Journey)

Recessional (Bride & Groom and Wedding Party Walks Out): You’re my best friend (Queen)

Postlude (Guest Walk Out): Beautiful Day (U2) How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)

Reception Entrance & First Dance: Lost in this Moment (Big & Rich)

As you can see we have a very eclectic list as we like all different types of music.

What are/were some of you song choices?

Tisk Task Tuesday {4.13.10}

Countdown: 11 days!!!!!!

That's right only a few more days and we're down to single digits! Isn't that just crazy! Well first let me say I still haven't received my dress yet. I should get it tomorrow but not gonna hold my breath. I met with my dress lady yesterday and did get to see the top of my dress finished and it is beautiful! She is still working on the bottom part of my dress.

This weekend I went to stay the weekend with my foster parents and was very very busy. Friday, me and my foster mom worked on my favors. We decided to do Navy blue boxes with white Jordan Almonds inside and a white bow on top. Well let me just say someone should have told me ahead of time that the boxes were not going to come already made. Yep that's right they came looking like this:

So me and my foster mom had to put all 125 of them together. Then stuff them with the almonds then put the bows on them. Here is a pic of the final product:

We did get them all finished on Friday thank goodness. Then on Saturday we were up early for a long busy day ahead of us. We went to Memorial City Mall and I had a makeup trial at Clinique. They did an awesome job! They always do. They did my makeup for prom 7 years ago! We decided to buy the makeup that we used and then I will still get my cousins friend to do it for me using my makeup instead of the MAC products she used to make sure its a lot more natural. Since I dont do black eyeliner we decided to do blue eyeshadow for they eyes with a slate eyeliner then a nice pink blush and a nude color for the lips. Here is pic:

My foster mom also bought me the roceasa cleansing line that Clinique has and it is so soothing and it seems to be helping. So I decided not to have a facial since we have less than a week for the wedding and because I have never had one before I am not sure how it will affect my skin. Better to be safe than sorry.

So after tons of shopping at the mall, we headed to get my hair trimmed and highlighted. I was so glad to get home and relax but had a fabulous weekend and am soooo ready for this wedding already!

Monday Mantra {4.12.10}

• This week I am VERY busy at work.
• I believe that spending time with people who love you is good for the soul.
• I'm addicted to fashion.
• I hope that I FINALLY get my dress today (Yes I still have NOT gotten it)!!!!!
• I'm jealous of noone or nothing this week.
• Soundtrack/Mantra of the week: My Best Friend (Queen) - this is the song Joey and I and the bridal party are walking out of the ceremony to.

 

Half Full Friday

• I am happy that after work I am going to spend the weekend with my foster parents.
• I am happy that I'm getting my hair done tomorrow.
• I am happy that this weekend I will be putting together our favors for the wedding.
• I am happy that this week at work has been slow for me.
• I am happy that in 15 days I will be Mrs. Joey Lopez!!!

 

 

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Wedding Wednesday: Makeup Trial

Last night I had my makeup trial. My wonderful cousin and Matron of Honor was able to get one of her friends to do all of my girls and my makeup for the wedding day. She is even driving to one of my bridesmaids house who lives down the street from the venue to make it easier on us since we are all coming from different places. And the best part is she's only charging $20 per girl.

She did a fabulous job on me. First I have to say that my face is going through something right now at the worst possible time and so i'm doing everything I can to get it better. As for those that don't know I just found out in January that I have Rosacea. Rosacea is a chronic skin condition involving inflammation of the cheeks, nose, chin, forehead, or eyelids. It may appear as redness, prominent spider-like blood vessels, swelling, or skin eruptions similar to acne. For me it appears as redness pretty much all over my face. There is no known cure for rosacea. The goal is to identify and avoid possible triggers, and thus reduce flare-ups. Antibiotics taken by mouth (such as tetracycline, minocycline, or doxycycline) or applied to the skin (such as metronidazole) may control skin eruptions.


When I went to the dermatologist in January to try to help the problem before the wedding I was put on an antibiotic and given certain creams for my face. When I went back in February, it hadn't gotten any better so I was told to stay on the antibiotic and given another face cream to try. Since I've started this in January, my face has gotten sooooooo dry and even though I put moisturizer on before I put my makeup on it always cracks. So I have stopped taking all of my medicine in hopes that it will help.

So this weekend my goal is to get a facial which ive never had before b/c i have sensitive skin to try to see if it will help. I am also going to get Clinique's Moisture Surge and try to find a good foundation for dry skin. Hopefully taking these steps will help.

So with all that said here is the final product of my makeup trial from last night. Again I am going with a more natural look. My coloring that day will consists of pinks. I will be changing the eyeliner from a black to a gray slate color and a little less blush.

Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 18 days

Joey and I can now legally get married!!!Yesterday Joey and I went and got our marriage license!!!!!!!!! I had it in my head we were gonna have to fill out all this paperwork when in fact it was the easiest thing ive ever done! We just sat there while they asked some questions and we paid and that was it. We were out of there in 10 minutes!

My makeup trial that I was supposed to have this weekend got rescheduled to tonight. If I like it I will post a pic up tomorrow. Then tomorrow I am supposed to finally pick up my dress and the rest of my bridesmaids dresses. I am praying that they will be ready tomorrow. Remember I haven't seen mine yet at all!!!!!!! So just a little nervous.

This weekend Im headed to Katy to spend the weekend with my foster parents and help put together our favors that came in last week. I also have an appointment to get my highlights and a trim. I might also have another makeup trial at Clinique to see which one I like the best. Sometime this week I need to start putting my ceremony music on cds and start breaking in my wedding shoes.

Well thats all for this week. More to come later.

Monday Mantra {4.5.10}

• This week Joey and I applied for our marriage license!
• I believe that I will be a lot less stressed after this wedding!
• I'm addicted to nothing this week.
• I hope that I FINALLY get my dress this week!!!!!
• I'm jealous of those that don't stress over the little things.

Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 25 days!!!!!!!

Time to get down to the nitty gritty! We've officially past the month mark and now is time for the tiny details that go into planning a wedding. Last week Joey and I ordered our gifts for the guys in the wedding party. We bought personalized shot glasses for the groomsmen and personalized bats for the ring bearer and ushers since they aren't old enough to drink and they LOVE baseball.

This past Saturday we had our food tasting at the venue and finalized the timeline for the day of. We decided on the classic ceasar salad followed by the grilled chicken breast topped with a red wine mushroom sauce alongside creamy mashed potatoes and gravy and the green bean medley. The food was suprisingly amazing. I think everyone will enjoy.

This weekend Joey has his bachelor party which Im sure he's excited about. That same day we have our last dress fitting and the bridesmaids get their dresses. Mine will still need some finishing touches but will hopefully get mine next week. Also this weekend I have a makeup trial appointment with a friend of my cousin who has offered to do our makeup. Im going for something natural and light. Here is a pic of the look i'm going for.

What do you think?

Next Monday, Joey and I are going to apply for our marriage licence. I will try to take some pics. Well that's all for now ladies. I will keep you posted next week!

Monday Mantra

This week I am glad that it is a four day work week!

I believe that you should hire a wedding planner instead of planning your own wedding.

I'm really really addicted Sons of Anarchy.

I hope that I love the way my wedding dress looks since I havent seen it yet.

I'm jealous of anyone who is not planning a wedding right now.

Half Full Friday

I am happy that today is payday!!!


I am happy tomorrow Joey and I have our food tasting and finalize setup for the wedding.

I am happy that last week I got to visit my nieces and sister for a couple of days.

I am happy that we are done buying gifts for our wedding party. (exluding parents)

I am happy that we are contracting with a marketing person to make my life easier at work!


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Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 32 days!!!!!!!!!

We are right there at the month mark and I can't be more excited!!!!!!!!! We are sooo close I can almost see it. Last week while I was off of work for Spring Break I went to visit my nieces and while I was there I found the perfect head pieces for my flower girls. It is a bobby pin with a flower that matches their dress to the T.

This coming Saturday we have our tasting at the wedding location and to figure out the set up for everything. I'm really excited about this. We are having a sit down dinner and have chosen some kind of chicken dinner for the entree. We will be tasting two kinds to see which we like the best.

Next I need to schedule a makeup trial and order gifts for the rest of our wedding party. The countdown is on and I will be pretty busy from now until the wedding. I have never been more ready for anything than I am to marry Joey!

Monday Mantra

This week I am actually glad to be back at work.

I believe that too much time on your hands isn't good for you.

I'm addicted to staying busy.

I wish that Joey gets another job soon.

I'm jealous of people who like to workout.

Soundtrack/Mantra for the week Dont have one.

First ever Post-It Tuesday