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Oh my greys girl, your body is banging! FI is gonna love love love them.

I am still revising the background on mine, but I'll share. It will be a 3 fold program with a ribbon tying it together. So, here are the three panels. The front page is what I am working to revise.

Awe, yay, welcome back Brandy!! So glad your wedding was amazing!!

Yay, sounds like it's all coming together Maggie! I leave 3 weeks from tomorrow and I feel like I still have plenty to do!! I will get it done though. I have my bachelorette party this Fri night (since I work every Saturday, grr) but it will be a blast. Some of my oldest and dearest friends, ones with 5 kids are coming, so that makes me very happy! Saturday, I have my final dress fitting (so hopefully I don't overindulge too much). Next Friday, I have a spa appointment for a massage, thanks to a great bridal shower gift. Yay! My daughter starts softball that Saturday as well. Oh, and I have to brag a little, my daughters principal called yesterday and said next week she's receiving the principals award for "making a difference." How cool is that? I'm so proud of my "big" girl. And then Friday the 22nd is our legal day!! So exciting. I can't believe we are finally so close. I'm ready to marry my baby!

Love your pics!! Congratulations!! I have chosen the same/similar colors and this makes me so happy I did. It looks gorgeous!

Alright, girls who were married here.... Any suggestions for photo spots? I know the pier, Le Chique, the lobby, the bridge over the pool, by a palm tree, and I think I saw some type of cool carriage or something in one pic. Is there anywhere else that is cool for pictures that I'm missing?

Hmm, good question Cherazi! We could just take off the date for leaving, and maybe just put updates as we each get closer! )

Ooh yes, Jaime, we want details!! ) Hope it was a blast!

Soo excited for all of you girls leaving!! I hope your weddings are all you dreamed of and more!! Meg/Lisa - Your dresses do look gorgeous!! Lua, your rehearsal dress is just too cute, and so awesome that it came from your wedding dress!

I think my hair an makeup appt is at 1:00 for my 5pm wedding. I want to get my bm shots and pics with the moms n my daughter pre-ceremony.

Happy Wedding day Brandy! Hope your day is absolutely perfect!

Yay, can't wait!! Not much longer!! So, the girls on the April thread, a great chatty bunch of gals did a countdown on theirs. So, I'm gonna beg, steal, borrow (whatever you wanna say) their idea!! So, here goes: Tisha Azul Sensatori, Riviera Maya, Mexico May 2nd Leave in 27 days!! Still feel like I have soo much to do though, and the weekends are filling up with other stuff. Ahhh, when to get it all done???

Hey girls, for a symbolic ceremony, do we still do the fingerprinting/signing of documents thing?

You looked beautiful on your wedding day!! Congrats!!

Oh no Meggers, hope all your stuff shows up in time! Lisa, how did the dress turn out???

I'd wear whatever dress makes you happy!! I love that dress too, and if had tried it on and could have afforded it, definitely would have rocked it for my wedding!! )

First, Chicaloco your pics are gorgeous!! The water at AS looks prettier than I expected which makes me happy. ) Awesome work Maggie!! But, isn't that the last place we want to lose weight, but one of the first to go!! Boo. I went to a wedding last week, and put on a dress I wore a few years ago and it all but fell off my chest area. I couldn't believe the difference. I would like to try that crossfit!! Ooh, yay, hopefully they are generous but with so many May brides, they may be a bit more skimpy with their giveaways. Hmm, well we will think positive!! ) Quote: Originally Posted by Mwise17 That is AWESOME!!!!! I have lost 16 pounds since January 1 this year. I am excited, but have a lot more to go...thank goodness I am in October!! So funny, my FI is actually a crossfit trainer! (he kicks my butt in the gym!!!!) Your pics look amazing! You can def. tell that you have been taking care of business!!!! Gotta love when the hard work pays off! I am going to check them out right now. I keep going to Michaels, for ideas, but I have some time left, and am not committing just yet. Would love to know where in the TO area you have been shopping!!!! Any good places for dresses or places to avoid as well? I am thinking of going to Beckers on the Danforth for my first dress shopping experience! Congrats on the weight loss. That's fantastic!!! Quote: Originally Posted by Mwise17 Ladies, A couple updates! 1. Check out my profile pic...its our logo! I love it! I had our wedding invitation designer do it for us. What do ya think? 2. Update on the MOH disaster. I met up with my cousin, we totally argued it out for over 2 hours (it was clearly needed, we had been holding a lot of resentment towards each other in, which was no good). In the end, I told her it wasn't working out, it was so far past the lovely idea of bringing her down gently, or twisting it into her decision....so she is no longer my MOH, and my best friend has accepted is only too happy to step in, and promises on hard feelings, or feeling 2nd best! My cousin and I are hoping we can start a new friendship without hard feelings, so I asked her to be a bridesmaid....I think this will help salvage the relationship for the future, and I won't expect so much out of her. She is finally happy for me though, which was important to me. Thank you for being so supportive, I totally felt like bridezilla....and you ladies helped me feel more justified in my decision, I appreciate it. Love your logo. It's adorable! So glad your MOH situation got taken care of. I'm sure that was a difficult situation to be in.

Oh yeah, and I thought I'd tell you girls about an email I got from David's Bridal. Basically, you pay $30.00, fill out one set of paperwork and they will take care of all the name changing for you. Here's the link if you want to check it out! Sounded good to me! http://www.missnowmrs.com/DavidsBridal/Register.aspx

Wow, you girls have been busy on here! Best of luck to all the early April brides leaving soon. You all had a fabulous support group here with these girls and I have no doubt that each and every wedding is going to be absolutely gorgeous, and I can not wait to see the pics!! ) Had too many pages to read, so I don't recall whose comments were whose, but I'm gonna comment anyhow. ) Purple shoes are gorgeous so they are my vote. Lisa, your programs are too cute. Love them! Vegas, how freaking awesome?!! I bartend every Saturday night and it's essentially paid for our wedding so I can't take a night off. So, my bachelorette will be at a bar in DC on a Friday night. Not too exciting Have a great day girls!!

Yay, almost there girlie! Everything looks great. Can't wait to see the finished rehearsal dress!! )

Oh Lua, you little tease!! ) We will be waiting patiently!

Congrats on finding a great deal for a photographer!! That's awesome, and a big one in my opinion!! ) Thank you so much for the compliment!! I have been working out religiously for years but the wedding really prompted me to amp it up! The first step is eating better (or should I say, just not eating whatever I want, when I want). I just try to incorporate more good foods, yogurt, fruits, healthy snacks (since I'm a serious snacker) and cut back on the chocolate. I ate pretty healthy as far as meals already. The before pic was taken in January which was when I really started focusing on losing some weight for the wedding. My friend and I started this "wedding bootcamp." It's essentially the following: Start with a warm up to get your muscles warm, like walking lunges, squats or something. Then do abs, say 3 exercises in sets. Then we would do weights. We never really followed this completely but I have learned that heavy weights are better than the light and more reps option. This part of the program is about 45 minutes. Then, we go and do about 30 minutes of cardio. I have also been doing a class once a week that is a killer with tons of cardio. For the last month I have gotten in the habit of going to the gym 5 days a week, where before 3 was my tops. So, while I have kinda started eating bad again, I have four and a half weeks to go so I gotta get back to it!! I lost almost 8 pounds since January, and I didn't have too much to lose so it's been great. I am very happy with the changes!! )

Awe, kiwibride, I am so sorry to hear about people having to back out at the last minute. Focus on the positive, in 5 short days you'll be on a plane to paradise to marry the man you love!! )

For the phoshare cards, i think there should be a pic in my profile somewhere. If not ill send u a pic on monday with the other. I set up a cute website with Shutterfly and i had the cards printed thru vistaprint.

Hey girls! Hope you're all having a great weekend. I got my rings back and they do look so much better after the rhodium plating! yay!! Thanks Teira for the compliment on my dress. My seamstress is amazing and she fixed the dress right up to be everything I wanted it to be!!