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Have you ladies heard bout Hurricane Rina? She is supposed to come very close to the entire Riviera Maya this coming Thursday / Friday / Saturday!! http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/storms/2011/Rina For those brides with weddings during this time, I hope for the best for you. Fingers crossed that the projected path is off. And for those of us with weddings soon after (mine is a week from Saturday) I hope any damage is minimal.

I am super duper excited too - two weeks from today is my wedding day!!! And only 11 days until we fly out...woohoo. With how fast everything is moving - I can only imagine things will move as fast once we get to our destinations. So remember to take tons of pictures (not just your pro pics) to help you remember the whole trip. I printed out photo-share cards for all of our guests so we can have access to everyone's pics. I need to test out my instructions to make sure they will work for everyone...

Happy Wedding Day!!! Congratulations and I hope everything went perfectly for you.

Joanne - Sorry I wasn't clear but that was actually for Taryn. Didn't she post a while back that Friday (today) would be the legal wedding day and then Saturday would be the BD session? Maybe I am mistaken. I am stressing about the AHR a bit as well - though luckily ours is just an AHP (at home party) instead of a reception (DJ, beer, wine, hors d'ouevres, cupcakes, and slide show). Our party is just 8 days after we get back from Mexico, so the caterer needs a final count before we leave and the DJ needs a song list before we leave, etc. Oh well - it will all happen, it always does.

And are you ready to get legally married tomorrow?! I am going to try and get everything done the weekend before we leave on Wednesday morning so I have time to try and think of anything I missed. In order to try and destress when we get to Mexico, Paul and I have scheduled our included couple's massage (it comes with the wedding package we are buying) for the first evening in Cancun. I scheduled it outside at a beach palapa at 5:00pm and sunset is 5:10pm - I hope it is as pretty as I picture it to be. Alright ladies - time to get gready for bed. Have a good night.

I am not having my ceremony early, but if I were...I think I would have the ceremony and cocktail hour together and then have the break in time before ther reception. That way everyone is together for the ceremony and can then socialize at the cocktail hour before heading off on their own for a while. At that point you could have the reception a bit later if you would like (more of a night-time event). That sort of timing might also help with the photos as 3 hours could get a bit of the getting ready, the ceremony, the cocktail hour (which you could actually attend) and then you and your then husband off taking pictures for an hour. You could even potentially move a few of the traditional reception activities (like champagne toast and cake cutting even) up to the cocktail hour for the sake of pictures. Not sure what your vision is, but I think that is what I would do. Let us know what you decide.

I will actually need everything packed the night before we leave. Our flight is at 6am so we will have to wake up around 3am to get ready, out the door and to the airport. I plan on loading the car the night before - wedding dress and all. 6am is early, but that means we land in Cancun (after a layover in Houston) a little after 10am so that makes it worth it in my mind.

I am glad you ladies feel better. I wish I were going earlier to be able to give all of you a first hand account. Today I got an updated contract from Claudia - helps make it feel real.

Definitely...I couldn't wait for October to get here and now I wish there was another week in the month. I leave for Mexico in 13 days... My goal is to start packing some things up this weekend. Maybe all of the OOT and wedding items this weekend so that will just leave clothes and vacation items for next week.