Shower, flowers & invites...oh my!

Sorry for the lagging posts! It's beginning to get very hectic! Only one month to go!

The last couple of weekends have been a whirlwind! First of all, Mrs. Donna Reeves and Mrs. Sonya Gatlin threw the cutest lingerie shower on June 23rd. I got tons of cute "outfits," ate wonderful food and had a great time with friends as family! Thanks ladies!

Also, invitations have gone out, premarital counseling is being attended and thank you notes are being mailed. Unfortunately, I missed one of my showers. The ladies of Westminster Presbyterian hosted an outstanding shower, I hear. It turns out I had the Roto virus. It was terrible. I finally got my appetite back on Tuesday. Blah.

Shawn went on his "Bachelor Weekend" this past weekend. They golfed, we to the boats, cooked out and tried their luck at playing cards. That's all I wanna know!

Here comes the bride...almost!

First wedding shower

The first wedding shower went off without a hitch. It was given by Mrs. Gail Parkerson ("my second mom") at her house. We all had a great time and the food was wonderful. Everyone couldn't quit raving about Mrs. Gail's house. We also played a funny memory game and managed to come up with and "Ode to Betsy" poem. It was too cute. We received tons of great gifts and I was able to catch up with a lot of people I don't see too often. I don't really understand why I was so nervous about the shower. I barely slept the night before and even got myself all worked up while I was getting ready that day. I think I might need to work on some breathing techniques before the "Big Day" if I got that worked up before a shower! All and all, the shower was just perfect! Thanks again Mrs. Gail!

Viva Las Vegas!

No....it's not what you think. We didn't decide to run to Vegas and elope. Actually, we finally booked our honeymoon and we're headed out West...to Vegas, that is. We are planning on leaving the Sunday after the wedding and returning late Thursday night. We plan on seeing a Cirque du Soleil show. They are the super-flexible acrobats that put on an amazing show...well, so we hear! We will be staying at MGM. A lot of people have told us really good things about MGM, so we are really looking forward to it. Shawn says he plans on hitting the casinos while I hit the spa or lay out at the pool. I'd like to put my luck to the test and hit the casinos myself. Regardless, we are very excited about the trip and can cross one more thing off our list of "things to do."

Potins meet McDaniels

Our parents finally met yesterday. My parents, also, got to meet Shawn's grandparents, Lauren, and John (Shawn's sister and brother-in-law). Everything went absolutely wonderful and everyone enjoyed themselves. There was enough food to feed an army. We ate a Boston butt, potato salad, baked beans, sausage, chicken and artichoke dip, corn casserole, "Baskin Robbins Pie," and pecan pie. It was all wonderful! It's a shame it took so long for all of them to meet....they really hit it off! Yay!

Less than three months to go!

It's now official the wedding party will be clothed. As of today, the bridesmaids have all been fitted for their dresses and shoes. Last week, Shawn and I picked out the tuxes. For being my first time in a tux shop, I think I did pretty well. I can definitely say that the groom sure has it easier than the bride when it comes to picking out their wedding day attire...geez.

Our big project for this week is finalizing the invitations. The wording on the invites isn't really the hard part....who knew that picking out a font/style could be so irritating!

The biggest event of the week, though, is on Saturday! My parents and Shawn's parents finally get to meet. You'd think they might have already met throughout our four years together, but it never happened until now! We will be having lunch at his parent's house. It should be fun! They're actually a lot alike. We'll keep you posted!

Bridesmaid dresses

This weekend, two of the four bridemaids were able to meet my mom and I at David's Bridal for their first fitting of bridesmaids dresses. They are so cute! It should be interesting as to how the dress is going to fit for Jean Anne, seeing as how she will be six months pregnant at the wedding!

Anyways, my best friend Debbie and her husband Stephen were able to come in from Gulfport to visit for the weekend, also. It was nice to hang out again. We were ever able to bless the End Zone with our presence later that night!

Shawn should be going sometime this week to pick out the tuxes for the guys. We have some ideas, just nothing too snazzy!