Fifth day of our trip - 10/13/2015
It was finally time for our engagement shooting with the Roots! I was so nervous about it. It was kind of strange - reading both Jensey’s blogs and writing back and forth with Nate I felt like I knew them, but we had never met them in person. As said before I’m kind of shy with strangers so this was kind of awkward. Moreover I have a temporary form of strabismus and it really makes me feel uncomfortable to get my picture taken. I talked to Nate about it before and right before the shoot and they really made me feel comfortable about it (although it shows in a few pics).
A few months before the trip I had come to the conclusion that I would take a relaxed approach on the day and that we would stay in. That’s why I booked a reservation at Boma for a large breakfast/brunch so that we wouldn’t be too full when we get our pictures taken.
I am so glad I made that reservation. It was definitely an unforgettable meal and Chef Ricky was so nice about my allergies - he showed me every item I could eat and made me a special plate with fresh strawberries (I can’t eat watermelon and he wanted to make sure that I could eat the strawberries without them getting mixed with the watermelon that was nearby) and brought me a double chocolate muffin from the dinner buffet!
Deliciousness featured on the right!
But that was not the highlight of the trip: if you never tried Boma’s Bread Pudding with the Pecan Praline Sauce you missed out big time! It’s very filling, but also the most delicious thing we ate at WDW. The bread pudding has much more cinnamon in it than ‚Ohana’s version and the sauce makes it perfect! We liked it so much, it is now on or DP menu (really hope they’re able to recreate it, but just in case I made a reservation for our honeymoon week at Boma).
After that we separated - DF went to Disney Springs to get me a Bridal headband and himself a Save the date pair of groom’s ears, so that we could use them at the photo shoot. Of course, we forgot them later!
Pretty lucky that our balcony was in the shade for most of the day! Love Uzima savannah!
I took my time and painted my toe nails on our balcony. It wasn’t the best idea I had, but I didn’t want to miss one second of animal interaction, so I don’t regret it. I painted them in the Louboutin red as I was going to wear my Louboutins for the first time for the photo shoot (not the ones for the wedding, I got these when we visited DLP in Paris in their first store. Originally these were going to be my wedding shoes, but when I went with a long dress, I wasn't able to switch between them and my dancing shoes (because of the heel height), so I ended up with my glass slippers)! My nails were in the same color. Their nail polish is really amazing. The top of the bottle is almost pencil-like which allows you to put on the polish way more precise (only not on that morning).
After having half a flatbread from The Mara for lunch by myself (it took DF 2,5 hours alone to get to Disney Springs and back) Gina Schmidt from About Face arrived.
I booked them after seeing Jensey’s post about Ashley's wedding with Kalie from their team. Initially Kalie should have come as it was also the trial for the wedding, but her daughter had to go to hospital that day. Instead Gina came and we hit it off immediately! She was so nice to talk to and even jumped over the bed a few times due to the limited space! I was really happy with the results, although I kind of felt strange during the application of the airbrush make-up (especially the nose part). The make-up did hold all day and didn’t wear off at all.
We did run a little behind so we let Gina take her time to clean up and we rushed to grab a cab to Port Orleans French Quarter which turned out to be the perfect background. We came a few minutes early and sat down to switch shoes, but Nate and Jensey were already there. We were both very nervous at first, but I hope to speak for us all - we hit it off pretty easily. We kept talking the whole time and Nate had to constantly remind us that we were there to take pictures.
The first ones are with my Louboutins, but quickly we changed into our dancing shoes as I wanted to have shots of our favorite dancing poses. They did such a great job! I really hate getting my picture taken as I have a temporary form of strabismus since I was 4 years old and it almost always shows when I’m stressed or nervous. That’s why it was so important for me to have kind of a relationship with the photographers. It gets much worse when I’m uncomfortable or intimidated.
For now, I let the pictures speak for themselves!
(disclaimer: pics are not as high res for the uploading!)
Port Orleans French Quarter is such a pretty little resort. That blue dress you have on pops so nicely in the pictures too! You guys are absolutely adorable.
!!!!! I love the dancing shoots you guys look so great I don't know how you are going to choose between them!
