It's official - we're Mr. and Mrs. Gatewood!

It's hard to believe that this weekend we will be married for four weeks.  We've almost been married a whole month!  Where did time go?  We've spent the last few weeks organizing our apartment and trying to stay well.  Yes, most of you know that both of us got sick after we got back from the honeymoon.  Not fun at all, but hey at least it didn't happen when we were in Jamaica!

I will update you all on the wedding and the honeymoon soon, with pictures of course!  Just wanted to post something late tonight since it had been so long.

Until next time...
Mrs. Meghan Gatewood

6 Days...

How did we go from 82 to 6?  That's strange.  It's crazy how time flies.

So here we are, wedding week.  We've spent the last nine months planning this shin-dig and now it's here.  I cannot wait to see everyone!  I'm so excited to see all of our families that are coming in town just to see us get married.  Y'all are awesome!  I'm especially pumped for all my Alabama family, whom have never been to Texas, come check out the Lone Star State! Y'all are gonna love it!

Last week I had my final fitting for my dress and had the crazy realization that Tyler is actually going to see me in it in a week.  I'm so excited to show him!  Only 6 more days until I do!!

So a few updates since our last post:
- Tyler had his bachelor party this past weekend.  Him and some buddies rented out a cabin and just hung out all weekend.  I heard it was a blast.
- My bachelorette party is this week!  Can't wait to have a night on the town with my girls!  We are going to have so much fun.
- We got our wedding bands!  Tyler picks up my ring tomorrow and I have his all ready to go here.
- I got my bridal portraits done! It was by-far one of my favorite things that I've done so far during our engagement.  It was so fun to just spin play in my dress for the afternoon.  At one point my 5-year-old inner princess came out while spinning in a field.  You'll see a few of the great photos my photographer took at our reception.
- We got our marriage license!  Ah!!
- Thanks to the fabulous Whitney Thomas I finally got my rehearsal dinner dress :)

Now it's time to finish up the final details and pack for Jamaica!

Big thanks to everyone who's supported us, prayed for us and have made our engagement extra special. I know Tyler and I both feel truly blessed to have such an amazing friends and family.  We could NOT have gotten all of this done without you.  In a few days we will all get to celebrate together!

See you this weekend!

- the future Mrs. Gatewood :)

82 Days until we're Mr. and Mrs.

I had my first shower a few weeks ago.  Whitney and Jamie did an amazing job hosting!  Love those girls.  I had such a great time seeing everyone.  Tyler and I got a lot of great stuff that I can't wait to use in our new place.

I move into our new apartment this weekend.  I can't believe it's already time, time has flown by!  We got to see our apartment all spruced up and ready on Sunday afternoon.  To our surprise we found out that we got all new stainless steal appliances!  A big improvement from my 1980's appliances in my apartment now.  Woohoo!

Today we also booked our florist!  I can't wait to see everything come together on our wedding day.  I really loved everything the florist came up with.  It was like she knew everything I was envisioning.  Also, after four months of searching, we FINALLY picked our DJ.  I'm so glad the search has ended.  I could sing from the roof tops!  Now I'm looking forward to putting together the song list for the reception and all that jazz.  We're gonna party like it's 1999! Or 2011...whichever you choose.

- Meghan

p.s. I hope you all enjoy this fabulous photo of Tyler and I.  Personal thanks to Jamie Clark for showing me http://www.yearbookyourself.com/ tonight.  Have an hour to laugh so hard you'll cry? Check it out...

Kade Michael Hale

On Tuesday I became an Aunt!  Ryan and Teri had their first child Kade Michael Hale at 9:47am.  He was 7lb and 19.5 inches long.  I am so excited for Teri and Ryan they are going to be great parents!  I added a picture so you can see the little guy.  He's adorable!  I'm a little biased but he is :).

I can't wait to meet my nephew next month!  My family and I are going to Pensacola, FL for Thanksgiving.  I can't wait to hold him all week long, haha.  Kinda like Melanie told me today, she just wants to squeeze him, haha.  Anyways,  you will all get to see him at the wedding when he makes his appearance as the hottest little guy ever!

-Meghan

Home Sweet Home

Last week Tyler and I put a deposit on an apartment.  Woo hoo!  We got the last two bedroom in the complex, crazy.  We are going to live in the village, but in a different complex than I live right now.  I'm moving at the end of October and Tyler will move in after we get married.  I'm so excited to start decorating our new place.  And once Tyler moves in he'll get to make me breakfast in bed every morning!!  YES!

There's a First Time for Everything

This week was such a fun week for Tyler and I.  We started out the week designing our invitations.  I can't wait to see the final design next week.  Gabe, a friend of Tyler and I's, has custom designed the whole thing.  He has done such an amazing job so far and I can't wait to see the final product.  We feel so incredibly blessed to have him helping us with this.

We also went to our first cake tasting!  Wedding cake has always been one of my favorite things at weddings so I've been looking forward to this since we got engaged.  I really loved the ideas that they had for our cake.  I'm excited to try a few other places to see which one we will actually use.

I also met with our first florist this week.  Tyler knew her because he worked with her husband when he was at Apple.  I loved all her photos and her ideas.  I still have to meet with a few more florists but I really enjoyed meeting with her.

The most exciting thing that happened this week is...drum roll please...we got our first gift off our registry!!!!! When I got home from work and saw the box I was like a little kid at Christmas.  Luckily Tyler was with me so I could open it immediately and didn't have to wait.  Yay!

-Meghan

Magnets & more...

So by now most of you should have received our save the date magnet!  We ordered them through magnetstreet.com and are really happy with what they did.  I find it surreal to walk to my own refrigerator and see Tyler and I with our wedding date.  It's like, oh yeah I'm getting married.  Hahah...anyways.

We have also been working on getting our wedding website ready for everyone to see.  If you have not been able to check it out I've included a link below.  It has everything from how he proposed, where we're registered, and who is in our wedding party.  Hopefully it will give you all the information you need for our wedding day.  And if you have time you should leave us a little note on our guest book!

http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/MeghanHale&TylerGatewood

-Meghan