Wedding Blog

It didn’t rain this weekend in south Georgia, but there was another kind of shower: my first bridal shower! Despite the 100+ degree heat, a handful of women braved the elements and made the trek over to my FMIL’s friend’s house. Isn’t it beautiful?

The first thing I noticed when I walked in was the fabulous spread laid out on the dining room table.

There was quiche, pin wheels, petit fours, fruit, candied pecans, and more! Nom nom. And of course we drank sweet tea like the true Southern belles we are! We also took a moment to marvel over the centerpiece that even included real apples!

Two of my flower girls tagged along with my mom to the shower. Here is Morgan (honorary flower girl because of her age) and Haleigh, my older sister’s daughters. Their older sister Autumn (one of my Jr. BMs) was spending the night with a friend. I was impressed with how well-behaved they were the entire time. They even helped me unwrap gifts! Can you believe they are just 2 of my 5 nieces?!?

Soon it was gift time! Here’s a quick run down of the afternoon:

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I absolutely loved my shower hostesses! Mr. Lab grew up with all of their children and his mother is great friends with them. They take turns throwing showers and parties for each other’s children so the mothers can relax along with the guests of honor. How thoughtful is that?

(l-r) Ms. Jo Ann, Ms. Sharon, me, & Ms. Vickie.

When we got back to my FMIL’s house, we decided to take a photo in the same spot we did 2 years ago after my FSIL’s bridal shower (thrown by the same ladies). I’m going to print off this photo to put in a frame next to the earlier one for my FMIL.

My FMIL, me, & FSIL

Leslie’s 2007 bridal shower (brace-face alert!)

As we were leaving the shower, I snapped a photo of the balloons and bow tied to the mailbox in my honor. I didn’t realize until later that there were only 2 out of 4 balloons in the picture. The temperature had risen so quickly in the two hours of the shower that the helium expanded and popped the other 2!

I loved all the gifts I received, but I must admit that I’m especially anxious to try out this puppy. Margaritas anyone?

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My MOH just told me today that the invites for our north Georgia (co-ed) wedding shower came in! I’m excited that Mr. Lab will be attendance at that one: it’s a home & garden shower! Hopefully he’ll recieve some much needed power tools and lawn supplies while I continue collecting housewares. We need to update our registries now that one shower is out of the way so we can avoid duplicates (we registered for the same items at different locations so everyone had a chance to get to a local store). Hey, this registry thing isn’t as bad as I thought after all!

Did you add duplicate items to your various wedding registries? Did you find that to be helpful for your guests?