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Yeah!!! I bought my gift this weekend when I was in the city helping my MOH move, so I am excited to mail it out tomorrow!!!

How was everyone's weekends? I am back from an exhausting weekend in the city 2 hrs away. I had to go help my MOH move from her apt in the city to her bros place 20 mins out of the city. He got a job in the states where he will be there for 3 wks and here for 1 wk so he is paying the rent and she pays the bills. This way it is more worthwhile of him keeping his place, and it saves her loads of $$$ too. I think this weekend I got enough cardio to cover the month! LOL. Now I am home and glad to see my kids. This was the longest that I have been away from them, and it was hard, but I was keeping very busy so that definately helped!!

Your knees look fine. I used to have knee caps before going into nursing where I gained another whole half of me!! Now I have flubber flaps that have replaced them, but I am hoping to have knees like yours someday soon!!! LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by kevsgirl I'm a bit annoyed. I figured that the cost would be cheaper for us to do the symbolic ceremony too (and it will in terms of not doing the translations), but our hotel has 1) Legal with Judge 2) Symbolic with minister/officiant 3) Symbolic with your own supplied officiant (or a friend or relative). Only #3 saves us $400 USD. #1 and 2 are the same price. I thought bloodwork would cost about $200, so I'm surprised there isn't a small dent in cost. NOw I just have to figure out if I'm ok with FI's brother doing the ceremony for us or if I want to keep spending the $400 for some minister to perform the symbolic ceremony for us... That is strange that it still costs the same. I wonder why they don't use a staff member from the resort to do the ceremony, that would sve on the cost. Also the blood work not having to be done should also decrease the cost like you said. Honestly, if it was going to cost the same, I would probably be more inclined to just do the legal down there. The price difference is what final convinced us to do the legal here rather than down there. Let us know what you decide.

If this is all going on, now wonder she didn't have that much of a story line this year. It is true that they made sure to accomodate her movie schedules, so I'm not sure what she would expect from them. If she was getting nominated for an Emmy, there is a reason, and she should take it! Oh well!

GeminiLibra - I love that, it is so cute for a beach wedding. All the cakes look great and make me wanting cake! MMMMMMM!!!!

Well, today is the big day! Good luck and have fun! Enjoy those fajitas!!! Mmmmmm, thinking about them makes me hungry, and I should be going to bed soon, not eating!!

The bath stuff is great. I have to on the ball with this I guess. I have been thinking about it, but seeing that someone alreasy has their gift....I better get shopping!

We are doing it before and using our DW as our wedding date. I wouldn't want to do it after personnally, but some people do choose to do so.

They look great and I totally hear you on the naked factor! My boobs used to be a pointed shape too and I totally hated it, but I got pregnant they changed to a more round shape. Now with big boobs and 2 kids, they are...well lets just say they don't sit where they used to!!!! LOL. One more baby and they they can be put inot a higher position and small size!!!!

I just talked to FI lastnight to see if he wanted to do the legal ceremony the day before we fly down there like we had planned, or if he wanted to maybe do it on 08/08/08. He didn't really mind which day we did it, since we already decided we would celebrate Nov 30th as our wedding day. We were going to keep it quiet about the legal ceremony, but a few people found out and they were supportive of it, so I think most people know now and they understand why we are doing it that way. Morgan - Only 2 more days!!!

I am glad to hear that you got everything figured out with your dress. There wasn't mauch time to do that, but thankfully the seamstress was able to work some magic.

She is adorable, and getting so big already. It doesn't take them very long to grow! I am glad to see that there are some options that are looking like they will be panning out for you to get her home safely.

Great job on losing 6 lbs!!!!! You will look awesome in your dress.

Just read through this thread. What a difficult situation. Finally you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel to being able to go home, but now the big question is how! If one of those organizations is able to safely transport her back for you, I would go that route as they would be set up for transporting people that shouldn't be flying otherwise. If that doesn't work out for you, I would do the RV. There is more room, it's definately more comfortable, and if there are other family and friends that are willing to help with the driving, more room for them.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan mike wanted to get married on our 4 1/2 year anniversay 6/9 (today). our witnesses were busy that day & I'd rather have friday the 13th than 69. That is hilarious. If it was an option, my FI would have jumped at that opportunity so he could brag about it! LOL. I think I would have to agree with you though, and would have went with another day.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan Oh, i forgot to mention- the date is Friday the 13th Good thing we are not at all superstitious. maybe it will make the lines shorter too. They say that if you are born on Friday the 13th, it will bring good luck, so maybe getting married will do the same! Have a great legal day! That is exciting. I wanted to do it the day before we left, but seeing many people do months before sometimes, I am thinking about doing it on 08/08/08, this is my birthday too, but it would be cool to have that date for our own little something special!

Hey there Erin & Glenda, how are things going with the weight and the dresses?

Whoa! Sorry for the long post above! I guess I am a bit more tired than I thought, as I tend to rattle on and on then. Okay, I am going to bed now!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jacilynda We were engaged and slowing planning things when I got pregnant, and I was on the pill and we were using protection.... so it was quite the shock! We just put the wedding to the side and worked on prepping for baby. Now she's 7 weeks old and being a mother is absolutely amazing. I originally always wanted to be married before having children, but i wouldn't have it any other way now... she's the best thing in our lives I totally understand and couldn't say anything different. I was hoping to wait until I was married before having kids, but while I was on the pill and in university, I got pregnant. At first I was not 'excited' but once we got everything figured out of how I could finish school and have the baby, I started getting attached to the child growing in me. After having my daughter, I went back and finished the last 10 weeks of school so it would be over and done with. Although it was a huge stressor for school, I can honestly say that I have never had a better 'oops' in my life. If I could go back and change it, would I? Nope. There is no way to know those feelings for a child until you have your own child in your arms! For all of you that have children, you understand this. For those of you that are waiting until after the wedding to start having babies, you will one day know this feeling and understand. To those who are trying to conceive, I hope you are able to experience this feeling very soon. To those of you that are expecting already, it won't be much longer, and you will feel the greatest joy in life, the heaviest love in your heart ever, and you will never forget it or want to let it go! As you can tell, I LOVE being a Mom and would never trade it for anything. We still want one more baby but are waiting until after the wedding. With my last pregnancy my pelvis separated and I was off work by 6 months, and I was using a 4-wheeled walker by 7 months. The last 2 months I was in extreme pain and had to go to the hospital a few times because of it, and it also put me into early labour that was stopped after I was transferred 2hours away to another hospital. After all this I am prepared to have another baby, even knowing that it could be even more painful next time. Why? Because it is soooooo worth it in the end!!!! (By the way, I am not trying to convince anyone to start having babies before they are ready, rather I am just writing this to share with everyone the unbelievable feelings that babies bring with them into your life. When the time is right, the time is right. Obviously for some of us, we didn't realize that the time was right yet, and nature took over for us! LOL)

Oh yeah, and back when the grooms would basically kidnap their bride and go off and marry her, they would go into hiding after the wedding (aka: honeymoon) and by the time that her family would find them, she would be pregnant already.

Did you know that the bride stands on the left and the grrom on the right because way back when, the groom had to keep his sword hand free in case anyone tried to stop the wedding and/or kill him. Leaving his left hand free, he would grab his bride and hold her back so she would not get hurt, killed or taken away by the one attacking them.

Quote: Originally Posted by lucky k72 Seriously? Did a bouquet of Flowers really mask the funk accumulated over the bride's lifetime. Back then the common person wer bathed twice- when born and when they die. There are some pretty aromatic flowers out there that they may have used, and then there is the fact that everyone would have been stinky, so it wouldn't have seemed as bad to anyone back then.

Quote: Originally Posted by SoontobeMrsE HI Ladies...I'm BACK!! Well...sort of...... Thank you all for your concerns with my family drama! Now that it is behind me, I am taking baby steps in getting back in wedding mode. I feel SO behind! I haven't even ordered our invites. I know which ones I want, I just need to get decided on an AHR and then we should be good to go from there. This drama has totally depleted any extra energy I have. I have been trying to read posts and get back into the "mood". It's coming back. I just don't want to feel pressured about anything right now. I am slowly going to be working up the momentum to get back to planning a wedding. I must say that it was nice on Saturday to have a lot of our guests telling eachother.."See you in Mexico!" YAY!! My MOH found a house and are moving back to Denver and I couldn't be happier. She will definitely get me back in wedding mode! WElcome back and we will try to help you get back into wedding mode. I have had similar situations to what you went through thanks to a psycho woman that was dating my FBIL and is now with my FFIL. (LOOOONNNNGGG story). It is aggrevating, and emotionally exhausting. What is the next thing on your list that you want to get down that we can help with or at least motivae you to do? Let us know!!!

A few years ago we were in the Dominican Dec 1-8 and it was decorated for Christmas. Actually we are getting married in the same resort on Nov 30th, so I am expecting it to be decorated again. They did a nice job without over doing it. One day while we were down there some of the entertainment staff dressed up as tropical santa and mrs clause and went down the beach! Nothing like looking at a well toned, black santa. mmmmmm!!!! Very nive eye candy I must say!