- Hello, everyone.
It's Dakota and Brooklyn,
and today we are filming a wedding Q&A video
because so many of you guys want all
of the wedding questions answered.
And so I put up a thing on Instagram asking for questions
about the wedding,
and we're gonna be answering them in this video.
Now, let's get onto the questions.
(upbeat music)
Every time we decide to film a video-
- He wants attention. - He wants attention.
It is as soon as he sees the camera,
all of a sudden he's in our faces.
Normally, he just like sleeps on the floor.
I don't know. He's like an attention hog.
How did you design the ring and where did you get it?
That's a question for Dakota.
- Yeah, it is.
So I designed it with James Allen,
and it was actually really easy.
We did a phone call,
I got on the computer,
and they walked me through their website on everything.
There's so much information on rings.
She showed me different designs,
kind of like diamond shapes.
It came down to picking the throngs that holds the diamond.
So I picked the claws.
Yeah, they sent me a 3D rendering.
- So on JamesAllen.com,
they have, like, 200,000 plus diamonds,
and you can see them in like a 360 HD view.
- [Dakota] It's cool.
- And it's super nice online too
because if you buy online,
it's 50% cheaper than if you buy in traditional stores.
And also you have access
to all of their crazy inventory options.
And also, you can customize it.
You guys should definitely follow James Allen rings
on Instagram and TikTok,
and we just wanted to give a huge shout out
to JamesAllen.com for sponsoring this video
and also providing my ring.
We have a couple of people that are asking
what is the color scheme of the video?
Or video. - Wedding.
- What's the color scheme of the wedding?
It's very woodsy.
So the colors we picked for the wedding are dark green,
a little bit more muddy brown green,
and then cream and white are pretty much the sum total
of the colors.
A woodsy aesthetic.
Okay, someone says honeymoon details.
We're going to Cancun for how long?
I think, like, seven days. Seven or eight days
- They get like a week.
So we're gonna try to push it, what? An extra three days.
I'm excited.
- I know. To lay on beach.
Someone says, does Dakota want children?
- Yeah, I want 12.
- No. - No.
- No more than five.
- Is Bailey the Maid of Honor?
Yes, of course.
And then your best man is-
- Ty. - Ty,
which you guys, if you follow our stuff,
know that Ty and Abba,
they shoot all of our photos and videos.
They shot Bailey's wedding.
And it's one of Dakota's best friends and his wife.
So Ty is gonna be his best man.
Abba's still gonna be shooting the photos for our wedding.
This person says-
- How's the wedding planning going?
That's a good one.
- You know, when people say like,
"Oh, after you're done planning the wedding,
you kind of wish you'd just elope."
I'm not even done planning the wedding,
And I'm kind of like...
- The hardest thing so far for me
was our venue's really small,
and my family's big on both sides.
And I could only invite, what? 40 to 50 people.
- Narrowing it down. - That's the hardest part
so far for me.
- Anyway, needless to say, wedding planning, stressful.
Very stressful.
What color suit will Dakota be wearing?
I don't know. We're not quite there yet.
Will I take Dakota's last name?
I love the last name Blackburn.
I think it's so cool,
but I also love the last name McKnight.
And you know, as a tried and true feminist,
I believe that you don't have to take the man's last name.
I don't know if we'll hyphenate.
I don't know what that looks like.
We'll see. TBD.
Someone says, is your wedding in 2022 or 2023?
And I will tell you that our wedding is in 2022.
Are your guests going to wear white
like Bailey did at her wedding?
Yes, in a way.
I think we're kind of trying to channel the same vibe
as everyone wearing a cohesive color.
And so I think we've kind of widened it from white
to more light neutrals.
So tan, cream, beige, white, all of that would be fine.
I thought about doing a different color.
Everyone has something that's white or tan.
But if I were to be like, "I want orange,"
I'm not sure everyone would be able to figure that out.
Someone said, has the theme stayed consistent
with your original plan or has it changed?
No, it stayed. - It stayed.
- It's stuck. - From day one, she wanted-
- This specific woodsy theme.
Cottage core, but it's not cottage core,
and it's not folklore.
It's somewhere in between the two.
And so we're calling it Fablehaven 'cause that felt like-
for the people that have read "Fablehaven,"
it's kind of like that woodsy aesthetic
of the books "Fablehaven."
Dakota has not read "Fablehaven,"
so he does not understand what that means.
But for those of you that have read it,
it's kinda like that mythical, woodsy vibes.
How long after you get married do you want to have kids?
- It's changed so freaking much.
- Yeah, it has.
- It first went from a year,
and then it went to three years.
- I just don't know if I'm quite ready to have kids.
Dakota is obviously older. He's 28.
So I feel like he's maybe a little bit more in that mindset
'cause all of his friends are starting to have kids
and he would be-
- Or have kids.
- He would be happy if we were popping
out babies pretty quick, I feel like.
- A year.
- I know, some days I'm like,
"Yes! Babies!" And other days I'm like, "10 years."
Probably one to three years.
Oh, someone says, will it be inside or outside?
That's an easy question.
That's a good question. - Definitely outside.
- Outside. I'm not gonna tell you the venue quite yet.
- No. It is in the Redwoods.
- It's in the California Redwoods.
- It is so pretty. - And it's stunning.
- It is stunning.
- So it is a kind of a destination wedding,
which is why it's a little bit more untraditional
'cause we are not, either of us,
have any kind of ties to California.
We just really wanted to get married in the Redwoods.
Oh, someone said, are you gonna walk
down the aisle by yourself like Bailey did?
Yes, I know so many people are like,
"Why would you walk down the aisle?
Does your dad feel bad about that?"
No, and the reason is because, again,
in true feminist nature,
I don't think that anyone owns me
or has to give me to my husband.
I can give myself, and my dad fully supports that.
And so part of that for me is being able
to walk myself down the aisle
and kind of be like,
"I am giving myself, as a grown woman, to my husband.
I'm choosing him.
My dad doesn't have to give me him."
- Have I seen the dress?
- Have you seen the dress?
- I have.
- No, you have not.
- I might have peeked in your phone.
- No, you didn't.
No, nuh uh.
He has not seen the dress. - It's been so hard, though,
'cause she shows everybody.
- I love the dress.
Oh, okay, so something that's not traditional
that we are doing.
There's a couple things that we're not doing.
First of all, our rehearsal dinner looks a little different.
We weren't really sure we even wanted
to have a rehearsal dinner,
and then we decided we did.
But we're doing it kind of in a unique way.
I think we're gonna try to do a sunset sailing dinner.
It's, like, a boat is really-
It was our first date. Then it was our proposal, you know?
I think it'll be a fun theme.
And then another non-traditional thing we're doing
is we're not dancing after the wedding.
I personally am not that extroverted.
- She has dance moves.
- Listen.
Even when I was younger
and church and school dances were a thing, I dreaded them.
There's nothing less fun to me than being
in a sweaty pile of bodies.
I don't know. That's not my definition of fun.
So instead, we're doing kind of like
a casual plated sit down dinner, I think,
after the wedding where everyone can just chat and mingle
and we're gonna have our speeches at that.
That's kind of the idea.
That's what we would like.
Hasn't happened yet so we'll see, but.
- Yeah, it's been hard, so we'll see.
- So we'll probably-
there is a dance floor, like, right there,
so we'll be able to just-
- Do a couple. - Do a couple,
but I don't think we wanna have like a, "Boo, boo, boo."
How many bridesmaids and groomsmen do we have?
- And we're doing junior bridesmaids and groomsmen
for Dax and Pais, obviously
'cause they're not quite old enough
to be groomsmen and bridesmaids.
Hair slash makeup wedding inspo.
I actually was pretty dead set on having my hair up.
I had a hairstyle idea in mind.
And then I put on my dress,
and I had this certain hairstyle in
while I was trying on my dress.
And I think that I actually wanna do a half down
and then a pull-
like the front pieces kind of pulled with something.
So we'll see.
We'll end up looking the best with the dress.
- If you showed me the dress, I could help you out.
- No, no.
- How does it feel to be engaged?
- Good.
- Does it feel different?
- Yes and no.
I feel like it feels the same. Like, we're the same.
We're just- now it's a ring.
- The only thing, it's just hard to keep remembering
to say fiancee.
'Cause I always say, "Oh, yeah, my girlfriend."
- He calls me his wife.
- Sometimes.
- He does.
- But I call you my girlfriend, too. I never say fiancee.
- Sometimes when he's out and about,
he's like, "Oh, my wife."
And I'm like...
- It's just easier to say, "Oh, my fiancee."
- I'm like, "I'm not your wife yet, buddy."
What is one thing you had to compromise on for the wedding?
We've been pretty much in line on everything.
I really thought that he would be more involved
in the wedding planning,
and it's really been mostly me.
And he's just kinda like,
"Yeah, you do you. I'm down for anything."
- Well, it feels like girls have this whole-
They've had this thing planned their whole life.
So I'm just trying to be nice and like, "Go. Go for it."
- Maybe food.
That might be the one we have to compromise on.
That's the one thing we haven't gotten to planning.
Food might be the one thing where it's like, I'm like,
"You got it."
Oh, someone said, do you have a wedding planner?
Yes, I do.
I have the same wedding planner that Bailey had
for her wedding.
And she's helping me a ton
because I am even more, like, "I don't know what to do,"
than Bailey was.
Bailey, like, I don't know how, to be honest.
I'm sitting here like, "I don't know how she did it all."
'Cause I am just- I'm on top of things.
I am a put-together person,
and I'm still just like, "I don't care that much."
I'm like, "Whatever. It'll turn out. It'll look nice."
So she's helping me with everything
'cause I could not do this on my own.
What color are the bridesmaids dresses?
Well, we haven't picked them out yet,
but the color they're gonna be wearing is a dark green.
Like a forest-y green. - I thought you did.
- Well, I have an idea of what I want.
I just haven't bought them.
But like the color of my nails, like a dark green.
I also want the moms to wear the same color.
I'm just not sure what that color is yet.
So I can't tell y'all the color first
'cause I haven't even told my mom what the color is yet, so.
- She doesn't even know the color.
- I don't know what the color is.
What was your dream wedding as a kid?
- I just wanted it different than everybody else's.
I've always wanted to elope.
We're not really eloping, but we kind of are.
It's just a destination wedding.
So yeah, I've always wanted, like, different.
- Yeah, to be honest, my dream wedding growing up as a kid
is what we're doing.
So I literally have had my wedding Pinterest board the same
since I was, like, 13 years old.
We're pretty much fulfilling my wedding dream.
- We are.
- So it's exciting stuff. - Both of ours.
- That is pretty much all the questions
we're gonna answer today.
So if you guys have more questions
and want us to answer more questions,
maybe we'll do a part two later
in the wedding planning process.
'Cause I still have a little bit of planning to do.
- A lot to do, yeah.
- A lot of planning to do.
Again, shout out to JamesAllen.com for sponsoring this video
and providing my ring.
And that's all we have for you guys today,
so we'll see you next week.
- Thanks. - Bye, y'all. Mwah.
(upbeat music)