Finally... OUR WEDDING YEAR!

As soon as 2012 came at midnight of January 1st, that's when Marc and I realized that we're getting married SOON and things are going to be happening FAST.  As of this month, we are officially halfway through our engagement. Freakin' insane! We're nervous because we are well aware of how hectic things will get soon, but we are incredibly thrilled to just. be. married.

With the new year also comes the improved Eiffel of 2012 =)  Every day, I learn more and more about Marc and the intricacies of how he reacts to certain circumstances whether positive or negative.  And I'm slowly but surely making adjustments to make sure he is getting what he needs as my partner rather than being selfish and expecting him to always cater to my needs and forgetting about his.  I've shared with Marc that I'm working on this, and he has been 110% supportive.  Whenever he notices that I bite my tongue, lend an ear rather than attempt to fix his problems, take a deep breath instead of allowing my emotions to take over, giving him the time he needs to think things over, refraining from being a backseat driver, etc... Marc is so great about recognizing it and applauding me for making positive changes. You would think that this stuff would be easy for me since I'm trained in counseling, but a client vs. a fiance is so different. But I will do my best to transfer the counseling/listening skills I learned from school into my relationship.  We'll see how that goes ;)  

Back to wedding stuff... thanks to the help of Marc's sister, I have finalized the bridesmaid dresses!  The best thing about the dress is that it's affordable and comfortable! That only means that my bridesmaids have no excuses to not be on the dance floor the entire wedding night!! And I'm so serious about that statement =P  Then we'll be moving onto finding the shoes for me and the bridesmaids and a dress for my flower girls. We're still searching for our videographer and DJ.  Those are the only vendors we haven't hired yet.  Then I'll be asking some aunts and uncles to be sponsors/ninongs/ninangs for me and Marc by this weekend.  That just sounded like one jumbled paragraph.  Eh. Anyways....

CHEERS to 2012... a year to GET MARRIED!!!

Our first picture of 2012 :) Happy New Year everyone!