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They look Awesome Jennybell!! I love the bags, those will definitely get reused!! I don't think you missed anything!! I can't wait to go shopping in the US, I hope I find great deals like you!

You look absolutely Stunning!!! The pics are amazing! The resort is so quaint & beautiful, I love the wedding location - exactly what we wanted, but I had to go with a larger resort so to satisfy the number of guests we'll have. Your Baby Girl Is GORGEOUS!! She is beautiful!! Congrats on everything it all looked perfect!

OK this is all I could come up with, 1st try and there will be more!

I LOVE your logo too Shannon! Did you make yours? Everyone is so talented.... )

Quote: Originally Posted by nicitica LOVE LOVE IT!!! Yes, we need to know where did you have it made or did you make it yourself!! I swear I'm the only person with a square logo!! lol and that's because I just started to play around with the program and really have absolutely no idea what I'm doing - rather pathetic really!...I'll get there ladies!!

[quote=CHAKLIT;1027191 Easy to train boys...drop cheerios in the toilet and tell him to aim! I don't think I've ever laughed so hard out loud all by myself!!! That's the funniest thing I've ever heard and I'm totally going to try it!! Know whatcha mean about $$ - and this forum doesn't help!! There are so many ideas and things I've added to the budget!! I have to keep reminding myself we're on one income and I can't do absolutely everything!! Thanks for the chuckle I needed it! )

I think when you start a thread if you scroll down past the message box towards the bottom of your screen, there should be a place that you can click on that says "manage attachments"...you may have to go into the advanced section...once you find "manage attachments" it should guide you to upload your attachment with all the details of size and format you can upload.... Hope this helps a bit!!

Quote: Originally Posted by gettnHitched Getting married there in April 2010, Des anyone have information on the hotel photographers? We can decide if we wanna spend 3k to bring in outside photographers. What do you guys think? Hey!! Congrats and Welcome fellow Canadian! We're getting married on April 29, 2010 at GRP!! I think I have a little info on the photogs if you want to pm your email to me I can send it. BUT, I have tried to reach the photographer and haven't had a response yet - just so you know. We haven't booked any photographer and still aren't sure what we're doing - but send me your email and I'll send you the info I have!! )

Quote: Originally Posted by Jennybell1 Too funny about Wolverine.....thats how I got my ex to agree to the name....Thanks for saying the above, made me feel better about it for sure. Its def been interesting couple of years. How have things been for you? Did you always know you two would get married? I'm sure you're going to have a few more interesting years to come!! I'm not looking forward to year 14-20, I think I can do without that stress! lol actually I could probably bump that to 14 yrs - 24 yrs!! lol TERRIFIED! Things have been really good, we were very lucky and our adjustment period came quite late actually. I had a really crappy pregnancy, thought I was going to loose him just after the 3 month mark, then he had heart issues so I was in the hospital being monitored 3-4 times weekly-that resolved on their own Thank God! SO pregnancy and BIRTH/recovery were the hardest for me. He ate and slept really well from the start so that was a nice break for us as new parents. The real adjustment happened when he started crawling and getting into absolutely everything! Can't leave him alone for a minute the little bugger!! lol I count my lucky stars daily because we have friends who have had extremely difficult, almost unhappy, babies. Our guy is pretty good wherever we go and loves parties and people! As far as always knowing we'd get married, no, not from the beginning but we were young. I'd say no talk of marriage the first 2 years for sure - but we weren't mature enough, not to say that some people are mature enough in their early 20's - but We Definitely were not!! lol Then as time went on, of course it was the natural progression so there was marriage talk but no rush...we had the commitment to each other and that's all we needed. I'd say 2 1/2 years ago we definitely decided to put ourselves on track to get married, so made the big decision to pick up our lives and move to Alberta, after the big Boom lol! When we arrived I was sick as a dog - like hated everything about Alberta, I was sour! Missed home desperately, couldn't stand the traffic, couldn't stand the lack of Ocean and couldn't stand the taste of the water here - I was Pregger's!! lol So I do seriously apologize to all Albertan's for any profanities I may have spewed when I arrived - I was extremely hormonal!! lol I actually went to the doctor thinking I had a UTI!! hahaha, way off!

Quote: Originally Posted by shan13 Michele..sound like you got a good TA..willing to help take some of that load off...and she will make the resort sound so wonderful which I am sure will get folks thinking and booking!!! Erin..I am serious..u know they say when snakes roll around in a ball their mating..in our case we are just fighting for space in the bed..lmao!!! It's all Suzy's fault because she got us started on the bed issue but that is one of the reasons I want to spend the night apart.. HAHAHAHA you make me laugh!! I may have started the bed issue but you finished it up nicely with the mating ball reference!! lol LOVE it!! Nothing like giggling over morning coffee!!

Did you find anything yet? are they the mugs from Dollarama? Those are the one's I have but I haven't done anything yet...and won't have time before you go! I was just going to print something on my PC and then cut them out the shape of the one in the mug and possibly laminate them - because I am expecting them to leak ;o) Sorry I wish I could help more!

Quote: Originally Posted by shortnsweet7675 I sleep so much better when the FI is with me too, but I want to attempt to do the traditional thing. We'll see if I stick to it! A king size bed! Wish I had one of those. I'm still rockin' the queen size bed. We'll have to upgrade after the wedding. Well, gotta go to bed now. I think I've gotten enough wedding thoughts out of my mind for now so I can get some sleep (in my queen size bed). Hahaha, no we have a queen at home most times it feels like a twin!! I'm talking at the resort, a KING size bed all to myself for one night only!

Quote: Originally Posted by Melidell I think we're going to spend the night together the night before the wedding. I like the tradition of sleeping separately but we've been living together for so long now that neither of us sleep that well without the other and I want us to get lots of rest for the big day. I really don't want him to see me in my dress or anything until I get down the aisle, though! He hasn't seen my dress, either, not even a pic so it'll be a nice surprise. I am sooooooo kicking his butt out of our room the night before nuptials! and mostly not because of tradition, although I'm looking forward to the anticipation of not seeing him until the ceremony...because we ALWAYS see eachother lol It's mostly because I can't bloody wait to have a King Size bed all to myself!! My FI's a crowder, roller, sleep talking hugger and I'm a need space and need to be able to breath sleeper - So the night before my wedding may just be the best nights sleep I'll ever get for the rest of my life, lol!! Oh yeah - getting rid of the kid for the night too, gotta love Grandparents!! lol OH I can't wait for a little slice of HEAVEN!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by shortnsweet7675 I just had to share… I got 4 more RSVP postcards in the mail today, so that makes 13. Yay! Just waiting for 39 more! My RSVP deadline (preliminary RSVP) is November 6th. So, for now I have 11 sailing and 9 non-sailing guests for my cruise wedding. Yay Congrats!! I really didn't do my research because I didn't do a preliminary rsvp and I put Feb 2010! I have received a few though...and a lot of people have booked already so I know some will be coming! lol LOVE the pic of you with the Alligator - brave woman! I'd love to hold one!

Thanks for the great site!! We'll definitely order from here too if we go with tungsten! They are beautiful! )

Quote: Originally Posted by Patti We're taking ours with us to give to the guests when they arrive. I'm also afraid they wouldn't take them if we gave them out early and it would just defeat the purpose, with the First Aid kits, games, beach towels, etc., but I have to say, we only have seven to take. I was thinking exactly the same thing, I know all the work I've put into these and just my luck half would probably forget them - and that would probably really really irk me! lol Plus I think it will be really nice from a guests standpoint to receive them all together at the resort! I know out resort charges to have them delivered to the rooms so I'll be hand delivering them!! I'm just freaking out about luggage - I have 50 ppl and about 30 bags in total...ugh and only about 8 people flying out of our gateway!

Quote: Originally Posted by meldal101010 Cheers your way too!!! Theres a few of us on this forum... You should check out the thread on the BDW get togethers, a few of us are planning a meet sometime soon! you should join us Ooooooooo, I will be there with bells on and Drink in hand!! As long as future Hubby is home to babysit!! lol I was checking out the get togethers but didn't realize there was going to be one in Calgary...thought only in Red Deer or somewhere I've never been! lol )

Quote: Originally Posted by CHAKLIT My fiance and I have a 2 yr...and she's a real handful...good thing is...she's gonna be our flower girl in 2011!!! Oh you are sooooo lucky that you're waiting till 2011!!! LOL Our guy is going to be our ring bearer at just under 2 years, we are just squeaking him in on the plane while he's still free!! lol So I think he could possible be a HUGE handful - and we'll be truly thankful that all the grandparents are going to be in Mexico with us so we'll have tons of babysitters!! On the cleft lip note, I don't really know what causes it...I'm assuming it's hereditary but then again I have no idea? I'm sure we'll find out soon though! Congrats and Welcome BTW!! Maybe you'll be able to help me out with the whole potty training issue!! LOL, not like we're anywhere near that yet - he's 16 months but I'm already terrified!!

Quote: Originally Posted by lara&mike Great thread idea! I'm sure there has to be others out there like us :-) Well, I have been with my FI for almost 7 years..saying that sounds crazy. I was never one to want children or get married for that matter. I never had some huge dream since i was a little girl to have a huge wedding, and I was probably the last one anyone would expect to have children. I like kids and all, but as an only child I just didnt really know what to do with them ;-) I did figure that at sometime we would have children, but didn't think too much about it. Anyway, so my friend got pregnant and my FI (bf at time)and I were discussing when we might have babies. Marriage before wasn't super important to us. He said oh, maybe in a year or so we start trying (this was around Jan of 0. Well, what do you know, in March i find out i'm pregnant! I was pretty freaked out, and just like SuzyQ, my FI (bf at time) handled it much better than me. Babies mean growing up, and I just didnt know I was there yet...mind you i was 31...really, how much more ready do i need to be??! Next thing you know, I'm engaged and we're having a baby. So, fastforward through a pretty good pregnancy and last November I had a little baby girl (which i was *sure* was going to be a boy), and we named her MacKenzie (kenzie). It was a pretty crazy and stressful first few months getting adapted, but we got through it. Nobody tells you about the hard stuff, just how great it's all going to be....liars. JJ, we love her to death :-) We had 3 ultrasounds during the preg. and everything was "fine". However, when she came out she had a cleft lip which was pretty shocking since I wasn't expecting anything to be wrong, and she wasn't my "perfect" baby. Looking back, i know now that it is not a big deal and we could have been given a much harder scenario to deal with. She was perfectly healthy and that's really all you can ask for. At 5 months (march 09) she had her surgery to get it repaired and all that's left is a small scar from her lip to her nose. it's supposed to fade as she gets older, which i hope does happen for her. She is our gorgeous little bundle of energy that provides endless entertainment! Finally about 3 months ago we decided we should do something about this engagement thing and we decided on a DW and started the planning! She is almost 1 now and i go back to work in 3 weeks...so sad (yayy mat leave!). I dont know how i'm going to balance my new internet addiction and work ...haha. It's been great having so much time to preplan, but most of the work wont' be done until after rsvp's anyway I guess. This forum is great though, i'm so happy i found it!! Congrats to all you mommies!! Oh I have a feeling there are many more like us!! And our stories are similar, yet different of course...I was 31 as well! lol We had wanted to get Married but thought we couldn't have kids so we were letting whatever happened happen...and it happened!! I was in denial for a while, absolute shock, it had been 6 years of no protection and some other complications and it took me a long time to even bond with the baby I think once I started feeling significant movement then I could actually admit it was real and I had the pregnancy from Hell!! I had 11 Ultrasounds - he had an irregular heartbeat and PAC's (premature atrial contractions) so I was constantly in the hospital having non-stress tests and being monitored then I was put off work early which really sucked!! Your baby girl is Beautiful!!! I love that picture you have of the 3 of you with her in the foreground and you guys in the background! My FI cousin had a baby girl with a cleft lip as well, and you can't even tell she had the operation...she is 3 now. I always thought they could tell by the Ultrasound? Or at least if they suspect anything send you for a more detailed Ultrasound.... We love the entertainment our little pumpkin gives us too!! He is such a character, 16 months now! Time goes so quickly! Are you guys going to have another? We want to try as soon as the wedding is done with! lol Well I say that now but all I have to do to scare myself is think back to the actual labour....and I question "OUR" choice for a second!! Boo on having to go back to work soon ( We were fortunate enough that I didn't have to go back to work, not to say that it isn't hard because now every decision is based on one income...and planning a wedding on one income...and survival off one income can get crazy sometimes. Plus I truly miss adult conversation and alone time...I NEVER get alone time, unless I get a chance to go to Yoga which hasn't been happening lately! Wishing you all the luck with Maternity leave ending! I think you'll balance the new internet addiction fine, but daycare/dayhome? that might be a little rough at first, you'll have to get used to a completely different schedule again!! Unless you have great family near to you! I wish we did but all our family is 5000 kms away!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jennybell1 Good idea starting the post! My story is a little different, but here goes..... I have a 5yr old son from my previous marriage of 8 yrs and we share custody of him. I have him for a week and then he goes to his dad's house for a week. It works really well for all of us right now. Not sure how it will work in the future, but Im taking it day to day. When Riley and I were dating he wasnt sure where our future would be bc of my son. He never saw himself dating someone with a child and wasnt sure if that was the life he wanted. I couldnt fault him for that, bc I really didnt want to get involved with anyone that had children of their own either. Double standard, I know. But I just didnt want to add more possible drama then I already had. So I understood what he was feeling. His mom chatted with him early in our relationship - bless her heart - and told him that Logan and I were a package deal and that if he really wanted to be with me, then he had to take everything that came with me. Riley was very uneasy initially due to the fact he hadnt been around a lot of kids and wasnt sure what he could and couldnt say to my son. It was hard for him...of that I am sure. I made sure that Logan understood that he needed to listen to Riley and slowly Riley become more comfortable stepping in when required. Dont get me wrong, most of the discipline comes from me, however Riley does step in when he needs to or when Im not around. Riley has slowly come out of his shell of being guarded due to the tricky nature of our situation, and Logan loves to spend time with him. Riley is a "mans-man" not like my ex, and my son loves that. We have been living together for almost a year and although it has been tricky at times, we are a family unit. The only thing I have to work on is getting Riley to bring down his guard enough to let logan get closer to him. Riley finds it hard to get cuddly with Logan, probably bc logan is a boy and also bc its not his child. Doesnt want to step over any boundries?? I dont know. But Logan can be a cuddly kid sometimes and I have seen Logan try to get cuddly with Ri, and Ri tells him to get down. Not sure how to get this going, maybe he needs his own time.....I have spoken to him about it...so we will see how things progress. On a side note; Logan has been asking Riley for a really long time if he can call him "Dad". (Ok and some of you are going into shock right now saying" I would never let my child do that when he already has a dad" - Ive heard it all - but the circumstances are different. - Logan calls his step-mom - "mom" when he is at their house and refers to her as "aimee" at my house. So it would go both ways at either house. We figure if this is something he wants, then who are we to say no. He is 5....if this helps him through our divorce - then so be it). And Riley has been saying "not yet buddy" which really bothered logan - actually to tears sometimes...but they had a convo on the way home from daycare the other day and to my astonishment, Logan asked Riley again and Riley said that if that is what he wants - then he is free to Riley, Riley or Dad. What ever he wants and feels comfortable with! Yay!!!! Thank god, bc I didnt know what else to tell my son every night at bedtime when he would ask me that same question...."when will Riley be my dad....I have a mommy and daddy at my dad's house, I want a mommy and a daddy at your house". Its definietely not an easy situation to be in bc now you dont have 2 parents but 4 and not that the newly added parents dont have a say in child rearing, but it makes things sometimes 4x more difficult bc everyone has a say and opinion. Becomes especially hard when your ex and his fiance take one side and we are on the other.....good god! Luckily for all of us, we usually agree on most things and rarely have disagreements. I just hope that in all of this Logan turns out okj, bc now he has doubled his parents, grandparents, cousins, and family and now he has double the love. What a lucky little boy. As for kids....we are NOT having anymore. Riley is selfish as am I. After getting used to having logan (which I never really get used to, but I adapted) a week on and a week off, we now enjoy our alone time and dont want to loose that. We enjoy what we have and we love to have the one on one time with logan. I dont want to add another child to the mix and make things more confusing for him. But thats only my situation. We are really happy and love the time with Logan. We make the most of our time together each week and miss him when he goes, but I keep reminding myself of all the people that now love him too. He never asked for this, but in the end I think he may have come out on top. Thas my LONG story....sorry ladies.... Thanks again for posting this thread.....ahhhh...feel so much better now..... Still haven't figured out how to use the multi quote function yet ladies so sorry everything is separate - every time I try to multi quote it never works! Ok so first of all, this is why I wanted to start a thread like this because not every family or circumstance is the same! I think what you have going on is great, and sounds like everything is working very well! You are a strong woman and I'm glad to hear that it's amicable relationships all around. I don't know if I could be the better or even the good person, but then again you never know what you're capable of until you're put in that situation. I think it's sooooo beautiful that Logan wants to take that step with Riley, and that it's his decision! I'm sure you're going to have lots of crossroads and intersections to navigate over the next lifetime together but you'll handle whatever is thrown at you as a family - even if it is one Big Blended family with 2 Mom's, 2 Dad's and a gaggle of Grandparents!! Like you said: All the more Love to go around! And Logan will grow up a well-rounded and loved individual because of it! )

Quote: Originally Posted by meldal101010 Great thread.... I have 2 little ones, Hailey-almost 4 yrs and Raiden almost 2 years. Their dad and I have been together for 6 years now and got engaged last year. I'm super excited because we get to include our little ones in the wedding...and my daughter couldn't be happier to be dressing up as a princess as the flower girl...i had to include the color pink in my color scheme because Hails will wear nothing else but a big, fluffy pink dress...lol HEY!!! Just noticed You guys are fellow Albertan's too!! CHEERS!!

Quote: Originally Posted by ldeavila I am soooo glad I am not the only one out there planning a wedding with a baby in tow...lol! Thank you for starting this thread!!! My story goes something like this..... We got engaged in February 2007 after dating for almost four years. So we decided we wanted to do a DW sometime in April 2009...but then I got pregnant. So we had to postpone the wedding until after my son was born. He was born in March 2009....and so now here we are FI, my son, and I ...planning a wedding! Awe congrats and your son is absolutely adorable!! Isn't parenthood wonderful, exhausting and the hardest job you've ever done!! lol Are you back at work? I don't know much about US maternity leave but I think it's pretty short... ( 7 months is such as awesome age!! I loved those months!! Enjoy them now because you have so many huge milestones coming up. They grow sooo fast, it makes me sad! How has everything been going for you? Have you three adjusted to your new routines and way of life?

I did the Groom's, and I know I'm backwards but this is my reasoning: The whole day is about me, absolutely all me, lol, so I figured for one time in his life(lol, jk) he might as well come first even if it is only on paper!! ...and I thought it looked better with his name first! ;o)

Shannon!! you're soooo close to 150!! Hehehehe Welcome Sarah from Philly! I was thinking the Occidental Grand myself!! It looks like a beautiful brand new resort!!

Quote: Originally Posted by bahamianbride2010 Hi ladies, I am interested in knowing if anyone is selling their Maggie Sottero gown in a size 12 or larger. Here are the styles I like. I have called all the bridal stores in my area and no one has these. They can only order new ones. -Karena -Amour with Brooch -Lorraine -Amara Lee -Chance -Felicia I really hope someone has one of these in the right size they are looking to sale. I tried PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com already too! Thanks! Try this site it's pretty good too! Used Wedding Dresses | Once Wed Good Luck!! and I hope you find one you're looking for! )