April Showers Bring May Flowers

Last weekend was the "Around the Calendar" shower for Michelle. It was so much fun and is always good to see my mom's good friends. I loved seeing how creative everyone was with their gifts, and that of course got me excited about my shower next year! I did not take many pictures because I was making the "bow"quet, but here are a couple I took!


The amazingly delicious cake, of course by Lisa (that is who is making the wedding cake!)


Here is Michelle, her mom and grandma, my mom, and all the hostesses!

We have another shower this weekend that we, the bridesmaids, are throwing in Austin. It should be different and fun. These will be her parent's friends so I won't know many people, but I know it will be exciting!

It Fits!

Have no fear, my dress fits! There was definitely no need for me to be nervous. My dress fit almost perfectly. I need to take it in just a tad in the bodice, but other than that, no alterations will need to be made. WAHOO! I met my mom at Weddings By Debbie today at 11am and I got to try on MY dress. It was so exciting to see it with my name on it! I tried it on, took a few pictures, and was on my way. I can't wait until the day I get to wear it for real! The picture below is of me and my mom while I am in the dress. I cropped it so the dress isn't shown, but there's a little something something to get your mind rolling on what you think the dress will look like!


Now I need to start looking more into bridesmaids dresses. I just can't seem to find the right color. I found one that I like from Mori Lee today, but it was a little lighter than I hoped, but it might work!

This weekend is a shower for Michelle with all of my mom's friends. It should be very exciting. Everytime I see Michelle getting excited, or anything, I get excited, because I know that in just a short time, I will be in her position! It is going to be so much fun!

Just Chugging Along

Well I haven't made it by to check on my dress yet, but I finally called today to make an appointment. I am going to head that way next Wednesday and try on my dress! I am so excited, but I am also for some reason fearing it will be too small. I know this will not be the case since I ordered a size big, but it is just making me nervous in the back of my mind.

It has been a great week this week. Monday I took the night off from coaching and went to a FCA banquet downtown with Billy. The place that it was at was Irma's and it was very nice. They are not open in the evenings, so it was just for us. It is very roomy, yet comfortable and quaint at the same time. The owner was there since he is a big supporter of UH and their FCA. We talked with him a while and we are thinking that we may do the rehearsal dinner down there. I know that it is a little far, but it is very nice, the food is great, and it just seems like a perfect place. We still have time to look around, but that is our number one choice as of now. We also just had a great night at the Astros game with Jordan and Elly. I am so glad that Billy has an amazing roomate, friend, and groomsman who also has a fun girlfriend!

There are so many things to start thinking about even though the wedding is still 11months away. The next things we need to look into are the reception music, florist, and just finalizing the guest list. Working on the guest list is one of the hardest things to do because I wish I could invite everyone, but obviously that is unreasonable. Hopefully we will get that worked out soon, and have one more thing checked off our to-do list!

It has arrived. . .

I just walked in my door tonight, and found a message on my recorder. It was from Weddings by Debbie saying the my dress IS IN!!! I can't believe it is here already. I figured I had at least another month to shed some pounds, but looks like that didn't work out (and neither did I, lol). Well I don't know when I am going to be able to make it down there to try it on and such, but hopefully it will be soon. I am hoping that there won't be many alterations to make and that it is ready this summer some time. I would really like to take my bridal portraits when everything is blooming and colorful, rather than in the fall. Well once I call them and schedule a time to go down there, I will share for sure. I am so super excited and will definitely be watching what I eat until then!

Spring Fever

Betsy and I went to look at Bridesmaids dresses the other night and I think I have decided that I can not have coral as my dress color. I have not found one that is the right color. They are all too orange, and that is not what I want. I think I am going to go with a watermelon or lipstick color, so a pink berry color. I like the color and I will still be able to do coral flowers along with some other colors. I still have a few more places to look, so no final decisions have been made.

On another note, Billy is right in the middle of Spring Football. He has to practice all the time, even on Saturdays. This coming weekend is his spring game so that is exciting. I have volleyball tournaments for the next 5 weekends, so I am just as busy. I hope that my team finishes early on Saturday so I can make it to his game, but in the past that has not happened :(

We are starting to get invited to summer weddings, so that is exciting. I can't wait to go to some so that I can get ideas for ours! I am sure Billy is just as excited as I am, haha.

Craig and Michelle are in the process of painting the interior of their house, before they actually move in. I helped paint the living room on Friday and that was fun. It will be so nice to have them close so we can hang out!

Veil Time!

I picked up the veil today from I DO, I DO Bridal in River Oaks and it is so nice! I put it on earlier, just to make sure it looked okay and it was perfect. It really made me fell like a bride! Now I can't wait for my dress to come in so I can see it all together. Slowly but surely everything is getting done.

Something that I figured was a good idea was to start buying Thank-You notes early. Everytime I go to Target, I look at the clearance rack to see if there are any on there. Last time I went they had some really colorful ones, so I bought those. That will be one less thing to worry about come next year.

Craig and Michelle closed on their house yesterday so now they are in full move mode. They are painting and changing things and moving stuff in. Before we know it, it will be June 14th and they will be married! I am so super excited to have another sister!

I guess that is about all that is going on. I am working every weekend in April so I am super busy. But after that it slows down a little. We have 2 more showers coming up for Michelle and then it will be summer!!!