B&B

This situation happens a lot. We are around a group of new people and we need to introduce ourselves. When we say our names are Brandi and Brady, it typically generates a response of "Awww...how cute." Or "Ha, really?"

Sometimes we encounter some funny situations. For instance, recently I (Brandi) forgot my gym pass and when I asked the guy to enter my name on the computer, he said "Brandy Smith just checked in." My response was "No, that was Brady, I'm Brandi." Confused, he finally let me enter.

Easter got a little confusing this past weekend when Aunt Michelle brought her dog to the festivities. His name is Brody, so Brandi, Brady and Brody were all in the same room.

On certain occasions, our friends will call us by the wrong name or misspell our names (BrandY or BradI), but I found this card too funny not to share. I referred Brady to my eye doctor (of 30 years) and she was kind enough to send a thank you card. See below.

Official Commemorative Smithkowski Wedding Memorabilia

In anticipation for the royal wedding later this month, we wanted to announce that similar to Prince William and Kate Middleton, The Smith’s officially announce the sale of memorabilia from our wedding. Now you can purchase your very own necklaces, mouse pads, mugs, waterbottles, t-shirts, business card holders, tote bags and much, much more!

Order now and we'll throw in a mini bottle of Patron for all those customers 21 and over. Awww heck, we'll throw it in anyways! Disclaimer: I hope that you noticed the date on this post. Happy April Fool’s Day Everyone ; )

All images from KodakGallery

Swaying the Smiths - One Member at a Time

Greetings from the Black & Gold soaked City (of Champions) Pittsburgh!

As die-hard Steelers fan, I've been trying to coax Brady into donning some Black & Gold apparel for some time. I mean when was the last time the Redskins even made the playoffs? While Brady will wear some black to games and even purchased a Terrible Towel, he has yet to wear a Steelers logo.

While I've not totally given up, I've moved on to other family members. Amanda is rooting for the Black & Gold on Facebook and word out of EHT is that Mike already has a Steelers shirt on.

My other victims? Brady's cousins, Joey and Jenna. Below you will see what they made for the AFC Championship game!

I now have them for the Super Bowl and we'll use those as decor at my parents fiesta (complete with football field gaucamole - my dad's request) this evening.

Now, I need you all to cheer for the Steelers tonight. Because if they win, the Smithkowski public relations power team have a little PR trick up our sleeves prior to the potential victory parade. Detils to come with a win ; )

Go Steelers!

We're Back! Greetings from the Newlyweds!

By popular request, we’ve decided to keep this blog going post-wedding to keep our friends around the country updated on our crazy lives. Yes, it is crazy.

We’re almost certain you all know by now that we’ve moved to Pittsburgh. We knew that at some point a move back east was in our future – we just can’t believe it happened this soon. Brandi received a great job offer with a PR agency in April, which allowed her to work from both Chicago and Pittsburgh until we were able to make the move. A move date was set for September 1, but Brady just so happened to get a job earlier, so we moved in late August.

Prior to our departure, we had a great send off from our Chicago friends with a little bar-ty (bar-party) in Wrigleyville. We are really going to miss all of the great people that we met in Chi-town and don’t worry – we’ll be back to visit. We love the Windy City and it will always hold a special place in our heart.

Due to a quick move (um, three days notice!), we found a temporary apartment in “the hills” of Pittsburgh. We’ll give you a little tour of that later. We now have two bedrooms which makes our pad “slumber party-friendly.” – Visitors welcome!

We also added to the Smithkowski family. We'll introduce you to Billy – our first car super soon. We can’t take full credit for the name. Brandi’s friend Lindsey nightshifts as a professional car namer and felt that since the car was a “Patriot” that he should be named after someone from the New England Patriots. Since this family has way too many Brady’s, we went Billy after Bill Bellicheck. The name was solidified when our most-awesome-car salesman-ever’s name was Bill.

Check back every few weeks! We promise that we’ll update you on our adventures!

If you want to see 2,100 pictues of us...

Greetings friends, family & random strangers!


Our wonderful, amazing photographers have shared a link to all 2,100 pictures from our wedding day. I know by now you are probably sick of seeing our faces (and us kissing), but we encourage you all to check out this link. Studio Bash did a great job of capturing pictures of our guests!

http://www.pictage.com/900915

And stay tuned - we are going to recap you on our crazy summer very, very soon!

Hello from The Smith's!

Hello from Mr. & Mrs. Brady Smith!!

While we are still trying to find the proper words to THANK everyone for an AMAZING, AWESOME Wedding Day, we wanted to share a link to our wedding photos from the very talented Studio Bash (we LOVE Aly & Derrick)! Enjoy!!

http://www.studiobash.com/blog/