House Update!

So far, so good! Everything is going great with our house! We are getting closer and closer everyday to owning it all to ourselves and moving in. We can't wait! The home inspection went really well. There are only a few minor things to fix and the sellers agreed to repair everything that needed to be done! The appraisal has been done as well as the CL-100 (termite bond). We have no termites! We close May 16th. We can't wait to get in there and start renovating, landscaping, and decorating! We love our new house!

We are officially going to be homeowners!

Alex & I have been looking at houses for a few months now. We've looked at A LOT of homes, and our patience has finally paid off! We fell in love with this house the moment we walked through the door. It is so cute! It is a 2-story home & has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, has a cute kitchen, breakfast area, family room with fireplace, formal dining room, formal living room, 2 front porches, detached garage, and a big fenced in backyard for the dogs! It's pretty much everything we've been looking for.

It's located in The Village at Park West. The neighborhood is precious! It is in a really nice area. There are community docks, a dog park, sidewalks everywhere, a pond with a playground across the street, and the neighborhood is located on the beautiful marsh! I LOVE the marsh! We also have access to the Park West amenities center which has 2 pools, a summer kitchen, kids playground, and 6 tennis courts. The pools will be nice during the summer and when we have company!

We are having the home inspection done on Monday. Hopefully, everything will be good to go! We are closing on May 16th. The timing was perfect considering our landlord for our condo called to tell us he just sold it and we have to be out by May 30th! I am so ready to move in our house! I'm so excited about having a house to decorate and a yard to make pretty! The first thing we have to do is replace the carpet upstairs. They have berber carpet in there now that is worn out. We're going to go to Lowe's nect week and look at some samples. I also want to rip up all of the bushes in the front & back of the house and start all over. They are overgrown & not too cute!I'm glad we are going to have a home to start making memories in! We'll keep the house progress updated on the blog. Wish us luck!

Crabbing dock right across the street! Big fenced yard for Max, Jack, & Bentley!

Pretty plantation shutters & hardwoods in the breakfast room!

My cute kitchen with pretty terra-cotta tile!

We want to eventaully put in granite countertops.

Formal dining room right off of the kitchen. Love the windows!

Formal green living room next door. All gorgeous hardwood floors!

Family room with fireplace & hardwood floors. Needs a little paint!

Porch upstairs off of one of the bedrooms.

It could use a couple of black rocking chairs!

Nice detached garage with side door leading out to backyard.

Our new house!

Sidewalks all throughout the neighborhood to walk the dogs!

We also have to do some landscaping!!!

We're finally Mr. & Mrs.!

We did it! We are now Mr. & Mrs. Walter Alexander Brown II! Alex and I have been dating for 8+ years and tied the knot on March 13th in Negril, Jamaica. We had a GORGEOUS wedding and everything was PERFECT. Our families traveled with us for the big day along with our wonderful photographers Chris & Cami Smith from Chris & Cami Photography in Charleston. They captured our big day in style!

Alex & I arrived on Friday with our family and were married on Sunday afternoon directly on the beach. The weather was perfect! It was around 85 degrees and sunny the entire week. Our reception followed the wedding and was held on the beach under a big tiki hut. We had a buffet, bar, and even a DJ. Everyone was barefooted dancing in the sand! The resort even made us a pretty wedding cake! The staff at Beaches Negril was WONDERFUL! Alex & I stayed at there for 7 nights. It was awesome! I loved Jamaica! I would definitely recommend getting married there. It was the best time of my life (and was super easy)! We can't wait to go back! I'm going to start planning an anniversary trip for next year!

Bridal Photo Shoot

I had a really cool & fun bridal photo shoot on Friday with my photographer Chris Smith from Chris & Cami Photography. We met downtown Charleston at Waterfront Park and worked our way down the cobblestone streets looking for amazing photo opportunities. My mom & Mrs. Beth Grant went along with us. Mrs. Beth did my hair and bouquet for the pictures. We had THE BEST time taking pictures downtown. Chris is an AMAZING photographer. He creates really cool images. He took our engagement photos @ Boone Hall Plantation and is also traveling with us to Jamaica to shoot our wedding! I'm super excited about he & his wife coming to Jamaica and taking our pictures! We are going to have a blast working with the beautiful backdrops of the Caribbean! We started out at Waterfront Park taking a few photos with the tree lined walkway. We then moved over to the big black iron bird gate and took a few there. Next, we shot a few in the middle of an old cobblestone street where the sun was peaking through the buildings. We did a few action shots of me holding my dress up walking down the street with my rainbow flip flops on! We got some shots of Chris using a old barn-like door and framing me inside of the door. There was this really cool orange bicycle across the street that we had been eyeing. The owner came out and allowed us to use her bicycle to shoot with. It had a big basket on the front that I put my bouquet in. I think those will be really cute pictures! We played with some water puddles in the street and Chris took some reflection shots on me twirling my dress around. We found a really neat alleyway that we used to shoot a few in. Next, there was an old brick sidewalk up against a brick building that I stood against. It was neat because it will just be me surrounded by all of the old bricks in the photos. We saw a really pretty brown iron garage gate that I stood against too. I'm thinking they may end up being my favorite shots! Finally, we worked our way back over to Waterfront Park to end the shoot with some photos at the classic Pineapple Fountain. Chris has awesome visions for his photographs. I can't wait to see the finished photos! It's going to be really hard to pick out ONE for my bridal portrait that I'm going to display at our Hartsville reception! I have a feeling I'm going to love every one! I think I'm going to get him to make me a photo book of all of my favorites. I can't wait for everyone to see them after the wedding!

Showers in Hartsville

A couple of weeks ago Alex & I went to Hartsville for the weekend for a couples shower on Saturday and a bridal shower on Sunday. We got a lot of great gifts and pretty things for our home! It was really good to see all of our family and friends. I thought I would post some pictures from the weekend. I have a couple more showers coming up, so I will post pictures from those as well! We only have 2.5 weeks left until we leave for Jamaica! We are VERY excited and can't wait to get there! It's going to be tons of fun!

Bridal Shower:

Couples Shower: