Amazing Love

Good Morning.

It's here.  This is it, we've worked hard, loved hard, prayed hard. We've planned organized and shopped.

I'm so excited. And anxious, and sleepy and thirsty. I need to drink alooooot of water today. And people have been so nice!!

Our life together began 7 years ago. Completion.

We believe God has brought us together and we are more in love with who we are now than who we were then.

That's progress.

Yesterday, I woke up happy, excited, anxious. 24 hours no longer seemed like an eternity. It seemed like a good time to enjoy being Ms. Aboab for the last time.

How do I feel? I have butterflies, I feel rested, focused, secure. Loved.

Our families:

We love you! Not a minute in this life is worth it unless you have love. We have it in abundance.

To our friends:

We love you:

You have come through for us at a time when we needed you THE most. 

Our followers:

We looooove you! 

Every comment, email, thought, prayer. Recognized and returned ten fold. The support has been overwhelming.

The journey? Has a fresh start today. There will be pain, sorrow, joy, success. Faith will be tested. In a half of an hour our lives individually will change collectively. We are so ready for the challenge.

To Anderson:

For allowing me to share our story. For loving me when I was still a girl. For growing with me, caring for me, praying for me, thinking for me when I couldn't or wouldn't. For adding so much richness and joy

to my life. I love you and will love you until my heart stops. And I am so grateful to God. 

For choosing me.

Love 

Heidi.

Xoxo

Keep praying family. We love you!! 

The Bowens.

A week and a day away

Goooood Morning Loves!!!

I cannot tell you how grateful we are to be at this point. Andy and I are apart right now. I'm away shopping for our house and the wedding. I also had some business to take care of up here. So I had to take leave at a critical time.

And Anderson has done a tremendous job of keeping our plans in check. Sure we got frustrated. We are still finalising guests. People have taken ill, been involved in accidents. Some of our friends are unable to attend because of work commitments, their employers refuse to give them the time. Sad huh? Jealousy is a helluva thing.

And emotions have run the gamut. But we are so blessed. Andy's mum is making and decorating our cake. I got a really cute topper for it. I found my veil and a hair accessory to make a real statement. As you know I said yes to the dress. Got my shoes at a STEAL!! I wanted a pair of Badgley Mischka's but.... These shoes are soooo much prettier and more comfortable. Pricepoint? Affordable.com. 

BUT, still no wedding day panties HELP!! Spanx? Bloomers? Girdle? Boyshorts? Help muh nuh? I aino wha tuh put on!!

Fears:

Rain on wedding day

Tripping down the aisle

Ratchetness

People watching me 

Me and Andy kissing for the first time and bumping noses (sooooo embarassing)

Fainting

Feeling Fat

Menstruating - gross but with stress anything can happen please pray for me!!!

Not resting enough, i've been extremely tired the last few days! 

Being a good, humble, loving, honest wife.

I'm going to be somebody's wife. That's huge. My family up here is so excited. And I finally caught the bug. God and us want this marriage, we're happy and blessed. And through all the strange occurrences and few mishaps, this process has been abundantly blessed.

Advice?

Trust and love your partner.

Have faith and pray to God for wisdom.

Be romantical (Anderson is!!!) 

Get positive and negative feedback.

Do NOT divulge major plans to anyone but yo mama

and yo mans! 

People often pretend to be happy for you, when often times they are jealous. Beware!

Go for counselling.

Stay sane! 

We love and appreciate every one of you!!

Xoxo

Heidi and Anderson

See you next week... When the day is finally here!!!

Mr. & Mrs. Anderson Bowen - to - be

Ding ding ding!!!

Welll Good Morning!!!

Guess who's getting married in less than a month? 

Yasssssss huntys, God is goooooooood!! 

And guess who said yes to the dress???? Meeeeee!!!

So I've been in NY since April/May. And there was some drama with my Mum and Auntie's passports. They applied for them earlier in the year and i'll be a daggone monkey's uncle if it didn't take goshdarnit 10 weeks o_O. 

So finnnally on Thursday my mummy and auntie made it to the Big Apple woop wooooooop!!

And the hunt was on from Friday. Now I'd been advised to visit many boutiques and places but I have to say that I like to move as God directs me. Before my mum came, my wonderful cuz Renee took me allllllll over the city and all the way to Long Island to find a dress. I know she was super disappointed though, because I was NOT about to try on dresses without my mum being there. I'm her only child and she deserved that honour. 

So I looked and felt and touched, asked questions. I was trying to figure out how important it was to have the shoes. Veil, no veil, gloves, mittens, Man, it was alot! 

I hopped onto google trying to find the nearest Bridal shops to my uncle's house. I'd visited one in Flatbush but both Andy and I were unimpressed lol. 

Yessss Andy came up to NY too! My very own GZ (groomzilla) came to my rescue! I was getting a little overwhelmed and he came for a week and some!!! Yaaaaay!

Fast forward to the day I got my dress. My uncle drove us out to Long Island City and as my mum and I browsed around, it hit me. This is real. So I had the names and style numbers of the dresses I thought would suit my body type and my consultant Damaris went searching. She later told me the ones I'd selected she was going to pull for me when she saw me lolI. I tried about 5/6 dresses. And then I found the one!

As I slipped into the dress and Damaris zipped me up, she said you're gonna love this one. I said yea? Ok

let's go then. 

There was a couple next to us and the baby kept coming over by my family to

check us out lol. The wife was trying on a bridesmaid's dress. When I stepped out of the dressing room, the husband heard my family and me as I looked at myself in the mirror say Woooooow! He looked around and said in spanish ' Honey look, she's so beautiful.' And I busted out laughing, he said did you understand me? I said yes, he said oh my god you look fabulous, really that is the dress! You have to buy that. 

I was laughing and grinning and cheesing and I knew it was the one. When you know, you know. The dress compliments my body, it's slightly sparkly and is a nod to dresses of hmmm.... Andy reads the blog so that's all I can say on that.

Thanks for the love and prayers, we found it!!!

T- 21+ to go!!

Xoxo

Heidi.