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Quote: Originally Posted by GeminiLibra I'm a mommy!!! Natalie Noelle has finally arrived after 40 weeks and 5 days, kidney stones, high bp, bed rest and pre eclampsia, and it was all worth it. We went in Wed. night to start cervadil and get things going. At 8:30 am on Thurs I was started on Pitocin and she was delivered at 6:40pm weighing 7 lbs 1 oz and 20 inches long. I went completly natural and actually relaxed between contractions somehow. I took hypnobirthing classes and they really helped. I was able to stay calm, quiet, and peaceful during labor. Don't get me wrong the contraction pain was unbelievable but I get quiet when in pain not loud or anything. My poor husband felt so helpless because I sat in the tub for four hours before pushing and there was really nothing for him to do but feed me ice chips. It was such a wonderful experience. I will post pictures later on. Congratulations! We need pictures for sure! I've considered buying the hypnobabies set. Is that what you used?

Quote: Originally Posted by BachataBride I would think that Chima would still be considered the HOH...she cannot be a replacement nominee, so I would think that her HOH status is still intact. But that's JMO...& what do I know! LOL That makes sense! I bet she's considered HOH. And then if Jeff does win HOH they will all throw shit fits because he had the power.

It's going to be so crazy! Plus, I wonder who is considered the official HOH and if Chima or Jeff will be able to compete in the HOH competition tonight? The house is going to be on fire after this one!

Some of you may already have read this one... They called in the audience for tonight's live show 3 hours early. The show will be taped and then aired at its regular time. So we aren't getting a live show this week. The rumor is they are afraid of the HG's reaction to the wizard power and how it will all go down tonight! I'm wondering if Jeff does use his power to overthrow Chima, does that make him the new HOH and unable to vote? Should be a great episode tonight!!

We gave everyone personalized luggage tags and they were a hit. We also gave them on board credit to be used on the cruise for things like drinks, entertainment, pictures, food, etc. Maybe your resort offers gift certificates they could use? I was the receipient of an OOT bag and got tons of use out of the bag itself. It was a great beach bag and I still use it to this day!

He's very cute! Congrats!!

Quote: Originally Posted by merocket59 I registered online so I think that only happened with 1 item that was only available in stores. That's exactly right. I had the same thing happen with my baby registry. If it's only available in stores or in certain stores, there are no pics and basic descriptions.

Kristy it's so cute!!! What a great memory!

I just read Russell's HOH blog/letter and now I think he's clueless! He gives praise to Jessie and Natalie, good people, trustworthy, etc. He has no clue they wanted to backdoor him only a week ago and probably still do! He also seems to believe all lies J & N have told him about Michelle which they purposely did to stir things up. He also says some nasty shiz about Chima. I think their staged fight turned personal. Mel, there are a bunch of spoiler websites out there that give daily recaps. If you just watch the episodes you for sure miss a ton of stuff that never airs.

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek Do you think that was supposed to start off as a fake fight? Because they were talking about faking a fight a few days before that. But it deem seem like a genuine I hate your guts fight. And how about Kev going off on Ron like that, that was AWESOME! I cant stand Natalie she's such a sh*t starter. I just read the text of their conversation about faking a fight. I wonder if that was it? It seemed real watching it on After Dark! If it is all fake they did a good job of tricking the other hgs. But based on their conversation they followed their plans exactly. She said she would get in his face and insult the size of his manhood which she did .

I totally feel your pain! I get about 2/year thank goodness but they are debilitating. Mine are very random and come at the worst times. My vision starts to go in one eye and I know I have about 30-60 minutes before the pain sets in and my vision gets worse. One time I was able to stop it from coming on full force. I took Excedrin Migraine the minute my vision changed and drank a bunch of Pepsi.

If you use the search function and enter "grand old house" you will find any threads on this topic. I know of at least one other cruise bride who was married there in February. She posted a review and tons of pictures that may be helpful or fun for you to look at. You will have a blast on your cruise wedding! We unfortunately missed Grand Cayman because of weather but I hear it's beautiful.

She does keep it entertaining because you never know what ridiculous thing will come out of her mouth. If she's as crazy as she is made out to be they are probably happy to be done with her.

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek I dont get the actual live feeds but according to the website that the live feeders post on it's confirmed. Nice! and i cannot wait to watch last night bbad sounds like things went crazy last night. and the Yeah, I'm watching parts of it now on After Dark. Chima lost her shit on Russell!

Congratulations Mrs. Martin!! Can't wait to see pics! Kelly, your girls are beautiful!

Quote: Originally Posted by azhuskergirl ok,how on earth is Lisa G a double D I had to go online & see a recent picture. She's totally NOT!! Look at pictures of her, it's impossible. I don't care how petite she is, there would be at least bumps in her shirts. There's no hiding Ds or DDs!! She went to a store that ups the bra sizes to play to people wanting a bigger chest. Just like some clothing designers sell a size 8 that's really like a 12. I smell a big pile of BS!

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrs. Martin Hi ladies, so the walking worked because I'm at the hospital. I've been in labor since 5 this morning. I'm 5-6 cm dilated and I just had an epi so I'm feeling better now. I'm just here on my phone waiting for labor! I'll keep u all posted after Matthew is born. Yay!!! Good luck!!

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek yeah i dont think they will show us Lydia and Jesse getting it on. How creepy was it when she was talking about how she likes to watch Jesse sleep and than they showed clips of her doing it. and than she went on to say how if he screwed her over she would do her revenge on him when he sleeps. okay psycho much?! BB better watch her, she's not all there. lol@ Lydiot. i keep voting online for Jeff to win the Coup De'Tate. I've been voting for Jeff too!

Have we talked about Jessie and Lydia sleeping together yet?? I can't remember if it's been brought up in this thread. I wonder if it will even be included in the episodes (just the info, not the deed )? And Lydia is such a gamer...I read that she has been throwing her good buddy Kevin under the bus to Jessie and Natalie. I really hope the cliques break up tonight!! I am also routing for Jeff or Jordan to win! The rumor is it will be an endurance competition.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Sheeoni Thanks for the quick response Andrea. I guess my problem is that since we're still in the beginning of the planning phase, I don't know how many people are interested in attending or not, attending just the wedding, or attending the wedding AND the cruise. Do I need that information first before I contact an agent to book rooms? Thats sorta what your post seemed to say. May I ask which travel agency you used since they allowed you to spread out payments? I'm not sure if that is a common practice but would be super helpful. The prices for the cruise we're looking at seem to be truly reasonable for 5 day cruise so I think overall, it's affordable, but all this is a little overwhelming just yet. I am going to look at your planning thread and maybe if anyone else has some information regarding how they proceeded, I'd appreciate it. =) You can contact a TA and pick a cruise without needing a head count. I don't think your TA will need an exact count to temporarily hold space for your group. I wouldn't recommend my TA. You could click the banner at the top of the page and contact one of the BDW TAs?

Once you choose a cruiseline, ship and itinerary you'll need to have a TA reserve your group. When the group is reserved you only have so many weeks to put down deposits. I would get everything picked out and let your guests know ASAP of your plans. We gave our guests over a year's notice. They had a little over a month to decide if they were coming and contact our TA to put down a deposit. From there we set up a payment schedule with our TA as to when and what was due for each guest. It helped to spread out the payments for those that wanted to. Some paid all at once. I did not do STDs. We sent out a letter explaining our wedding and cruise, information sheet explaining the details, booking sheet from our TA, and a brochure we made up with highlights of the ship and ports. We set up a wedding website at mywedding.com and asked guests to RSVP there. We also put lots of helpful info on the website for our guests. Worked great for us! Good luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by jetsbride I think it had to do with Jillian and Ed's fantasy suite experience That does make sense. At first I thought he was referring to sexy time Jill and Reid had together! Just because of her reaction and she looked at him like what the heck are you going to say?!

Quote: Originally Posted by jetsbride Ed and Jillian seem truly happy together, hopefully it will last.... On another note, did anyone else notice Melissa'a new face? It definately looks like she got some botox, lip injections and and eye lift... She did look different! I wonder what she had done... And what was with Reid's comment about not wanting to bring up certain things like the fantasy suite? The whole audience ooooo'd and aahhhh'd and Jillian looked scared that he was going to say more?

This thread is making me hungry!! If I were a guest at a wedding and they had a brownie bar I would be thrilled! Even if I wasn't pregnant . I say do what makes you happy. Can't worry about what others will think, that's silly.