Girls..Girls..GIRLS!!..and one sweet little boy

Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone!!  I was meaning to write this post over the long weekend but it was crazy busy!!  So in the spirit of being thankful...

A couple weeks ago (Nov 17) I asked my girl friends to be in the wedding and they said yes!! =)  

Sarah and I have been friends since I first moved to Wisconsin in 6th grade and she has been my partner in crime for 15 years.  Wow, now that I see that written down in front of me that is a LOOOONG time!!  haha. I remember when we were in middle school and we would plan our weddings down to the exact guest lists and pick out our kids names...OH MAN!! haha...flash backs!!  Love you woman!!

Autumn and I have been besties for a loooong time too!  We talked back in high school and started becoming friends my senior year and then after I graduated we just fell into BFF's--we were inseparable for awhile and have been through so much!!  9 years is a super long time and I couldn't be happier to have her as a girl friend. Love you! =) And Noah loves his Auntie Autumn too!! =)  

A little bit after Miguel and I got engaged my Mom, Andrea, Noah and I went out to eat at Denny's.  Of course we were talking about the wedding..OF COURSE ;)  While we were talking about all things weddings I asked my Andrizzle if she would be my maid of honor and even though she would have to wear a BIG poofy dress and even though she knew it would be PINK...she still said yes =) what a sister huh???  haha. 

That day, I also asked my mom to do me the wonderful honor of walking me down the aisle and of course she said yes.  My mom is my best friend and I couldn't imagine making that walk down the aisle without her by my side to keep me strong, keep me from falling on my face LOL and telling me to suck it up so I don't cry and ruin my make up =)  It was a very happy and tearful lunch and I'll remember it for forever =)  I love you guys!!!!!!!!!!

Now one of the three most important people of the big day...my little monster =)  Noah has appointed himself my wedding planning assistant and he LOVES everything to do with planning our big day.  He is our ring bearer and he is sooooo excited!!  He asks about his important job every week and counts down the days with me, til the wedding, everyday when we wake up in the morning =) (thanks to a hand 'days left' app on my phone)  Noah is almost just as excited about the wedding as I am. LOL.  He told my mom that she can be his assistant...HAHA...he makes me laugh!!

I am so very thankful to have all of you in my life and I'm so glad to have you all be a part of Noah, Miguel and I's big day!!

Until next time!...i'll leave you with the fact that Christmas is 26 days away...ahhhh!! I can't wait!! =)

And the wedding is only 571 days away...ONLY ;) lol!!

Much Love--the (almost) Ninhams =)

The joy of finding the perfect dress shop...priceless =)

Barely into my third post on this blog and I'm already slacking. HAHA.  I figured it wouldn't take too long for me to slack on my posts but that was a little quick...lol. oh well.

It is such a happy day for me--I found all my secret "Miguel Stay Out" pictures from dress shopping and such =) HEHE!!! Oh boy does it bring back wonderful memories!! And I also found the picture of Miguel and I right after he asked me to marry him..I teared up a little bit =)

Our first picture as HUSBAND and WIFE-to-be =) on 08-11-10

We moved all of the secret wedding pictures to walgreens.com because we had a screen saver on my mom's computer that cycled through all of our pictures on it and suddenly all of the SECRET wedding pictures were popping up for Miguel to see----NOT COOL!! So we put an end to that quickly. LOL.  Luckily he didn't see anything that he wasn't supposed to...or so he says ;)

I forgot to mention in my last post that during our trips to bridal shops we finally settled on a shop to order my dress.  It is in Peshtigo...the lady who will do the alterations on my dress is also the previous owner and she is SOOO wonderful!! She let me take as many pictures as I wanted, let me try on as many dresses as I wanted and we didn't feel rushed or pressured like all the other shops that give you an hour window to try on like 3 dresses and then they kick you out--it was awesome!  And my mom helped me into and out of the dresses instead of some commission-crazed consultant so it was awesome.  It was more personal than the other places =) After awhile mom and I were pro's at getting in and out of the dresses =)  It gave her a lot of great practice for the big day. hehe.  We also dug deep into the world of the bridal veils that day.  And oh my goodness!! ...There are so many ways to wear a veil these days and there are so many different kinds that it was over-whelming!!  I had tried on all sorts of different types and lengths of veils at the other shops but we ended up finding a GORGEOUS veil before we left that day.  December 8, 2010 I became the official owner of my very own wedding veil =D ...and it was on clearance--HELLS BELLS FOR SAVING MONEY!!!! haha. It is so pretty!! Thanks mom for getting it for me =)  I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! I wish I could post a picture of it =( boo!! haha.

Til next time...much love!!

<3  --The (almost) Ninhams

PS--we only have 580 days left until our big day =) .....CAN'T WAIT!!!

THE dress!!!

Now that all the background info is out of the way, it is time to dig into the fun stuff that happened after we popped the question to each other =)


Pretty much the next day I dug into wedding planning. We started talking dates, and places, and the dress....oh yes--THE DRESS!!! lol. I made appointments to go dress shopping pretty much immediately and boy was I in for an adventure! There are so many fabrics and shapes and lengths when it comes to a wedding dress.  I had an idea in my head of what I had always imagined my wedding dress would look like, but WOW did my head spin when we went shopping!!

My sister and I outside of Elaine's Bridal :: 10-23-10

Me and all the beautiful dresses at Elaine's :: 10-23-10

The first time i stepped into a wedding dress was like heaven...there is no way to describe it.  It was so magical and emotional all in the same instant. And oddly enough...we found MY dress the very FIRST time we went dress looking--it was in the FIRST shop and was the FIRST dress i tried on. CRAZY!! I had always had it in my head that I would have to try on millions of dresses to find it...but nope. And to make things more awesome...my mother picked it out...she has such great taste and knew exactly what I wanted =)  


I cried when i saw myself in THE dress...I couldn't help it.  I knew that it was the one before I had it on the whole way.  I really knew it was the one when my mom cried...that was such a crazy moment seeing her cry...I will never forget that moment...EVER!! =)


Even though the search was over, I tried on a lot of dresses after knowing I had found my dress.  I wanted to be absolutely sure it was the one, because, for me, the dress is one of the most important things about the wedding.  Funny how nothing is good enough after you make up your mind on something else...nothing came close to being as perfect as "the one." =)  


I still get goosebumps when i see pictures of my dress.  I think of how Miguel will react when he sees me for the first time...will he like it? will he cry? will it amaze him as much as it has me??...lots of things to worry about and this is only the dress!! haha.


Til next time! ... "Forever is not a word…rather a place where two lovers go when true love takes them there." (Unknown)



Love--The (almost) Ninhams <3