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Miss Poodle, Santiago, Chile/San Bernardino, CA Age and Occupation: 27, Industrial & Web Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Firefighter & Mountain Patrol Engagement Date: February 25, 2009 Wedding Date: January 2010 Venue: Mr. P's Grandparents’ Ranch About Me: I’m a Chilean girl who's crazy about nature and swimming. I enjoy carving, drawing, reading and sewing; I drool over computers, fabric, pretty paper, purple and patterns. To me, chocolate should be one of the seven wonders, right next to lemon pie. I never thought an exchange work experience program was going to change my life forever, but while working in California, I met Mr. Poodle, and ever since my days are better and brighter. We are two goofy souls that, after finding each other, couldn’t help but want to be together forever. It has being a long and sometimes hard road, since we have to deal with such a long distance between us, but we are now facing the last stage of our Fiancé Visa, and soon we will be together. You know the best part? We will be married! So I’ll be blogging from Chile until just a few months before our “green and purple” wedding.
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The Poodles Make It Legal: The Plan

November 12th, 2009 @ 6:51 pm by Miss Poodle

Because of our K1 Visa, we need to be legally married within 3 months of me entering the country. We decided we wanted to do that as soon as possible so that we could move on to the next step of our Immigration Process AOS (Adjustment of Status).

The idea was to go to a courthouse with a few family members and sign all the papers, just like Miss Doxie did. But in our first week together, we decided to change our plans (we made lots of changes that week).

During one of our dinner talks with the Future in Laws, FMIL B came up with a really cool idea. Since we already decided earlier that a really close family friend was going to officiate our legal ceremony, our ceremony could take place pretty much anywhere. B asked, “Why don’t you guys get married at the beach?”

We were sold!!!

We planned it so everyone we wanted to be there could make it, and we set the date. But, we only had 7 days to plan our legal ceremony. It was going to be crazy, I could feel it!

The next day, Mr Poodle and I went down to the coast and drove around looking for the perfect place.

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Mr. Poodle drove I snapped pictures. smile031


After deciding where we wanted it to take place, we headed over to this really cool old building:

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It’s the Orange County courthouse, where we got our marriage license. YAAY! We were so excited that I forgot to take pictures of us with the license, so once we were back in the truck, I snapped a quick shot.

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While we drove back home, we started talking about how nervous we were while signing the license, but neither of us looked nervous at that moment. This is how Mr Poodle was feeling on the inside:

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He’s so goofy!!

Once back at home, we started making calls since we didn’t have time to send invitations (bummer). But it’s OK, as we’ll get to make Save the Dates for our April nuptials! smile031

Stay tuned, because it is all just beginning!

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31 Responses to “The Poodles Make It Legal: The Plan”

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KMSull
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KMSull (message)  2,322 posts, Buzzing bee

Awwww how awesomely exciting! It’s been so interesting to see this process unfold- I had NO idea there were so many hoops to jump through!

 
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Miss Spaniel (message)  2,575 posts, Sugar bee

Cool building! Looks just like my campus. :)

 
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MsWhiskersLouise
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MsWhiskersLouise (message)  197 posts, Blushing bee

Poodle, I’m so excited for you- you’ve always been beautiful, but now your happiness shines out of every picture! Can’t wait to hear more!

 
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Miss Trail Mix (message)  1,073 posts, Bumble bee

Wow, crazy times, good thing you guys are so flexible!

 
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Mrs. Taffy (message)  2,596 posts, Sugar bee

Yay, can’t wait to hear more! :)

 
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Mrs. French Bulldog
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Mrs. French Bulldog (message)  6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

I can’t wait to hear about your beach ceremony :)

 
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EAQ219
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EAQ219 (message)  1,033 posts, Bumble bee

I just wanted to let you know that I’m really really enjoying your story. I’m so incredibly happy for you and Mr. Poodle, and I don’t even know you! Do you ever just look at him sometimes like “Wow…I’m really here. This is amazing.”? Because that’s how I think I would be. The two of you always look so happy in your pictures and it makes me smile and tear up :) So congrats on the license and I can’t wait to hear more about your beach ceremony!!

 
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Mrs. Perfume (message)  1,630 posts, Bumble bee

Yey!!!! So exciting!!!

 
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froggy518
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froggy518 (message)  55 posts, Worker bee

*squeal* How exciting! I can’t wait to see what come next! :D This is all so wonderful to hear about after all the waiting you guys had to do!

 
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Mrs. Mouse (message)  3,262 posts, Sugar bee

Aww, yay for making it legal. You guys are so cute!

 
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Miss Moonbeam (message)  1,328 posts, Bumble bee

Ooh, so exciting.

 
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His Barista
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His Barista (message)  1,681 posts, Bumble bee

That’s so exciting! But Did I miss something? I thought the ceremony was in January?

 
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llc2011
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llc2011 (message)  458 posts, Helper bee

Can’t wait to hear and see more!!

 
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Future Mrs. Martin
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Future Mrs. Martin (message)  1,757 posts, Buzzing bee

Soooo exciting!

 
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fiftyfootbride
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fiftyfootbride (message)  3,658 posts, Sugar bee

Yay! You guys are so adorable together. :)

 
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Miss Poodle
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Miss Poodle (message)  3,015 posts, Sugar bee

@EAQ219: That’s exactly how I feel every day! I still can’t believe I’m here living with Mr. poodle :) Your so sweet! thank you so much :)

@His Barista: Actually we had to change our wedding celebration date so my family could come to CA and join us, I dont like Visa process any more, not one bit! On my archives There’s a post where I wrote everything about this.

 
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Gerbera
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Gerbera (message)  823 posts, Busy bee

Miss Poodle,
Completely serious. You ground me!!! Make me realize my problems with the wedding planning are so completely minuscule compared to what you & Mr Poodle had to go through to be together!! You guys are awesome! =)

 
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kayakgirl73
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kayakgirl73 (message)  354 posts, Helper bee

Congrats. It’s wonderful that you guys are able to roll with the punches to have your families with you.

 
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Miss French Fries (message)  732 posts, Busy bee

Exciting! And that picture of Mr. Poodle made me laugh. :)

 
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Mrs. Quiche (message)  2,175 posts, Buzzing bee

Congrats!!

 
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Miss Hamster (message)  1,078 posts, Bumble bee

I’m loving your posts!! Looking forward to reading more. And wow, you guys are a good looking couple!! :)

 
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Miss Pudding (message)  240 posts, Helper bee

Congrats, Poodles! The process is such a hard one, but it is worth it in the end. I can’t wait to see your beach ceremony!

 
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thefuturemrsjewell
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thefuturemrsjewell (message)  1,529 posts, Bumble bee

Yah poodle!!! i am so excited to see all of your planning and everything for your beach wedding! You must be so excited to get the process moving…

 
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pvaulter718
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pvaulter718 (message)  1,581 posts, Bumble bee

Congrats Poodles! I hope you have a wonderful beach ceremony!

 
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MexicanGirl
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MexicanGirl (message)  642 posts, Busy bee

can’t wait to see the recaps of your beach wedding!! congrats!

 
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evelinej
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evelinej (message)  364 posts, Helper bee

A dream come true! Felicidades! Best wishes on your beach ceremony. It’s going to be beautiful.

 
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bluebutterfly
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bluebutterfly (message)  605 posts, Busy bee

Oh how exicting!! I am so glad for you guys! You know I never thought of the troubles of marrying someone who wasn’t an american citizen…even though my pops isn’t..I never thought to ask about all that mumbo jumbo. This could explain my parents hasty marriage ceremony at NYC city hall.

 
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myrene

You guys are thee cutest couple ever :)Felicidades! (did I spell that right?) hehe

 
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Miss Poodle
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Miss Poodle (message)  3,015 posts, Sugar bee

@myrene: Aww you did! I love when I get some spanish on the comments <3

 
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Jessie516
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Jessie516 (message)  3,976 posts, Honey bee

Yay Poodles! :)

 
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Miss Cloud (message)  587 posts, Busy bee

I’m still just so giddy and happy that you two are finally TOGETHER!!! yaaaaay for making it legal!

 


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