Weddingbee

One of the best parts of coming home from our honeymoon, besides sleeping in our own bed and having clean laundry again, was that we finally got to open our wedding gifts! What wonderful, thoughtful, and generous friends and family we have! We were given so many lovely gifts, but three that stood out for us are a quilt, our wedding invitation framed for us, and a bottle of Dom Perignon! Check these out:

This quilt was made by my BFF’s mom for us. It is so beautiful, and I can’t believe that she went to that much trouble for us! She even matched it to our invites!

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We are having a fantastic time in Italy! Venice was amazing and now we’re in Florence. I’ve seen enough old men in Speedos to last me a lifetime and there are a lot of mullets around Italy. I don’t know if they are local mullets or tourist mullets but regardless, they are here! Our Airmiles hotels have been incredible and I will have lots of pictures to show you when we return. Read more…

Hi again! It is raining here in Amsterdam so I had a few minutes to chat! We have already been to London and Dusseldorf and are in Amsterdam until morning when we will take the train to Paris. We are having a wonderful time so far and it is so much fun telling people that we are honeymooning and saying “My husband…” whenever possible. Our hotels have been fantastic. I especially love the European beds with the two separate long and narrow blankets so that you can snuggle and then when you eventually fall asleep and roll away from one another, no one is stealing the others blankets!! Mr. Pumpkin and I are both notorious blanket stealers so we are considering doing this at home too!)

Anyhow, since I have some time I thought I would give you a more detailed description of the wedding! Mr. Pumpkin’s ankle held up fairly well! (Thanks for asking) He had gotten a boot type thing earlier in the week and so he started putting a little weight on it on Thursday. He walked down the aisle unassisted and we had our first dance without anyone being the wiser! After the first dance though the boot went back on.

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Hi everyone! Mrs. Pumpkin here - writing from a little internet cafe in London.

The wedding went really well (I will write a more detailed account when I get back from honeymooning) and so far, London is fantastic! Mr. Pumpkin and I inadvertently spent some time in The Azure House, an Indian brothel, last night while waiting for a cab, but other than that the traveling has gone really well.  

I just thought that I would check in and let you know that I haven’t forgotten you all now that I am married! (So fun to say that!) I was hoping to be able to post a teaser picture at least but the cafe won’t let me upload anything so you’ll have to wait a couple of weeks for that. Take care and good luck to those of you getting married either this or next Saturday!

Well! If someone would have told me that this is how you are supposed to do it I would have reached my goal weight ages ago!

* Patsy Cline

Okay Weddingbees! I need your help. Here’s the situation - my parents went away on a weeks vacation and they left the keys to the brand new Porsche - would they mind? Hmmmm well, of course not. Just kidding. Sometimes I need a little Fresh Prince in the morning to get me going.

Okay, *here’s* the situation. We are having a day-after brunch at my parents house on Sunday. Mr. Pumpkin and I talked it over and decided that we were not going to open our gifts in front of everyone so that it is a brunch, not a gift opening. The other night we were talking about it with my SIL and she said something like, “Well, of course you’ll have all of your gifts opened and on display then, right?” And I said, “no” to which she replied, “You have to! It is rude not to! People want to see what you got!”

My personal feelings are that it is nobody else’s business what we “got” for wedding gifts. As I have said before, I think comparisons surrounding gifts and money almost always lead to hurt feelings. When I explained this to my SIL she said, “Well then display the gifts without the cards.” Well, what is the point of that? To me that just seems like we are showing off or something. It is all a bit weird, isn’t it? It never once occurred to me that it might be “rude” to not have our gifts be the focus of the brunch. My intentions surrounding the brunch were just to have a more relaxed setting to visit with our friends and family and to thank them once again for coming to the wedding. Read more…

We all know that rain on your wedding day is not ironic (right, Alanis?), it is simply bad luck. Well, that is exactly what Mr. Pumpkin and I have been having this week! On Monday, Mr. P and I were helping my Mom fix and paint her deck, and Mr. P sprained his ankle! Poor Mr. P - he feels so badly about the whole thing. At the moment (three days before the wedding) he still can’t put any weight on it and I don’t foresee that getting much better before Saturday. What to do? I feel as though we’re in the middle of a John Irving novel, as we are just “waiting and seeing”. We go to see the doctor again tomorrow, so if I have time I will post an update for you after that. Here’s a gross picture of his ankle that I know you are all dying to see…

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Here are a couple of pictures from our super fun Buck and Doe last Saturday.

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I spent some time cutting the silk flowers for our centerpieces last night, and then I put everything together to see what a table might look like for the reception dinner.

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Isn’t Momma Pumpkin the cutest? This is a pink and brown tiramisu she made for my girls only shower last night. First without and then with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.

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