Book your room early!

I hope you all love your save-the-date cards! I'm so happy we got those out in the mail, and I love the way they came out.

I am writing a quick update to encourage you to book your hotel room at Country Inn & Suites EARLY, if you haven't done so yet. The hotel has 58 rooms, and I estimate that is about the number of rooms our overnight guests will need. It's a brand-new hotel and they just recently opened for reservations, but I still encourage you to book at our group rate as soon as you think you will need a room for Friday and/or Saturday night. I compiled some information on the hotel and our room block here.

The rooms are suites, so keep that in mind in case you might like to share a suite and split the cost with a friend or family member.

We had to start with a small room block, which we can expand once a significant number of reservations are made. That's why I encourage you to book your rooms as soon as possible. It is likely we will take up the entire hotel (fun!), but we can't block all the rooms until a number of people have made reservations--at that point we can expand our room block and take over the hotel. :-)

Remember, you need to provide a valid credit card number when you reserve your room, but you will not be charged until check-in (and at check-in time, a different card or cash may be used). And there is no penalty for canceling, up until 72 hours prior to your arrival date. So what do you have to lose?

Also keep in mind that you must book directly with the hotel (607-256-1100) to receive the group rate. Online reservations and reservations made via the toll-free number will not be eligible for our group rate. When you call, remember to mention you are reserving a room for the Lewis/White room block.

Please let John or me know if you have any questions. We would love to have everyone under the same roof, so book your rooms now!

And I just can't hide it!

I'm SO excited! Not that I haven't been excited since the day John and I got engaged, but now it's starting to seem REAL. And I know it's going to be over before we know it, so I'm really trying to cherish all this build-up time. (I know a year from now I'm going to read back over this and get teary eyed. Hi, future Lindsey! Don't be sad! Your wedding was awesome!) I emailed a ton of our friends yesterday for their addresses, and once the responses started rolling in, I couldn't stop smiling. John and I have many mutual friends and we are so thrilled and looking forward to having everyone we love gathered around us. I think he's great, he thinks I'm great, and we've attracted a lot of great friends over the years (yay, years!)---great, great, great.

We're already receiving a great outpouring of well wishes and excitement from our friends and family, which continues to stoke our excitement.

I started assembling our save-the-date cards last night and they look awesome! We'll definitely start sending those out next week, so keep checking those mailboxes! Who doesn't love some good old-fashioned snail mail?

Time is flying!

It's hard to believe that we have just over five months to go before our wedding! How exciting!! Now that things are really rolling and plans are coming together, I hope John and I will update this blog more often. We want this to be a great communication tool between us and our family and friends.

Our save-the-date cards will be going out in the next few weeks, so be on the lookout!

I started a Frequently Asked Questions section on the website; check it out! It should answer many of your questions leading up to the big day. If I've left off something you'd like to see covered, please let me know.

I also added a page with information on the brand-new Country Inn & Suites, which is where we've reserved a block of rooms for our guests.

Well, I think that's about all for now. Stay tuned for more!