more wedding!

finally... more about my wedding. i posted about this a few months ago, but at the time, i still didn't have my professional photos. i finally do and i'm excited to share them with you. check out the slide show to see them all. the one shown here is kind of fun as this is my "i'm a bride with a baby secret" photo. our plan was to tell everyone at the wedding dinner, but i told tine, the photographer, and asked her how we could capture it. this was her answer.  
dora has also posted all about my wedding on her blog. check it out! it was amazing! it's really fun for me to re-live -- it was an incredible day full of love, fun and surprises. (and i especially enjoy the pics these days since i'm now weighing in at about 170. let's all look at me littler!) dr and i are so grateful to erin, the pattersons, the senffs, the valentines and the manuels for loving on us this in this extravagant way. lots of lessons in friendship and receiving...

and, while i'm on the subject, let me say a little more about dora and her blog. dora left a successful career 3 years ago to pursue her dream of becoming a wedding planner. and she did it! she's a superstar! it's only a matter of time before she has her own show on the style channel. anyway, you should visit her blog. really, you can't believe how interesting her wedding and event world is. not only can you read even more about me, but you can also read about how she pulled off a stunning wedding without a hitch during the Hurricane Ike Blackout, or all about the hot trend: wedding dress trashing. 

of course, i had no prior experience as "a bride with a wedding coordinator" so i don't know if all coordinators are like this, but i would tell any bride-to-be "don't get married without dora." yes, she plans and coordinates her tail off and, yes, she's a fashion & style guru, but the best part is she is like a bride's personal love bug for the day. in the midst of pulling off the whole wedding, she still managed to constantly check on me. she told me what to do (i like being told what to do), where to be -- "sit here," "eat this cake," "get in this limo," "hold your flowers like this," "go dance," "come back," -- loved it. she kept up with all my stuff including my big orange bag, she lovingly asked me about my feet and then brought me flip-flops, and she had my car loaded and ready to go at the end of the evening. below is a cool photo of dora and i right before she sent me and my bridesmaids off in the limo. i felt like p. diddy. 

well, that's all the wedding talk for now. but certainly not the last installment. i'm sure to talk about it much more. that's the beauty of having a your very own blog...