In the next couple of weeks my new Apple Macbook Pro should be arriving.  This is a fairly large step for me personally, as well as our division.  Although I’ve used Macs on several occasions, I never had one to call my own.  For IA, I’m the first user to have one.  I imagine others may soon follow.  When we sat down and looked at all the pros and cons, it just made sense to go with the Mac. With Bootcamp, it’s practically two machines for the price of one.

In the past month alone, nearly 10% of our visitors were using a Mac.  While Safari is available for Windows, it still makes me feel better knowing our sites and applications are accessible using other platforms.  Luckily we held off just long enough to get a Mac with the new Trackpad.  Needless to say I’m pretty excited about it.  I’m also excited about finally getting a second monitor.  There are just so many applications that almost require a large amount of screen space, that this one’s been coming for a while.  That on top of the 5 or so windows that I have up almost constantly, will now have plenty of room to spread out.

I might as well attempt to update you on a few things.  Our photographer posted our wedding photos so I encourage you to check those out.  Definitely some keepers.

Official Wedding Photos

Ashley and I have also decided to move out.  It’s going to be hard because we both enjoy our roommate’s company, but we’re excited to have a place with just the two of us – and a dog or cat.    We’re mainly looking at staying downtown or moving back to Daniel Island.  Keep our eyes open for anything interesting though.  Our lease doesn’t end until the end of June so we have several more months to find something.

It’s hard to believe. It went by so fast, but we’re finally married. The wedding was amazing. Ashley was absolutely stunning. I cannot begin to express the gratitude and love we have for all our family and friends. We can’t imagine the day or experience without all of you being there. I’m sure there are lots more photos of the wedding that I’m not aware of, but this is my attempt to compile a list of photos and videos of the wedding and honeymoon.

Our Photos:

Our Honeymoon Photos
Our Honeymoon Videos – 1, 2, 3

Other Photos:

Photographer Random
Photographer Bridal Shoot
Aunt Janet’s Photos
Aunt Paige’s Photos
Carrie’s Photos 1
Ramsey Photos

Facebook Photos:

Ashley’s Photos
Carrie’s Photos 2
Clay’s Photos
Lauren’s Photos
Lindsay’s Photos
Kelly’s Photos
Mckinzie’s Photos
Meredith’s Photos
Susan’s Photos
Tony’s Photos

• Police Officer
• Comedian
• Computer Programmer
• Actor
• Politician

That’s really just to list a few. In any case they never included my wife. It wasn’t like I purposefully excluded her, just never really thought of her. I think that’s why this is such a new experience. One that Ashley and I finally had a chance to talk about. What do we want to do with our lives.

It was pretty obvious at some point we both wanted kids. After finally talking about what we both wanted to get out of life, we came to the conclusion we’d both like to live outside of SC for some part of our life. I’m sure this might change about ten times between now and then, but the last idea we came up with was to move DC. It’s a much larger city than Charleston, Rock Hill and especially Hickory Grove.

In any case, it’s actually pretty exciting to think about the rest of your life with the person you love.

Only 2 months and 4 days left until the big day. Everyone keeps asking if I’m nervous, which I slightly am, but not for the reasons most people are nervous before their wedding. I’m actually a little nervous about making sure things go right. I usually get nervous about making sure things go to plan. I just want to be sure Ashley has the best day. There’s absolutely no anxiety about getting married. I get to spend the rest of my life with my very best friend.

I also updated some of the wedding stuff in the past few days. Ashley, Chip and I also created a facebook application called Birthday Card, which allows you to post birthday cards on a friends wall, instead of just a boring message. In the three days it’s been live, we have 941 active users. We’ve also raised a total of 58 cents. Yay.

Although I feel my mullet is no where near the girth and class of Uncle Jesse, I still fill it’s time for a cut. The thick mop on my head’s getting too long. I’m thinking I may mix it up a little and go for a haircut with a “style” as opposed to the normal Chip buzzing me on the porch. Perhaps something like Froto above? I’m quite comfortable with the buzz cut and I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with it. I’ve tried “styling” my hair before but to no avail. Bowl cut, dying, bleaching, frosting, I’ve tried it all but I always come crawling back to the buzz like some sort of beaten step child. Maybe that’s not the best reference but you get the point.

We’ve made lots of wedding plans since our last post two months ago. So many plans I can’t remember them all. Maybe I’ll make Ashley feel guilty and get here to write again. I’ve made a few updates to the site including adding our bridal party and gift registrations. There are a few things left to do but I just haven’t been motivated to do them. I think I ran out of steam to make any website changes after launching the *redesigned* College of Charleston alumni website.

This week we want to figure out what we are going to do as far as music at the reception and also blocking hotel rooms. We are not sure where we are going to go on the honeymoon, but we are also starting to get our passports ready just in case.

I also have to say that my bridesmaids are pretty awesome too. Megan was going to drive all the way down on friday just look at my dress and then drive back up to Rock Hill that same day. Her car died on the side of the road while she was on her way down, but it still meant a lot that she was willing to make the drive anyways. Jennie has also been great. She was with me when I went dress shopping and sending me info on lots of things I need for the planning. I think we e-mail or talk to each other about every other day. My mom has also been a really big help with the planning of everything.

That is really about it as far as the wedding planning is going. Bobby has been amazing about helping me out with everything. There is no way we would have this much accomplished already with out his help…and all the women in his office.