Tim and Cathy's new baby boy was born on June 9. Very exciting and congratulations to them! :-) This means their son will be celebrating his first birthday at our wedding!
Joe received an invitation yesterday (for the two of us) to Kristen and Aaron's wedding in August, which is a pleasant surprise. We haven't seen them in a while so I wasn't expecting to be invited. Looking forward to it though. :-)
Meant to mention this at the beginning of the month, but my name is on the hurricane list this year. (Also, it's important to note, Leslie is listed as a girl's name, between Kirk and Michael.) So, while I certainly don't want my name connected with lots of death and destruction, I have to admit a fiendish pleasure in the thought of hearing "Hurricane Leslie" on the news. Though I have a feeling this could come back to bite me. (Also, the newspeople would most likely pronounce it wrong. :-P)
As far as the address labels from the previous entry (you know, the ones that have me labeled as "Mr."), I decided to white-out the honoriffic and use them anyway. Couldn't let them go to waste! :-D
In wedding news (that is, my own):
- My mom is officially the first person (besides me) to have seen me in my dress. She approves. :-)
- Next Friday we are meeting with a photographer. I'm really excited about her. Trying not to be completely sold before we even go in and meet her. Still, if her website is any indication, she's exactly what I want: photojournalist style (with the mandatory posed shots, but at a minimum), flexible, and reasonably priced. (You would not believe how much some of these people charge. These are just pictures, people!) So, now to see how she measures up to Joe's stringent requirements. :-)
- I've pretty much decided to throw caution to the wind and just buy a veil, even though I've been advised to go to bridal shops and try on different ones and see what I like that looks good with my dress. The logistics of actually trying on veils and my dress at the same time notwithstanding, I know what style I want, so I'm going to get it, and it will look fine with my dress. Honestly, as far as veils are concerned, I really just don't like any other styles, so I don't see the point in trying them all on just to confirm that fact. :-)
- I seem to have developed my own form of Bridezilladom: well-meaning people keep giving me all kinds of advice. Not bad advice, either. But for the most part I just nod, smile, and go do my own thing anyway. Then again, I suppose it's not really Bridezilladom until I start throwing temper tantrums and trampling all over everyone. I don't think I'm at that stage. (Please inform me if I appear to be veering that way.) Miss Manners would probably approve, so far.
- Speaking of Miss Manners, if anything I'm probably going to be Bridezilla because of her. I think I know too much etiquette now. Muahaha. Registries? Response cards? "And Guest"? On the bright side, I will have someone to blame. I can loan you the book if you want. :-D
- Seriously, response cards. The people who are going to respond will do it whether or not there's a card; the people who aren't, won't, and you'll have to call them anyway. (From what I hear there's a lot of those no matter what you do.) I want to just throw my email address on the invite and save us the postage.
- Is it completely insane to think that hand-writing 100 or so invitations is a good idea? It seems so much more personal. (And before you ask, definitely Miss Manners approved. Actually got the idea from her book.) I am a good speller with nice handwriting, so it could work. :-) (Another, slightly less daunting, idea from Miss Manners: hand-write the names of the invited parties on the printed invitations.)
- It probably goes without saying, I'll take Miss Manners on weddings over Martha Stewart any day. ;-)
One last thought to leave you with: a wedding is something that most people spend a year or more planning, yet, you only get nine months at most to plan for a baby's arrival. In the grand scheme of things, a baby is a much bigger deal, isn't it?