happy everything

happy christmas eve, friends! and happy birthday to my stud of a husband! baby- you’re my favorite. ;)

today i was just thinking back over the last four years i’ve known matt and was surprised to find i remember the different holiday seasons with an accuracy i usually reserve for, well, nothing else- i’m actually rarely accurate. but the holiday season so deeply touches me that i cannot help but remember every little detail. the love and warmth and happiness i feel during this time of year always leaves it’s mark.

it was over the holidays four years ago that matt first met my family- he and a friend drove from augusta to greenville to visit and we all had a great time getting to know each other better and hanging out with my family and friends. even though at the time i was trying to set matt up with our friend who made the drive with him i’d say it was an important step in our friendship. three years ago was our first christmas as a couple- i was out of the country and clearly remember paying by the minute to write matt emails and keep in touch. i loved hearing what he was doing back home and couldn’t wait to share what i was up to- it was pretty obvious that he was my favorite person to share my excitements and happiness with. i smiled as i typed stories i knew would make him laugh- even long distance i knew that the connection we had was deep. two years ago on christmas day matt played me a song he wrote for us and proposed! what a joyous time of celebration and love and life change- i’ve never felt more blessed. last year at this time we enjoyed our first christmas as a little family. we decorated our apartment and baked cookies and wrapped our own gifts- no more just signing mom’s card! :)

this year we welcomed the close of an incredible season of weddings, bought our first little (kinda pathetic but cute) christmas tree and i’m spending my first christmas ever away from my family. we’re at the in-laws this year and although everything is so different from the way my family does things i am excited to see what new traditions i’ll learn to love.

anyway, we just wanted to wish you all a very happy christmas full of blessings, love, family, friends and treats! :)

ps: i’m sure we’ll do a ‘state of the biz’ ‘end of the year’ type post soon enough but for now i’d just like to say how AMAZING this year has been for us. we’ve shared many incredible days with just as many unique couples and we’ve been so blessed by their love. as we look to next year we cannot help but be excited about what is to come! so many new couples, new experiences and new friends are in our future- it’s going to be FANTASTIC! i just wanted to let you all know that we’ve decided to limit ourselves to 3 weddings a month in 2009- we feel it is important for our creativity (and sanity!) that we take time to recharge. that being said, we are only available 11 more weekends (max) in 2009 so if you’re interested we’d love to get you on the calendar soon! we would love to hear from you!