Happy Birthday, Em!

My neice turned 8 yesterday. Yikes, makes me feel sooooooo old! I remember when she was a teeny tiny shy little baby dancing around the lounge with her teletubbies rucksack!

Yup, it's scary - like I just blinked and she turned 8! How on earth did that happen?!

Des & I are taking her to the cinema on Sunday morning. We'll probably pick up Thomas afterwards and go to the aquarium or shopping later on in the day too. I can spoil her rotten, just like Aunties should! Maybe get her a DS game or something.

I can't wait to see the kids again. It's been 3 weeks since I last saw them, and it's scary how much they all change in that short space of time. The twins grow and their facial features change, Tom can say more words and he's more interactive, and Emily grows! Scary stuff this growing up lark!

Wedding sneaky peek - My jewellery...

I wasn't able to get really nice photographs of my jewellery because the lighting is crap, but I think you get the general idea with the pics I've taken.

I went into Chester with my Mum to get the jewellery. Another Debenhams buy, just like the adult bridesmaids dresses, the flowergirl outfit & my tiara!

Debenhams have a lovely jewellery counter especially for wedding jewellery and tiaras. The price of the stuff is really good, too! I'm thinking of getting my adult bridesmaids jewellery from there so that they can wear it on the day and be somewhat matching me.

Wedding sneaky peek - Emilys dress...

My flower girl is my neice, Emily. I have never met a more wonderful little girl than Emily!

We took Emily shopping about 2 weeks ago to get her dress. We trapsed around Llandudno bridal stores and department stores for her dress. First was a bridal store where the person was the rudest bitch EVER! We left there without even trying dresses on! The next stop was another bridal store where Emily tried on 2 dresses - both beautiful.

The dresses in the bridal store were lovely and all handmade by the owner. She tried on a beautiful pink dress, but it cost more than my adult bridesmaids dresses, and I just couldn't justify that much on a dress for her that will be used for dress up afterwards!

The final stop was a department store - Debenhams! They have a really lovely kids bridal section there, and we tried on I think 6 dresses. We managed to get the dress, a cardigan, shoes and tights from there for less than 50% of the cost of dresses in the bridal store! Wooo!

Emily chose her own dress. She picked this one because "It's beautiful and doesn't have itchy netting under the skirt!". At my SILs wedding, Emily had a dress that had netting under the skirt. Since she has sensitive skin, the netting was driving her mad all day and night!

I didn't manage to get any pics of Emilys shoes or tights. They're being kept at my parents house, and I don't know where my mum has put them. The tights are ivory and the shoes are ivory and glittery!

Check out the beading on the cardigan! It's so pretty and will look even prettier when Emily is wearing the full outfit!

Wedding sneaky peek - Sarah's dress...

My best friend and bridesmaid - Sarah!

We tried on hundreds of dresses, and despite Des saying to me "Choose any colour except pink!", we went for a pink dress! Reds, blues, lilacs, greens, browns and blacks did nothing at all for her as she has such a light complexion.

We spent 2 weekends dress shopping, and finally settled on this one. We knew it was the perfect dress as soon as she put it on!

In the pics, you don't get the full effect. It looks FABULOUS on her, and the way it ruffles around the stomach and drops down matches my dress perfectly!

Wedding sneaky peek - the tiara...

So I said I'd do a few posts with a sneaky peek into the wedding! Tonights post is my tiara!

I tried on about 20 different tiaras and fell in love with another one, which was double the price of this one. The tiara I liked was one that went right around my head, but since I'm having my hair mostly up for the wedding, I needed something smaller...

...My neice was with me when the tiara was picked, and she chose this one. She said I looked like a princess, so that was good enough for me! SOLD!

Wedding Stuff!

Well...it's all sorted now...Everything apart from the rings that is! I've added a wedding countdown application to my iPhone...And it currently stands at 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes, 9 seconds! Wooo!

Since I'm all out of inspiration, I thought I would do a few posts over the course of the next few weeks that are kind of like a sneeky peek into the wedding!

So...Here is the first sneeky peek - Our wedding song. Amazed, by Lonestar. Here are the lyrics:

Every time our eyes meet

This feeling inside me

Is almost more than I can take

Baby when you touch me

I can feel how much you love me

And it just blows me away

I've never been this close to anyone or anything

I can hear your thoughts

I can see your dreams

I don't know how you do what you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

I want to spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

Every little thing that you do

Baby, I'm amazed by you

The smell of your skin

The taste of your kiss

The way you whisper in the dark

Your hair all around me

Baby you surround me

You touch every place in my heart

Oh, it feels like the first time, every time

I want to spend the whole night in your eyes

Chorus

Solo

Every little thing that you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

I want to spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

Every little thing that you do

Baby, I'm amazed by you