oh, hi there. rachel here. thanks for stopping by. 

so, i was home last week looking at venues and wedding dress shopping. and i cried a of couple times.

my mom and i spent two days going from venue to venue that had a date open even remotely near the one matt and i wanted. and matt liked none of them — from afar. so i cried. (we ultimately found one we're quite happy with, i posted about it earlier.)

then i went dress shopping with my m.o.b., m.o.g., m.o.h. and future s.i.l. (i get the acronym thing from the army men in my life. o.m.g., i kind of like it.) and i cried that horrible happy cry you cry when you say yes to the dress. i never thought i'd be that girl, but i should have known the karma would come back on me when i named my wedding dress inspiration folder "that girl."

anyway. i posted earlier about first dance songs. ready for a real tearjerker? father-daughter dance songs. there aren't enough hankies on earth. the only thing saving me is the fact that my dad can't dance and i'll most likely laughcry the whole time.

those are just the tame ones that i culled it down to. imagine dancing to one of these with your dad on your wedding day. i dare you to try not to cry, ladies:

yeah, you see that puddle of tears you're in right now just reading those song titles and imagining dancing with your dad? i just did that to you. i wouldn't hit play if you haven't already. it's just so bawler. too bawler.

and you know what's worse? my dad's a bigger crier than i am. i could play "baby got back" and my dad would cry. in fact, let's laugh at that right now:

you're welcome. love you.

xoxo,
the bride

rachel here. i was going to tell you our genesis tale in this blog post. you know, how we met and how we remet years later. but then i got to listening to music. and am really digging these six songs:

i'm totally getting ahead of myself. we haven't even booked a venue yet. and venue will solidify date. and a date will solidify colors. and on and on and on. but i for sure have my favorite. i asked matt to make a list of his favorites too (he suggested dancing lessons, that will be fun!), but of course he hasn't done it yet. #firstworldbrideproblems

so, that genesis tale will have to wait. but it's a good one. so i can't hold off too long!

xoxo,
the bride