second dream wedding dress

pretty sure had i found this:





prior to the wedding i would have been wearing it on my wedding day. it is FABULOUS.

loved my dress~still see it in my closet every day. but this is soooooo cool!

Honeymoon in Pictures

Real updates coming, I promise.

For now, the honeymoon photo book. Because I spent 8 hours today making it. Geez.

Click here to view this photo book larger

Created here.

Lacking in Updates

The wedding was beautiful and was nearly 6 months ago. I have done a poor job of updating this thing with all things post~wedding~related. I'm going to recap the wedding so I have this to look back on to read about, and anyone else that wants to may :)

Wedding Summary

Since April has came and went, I should maybe change the name of the blog...

I didn't post about the actual wedding. It was wonderful~anything that wasn't perfect didn't matter (that day) and everything else was. Everything we dreamed of and more.

In summary:

~The weather cooperated! Mildly cloudy but not hot and no rain!
~I managed not to cry at all during the ceremony, etc. Right before my Nana walked me out of the house and down the aisle, as I told her I loved her, I almost did.
~My sister dropped the ring, which was fantastic. We cracked up the whole ceremony.
~My preacher handed David his ring instead of mine to put on my finger. After a lot of "wrong ring Jerry" being whispered into a microphone, he finally realized it. More laughing.
~I tripped all the way up the stairs after the ceremony. My crinoline in my dress kept getting caught in my shoes!
~David was sweet and did not smash cake in my face. Nor did I him.
~Our first dance was beautiful, to LeeAnn Womack's "some things I know." Which is the same thing I had engraved into his wedding band.
~Our friend Tamekia worked her arse off for our wedding. Anything we needed, she took care of. A big fat THANK YOU to her for that!!!
~My bridesmaids and flower girls and ring bearers were awesome. I have the best friends.
~Our cake was gorgeous and tasted yummy!
~Our caterer did provided great tasting food, but not enough of it. This was entirely not ok, but did not ruin our night. We simply filed our complaint after the wedding and the catering company immediately compensated us for their mistake.
~I didn't cry until my sister opened her mouth with her speech during the toast. And then I
bawled.
~The bridesmaids and I climbed in the fountain in our dresses for fun pics while the DJ played "U Can't Touch This." Yes, the MC Hammer song.

I married an amazing man and we had a beautiful wedding. I hope that anyone getting married in the future that reads this has as much fun as we did and are as happy as we are.

Honeymoon Pics

public links to honeymoon pics on facebook :)

Album 1

Album 2

Album 3

Album 4


(Albums 3 and 4 may have duplicate pics from albums 1 and 2, but they are David's that he set up on facebook and include pics that I don't have on mine yet. )

Europe rocks. Enjoy!

Name Change

Is not nearly as hard as google will have you believe.

Google 'name change after marriage.' There are tons of hits that offer you options to change your name and all these forms to fill out to do so, for about an average price of $25-$30.

Seriously?

It's not that hard. You go to the courthouse and get a certified copy of your marriage certificate. Go to the social security office and show them, and it takes about five minutes. Of course you have to change your driver's license as well, and call anyone that has your official name on it to let them know.

No real forms to fill out (except license and signing a lot of things at other places.)

Why when you try to find this out, there's not a website that explains it truly is this easy???

Thank you Terri (my aunt), for informing me today. It made it a whole lot simpler.

I didn't change it pre~honeymoon because it seemed like it was going to be a pain in the arse to try and get my passport changed before the trip and then I may not be allowed to get on the boat or leave the country, and it wasn't worth the risk. So we decided to wait.

As of today, is officially Jessica Freestate.

And I'm the only one in the world :)

Honeymooning...

Our honeymoon has came and went, and it was fantastic!

10 nights aboard the beautiful Celebrity Equinox. We sailed from Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy to Sicily, Italy; Athens, Greece; Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey; Mykonos, Rhodes, and Santorini, Greece; and then to Naples, Italy.

After that fabulous part of our trip, we stayed 3 nights in Rome.

We were gone 2 solid weeks and I was still ready to get back on a boat (not so much for hotels in foreign countries at this point).

Spending two solid weeks with my husband rocked. Going back to work on Sunday did not.

Professional Pic

Barry at Seaton Shoots and his assistant Jessica did a great job. We've really enjoyed their work!

Link to professional pics is now working!

Go to www.seatonshoots.com and click on previews. Type in 2010-04-19jedf as the password. Enjoy!

Wedding Album parts 1 and 2

I'm posting links to my facebook albums for you all that are not on facebook~

Stay tuned. Many, many more will come, but for now, pics from my camera and Tamekia's.

Album 1

Album 2

The Key~

A key opens many things~ doors, treasure chests, a chamber of secrets (no Harry Potter reference here), and a heart.

Two days before my wedding, my aunt presented me with this beautiful gift~
It's a Tiffany key from their Tiffany Key Collection. I had never owned and had never planned on owning anything from Tiffany because of the price~but I was so excited to see that Tiffany bag and box when my aunt showed it to me.

I had never heard of this key collection before. I tried to Google the meaning and symbolism of the key but came to my own conclusion~as stated above in the beginning of this post.

A very appropriate and warming gift~I was getting married, and my aunt bought me a symbol of the key to my heart. I love it.