A whirlwind weekend trip

Well it has been a chaotic, but productive week for me. Andy and I had a lot of meetings for our wedding planning, including: meeting with our DJ and going through a run-down, checking out our invitations, which Anna and I have decided to make ourselves! (should be interesting, stressful & fun all combined), and also yesterday we went and got our engagement pictures taken. In a 10 day time period, yesterday was the only sunny day we got, so it was a blessing! Andy left this morning for Detroit for a GM meeting with his dad, and I will be heading down tonight after work with his mom. Yup AFTER work. I am here until 6, and then I have to drive 7 hours to get down there. But tomorrow morning I have my first dress fitting! Then Andy, Scott & I are heading to Chicago to see Kristen for the weekend. Pam and Jim (andy's parents) will stay down there for the day and have dinner with Anne. I am pretty pumped for Chiacgo since I haven't been there since I was a senior in highschool. We will get there late on Friday night, and head out on the town... to a place called Kings & something.. the name has slipped my mind at the moment. Saturday will be a busy, fun filled day! We are going to go to Ed Debevicks for lunch, see the famous BEAN :) And then have dinner down at Navy Pier. Navy Pier is having a show called the circus of curiousity, which will have a bunch of weird, neat things & also they will have fireworks once it gets dark! There is a haunted house as an option to go to also, but I am not sure if I will be brave enough to venture in, as it is ranked in the top 5 of scariest haunted houses in the nation. I am a bit of a wuss. Then Sunday, we will grab some breakfast & Andy and I will be on our way back to the U.P. and Scott will fly back up to Detroit.
Monday we are hosting a Business Showcase at our work, along with other businesses in our building. I am really excited to do it, but there is a lot of work needed to be put into it. Hopefully everything will run smoothly & everyone will have a good time. We were planning on having it outdoors so that we could provide live music and everyone could mingle and go into the different offices but now the weather channel is calling for Rain & Snow showers. I have a feeling, we will all be indoors ;) Well that is enough for now, back to finishing things up for work, and making signs for the BAH. I'll post pictures & an update after my trip to Chi.

a little sweet & a little sour

Isn't wedding dress shopping/purchasing supposed to be fun, and a little stressful (IN A GOOD WAY?) That is what I thought anyway. When Andy and I got engaged.. I was so excited to pick out my dress. And really I thought that going shopping in April would be perfect, since our wedding isn't until NYE. Think again, Jody. I found the dress I wanted to buy at a little bridal shop in Rochester, Michigan. The shop seemed so quaint and personable. It was. Atleast when I was there the 1st time. Keep in mind that in order to go there, I have to drive 8 hours so planning trips out take some time for me. I have had issues with the dresses not being ordered in time, them changing the dates that the dresses would come in, and many other issues, 5 times to date. It is absolutely ridiculous. Trying to get 4 girls' schedules to match up, within a time-frame is TOUGH. Now I am stuck trying to decide if I want to go down next week and just pick up my dress and bring it home with me, or if I want to go through with the alterations and cross my fingers that everything works out. This is not at all the way I pictured my wedding dress buying to be. So frustrating!

On a different note, Andy and I have been thinking a lot about having a child soon after the wedding. I really have this deep desire to be a mom. I can just picture a beautiful, perfect little sweetpea. Connecting Andy and I for life. OUR child together. Does life really get any better than that. To be able to give birth to another live, human being. It's incredible. I can't wait to be a mom. Sure there are things that will be tough, and obviously everything isn't perfect all of the time, but the imperfections as well as the learning process of raising and caring for your little angel, is well worth it I think. And I am not even pregnant yet!! Ahh... :) Baby on the brain.

xo