Second Bridal Shower

Yes, I am a little lot behind, but I once again apologize! Moving, working, planning a wedding, and going back to school makes for a very busy Melanie with no free time to blog :(

Although I am so behind on the times, I still wanted to post some pictures of our second bridal shower. Adam's mom planned a beautiful day for us at Club Venetian in Madison Heights. The tradition in their family is that the groomsmen, fathers, and grandfathers also attend the shower. The entire wedding party was there (minus one) which was awesome, not only because we got to see everyone, but also because yours truly had no heavy lifting to do. The boys placed the gifts on the table in front of us so we could open them and then once opened, they moved them out of the way. They even loaded the car for us, which I was extremely grateful for (Adam got out of this during the first shower because he just haaad to play 18 holes of golf, which took longer than expected). Our adorable flower girl also assisted with opening the gifts.

I am still so overwhelmed with all the wonderful gifts we have been given. I have a brand new house full of brand new things and I feel like I don't deserve any of it. I am extremely grateful for all our wonderful friends and family!

::Adam and I with our Wedding Party::

::Our Families::

::My Bridesmaids::

::Welcoming Everyone::

::Introducing our Wedding Party::

::Our Flower Girl!!::

::The boys working hard::

::...and the girls working hard::

::Opening gifts::

::Something must have been funny?::

::More gifts::

::Everyone started clinking their glasses::

::The girls making me my beautiful bouquet for rehearsal::

RSVP's

Ever since we sent out the invitations, the response cards have been coming back like crazy! I always manage to be at my parent's house when the mailman comes because I am so excited each day to see everyone's responses. And I LOVE when people take the time to write little messages about how excited they are or how beautiful the invitations are, even though the response cards ended up being hard to write on. It makes me feel like a little kid at Christmas!... until the days I open the mailbox and there are none, talk about disappointment!

At any rate, I am extremely excited and it makes me happy to know other people are excited too! I just hope I don't need to make too many phone calls regarding attendance and meals come August 3rd when responses are due.

The next time I receive a wedding invitation, I will send that baby back in immediately so I don't torture them. 

What do you do when receiving a wedding invitation?

a. respond immediately

b. wait it out a bit (my meal is an important decision!)

c. nothing, they call me eventually.

The correct answer is A, but I can understand if you answer B. Answer C is unacceptable, just saying :P

One Month!

One more month until the big day! Also known as the busiest month of my entire life, but I couldn't be happier that the day is finally almost here!

Heart Banner

I would like to start this post with an apology. I am sorry it has been FOREVER since my last post! I have been extremely busy with the wedding a month away and moving in a week. But I'll make you a deal... I will try really hard to start posting more often, even through the chaos of the next month or so -IF- you all start showing the love. According to my pageviews, people actually do read this! A girl could use a few comments once in a while!

I will get back on track starting with this heart banner. My mom made it for my bridal shower to add a little something extra, and I love the way it turned out! You see, my mom isn't really the craftiest person in the world, but she really got into it for the shower (she made the invitations herself) and I was so proud of her crafting abilities! Go Mom!!

Didn't she do a great job?! Looks like I got my crafting genes from someone after all!

Invitations Have Been Sent!!

I was able to get all the invitations put together and addresses this weekend, which means they were put in the mail yesterday! This is the last BIG thing I needed to do, so it's a big check off the to-do list! Several people have already received them, which makes me very happy! I guess I'm just a nerd like that :P

Two Months!!

SERIOUSLY, where did JUNE go?! Can't believe the wedding is only two months away! It's actually starting to feel real! Time to get my butt in gear. So much to do...

so little time!

Invitations Have Arrived!!

I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of my wedding invitations for quite some time now! They are finally in my hands and I can't wait to put them all together and get them in the mail. As if a bridal shower and seeing all my favorite people this weekend wasn't enough, I can now add "address invitations" to my lengthy list of ways to avoid studying for finals! :)

Here is the packages the invites came in. I swear Jordanne Marie Photographers thinks of everything when it comes to making packages functional but fun. It makes me want a reason to mail all kinds of cute packages to people.

Aren't they pretty?! I can't wait to put them all together and get these babies in the mail!