TammyB

Thanks Heidi, I knew you would understand. I would love to foster/adopt, however I don't think I could handle it as a first child, how sad would it be to get attached to a child and then they go back to their birth mother? I just don't think I would be able to emotionally handle is for my first child. You are a much stronger person then I' am.. :-)

Thanks for the tip Jackie.. BTW I miss seeing you around.. :-)

So I thought I would update everyone on my crazy life... So you guys remember Cain's cousin Adam? Well he is in jail again, but for only two weeks for unpaid fines, well guess what? He wants to move back to Michigan... no, no, not with us, but with Cain's Ma.. So ya I guess kind of with us since I'm sure he will be here all the time. However I'm still having a hard time thinking he will actually come, since he already knows it will be near impossible for him to find a job. We are fostering two dogs right now, Elsie our puppy mill dog, she is doing really good. I must admit every time she gets an inquire I get really sad, she is by far going to be the hardest to let go. Then we have a temp foster, Bennie, we have had him for a week now, and about 80% of the time he is great, fun loving and just a big tank, however the other 20% of the time he has aggression issues. Today we had an appointment to take him to the vet to get neutered, well Bennie snapped, went under the bed and snapped at us, we tried to push him out from under the bed with a baby gate, well he tore that gate up, so Cain actually had to take the bed apart to get him out. I was downstairs with my dogs, and when Bennie came running, he came up to me still foaming at the mouth and growling, I thought for sure he was going to attack one of my dogs, but as quick as he got aggressive, he just stopped. Anyways, we are really hoping getting him fixed will curb his aggression. On Sunday, Cain went to the shelter to help out for a few hours, and ended up getting bite on the hand. Luckily he was wearing gloves so it didn't puncture, however his hand is swollen about 3 times it's natural size. On a positive note, Cain is starting a dog training class, the class will take a year to complete and once finished it's one step closer to us owning our business. I guess this course is pretty difficult and really helps in working with aggressive dogs. As for the TTC world, well I'm loosing hope that I'll ever have a healthy pregnancy. Cain and I talked and we decided we wouldn't do IVF and if it came to it, we should pursue domestic adoption. But that wouldn't be until sometime next year because we want to pay off some bills first (just so we can rack up more paying for adoption, lol) So for now we keep moving along. My RE office said I can go 6 "good" cycles on Clomid before they move to something else, since they aren't counting last cycle, this will be my 3rd. So I guess I'll know in 3 months rather or not will adopt.

Great choice, her work is beautiful

Very pretty, I love off the shoulder dresses, I think it adds such a romantic look to the dress (I had one as well)

Trust me, she will not change. I know I need to learn to just not let my MIL get to me, this is going to be "really" hard. But when me and my MIL fight it does cause some problems with Cain and I. She is still his mother rather I like it or not and it's not really fair for me to ask him to pick sides or to try to put him in the middle. However you do need to set up some boundries before it gets worse... For us, she butts into EVERYTHING, when she lived with us she would open our mail, ask me if "my eggs were good" and no not the eggs in the fridge. So as you can imagine when it comes to his mother I usually don't allow her to talk to me like that. But my ex-mother in law helped me realize that nothing is going to change and that I'm just going to keep building up so much anger towards my MIL that it will wind up causing problems between Cain and I, and I refuse to that that women come inbetween us.. It's a huge learning experience and I'm fighting with it even today.. So when your FMIL says something or does something just try to let it roll off your back, if she is completly in the wrong then have your FI talk to her, because if you say anything she will just make it worse on you... TRUST ME..

Well for what it's worth you are a bigger person then I' am... I have a MIL that is like yours and we butt heads all the time...

I agree with Alyssa.. If you don't want to spend 6k (and OMG that is just nuts) then I would look at other places. Yes the O&O is beautiful but IMO it's not worth 6k

I planned our bachlorette/batchlor party. We just told everyone that a big group of us were getting together for dinner, comedy club and then drinks. Neither DH or I are big party people, so we just wanted to go out together and have fun with our friends. it worked out great. So I say if you want it, plan it yourself.

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyP Stop Laughing This Is Not Funny. It Is Tammyb's Fault You Damn Photo Whore. I Will Upload When I Get To Work Because My Home Computer Crashed And This Is Lawrence's. I Am Tying This In My Damn Dress. Yes I'm laughing... lol.. However we all now expect to see many pictures of you in your dress.. :-)

Happy Birthday Mel, hope your birthday wishes come true..

Quote: Originally Posted by Gretchen I am really new - just joined today. What do moderators do? (I have never been part of any forum before - total virgin here!) And whatever they do - seems like I should say CONGRATS too! Just help the forum run smoothly, make sure vendors aren't spamming members or just here to help when you need it..

Congrats Alyssa.. and welcome to the crew.

Go back and try the dress on. I think most bride second guess the dress they picked. I did and when I went to try it on again, I just knew it was the right one.. All of us brides just want's our future hubby's jaw to drop when he sees us for the first time.. Trust me it will happen even if you wear a potato sack.. :-)

Not at all.. When I first started looking for dresses I would show him pictures of what I liked to get his reaction.. So that gave me a good idea what he liked. And then once I actually got my dress I flat out told him "if you don't like it, lie"... LOL

Christa that is actually a great start.. For example find a picture (maybe one you have hanging in your house now) that you really like, and pull the colors out of it for your new room. You could really use just about anything that you love, a shirt, a pillow,, anything as an inspiration piece.. GL and let us know how it goes..

Welcome to the forum. I was married at the Sheraton and it's beautiful. We got married on the beach in front of De Cortez, with our dinner at De Cortez, awesome food.. I worked with Irma, however I heard she moved onto something else with the Sheraton. I might recommend hiring an outside WC to help with the planning. We hired Maye and with all her contacts it was so much easier to get the answers we were looking for. GL in your planning..

Sorry can't help, we were married in Cabo. But I wanted to welcome a fellow MI bride to be.. I live near the Novi area.

Love the first one, but I have to say the second one looks SO good on you.

Quote: Originally Posted by BarefootBride Thats the cutest idea!! I love it! Fiance loved it! In fact, he saw it last night and woke up this morning and mentioned how nice it was again. Its so nice when the guys get involved! Japanese bakeries are known for their petite cakes, so finding the molding/pan for it wont be so hard!!! Thanks so much for sharing! BTW, LOVED your wedding photos! OH good I'm glad you both like the cakes, and thanks for your comment about our wedding pictures. Hmm Figi wedding huh? What are you plans so far, do you have your location yet? I actually work for a Japanesse company and I "think" we even have an office near there.

We told our WC that we had written our own vows. We had a legal wedding as well and they are very strick in Mexico, and it needs to be done a certain way, but if you tell your WC he/she will be able to work it into your ceremony, it worked out perfectly..

Quote: Originally Posted by carlymcmullen I also loved Tammy's indiviudal cakes. I think if it's in the budget, that is an awesome idea. Tammy - I remember your photos when you first got married and I loved going back thru them jsut now! But I have to say, that I always remember the photo of you and Cain walking away and you were holding your dress up and it was my most favoritest pic and it wasn't in the slideshow. Thanks.. I loved that picture as well. Can you believe that Juan accidently deleted that picture? It was one of my teaser pictures, once I got them all back I was looking for that shot and never seen it.. After a couple of week, Juan was able to retreive the shot, thank God.. :-)

Welcome to the forum Aaron..

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege OK... maybe I'm just wierd... but you seriously think I shouldn't wear my WEDDING ring to my WEDDING? that's just totally bizarre to me! I don't care how much it costs... I'm getting married an half of my ceremony revolves arond this never ending piece of jewelry that I will always wear... and you don't even think I should take it? Interesting. Wear your ring on your wedding day.. Just be careful with it.. Make sure it's insured before you leave, don't take it off unless you have someone that can babysit your ring for you.. The employees at these resorts don't make alot of money, so I guess I wouldn't trust anything that holds value to me at a resort, even in a safe, even if it's just a hanky that was my "something borrowed" from my grandmother that passed away... If it holds value, keep it with you at all times, or like I said, assign someone to hold it for you while your in the water.

Congrats, your wedding was beautiful.