Ragdolls!

One of the older males chilling in the "nursery"
Naptime!

Here's a 4 mo. old female, sweet as can be.
These are pics of the little girl we're thinking about adopting. She'll be ready to go home in about 8 - 10 weeks. We're thinking of naming her Isabella, after a famous Portuguese queen.

This is the type of coloring she should have when she's older.

Brian and I went to Durham to drop of the china we rented for the wedding today. After that we made the obligitory stop at the crabtree mall so I could stop by the Hello Kitty store. But the main reason I was excited to go today was because we had an appt. with a ragdoll cat breeder. I've been doing some research on them, and I think they're defbinitly a cat that Brian can live with. The lady had over 20 cats and kittens at her house and Brian didn't have any allergic symptoms at all. He also loved their affectionate personality. The lady only had one female left in the new litter, and we were impressed with what we saw at her cattery so we made a deposit. They're really adorable cats. I can't wait to go pick her up and take her home!

First wedding pics!

Getting my wedding pedicure! I treated my bridesmaids to a manicure/pedicure the day before the wedding. We had a great time just hanging out and relaxing a little before the crazyness started. I've got more pics from the salon of the girls that I'll post later when I have time.

The pocket watch that I got Brian as a wedding gift. On the front I had his initials engraved, on the back "You are the man of my dreams. I love you, Nicole. September 23, 2006"

Brian gave me this locket as my wedding gift, he didn't have time to engrave it yet though. I can't wait to get our pictures back from the photographer to put his picture in it!

This is the mocajete that Brian's mother gave me. It's basically a mortar and pestle made of lava rock and is used for crushing the tomatoes, onions and other things to make salsa. I love traditions and she gave it to me because in Mexico (where she's from) the mother gives one to the daughter when she gets married.

One of my favorite pics from my bridal portraits.

This is the one I chose to have enlarged for my bridal portrait that was framed and displayed at the reception.

Another of my favorites.

This was taken at the reception on the boardwalk by the water. My stepdad took it while the photographer was getting some last minute group shots.

This was our room at the Blue Haven bed and breakfast. It was the perfect ending to the perfect day.

I didn't get a chance to take any pics myself, but the ones taken by family and friends are starting to get to us. The photographer should have his ready for us in about 3 weeks. I'll post more when I get a chance.

Basically everything was great. No major problems or issues. I was thrilled and everyone enjoyed themselves. My favorite parts were seeing the looks on my mother's and Brian's faces when I walked down the isle, huging and kissing Brian right after the ceremony, and the horse drawn carriage ride after the reception. The food was amazing, the cake delicious, and my grandfather's music sounded wonderful being played by the pianist. I'm still a little amazed at it all. And it's still sinking in that I'm actually married. I keep looking over at Brian's hand to see the band on his finger and just feeling so happy.

new layout

This layout was just too cute to not use. The bunny and panda remind me of me and Brian, ha ha! We've been sitting on the couch watching Jackass, Wild Boyz, and Viva la Bam all night.
It's nice to be lazy a little since I've been so busy with wedding stuff lately.

Just a few more days!

Brian and I went to the courthouse yesterday and got our marriage liscence! It was pretty exciting, the first step to making it official. I've been running around and getting all the last minute things done, programs, wedding party gifts, all the fun stuff. I'm really looking forward to having all our family and friends together. I hope they like all the details we've put into the wedding, and the tea and food at the recepton.

Just in case anyone wanted to see it, our wedding website is www.brianandnicolejones.com I'm sure we'll post pics from the wedding there when we get them from the photographer.


Brian finally redeemed the coupon I got him for Valentines Day from a bonsai store online. He got a beautiful barbados cherry bonsai, now it has cute pink blossoms and then it will have tiny cherries. They'll even be eddible! I can't wait to see them.

If I think about it I'll try to post right from my cameraphone before the wedding while we're waiting in the chapel....unless I'm just to freaking nervous to remeber to do it! ;)

Get ready to call me Mrs. Jones...

I can't believe the wedding is in a week and a half! I've been so busy that I haven't had time to post... or clean, or watch TV or anything else for that matter, haha. I'm really excited though. Everything's really starting to come together. I had my bridal portraits a couple days ago, I can't wait to see them.
Now that most of the wedding planning is done, I finally have a chance to sit down and really let it sink in that I'm getting married. I'm very excited and happy. I've always wanted to get married and feel "settled down" so I'm really looking forward to growing old with Brian. Sometimes I feel more old fashioned than most other people in my generation. I'm really happy with just being a wife and someday a mother. I have no desire to climb the corporate ladder or get a Phd. I just really want to be a good wife and if possible, a stay at home mom. That's what's most important to me.

Reason # 1 572 why I don't cook...

I decided I wanted eggs and rice for breakfast but Brian was still asleep. So I got out the pot to cook the rice and moved the burner covers onto the unused burner. I accidentally turned on the burner that I'd stacked the covers on instead of the one for the pot... I walked away to get something and when I came back the covers were black and smoke was pouring out of them! I yelled for Brian who came and put them outside for me. The house smelled like smoke but at least the sprinklers didn't go off. And I got my eggs and rice though, after Brian made them for me. ;)

A few more pics

Mom and Michael came down today to meet our wedding coordinator and see the tea room where the reception will be. They loved the food and the tea room itself, I knew they would. :)
The other pics are from the show last night, it really was a great night.

Soapbox

Hanging out at The Soapbox. Just saw The Mile After and House of Fools. It was a great show, Mark and James were here too. It's been a while since I went to a live show I forgot how much fun they are.