merry & bright

this is a little bit of what Christmas looks like around these here parts.

our faux mantle is serving it's best purpose as it now hosts our stockings,

& good news! so far, we've kept the tree alive!

we're also winning the wreath competition on our apartment floor, 

although our neighbors have no clue there is a competition.

but there is, & I'd totally fill that trophy with eggnog faster

than you can wash your hands, your face, your hair with snow.

just kidding. eggnog is pretty much completely gross.

I'm coordinating a wedding this weekend, & trying to mentally prepare, thusly.

Pretty stoked to be exhausted, but we're heading to Christmastown with friends on Sunday,

which will not only help me forget my exhaustion, but just might send me into a Christmas coma.

bring.

it.

on.

xo, kelsey

the first day of Christmas

when Jared called me on his way home from work today,

he told me he & his brother were going on an adventure to get a Christmas present for me.

I said, but Jared, haven't you already gotten my present??

genuinely surprised, but still a little twitterpated because haaaay... preseeeents.

so when I got home from work & found this sitting on the counter,

I was overjoyed & dangled it over my head,

walking around the house looking for my true love with the hottest fish-kiss face a girl can muster.

I love mistletoe. & this is year 5 that Jared has climbed a tree to get me some.

which, in turn, gets him some.

so everyone wins.

& I, the Christmas queen bee, didn't even realize that today

was the beginning of the 12 days of Christmas.

husby earned gryffindor like 6,000 points on that one.
he is thoughtful. & wonderful.

oh, & done with all his finals.
smarty pants.

xo, kelsey

wedding - after session

some polaroids from our bridal shoot with korie lynn photography...

can't get enough.

we just got the package with ALL the photos on it in the mail today,

& I'll be posting some of our favorites as soon as possible.

which mean, yes, I haven't even peeked at the full set yet.
CRAZY, RIGHT??

in the mean time, you can spy on the photos korie posted here.

& while you do that, I'm going to light about 46 more candles

to get rid of the smell I created tonight when I almost burned down our apartment

just for a dang grilled cheese sammich. 

xo, kelsey

ps. thanks to this beauty for snapping the behind-the-scenes polaroids!

lauren mccain

the elliphant

I went over to my parents' on saturday night for some QT with the baby seester,

& someone decided to join me on the couch.

this little girl pup must know that I'm completely in love with her,

because she got a photo sesh instead of a reprimand.

whatever. she's completely precious & omgahhhh I want a puppy sooo baaaddddd-duh.

not just yet.

we need a yard.

& one of us to be home a little more often.

*sigh* someday.

in the meantime,

I'll be cuddling with ellie & pretending that she remembers that december day 

when just barely engaged jared & kelsey picked her up from the farm in maryland

& brought her to her new home.

through 9 hours of traffic on a should-be 5 hour drive, she sat in my lap & laid by my feet,

disappearing into the snow every time we stopped to let her out.

so precious. & had I a scanner, I'd share the polaroids.

oh hey!

speaking of sharing photos...

Korie posted some of our photoshoot that we had with her last month & they do not disappoint.

in fact, they've sent me a little bit over the moon.

I'm completely smitten.

we're totally thrilled.

& there's more pictures on the way! wahhhh!

alright.

the cranberries are chilling & the corn pudding is prepped for the holiday party at work tomorrow.

now it's time to shower off the sparkles that I may or may not have sprinkled all over myself 

while decorating the office christmas tree today. 

WHAT. I LIKE SPARKLES A LOT.

because I'm a little bit magical.

xo, kelsey