My First Son - Bentley

His whole world is about to get rocked - like drastically changed. 

He has been a mama's boy since the moment we brought his little 1 lb. body home. He follows be everywhere, spins a hundred circles when I come home from work each day, goes to bed when I go to bed and wakes up with me when my alarm goes off. 

Lately I've noticed that he's becoming even more clingy. Like he knows a human is about to come and take over his spot in our home and in our heart. 

He's been the 'king' of our home for almost 6 years and now the real King is about to arrive. 

CT took him into the vet last week for his yearly appointment and they told him he is 1 year away from being considered a senior citizen. How sad is that? I can't even imagine what our lives would be like without him. I am so thankful for our little bent/bent-tail/puppers. He has taught me what it's like for someone to depend on you for their every need and in return show you nothing but unconditional love. I think he's helped me prepare for this thing I'm about to embark on: motherhood. 

I pray that during this new change in all our our lives that I am able to still show him the same amount of love and attention as I previously have. 

How do I make sure this happens?  

Roadtrip Interview - Hubby Style

Right before we hit the road for our baby moon - I read a post done by Marci at If These Walls Could Speak about an interview with her hubby. It was fun to see the man behind her blog and to understand their relationship a little better. 

I figured sometime during our drive to Dallas - it would be the perfect time for CT and I to turn down the music, put our phones away and for me to interrogate him for your pleasure! 

(Most of these questions came from Marci and a few from google.)

Me: What is the name of my blog?

CT: Crafting A Fairytale.

Me: What do I mainly write about?

CT: Our lives and crafts.

Me: Have you read any posts?

CT: *shakes head yes* 

Me: Which ones? 

CT: The one about our 'C' day date'. 

Me: What do you know about Pinterest?

CT: It's where you get all of your cooking and crafting ideas from. Basically it's like instagram and google combined. *pauses* I think that's a really good comparison. 

Me: What is a popular fashion item for girls right now?

CT: Leggings or combat boots.

Me: Coming from the high school teacher.

CT: Yeup! 

Me: What is the pantone color of the year?

CT: Pantone?

Me: Ya.

CT: Can you explain that? 

Me: I think it's a brand of paint.

CT: Well I heard orange is the new black so I'll go with that. 

Me: It's radiant orchard. 

CT: So like orange/red? 

Me: Not quite, it's purple. 

Me: What does OOTD stand for?

CT: Outfit of the day

Me: You knew that? 

CT: I get asked all the time during passing periods to take photos of people so they can hashtag #ootd 

Me: What do I do when I'm home alone?

CT: Craft or watch your shows.

Me: What do you do when you are home alone?

CT: Watch sports or get on social media.

Me: What's an acceptable amount to spend on a makeup item?

CT: Oh my. Nothing should cost over 5 bucks. 

Me: What's an acceptable amount to spend on a dress?

CT: What kind of dress?

Me: A dress I wear.

CT: Like a wedding dress?

Me: No. 

CT: $50 or less. 

Me: *shocked* 

(I've never came close to spending that on a dress other than my prom dresses or my wedding dress)

Me: Where is your dream vacation? 

CT: Disney World. Universal Studios. 

Me: *as I cut him off* - Not Sea World though. 

(We rented the movie Black Fish about how they treat the killer whales that perform and I might have cried a few times. It's so sad to see how they are treated ultimately for our enjoyment.)

Me: What's the first thing you noticed about me?

CT: Your legs or your face. 

(read about how we met here!)

Me: What's your favorite trait about me that's not physical?

CT: Your big heart. 

Me: What's that mean exactly?

CT: Your love for people and you cry a lot when you see sad stuff. 

Me: What do we argue about most?

CT: Chores

Me: Do I PMS?

CT: I don't think so. 

Me: Obviously I haven't in the last 8 months so you've probably forgot. 

Me: What animal resembles me?

CT: Haha. A giraffe. 

Me: Why a giraffe? 

CT: Your long skinny features. Long skinny legs, fingers, neck and nose. 

Me: What would I eat everyday if I could?

CT: cheese, onions and white grape juice. 

(he totes hit that right on the head!) 

Me: What's our favorite thing to do together? 

CT: Go out to dinner or go to church. 

CT really enjoyed answering these questions and was bummed when it was over. By the time we got to the end of this we were getting into Dallas traffic and I needed him to focus! More importantly I needed to focus. I'm definitely the worst back seat driver. 

Hope you enjoyed and got to know us a little better! 

If I Could Redo - [Flowers]

On Thursday I began a mini series on what I would change if I could redo my wedding with the help of Pinterest. I wasn't one of those lucky bride-to-be who had the help of Pinterest, so I currently have a board specifically for ideas if I could redo it! 

In part one I talked about attire, and today it is all about the flowers!

Part 2: Flowers

Real Life

Since I enjoy being different and not doing what everyone else does, I decided at the very beginning of the wedding process that I wanted everything to be feathers instead of flowers. Our bouquets would be feathers, the centerpieces would be feathers, and our flower girl would be a feather girl and throw feathers! 

We worked with Geri from Ardesign {who we found on Etsy} to come up with the perfect design, and I was so thrilled with how they came out! 

What I love most is their uniqueness, but also that I am still able to have mine at home in a pretty little vase that I'll be able to keep forever! 

If I Could Redo:

all via Pinterest

If I could redo I would love to have flowers that were unique and different like the ones above. I would have a bunch of different flowers in a wide variety of colors. My colors for my wedding were fuchsia and black with the pattern damask, but if I could redo I would I have multiple shades in the same color family. All three of these bouquets are absolutely gorgeous! 

I love how they use their greenery in the bouquets and succulents are SO popular on Pinterest right now! 

Do we have any of the same tastes? Feathers or flowers? 

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Jumping in mid series to link up with Moorea!

My Fairytale: The Proposal

A little back ground information:

I was one of those girls that was always complaining to CT every time I got on facebook and saw that someone else was engaged. It seemed like a ton of people we knew were getting engaged but all of them had been together less time than we had. Needless to say, I was getting extremely impatient and probably super annoying always asking when our time was coming.

It was about this time 2 years ago when we were on our way to Kansas City for the Cardinals vs. Royals game. CT and I had met up with one of my best friends to do some shopping, comedy club, lots of eating, and the baseball game. 

 

The weekend prior to going to Kansas City, CT wanted to go to my home town and visit my parents for the weekend. Looking back I should have put two and two together and knew that he was trying to find a time to talk to my parents. Another thing that should have tipped me off, was the week prior to attending the game, CT took me ring shopping and as I was looking at rings all he was concerned about were the bands.

(If you know me, you know I hate surprises and would have tried everything to find out prior. I know, shame on me!)

SO, Saturday June 27, 2010 as we were sitting in the outfield at Royals stadium CT asked me to marry him and I said yes! 

He had sent me on long treacherous walk (which I had done 2 innings prior) to get him a hot dog and refill of mt. dew. It was his turn so of course it took some convincing on his part to make me go, but when I came back he got down on one knee and asked. =) 

No, I didn't cry. No, that doesn't make me heartless. I was excited and in total shock!

 

Thankfully the ladies below us were kind enough to take pictures because it's something I love looking back on. 

This took place in the 7th inning, and throughout the last 2 innings we were busy updating our family, friends, and facebook! I have never seen my husband so okay with his team loosing, but after he proposed our minds were else where.  

 

Before heading out of town, I had CT stop at a Barnes & Noble where we found a wedding planning book. From that moment on, almost every thought and minute of my life was consumed with wedding planning!

 

He did a great job, huh?

My Fairytale: How We Met

Be prepared to learn about our love story. Over the next few weeks, in between what ever other posts I don't have planned, I will be filling ya'll in on how CT and I met, the journey of our relationship, our engagement, our wedding, and our honeymoon!

CT and I met the first week of my freshman year at college. He was a football player and I was a new freshman volleyball player. Fall athletes were allowed to move into the dorms a week before all the other students. CT was told he wasn't going to be able to move into the dorms because they were all full, but a week before move in day he was told a room came available. He lived upstairs and I lived downstairs. Co-ed dorms = best invention ever! 

 

 (The boys playing dress up in my uniform. It's crazy how young we both look.)

Talking with him later, I found out that he had spotted me in the cafeteria and called "dibs" on me to the whole football table. Must have been my nice tanned legs in my volleyball spandex that got him ;) 

Anyways, I came to college with boyfriend of 2 years and after I met Christian the rest was history. It's funny to look back on what these guys did to try and get our attention. Example below --

(We had the note displayed on the fridge and the old boyfriends didn't like that, so that's where the 'gay' came from. And their PSS was untrue, they never knocked. They were to chicken and just stuck it under the door.)

Looking back, they make for a good laugh! 

Well after the notes, CT and I started hanging out and before long I was no longer with my x and we were a couple. 

A picture on our very first day hanging out. I was going home that weekend and wanted to show all my girlfriends how cute my new 'friend' was! 

Funny story -- after about two weeks of hanging out, we had our first sleep over and it was the most awkward thing ever. We were both fully clothed with shoes on, on top of the covers, trying to sleep next to each other in my twin bed. I wouldn't be surprised if we slept with the light on, that's how awkward it was. Haha. It brings a smile to my face to remember the old times and how smitten and cute we were.

Looking back, it's much easier to see how God has a plan for everything and it's really cool to see how things work out. It was definitely a God thing that a room had opened up a week before move in day and CT was able to move in upstairs. Why do we ever doubt Him? He knows exactly what He is doing. 

Not much in our relationship has changed in 5 years besides our maturing looks and the fact that we are now married. We have been inseparable and best friends since day 1 and I wouldn't have it any other way. 

I love that man with all my heart!