December 2011 Brides

[Marlena]

Has anyone realized that this thread is featured on the first page of the website right now? I just saw "December 2011 brides" so I thought, hey, click on that one, and it brought me here! Too funny...

[Kimberli1211]

Aww Jacki, you get to come back from Jamaica to my reality!! I live 2 1/2 hours from Fargo, and trust me, it's going to be a COLD slap in the face! I've been dreading the coming home part since we started planning!!!

 

As far as bridal showers go, I pretty much threw my own last weekend. It went really well overall, but when it was all over I was asking myself why in the heck I drove myself crazy with little details!?! If anyone wants to see a few pics I added them to my planning thread.

 

On another note, I spent the afternoon in a last meeting with my FI's priest, who is doing our official ceremony this weekend. He is really ruining it for me! To give him credit, he's 85 and very traditional, but it's so frustrating!! We're only having our daughter, his parents, and my mom at the actual legal wedding. We aren't telling anyone else (that's right, you're all in on the secret!! . Haha. But he keeps saying he doesn't know where he went wrong with us and apparently he didn't get through to us since we're doing everything backwards, and should be having a big party and wearing the dress in the church. Keep in mind he's Catholic. But ugh!!! We just want to enjoy our moment! We are incorporating God very heavily into our Jamaica ceremony as well, but since it's not Catholic he scoffs at it. Trying to focus on us and what we want and not worry about him, but it's a tough fight!

[kat2012]

I noticed it a week or so ago!!! I guess it is our time
 

Originally Posted by Marlena 

Has anyone realized that this thread is featured on the first page of the website right now? I just saw "December 2011 brides" so I thought, hey, click on that one, and it brought me here! Too funny...

 

[Kimberli1211]

Well ladies, I'm LEGALLY married now. It was quite entertaining- I'm hoping anything that was going to go wrong already did! Haha!!! We got to the church (it's extremely small) and the heat was out, so it was 43 degrees in there. It actually has a wood burning stove in the middle of the room, so we lit it and then had smoke burning our eyes. On the plus side, it was like camping, which I love!!! His parents made a mistake on the time, and showed up an hour late, so we waited in the cold by the fire for them. Also, his mom just had surgery two days ago, so she was loopy and could barely walk. Then the priest lost our book with the readings we had chosen, so we picked some more out of the spot. All in all, it was hilarious!!! I also cried during his vows, which his dad was right there to photograph- those will be lovely!! LOL! Anyways, I'm hoping the next go-round is a little smoother!

[MichCraw]

Congrats Kimberili! All that is left is the fun part in Jamaica! Glad you are taking all those mishaps with a grain of salt, it will be fun telling these stories to the grandkids when you get older!

 

On another note,... I leave in less than 2 weeks and still don't have my dress ... Yikes!! I'm really getting nervous that this seamstress will not get it done right on time!!!!!

[britb618]

Aw congrats on the legal wedding! LOL ours is December 3rd and everything already seems to be going wrong for it...glad to hear someone else is just laughing it off... we are getting married in DR the 9th so we are the same wedding week! yay us!

 

On another note, I went to my last fitting this weekend and the seamstress who had me stressed did a wonderful job on my dress! It looks amazing and I can't wait to wear it! I'm sure you will all feel the same when you see yours for the final time only a few more weeks for all of us...So happy I have this site so I can vent and laugh and get great ideas from everyones, its been a tremendous help for the last year...what will i do when this wedding is over!

 

Thanks all!

[Marlena]

I have a question, do we have to do anything here (as in Canadian brides) to make the ceremony legal ? I know they give us a marriage certificate in Jamaica, but do we have to register that when we get home ? Does anyone know how that works ? I just want to make sure its all sorted out....only 2 weeks to go!!

[kat2012]

I was wondering the same! Still not very clear on the whole process yet. 

Originally Posted by Marlena 

I have a question, do we have to do anything here (as in Canadian brides) to make the ceremony legal ? I know they give us a marriage certificate in Jamaica, but do we have to register that when we get home ? Does anyone know how that works ? I just want to make sure its all sorted out....only 2 weeks to go!!

 

[morgan7]

hey ladies i just wanted to check in. I'v been so bussy laitly.... only 18 more days for me until we leave.

 

so wedding shower went so well! i got everything i asked for and no doubles. we dont have a house yet so it really helps out.

bachelorette turned out amazing as well. everyone had fun and i now know lots of moves and spins on the pole

 

how is everyone else doing with the planning. any lists yet? i havent started lists yet so if anyone wants to shair lol....

 

also i was wondering the same thing about getting married in jamaica and if there was anything that i would need to do here in canada.... let me know when you find out the answer.

[kat2012]

That's great that you got all the gifts you wanted  

I am having my bachelorette party this weekend and I can't wait for it. Gonna see some friends that I have not seen in a while.

With 16 days to go I am starting to get an anxiety. The last thing that is left to do is packing and music! I am so excited. Also I feel like I am forgetting something important. Does anyone else have this feeling?

Originally Posted by morgan7 

hey ladies i just wanted to check in. I'v been so bussy laitly.... only 18 more days for me until we leave.

 

so wedding shower went so well! i got everything i asked for and no doubles. we dont have a house yet so it really helps out.

bachelorette turned out amazing as well. everyone had fun and i now know lots of moves and spins on the pole

 

how is everyone else doing with the planning. any lists yet? i havent started lists yet so if anyone wants to shair lol....

 

also i was wondering the same thing about getting married in jamaica and if there was anything that i would need to do here in canada.... let me know when you find out the answer.