Less than eight months? Really?

As expected, the time seems to be flying more and more as we draw ever closer to the big day. I feel as though we're on the cusp of crossing over from "the wedding is way, way in the distance" to "oh my gosh, we REALLY need to get moving." John and I are pretty well on track with the wedding planning. We have some of the big to-dos settled (church, reception, band) but there are certainly many more important tasks still to accomplish. I'm trying not to let the anxiety of "we still have this, this, and this to do" keep me up at night by taking comfort in the fact that the all-knowing wedding checklist from The Knot tells us we're on target, but the list of overdue items with purple exclamation points is starting to freak me out--just a little. I'm the type of over-achiever who would rather be ambitious and have everything done ahead of schedule--as if there were some wedding-planning-judging committee who would award me (I mean us! Ha!) an extra gold star (or a cash prize!) for doing so.

But, really, we do have time, and I am so glad we're planning the wedding ourselves rather than hiring a professional. It means a lot to us to have everything hand-picked, handmade (when possible), and personalized just for us. Because although we (I mean I! Ha!) may get anxious at times, when it's all over, we'll look back over every detail and know everything turned out the way we wanted because we had a hand in it all.

--Lindsey

P.S. We're perfecting the save-the-date prototype and hope to have those out soon!