Being a bridesmaid is not cheap! Not only do they have to pay for their dresses (and sometimes hair and makeup), there are also travel expenses involved in most cases! Seven out of my eight bridesmaids were not local to Charleston, so they and their families had to travel and pay for lodging in order to attend! I mentioned before that I really wanted to spoil my gals, so I wanted to make their gifts very special!

If you haven't heard the news.. WE'RE PREGNANT!! We are so so excited about the journey ahead of us and to bring a new life into this world! I asked my followers on Instagram if they had any pregnancy related questions for me, so I wanted to answer the most asked questions here!

I am so excited to share details on both of my wedding dresses! You may have saw that I had both a ceremony dress and a reception dress, and am SO happy I made the decision to change dresses during the reception! The weekend before our wedding I met up with my photographer at our wedding venue to take my bridal portraits of both my dresses, and here's the result! 

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If you've been following along the past couple of years, you know that we now have four dogs. Yes, FOUR! Scooter, our smallest one, will be 10 in October, Tarpon is 8, Mako is 2 and our newest, Tilly, is 6 months old. Yes that's a lot of dogs, and yes we have trouble keeping our house clean. Lately, especially with the new addition of Tilly, our most recent issue is old man Scooter peeing in the house, aka marking everything in sight. I think it's a mix between his old age, and all the smells of the labs that leads to him going indoors. Regardless, we have been trying everything to get this issue under control. There are three main tips I recommend trying at home if you are having the same issue, and I'm also going into detail on the one that has worked best for us!