I'm SO in love with the first dress, I went to David's Bridal for the first time this past weekend to get my shoes and purse, and fell in love with SO many dresses. I seen that dress and it's stunning. Not sure how heavy it is, which might make a differance, but I love it. I SO wanted a dress like that for our wedding but the ones I tried on that are similar just felt a bit too much. I love the color, everything.. I think you should go back to Davids Bridal and have your future MIL take pictures of you in the two dresses. I noticed that what I liked in person looked different in the pictures so I wasn't as happy with it. So I wanted to find something that looked great in both. Just a suggestion.. :-) Oh and be sure to post those pictures.. lol