Second

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband and the father of my son, Matt! I love you so much!

We celebrated over the course of two days. On our actually anniversary, June 16, we went (very) low-key and got Taco Bell for dinner. We brought it to Roger Williams Park where we went for a walk with Anthony.

On June 27 we went to dinner at Vanity Supper Club while Cristina watched Anthony for us. We had a gift certificate from September of 2012 that we had been meaning to use and finally did! It was a nice night and the dinner was delicious. Here's the other picture from that night: our dessert!

First

Happy Anniversary to my one and only, Matt!

This weekend Matt and I celebrated our first anniversary. On Friday night we went to dinner at the Capital Grille here in Providence. We went there on our first anniversary when we were dating, so I thought it would be nice to go back for our first wedding anniversary. A month or so ago, we got a card and gift card from one of Matt's college friends. They had lived together their junior year and he was finally closing the account that they had used to pay bills for their house that year. We were expecting some money from him from that account, but when we got the card, it also had a gift card to the Capital Grille! He and two other friends who had all attended the wedding, had pitched in for the gift card for our anniversary! It was perfect, not to mention completely unexpected! We had a great dinner and, thanks to one of my friends from dance who works there, we got quite spoiled! We had their usual for anniversaries (rose petals on the table, free glass of champagne, free sample of an appetizer) plus two free desserts and a set of their champagne glasses to take home!

Yesterday morning we watched our wedding video for the first time! It was beautiful and so much fun to relive the day. Not to mention, we both got to see things we weren't able to the first time! I had a hair appointment (just for a trim) but it was weird being there the same day as I was last year. Later, Matt and I went to the Biltmore Spa for a couple's massage (a gift from my parents) and then we left to go to see our parents.

We didn't do much today, since it was Father's Day we focused more on that. But when we got back home, we had some of our cake from the wedding and a glass of champagne (in our new glasses)! It was a wonderful weekend and we'll be celebrating again shortly with the Cheesecake Factory gift card we got from Matt's parents!

Today I Do

Today I marry my best friend, Matthew Michael Denver, and we begin our lives together! At 2:00 pm I will walk down the aisle and will become Mrs. Denver from here on.

Thanks to everyone that helped and got us this far!

And to my wonderful husband, I love you more today than ever before and that love will always grow.

Love,
Ashley

Friday

1 day

It's tomorrow!

As for today, the girls and I have nail appointments at 2 (Jess, Shannon, Cris, and I at 1 for pedicures) at Metro Nails. We're going to go to the hotel and check in after that and get ready for the rehearsal at 4 30 at the chapel. After that we're going to dinner at Waterplace Restaurant at 6. Afterwards, we're going to McCormick & Schmidt's for drinks, which is in the bottom of the Biltmore.

However, the first thing that I need to do is get new shoes for Hannah since her feet grow at the rate of bamboo.

Jess, Cris, and I did the out of town bags this morning as well as the escort cards! We are all set for tomorrow!!

Thursday

2 days

I have been on my feet today since 6 30 this morning! I worked from 7 to 3 30 today and then went immediately to pick up Cris from the bus station. We came back to the apartment and packed up most of the boxes for the reception. Cris, Jess, and I went to the Biltmore and delivered the boxes. We then went to pick up my dress, which I tried on again and it fits perfectly! After that we went to get pedicures, but had to schedule them for tomorrow before our manicures. Then we went to Walmart and got the rest of the supplies for the escort cards, out of town bags, and honeymoon. We picked up Matt and went to dinner at Newport Creamery and we JUST got back.

However, I am SO excited for the next two days...and the honeymoon!!

Wednesday

3 days

Tomorrow is my last day of work before the wedding! I'm working from 7 until 3 and then I'm off to do wedding stuff for the rest of the day! Thankfully, I'll have Jess and Cris here to help me with the rest of my to-do list, including the out of town bags!

We got a gift yesterday from CJ and Andrea that we finally opened today! It's the storage chest for our silverware! (Well, once we get the good silverware, it'll go in there.)

And good news is I'll be able to bring most of the reception stuff to the Biltmore tomorrow!! So excited to get it out of my house!

Tuesday

4 days

So I emailed Scott and found out that we're over $2000 short of our food minimum. We thought that we'd be able to use this for an open bar, but apparently it's ONLY for food. Now we have to add something and there's no other way we'll be able to afford an open bar. I'm rather annoyed...

I also got a text from my mom that Jos A Bank is saying there's an extra fee for the tuxes to remain there until Friday. What the hell.

Seriously, I am over all this wedding bullshit. I just want it to be here and enjoy it. UGH