Whatever Comes To My Mind

If you are one of my friends in facebook then you already know that Ryan and I are going to renew our vows in the Philippines. There are so much to consider since Ryan wants our wedding to fall on our 7th wedding anniversary which by the way right after Easter. Meaning, everything has to be set even before we get there and before Holy Week. As you know, we celebrate our Holy Week differently than here in the US. Most of the stores will be closed. I have assigned Resty, Ging-ging and Cheryl to be responsible for the bride maid’s dresses. They may have to meet up and agree on which style to go for. I haven’t decided what motif I will have for the wedding but I am open to any suggestions. Cheryl is my brother’s wife and she is really good at putting together weddings. My brother Gayfred and Resty will check out different places for the reception. Our first choice is the Villa Teresita Resort that is not too far from our house but it has been ages since Ryan and I last went there. It was still under construction then and the pictures in the internet really looked inviting. The rent of the hall is very cheap too for 100 people but I don’t like how expensive their catering is. Papa said, there are a lot of promos especially approaching June. If I would invite all my relatives and friends I am sure it will come up to 200 people and more. So we are thinking of having a little something in our house to those people who can’t join us at the reception. You know like my little cousins. We are considering 100-150 people for the reception.

I honestly don’t know what else are we going to need for the church. Ryan and I have already had a church wedding here. Hopefully all they need is the marriage certificate and our baptismal certificates. I have also assigned mama and my brother to look into that so that we will have all the papers that we need for the big day. Other things like the cake, transportation and the make- up artist shouldn’t be that hard. Ryan and I also agreed that we will let our guests know that they don’t have to bring any gift. I don’t think there will be room in our luggage plus we don’t want to leave it behind. Those gifts are for us so might as well tell them not to buy/bring anything for us. Their presence will be more than enough.

I am really worried that the dress will not fit me anymore. The picture above was how skinny I was and the wedding dress was even tight then, how much more now. The dress was made when I was only 99 lbs. I honestly don’t think I can get that low. My pre-pregnancy weight maybe but definitely not 99 lbs. I opened the box a few minutes ago where I placed my dress and I was right. I can’t even close or zip it up. It has been over 6 years since I wore it. I told Ryan that we might as well rent if I can’t fit into it but he wants me to wear the same dress since he was also the one who picked the style for me off a catalog and of course it has a sentimental value to us. I may have it fixed or do something for it to fit me.

Can you tell that I am very excited? You bet I am especially now that we have the date set. Frankie will of course be our ring bearer. I just need to take it easy and take each day at a time. I hope and pray that everything will be just fine. I already have so much plan for this trip where I will disclose next time.

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