Invitations

Today Chris and I spent a lovely afternoon (if you ask me...a slightly torturous one if you ask him...) shopping for our wedding invitations. We finally found almost all the material and made a sample card. They are really beautiful! We are so excited to send them to you all so that you can be a part of our special day!
It was a bittersweet day. One the one hand we had so much fun picking out the invitation stuff and spending time with our friends, Dave and Laura. However, on the other hand, we realized how little time we have left before we have states between us. I leave soon to go to the Bahamas for my final spring term class of my undergraduate career. Upon returning, we will spend a few (nerve-racking) days together for my graduation, when our parents meet for the first time. Then it is off to Illinois for me to find a job and work on preparing our house. Chris will be staying here to finish packing and getting ready for his job to transition to Illinois. While we will try to spend as many weekends together working on the house as possible, we know that it will be long and hard. In other words we are counting the days till our wedding. 110 to go in case you were wondering!

New Adventures

So Chris and I have so much going for us in our new lives together. We are moving to a new city (or just a city in general!), getting married, getting a dog and following our dreams. We also just bought a......HOUSE! We found the perfect house in Urbana, near the vet school and in an amazing neighborhood. It is a three bedroom one bathroom house with an amazing kitchen, fenced in backyard, a freestanding fireplace and really open floor plan. We are so excited! We close on the house at the end of May and I plan to live there this summer while Chris and I paint and add some finishing touches! Here are some pictures!

Engagement Pictures!

Future Plans

Chris and I went house shopping over the weekend. Wow what an experiences. We fell in love with an amazing house that was located 25 minutes from the vet school. We decided that we couldn't do that because if I ever had any night plans or meetings I wouldn't come home for dinner. We realize we need to maximize our chances of seeing each other and take advantage of every opportunity available. The next two house we looked at where awful for different reasons. The first was just a horrible house and the second was in an intimidating neighborhood. We then found the house of our dreams. It is a little small but 3 bedrooms and 1 bath. We love it! The kitchen is gorgeous and has all new stainless steel appliances. The bedrooms are decent sized and there is a dinning room, living room and family room. It is located only a few minutes from the vet school and is really close to a dog park! We are planning to make an offer soon!