My Whole Heart for My Whole Life: Approaching my last Holiday season as a single woman

Since Jordan and I are splitting the holidays between our families again this year, my family gets Thanksgiving and New Year's, and his family gets Christmas (meaning I'll be spending my birthday and Christmas away from home for the first time ever--I think I'm okay with that, though). But since I very rarely get to see my dad and stepmom, we've decided that we're flying to Michigan for our week-long Thanksgiving break. I'm actually quite excited about the prospect of maybe getting to play in a bit of snow this year (*sigh* It's been so long since I've been in real snow).

So my last Thanksgiving as a "Knoll" is just under two weeks away. Two days from now will be two years since Jordan proposed. It's been a heck of a long time. In less than one more year, we'll finally be married and neither of us has any idea where we'll be living or what we'll be doing, haha.

Anyway, since I've been in hiding for the past couple of months (AKA: desperately attempting to keep my head above the water that is my last year of college), lots of stuff has happened. I'll pick a few of the best things to share.

1. My bridal bouquet is just about completed! Here's a picture of what it looks like before they add the ribbon and pearls on the stems:

Just for reference, here's the picture I sent them of what I want on the stems:

The flowers are the "real touch" artificials in two shades of pink gerbera daisies and some stephanotis dispersed throughout. After shipping costs, I only paid $85! :) I ordered it through WedIdeas and they have been so wonderful and friendly!

2. Next, Jordan and I discovered that one of our friends is an amateur photographer looking to build his portfolio, and he asked us if we'd like to do an engagement session for free!! The day we were supposed to do it ended up being yucky and rainy, so we just did a quick "practice session" and got some pretty funny pictures out of it. About a week later, the sun was shining and it was gorgeous outside, so we met at the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia and spent a few hours traipsing around and posing for the camera. Hopefully our images will be ready to share soon, but here are a few from the practice session.

These are two he took so that I could use them for a UGA award I won:

And here's a funny one of me and Jordan...I was giving him "The Look". :P

I think it was really awesome of him to do that for us. :) His website is here, and if you know of anyone in north GA who needs a photographer, let me know and I'll get you in contact with him!

3. Finally, last but not least........................

WE GOT A KITTEN! Haha, that makes three kitties in our family. :) We've been thinking of a good name for her, and I say "Lucy," but Jordan isn't sure yet. I call her BooBoo. :)