We're sick and in love. We're lovesick.

Today marks a special moment for the future Mr. and Mrs. Lipscomb... we printed our invitations!! It was a very difficult task. Basically we did a test page, hit print two hundred, put more invitations in when the paper ran out, and watched Juno. Tough I know. As the title hints, we are both feeling slightly under the weather this evening while we are waiting for the two hundredth invitation to finish up. Amanda has mono and I have allergies. No fun at all to be honest. She is ready to sleep and I am ready to plug my nose with tissues. My brain is pretty fuzzy now and I can't really think of anything else to say. We are ready to get married and live together! Four months to go!

Light at the End of the Tunnel

So, we're getting married in 133 days! It is such an exciting feeling to count down the days until I am a wife!

Wednesday we got our tattoos and they are pretty amazing. We went in thinking they would be fairly small and on one side of our bodies. Billy Joe told us that he would not be able to do the verse because the font was too small. We had decided that the verse was the most important part of the tattoo so we went big! I went first because we had a wedding planning meeting with CJ at 2:00. Man, it was painful! I freaked a little bit and almost fainted! After a few breaks, I decided that I was going to buck up and just finish. I'm sure it sounded like I was going into labor because I was screaming! :) Mr. Billy Joe was extremely patient with me and even took the time to pray with us as he was finishing my tattoo. He prayed for prosperity and a wonderful marriage. I don't think we could have asked for more. DJ, on the other hand, took it like a man and didn't take any breaks. They are a little shocking at first glance, but both beautiful representations of how we see our upcoming marriage.

CJ had everything basically planned out so we are seriously almost finished! Woo hoo! At this point, I could care less what kind of flower I will hold or what type of china we need for dinner. I just want to marry my man!

Also, I accepted a new position at Suntrust and it has been a really cool experience. I'm technically still training for the next week, a total of 3 exhausting weeks of policy, regulations and tests. We have health insurance. !!!!!!!!!! I couldn't ask for more. We have unbelievable benefits that I truly believe God has provided for us.

Honestly, every day it gets a little more difficult for DJ to go home. I just want to live together already. It gets so old sometimes. I want to wake up next to my husband and know that he will come back home that night. I am learning to be patient and enjoy everything that engagement offers. We are learning so much about each other. It is a cool thing to know that God has brought us together and he created us to love one another.

I will never get over that.

Exciting Week!

Why you might ask is this such an exciting week? First of all, we are getting tattoos on Wednesday. Second of all we get to have a big planning meeting with our awesome wedding coordinator CJ. So, this is going to be an awesome week!

We had a pretty heavy week last week to be honest. A lot of crazy things happened at once. Just a reminder that life does not always go as planned..in fact very rarely does life follow your plans. Despite the rough week and strange Saturday, the rest of the weekend was very good. Sunday brought some new life and fresh air back into our lives.

I do have to say, church was over the top even slightly hilarious this week. Jamie was talking about Satan and the presence of evil in the world...but they used very cheesy key board sounds and lights to distinguish between good (blue with angels) and bad (red with dragons and some eerie minor piano thing). Anyway, despite the cheese the service was great and had Amanda and I deep in conversation the whole time (writing back and forth in my journal).

We were both thankful to just talk alllll day long, hang out, and relax. This week is going to be killer! We will have tattoo pics up Wednesday night im sure :)

142 Days to Go

I can hardly believe how quickly the date is approaching! And yet, we still have a junk load of stuff to do haha. Invitations, decorations, all of that fun stuff. Anyway, not sure who is still keeping up with our blog but we have had a busy and crazy past few months. I am still learning so much about what it means to be a husband. I am continually being challenged by Amanda to raise the bar and by God to raise the bar as far as how I talk to Amanda and how we treat each other. No one has a perfect relationship or perfect marriage. It is very easy to hurt the people you are closest to. I found a cool verse recently that has really acted as a foundation for how we want to treat our soon to be marriage. "Therefore what God as joined together, let man not separate." Such a beautiful verse, straight from the mouth of JC. As I sit here thinking about this verse and thinking about the past few days I am realizing that the verse isn't just referring to other people outside of a relationship, it is talking to me as well. I am called to love, support, and cherish Amanda. She is called to do the same. This is an absolutely beautiful and amazing thing that I never want to take for granted. God brought us together. There is a reason for Amanda and I to be walking life together. I am a stubborn jerk nine times out of ten. I get defensive and selfish. The nice thing about blogging is that I can kind of say, "hey, I need to work on some things still. I do not have this whole being engaged and about to married thing down pat and would love some accountability."

To kind of move on here...I can hardly tell you all how excited I am to be with this amazing Woman. I cannot believe we are getting married in 142 days. I have no idea what we are going to do as far as money, living, school, and all of that but I can tell you there is no person in the entire world that I would rather figure life out with than Amanda Cook (Lipscomb).

See you all soon!

-DJ and Amanda

PS: We may or may not be getting tattoos this wednesday

Life is Good!

Thought I would give everyone a quick update because its been a while!

DJ and I have been slowly but surely finalizing wedding plans. We actually finished our guest list! Hallelujah!!! Our numbers are finally at a normal place and I think we'll actually be able to pull it off.

Saturday will be a day of many decisions. We may or may not settle on a caterer and a wedding coordinator for the big day. It is like a breath a fresh air to have someone helping us out. Wedding planning for over 300 guests is stressful!

Other than that, we've just been working away and saving up money. Apartment hunting is also a little crazy. We know where we don't want to live and now we're narrowing down on a few options.

DJ is getting busier by the day! He's booking shows, working for the Pops, and working for Starbucks. And on top of that, he takes care of me so well. I honestly don't know how he does it all.

I can't believe that we're getting married in 5 months. Time has seriously flown by. DJ and I were talking about how January and February basically didn't exist because of everything that happened with his dad. David is doing well, by the way! He has been such a trooper through everything.

I hope everyone is doing well!

-Amanda

His Needs Her Needs

DJ and I recently started the book, His Needs Her Needs, and so far we're enjoying it. Premarital counseling starts in April. I can't believe we're at this point in our lives. Soon, apartment hunting will begin and then we are getting married! I have little moments where I begin to fully realize what's going on and I'm so excited. I can't wait to live with my best friend and share life together.

In other news:
Yesterday I had a tooth extracted after I fractured it (stupid Wheat Thins!). After they numbed my mouth, I had a bad reaction to the medication, as I always do. I requested DJ's presence while they removed my tooth and he was such a trooper. He knows exactly how to make me feel better. I've been heavily medicated ever since and slowly making progress!

That's about it. Hope everyone is doing well!

Amanda

Lookin Fly Mr. Lipscomb

Thats right folks,
The gentlemen of this wedding party officially have their "Dress to Kill" outfits picked out for August 23, 2008. Pretty much the Lipscomb (and Lipscomb to be) wedding party is going to look super fly. Not only have us gentlemen picked out some serious awesome suits, my wonderful fiance and her bridesmaids picked out a beautiful dress for them to wear. I have heard rumor that my ladies wedding dress is pretty kickin as well although I am not aloud to hear the details of this dress.

178 days from now Amanda and I will be husband and wife. I have never been more excited about something in my entire life. We are going to have an amazing life together. God has been so faithful to show us the way and lead us down the path He has for our life together....it has been an amazing journey.

Keep us in your prayers as we are finishing up the planning for the actual day. We are both getting over different bugs as well...been sick for a couple of weeks now...and we are both ready to be feeling better.

Thats all for now!
-DJ