Andrea and Richard

AndreaandRichard.com has been *slightly* updated. You might notice some slight differences (and you may not depending on how often you visit) and we are still continuing to make some tweaks, so please bear with the slight mess for a little while.

One of the most noticeable difference is that instead of a single large header image, there are five smaller images that are pulled from Flickr. The five pictures appear randomly and do not load all the albums from our Flickr page.

So we went to San Jose for Father’s Day, spent a bit of time with my family. Then we left to order the rings. We went to the same place where I originally custom ordered Andrea’s engagement ring. We ran into a predicament in that because of the unique design of Andrea’s engagement ring, it would be very difficult to find a pre-made wedding band that would fit exactly into the engagement ring. And the issue we face is that if we custom make a wedding band that fits perfectly with the engagement ring, then Andrea can’t wear the wedding band alone as she would like to do on occasion.

So we looked, and looked, and happened on a nice one. It’s a nice 5 stone ring that we’re having custom made in platinum to match the engagement ring. The total weight is about ~0.81 carats, bringing the grand total (engagement + wedding rings) to over ~2 carrots carats. The ring will be ready in two weeks for pickup. We can’t wait to see it!

I reserved an appointment for Richard and I to pick-up our marriage license from San Francisco City Hall.

Calfornia State Law requires a picture id such as Drivers License or other valid identification. Some counties recommend bringing certified copies of your birth certificates (which I don’t have since I had to send mine in for my US Passport). You need to know your parents names, mothers’ maiden name and places of their birth. The license is valid for 90 days before you must have it officiated, i.e. ceremony performed. After our ceremony in Stanislaus County, October 6, we have to contact the San Francisco County Recorder’s Office to get a certified copy of our marriage license and certificate.

There are a few differences between San Mateo and San Francisco County; San Mateo County you don’t need an appointment to get a marriage license, you just walk in, show IDs and pay the fees; San Francisco County, you have to reserve an appointment and you can book up to 3 months in advance and you pay your fee at the time you reserve. As for the fees, San Mateo County charges $78 opposed to San Franciso’s $91. I was debating about getting our license with San Mateo County since this is the County I live in, but the County courthouse is in Redwood City. The San Francisco location seems to be more convenient for both of us.

Time just seems to fly by. It was only a month ago that it was just 5 months to go and a month before that was 6 months. We’re now in the final stages of planning and preparation. The stress levels are high and so is the anticipation. There isn’t *too* much left to do, but worry about things we can’t control and wait nervously.

So what do we still need to do? We let’s see:

• Andrea still needs a tiara and shoes
• Our fathers, Chris (Best Man), and I still need our tuxedo shoes
• We all still need to get fitted (won’t be until 2 weeks before the date)
• We need to order our wedding bands
• Andrea needs to do a hair and makeup dry run
• Invitations need to be addressed and sent out
• We need to finalize our song list for the DJ

So yea, a few more things to take care of.

We finally have the invitations!! They are very nice, in fact, they are more than what we expected. Now we have assemble them and get ready for mailing. I gave my parents their invitation yesterday (they never saw the proof or anything else of what it looks like) and my dad was impressed and said it’s very nice. Richard did a great job on the design and we are happy with the final product.