EricaG

Congrats on the engagement and welcome to the forum. There is plenty of info on here to help you out with your decisions.

I really like the dress that you picked out. It looks good with the black & white too. The dress you almost bought is really cute too. I think you will be happy with the first one though!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura quitting pop was like what i imagine quitting smoking crack must be like!!!!! i used to be addicted to pop too. i cant drink diet pop because i am allergic to phenalalanine. so what i do when i am craving pop (because i too like it for the carbonation) is i switched to drinking sparkling water cut with 1/2 a glass of 100% fruit juice to add flavor. then i weaned myself down to only a splash of juice for flavor. i still get the carbonated drink, but without all the sugar and calories What a great idea. I will have to try that. I must say that I don't mind drinking water at all, but if I don't have my water jug with me, I don't drink it. When I am at work I drink lots of water, since I take my jug with me, but a lot of the times it stays in the van after work and it goes down hill from there. I did bring it in tonight, so I can start off tomorrow (okay, I guess it is tomorrow now, so today) with a bunch of water!!!

I LOVE Rockets (Smarties in the US). Every year I used to steal all my sisters rockets, and now that I have kids, I eat all theirs. They are still to young to realize what they are missing out on!!!! LMAO.

Yuor pro pics look great. What a beautiful setting and you looked absolutely gorgeous!!!!

Smarties are totally apart of childhood here. Who hasn't used smarties to help potty train their kids!? "If you use the potty, then you can have a smartie!!!!" Nothing like bribbing the kids, but it works. LOL I think that for the next secret exchange I will send a box or two of smarties if I have someone in the US!!! Especially if it is around Halloween like I read somewhere.

I will have to do some thinking, but there have been some things that FI has said.... Someone asked about the wedding one time and FI looked at me with a look of shock and said "Your getting married? To who?" My response was "Don't know yet, I will decide when I get there!" He never cracked that joke again.

I will take pics of the beading my Mom and I do on the dresses once there is some more done. There isn't much to see so far.

I think that later on I might set up the dance revolution mat and do the weight loss program on that. It is insane and it really makes you sweat!!!!!

The pics look awesome!!! I love Rayden's outfit too. Super adorable!

Welcome back. Those teasers look great. Can't wait to see the rest of them and hear how your trip was.

Congrats on the baby news. Can't wait to hear about the ultrasound results. Before getting too excited about the wedding changes that may need to happen, I would hold off until you see your dr again.

What did everyone think about this weeks dances? I love the hip hop that Twitch and Comfort did. I also loved that one where she did the spinning jump and landed in his arms doing russian splits. I think that was Katee and Will. If I am worng, let me know. I have decided that I really like Twitch and I think I am leaning towards Chelsea for the girls, but I am not totally sure. I felt bad that Kherington had to leave this week, especially since she was doing so well with Twitch, but this week wasn't her best! I am happy for Comfort to be back though since Jessica had to leave. That would be hard, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. Next week is a 2 hour episode!!!

Great TTD pics. I love the one with the sand in your hair!!!

Your pics look great. I love the little added touch of the blue slip.

I love my job! I am a nurse in a small rural hospital so we deal with anything and everything that comes through the doors. I missed working while I was off on maternity leave, and my first shift back started with a delivery and finished with a patient having a heart attack and I was standing there watching him incase we had to shock him back! We had the electrodes on him and ready to go incase we needed them.

I think your slide show looks great!

That is crazy what is happening with your TA's. That is extra stress that is not needed to be added to the wedding planning, especially right before you go.

Yeah, I just noticed that I am a senoir member!!!! I was wondering when that was going to happen. Anyone know what the next level is? And when?

The beading isn't actually that bad. I told FI and I don't know if he thought that we were going to put big bright beads in the shape of smiley faces or what, but he didn't like the idea of it. Then I told him that if we spent the $1200 for my dress and $200 on Hailey's from the store, it would have all the beads on it. Instead we got them both from ebay for a grand total of just under $300 for both dresses with shipping included. Therefore there were not all the beads on it. We are just tacking the beads on to the design on the coloured part of the dresses, so it really isn't hard!

So FI grabbed a bottle of pop the other day for me - Diet Pepsi, and I have decided that I will sit here in the heat and drink it out of my frozen glass. As of tomorrow I am going to stop drinking pop. This will be the biggest challenge, since I am addicted to the stuff. I don't even think it is the caffeine as much as the carbonation. Sometimes I just crave something cold and bubbly, and pop does the trick. Crazy I know, but I am going to do it.

That looks awesome Morgan. That didn't take long to get your pics. They all turned out so great!!!

Just added the extra dates so no one is left out! July 2008 Jenna & Steve: July 1, 2008 - Sunscape Casa del Mar Erica & Jorge: July 5, 2008 - Iberostar Punta Cana Valerie & Richard July 10, 2008 - Ocean Blue Lindsay & Billy: July 11, 2008 - Paradisus PC Kristin & Justin: July 11, 2008- Dreams Punta Cana Terina & Roger: July 26, 2008 - Dreams Punta Cana August 2008 Jazlyn & Albert: August 2, 2008 - Excellence Punta Cana Kirk & Christina: August 8, 2008 - EdenH Real Arena Punta Cana October 2008 Chris and Monica: October 4, 2008 - Paradisus Palma Real November 2008 Danielle & Derek: November 6, 2008 - Paradisus Palma Real PC Shelley & Jamie: November 6, 2008 - Dreams Punta Cana Camila & Louie... November 8, 2008 - Bahia Principe Punta Cana Amy & Jordan: November 12, 2008 - Gran Bahia Principe in Punta Cana Caitlin and Joe: November 14, 2008 - Dreams Punta Cana Kasia & Rob: November 17, 2008 - Majestic Colonial Louise & Brian: November 18, 2008 - Melia Caribe Tropical Anil & Pam: November 20, 2008 - Ocean Sand Jessica & Dominique: November 22, 2008 - Dreams Punta Cana Cassie & Brad: November 24, 2008 - EdenH Punta Cana Lucy & Tom: November 24, 2008 - Dreams Punta Cana Erica & Larry: November 30, 2008 - Grand Palladium Palace December 2008 Taude & Jay: December 10, 2008 - Iberostar Bavaro, Punta Cana Tracy & John: December 11, 2008 - Melia Caribe Tropical Kyle & Daina: December 12, 2008 - Dreams Punta Cana January 2009 Jelena and Bojan: January 3, 2009 - EdenH Arena Michael and Nicole: January 8, 2009 - EdenH Real Arena Heidi & Derek: January 10, 2009 - Colony Bay Resort Punta Cana Erin & Martin: January 13, 2009 - EdenH Real Arena Lindsay & Jamie : January 28, 2009 - Grande Palladium Bavaro February 2009 Theresa & Stan: February 20, 2009 - Excellence Punta Cana March 2009 Nuc Med Bride & FI: March 19, 2009 - Gran Bahia Principe April 2009 Kim & Chris: April 4, 2009 - Dreams Punta Cana Raquel & Dominick: April 17, 2009 - Paradisus Punta Cana Jennifer & Eliu: April 18, 2009 - Paradisus Palma Real Michelle & Jeff: April 24, 2009 - Meliá Caribe Tropical DRBride2009: April 24, 2009 - Meliá Caribe Tropical Aliya & Joey: April 24, 2009 - Riu Palace, Punta Cana Brittany and Jay: April 23rd (I think) - Occidental Grand May 2009 Shawn & Jeremy: May 2009 - Punta Cana (Still deciding on resort) Yadira & Alexander: May 2, 2009 - Dreams Punta Cana jhildebr: May 11, 2009 - Majestic Elegance Jennifer & Adam: May 11, 2009 - Paradisus Punta Cana Meagan & Jeff: May 15, 2009 - Dreams Punta Cana Jessica & Omar: May 22, 2009 - Paradisus Punta Cana Kristen & Craig May 22, 2009 - Paradisus Punta Cana June 2009 melnb & FI: June '09 - Paradisius FYB87 & FI: June '09 - Resort undecided Summer 2009 FutureMrsRust & FI - Summer 2009 - Resort Undecided July 2009 Nadia & Julian: July 3, 2009 - Excellence Punta Cana Jenn & Chris: July 31, 2009 - Riu Palace, Punta Cana September 2009 Clare & Ross: September 7, 2009 - Ocean Blue (date to be confirmed) Chris & Martin: September 9, 2009 - Ocean Blue (date to be confirmed) Kristy & Vince: September 19, 2009 - Dreams Punta Cana October 2009 Jeannie & Jorge: October 10, 2009 - Dreams Punta Cana Jen & Dave: October 10, 2009 - Majestic Colonial Punta Cana November 2009 Veronica & Paul: November 5, 2009 - Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Leslie & Gerry: November 16, 2009- Majestic Colonial January 2010 Nicole & Michael: January 23, 2010 - Bavaro Princess

That is so cute how she poses for pics!!!

Welcome to the forum. You picked a great day to get married, but I am biased as it is my b-day!!