with 53 weeks, part two.

Happy Monday! First off, thank you so much for your sweet words about yesterday's post :) As promised, this post contains the second set of photos from our engagement shoot back in April 2009--53 weeks before we said "I do."

You'll notice a few things in these photos...

1) {cv}'s seeksucker fedora...which he so kindly agreed to wear

2) my purple Hunter rainboots...a last-minute addition to our wardrobe because it rained that morning {which actually pushed our shoot back six hours...but provided the perfect light}

We changed in the parking garage..and Kate's magnificent eye caught this photo-op:

{photo by Kate Headley}

I won't narrate much through these photos, but I will say just how much joy these photos bring to me. I cannot count the number of walks we've made up and down this street in our nearly five and a half years together. I pray we'll walk with our baby {v}'s down O Street some day--and talk fondly of our college days spent here. {Who knows? Maybe we'll even convince them to be Hoyas too!}

{photo by Kate Headley}

{photo by Kate Headley}

{photo by Kate Headley}

{photo by Kate Headley}

{photo by Kate Headley}

This was my background photo on my old blackberry for a good year...

{photo by Kate Headley}

We revisited this mural {which was across the street from my house senior year} on our wedding day!

{photo by Kate Headley}

I can't get enough of this photo of {cv}. His smile makes me melt. Apparently, this photo of me ranks as one of his faves, which I only found out while writing this post. It's not my fave, to be quite honest, but I do look so at "home." Maybe it's because he's the recipient of that smile ;)

{photo by Kate Headley}

{photo by Kate Headley}

Where it all began... 

{photo by Kate Headley}

This hallway is lined by classrooms where {cv} and I spent many of our days at Georgetown. I also love the picture on the right because it mimics one of our favorite Jack Vettriano paintings...which we love because of our years of long distance.

{photo by Kate Headley}

{photo by Kate Headley}

Far and away, the photo below won everyone's hearts. It's one of my favorites too. Sadly, on our wedding day, we saw this car again...but with a HUGE tree that had fallen right on its hood. boo!

{photo by Kate Headley}

There you have it! Any favorites from this round of photos?

One funny story before I go...you noticed the rainboots right? Remember how I said our shoot got pushed back six hours? Well, the day of this shoot was also the day we introduced {cv}'s parents to my parents. The meeting occurred about an hour before we took these photos...and we literally connected the two pairs and had to leave them to fend for themselves. Since the shoot got pushed back, we couldn't play moderator...but thankfully, it didn't seem to matter.

When we finished the shoot, we called them and were delighted to find them enjoying each other and carrying along famously. The weekend which followed was perfect...filled with cherry blossoms and general DC loveliness. 

Ok, I've carried on enough ;) enjoy the rest of your night! Thanks again for being such a wonderful {and encouraging!} audience! I have something super exciting to share with you this week {at least it's exciting in my book!}, so hang tight! 

Sleep well! Until tomorrow, xoxo {av}

P.S. I'll reiterate this sidenote today: please do not use these photos without first getting permission from our photographer. You can do that by contacting me--and I will reach out to her. I do not want to see her hard work floating around the interwebs, without the proper credit. Thank you for respecting this wish!