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Living Room Moments

We're currently in a state of waiting. The major decisions have been made (venue, photographer, dinner entrees, etc.), but we can't yet finalize all the little details (like escort cards and donut orders) since we don't yet have a final guest count. But the good news is that our invitations have been mailed and one by one the RSVP cards are coming in!

Each time I get a text or call from my mom that another RSVP card arrived in her mailbox I get a little giddy, curious to see who it is, if they'll be able to make it, and what they chose for dinner. It's also a bit of a relief to know that things are moving forward and that my guests are actually really excited to come!

We're meeting with one of our wedding coordinators tomorrow to work out a few more details, and should hopefully have our first dance lesson tomorrow too (so more to report soon!), but for today we just sat together in the living room working on songs for the DJ and the approximate program timeline.

Discussing wedding details led dear fiance to launch into a practice, off-the-cuff wedding toast, which admittedly brought me to tears as he wrapped up his thank yous to invisible guests with a speech that was so perfect I wished we could have been at the wedding right then and there. The way his voice broke when he called me "amazing." When he wanted to thank me for being in his life. And when he concluded with the fact that because of me, he looks forward to each day as the best day ever because I'm there to share it with him.

Then I read him my very not off-the-cuff wedding toast draft that I'd written and re-written, wrapping up my thank yous with a moment to say how he fills my heart whole with happiness. And how I would trade a thousand lives (fictional or not) for one lifetime with him. Cue more tears. Pre-wedding practice is fun.

We're dreaming about the future, thinking about how much we love each other, and imagining how we're going to spend the rest of our lives together. That's a nice break from wedding planning and a perfect way to pass the waiting time to me.



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