Late Bridal Pictures!

So I've been late for pretty much everything for as long as I can remember! Except the wedding! Remember!? I was fashionably early! lol.

I took my bridal portraits. Finally.

Yes. After the wedding.

10 days after my wedding! lol. But nonetheless they have been taken!

Here's a sneak peak [these were taken by my iPhone and or my little sister - I hope to receive the professional ones soon!]

Photographer: David Pezzat

That's the hubby there. In the [Best Buy] Blue shirt. How else do you think I got up in that tree?! lol.

Wedding Wednesday!

If you're interested you can check out a preview of our wedding pictures taken by our photographers, RGV Photography at: www.rgvphotography.com/jessicaanddanny


So I just got married. And I still haven't really blogged about it.

We actually had a decent turn out at the church! :)

So after getting all prettied up at Avalon Spa & Salon, we drove over to one of my good friends and bridesmaid's house to finish getting ready and get picked up by the limo.

The time went by so fast! We got there a bit after 2 and were getting picked up around 3:15! Crazy!

One of the last things I did was get dressed. Litterally. 10 minutes before walking out the door I was zipping up my dress. Well my sister zipped it up ;)

The limo arrived and so we went! We got to the church in about 7 minutes. We were there really early.

I was really early. To my wedding. I was early. Early. lol.

I wonder how many people had money riding on it that I'd be late . ... lol. Oh well!

Once we arrived we went into a room at the church - on the opposite side, nowhere where Danny would see me! Our bouquets were waiting on the table.

We took a couple of pictures, just us girls.

My bridesmaids. L-R [Annie, Joana, Audrey(MOH), and Victoria]

 My older sister Tina. Me. My little sister Audrey.

There was a random paper crown on a filing cabinet in the room. Had to. lol.

I held it together pretty well. Some people commented on how unbelievably calm I was.

Weird? lol. I guess :)

And then it was time!

I was more nervous about tripping on my dress, or stumbling on my own feet. The nerves came as I walked down the aisle though!

But there he was. At the end of the aisle. Danny. Smiling. Nervous. And smiling. It was great!

It all happened so fast, now that I'm trying to recall every detail. It'll come back as I see more pictures.

After the wedding ceremony, we took an alternate route to the ballroom to a golf course we never knew existed in Weslaco! Seriously! Country club and all. Who knew?! lol. We took some pictures, just the Mr. and I. It was fun! :) I can't wait to see more pictures!

Then we arrived to the ballroom! There was a lot of people there waiting for us! We got in and got to say hi to everyone before we even sat down. I'm sure everyone appreciated it  . . . at least I hope they did, lol. The rest of the night flew by! :) It was fun though. I remember not stressing. I didn't get upset.

And I loved our cake! Although, I still haven't had any ... Anyway, here are some more pictures as taken with my sisters camera.

Our nephew [and ringbearer] Jack, getting a head start on the dance floor.

Making our grand entrance!

Our yummy wedding cake with our awesome 2 cake toppers!

I can't wait to see what the rest of the professional pictures will look like! :)

Wedding Day Errands!

So as I previously mentioned from the last post, I was tired! We had to wake up early the morning of because we still had a few errands to run.

1. Go to Wal-Mart.
Danny and I still needed a few things for that night, and he needed black socks! I know! Leave it till the day of the wedding to get black socks! lol. The car also needed gas to get us through our errands and commute.

2. Go pick up [sweetheart table] centerpiece for the ballroom from the florist!
Our table would've been pretty much bare, but a couple of weeks ago I asked the florist if she could come up with something and look at what she whipped up for us!

I loved it!

Poor Audrey had to hold onto it from McAllen all the way to Weslaco! [About a 20 minute drive!] She's awesome!

3. Get breakfast!

At this point we were still practicing our healthy eating habits, and Audrey suggested a fruit cup from this place I we frequent quite often. Only we get there and they're still closed because they don't open till 11! So we start driving home and see Sonic's flashing sigh for their CroisSONIC Breakfast Sandwich.

We were really hungry.

We gave in. And I must say, it was pretty delicious - I was quite disappointed that I wasn't able to eat the whole thing! I only managed to eat half. Remember healthy eating habits!? They suck!

4. Head to the salon to get all dolled up!

Our appointments were scheduled to start at 11:30. That's pretty much the time we got there. I went in a few minutes after, no later than 11:40. But I noticed Audrey didnt' go in until around 12! I started to get worried that we'd run late . . . but still at that point didn't panic. I was calm. Weird huh? lol.

Before we knew it we were ready to go! And well before 2pm [which is the time we asked my chaffeur dad to pick us up].

 

Then we were off to get dressed at Joana's house and get picked up there by the limo!

To be continued in another post!

The Rehearsal!

So Friday was the day of the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.

We had the weirdest weather throughout the week!
It had been raining on and off all week. And we were just crossing our fingers that we would get decent weather for that evening and Saturday!

So I worked half a day and then was going to get picked up at 12 by my sister Tina, her husband Casey, and my nephew Jack :) I was looking forward to it all week! And so there it came noon. Time to go! And they were still on their way! Lol. They got lost. Even with her iphone map they got lost.

There I was like a bum hanging out front of the office waiting to be picked up. An extra bag plus my purse in tow, along with the frame of Danny and I that was going to greet the guests as they would arrive.

It was pretty funny.

Luckily I have no photo to show as evidence. LOL.

So on we went to the site of the ballroom to help my mom, big-little sis, and aunt finish setting up the tables and linens. They were pretty much done and it didn't take long at all once we got there.

It poured as we were helping finish the set up.

Then it was off to lunch for some Mexican food! Now anywhere really would have sufficed, but what's more mexican than a taqueria?! I mean really!

Didn't get a picture though. Sorry!

Once we finished with lunch we came back to my dad's house to finish getting the house/dinner ready for the rehearsal dinner we were going to have after the rehearsal at the church.

Before we knew it it was time for the rehearsal!

During rehearsal, my [now] sister-in-law text me that it was pouring at her house and wanted to double check that the dinner was still on. I can't even count how many people were so looking forward to my dad's brisket! Fortunately, it was nice blue skies and sun outside when we were all done with the rehearsal. Only that didn't mean squat! That didn't mean it's the same across the whole valley! So we just had to cross our fingers and hope that whatever rain was going on was about done and wrapping it up.

We arrived to my house nice and dry, only the lawn very well indicated it had poured maybe no less than an hour before we all got there.

We were lucky not to have gotten rained out on the rest of the night.

The food was delicious, we got compliments as people left.

The only regret I have is wishing that I'd gone to bed earlier. I was so tired the next morning - I'll elaborate more on the next post: WEDDING DAY!

Today is the day!

I'm getting married!

:-)

I'll have to blog about the rehearsal/rehearsal dinner later. But it all went great! I can't wait to share!

Wedding Wednesday!

No, this isn't my cake. lol. Although it is pretty.

It's Wedding Wednesday! The last Wednesday before my wedding!

Aaaahhhh!!! lol.

Danny has been trying to incorporate "wife" into his daily vocabulary. Every once in awhile for the past couple of days now he'll randomly call me "wife". And when he does it, he does it with this huge grin on his face. It's kind of adorable.

Tomorrow he's gonna go by one of our photographers offices and pick up a framed portrait that we'll have at the entrance of the ballroom at the reception.

It's all wrapping up so quickly! lol. It seemed like it'd take forever to get here. But here it is. The week of the wedding! This week has gone super fast - tomorrow is already Thursday!

Tomorrow evening we're gonna start cleaning house since we're gonna have the rehearsal dinner here. On Friday we're gonna go and set up linens and favors at the ballroom. And then the rehearsal is set to go at 6pm at the church, which puts up back here at my house at around ... 7:30 at the latest.

I'm really excited to see my nephew, sister and brother-in-law! They flew in all the way from Chicago! They're hanging out at Mustang Island right now [lucky punks] and will be in the valley tomorrow, but I don't think we'll get to see them until Friday!

3 days to go!

Weekend Recap!

Friday concluded with some delicious grilled chicken sandwiches and homemade french fries. Although I don't think those are good points towards my diet . .. and we were still all under the weather and on our way to recovery. After I ate it hit me how exhausted I really was. Mind you I was sick all last week, and that plus a full stomach will pretty much equal a nice nap. I'm pretty sure I made it through Armored. And I know I have no idea how Terminator Salvation ended . ... lol. So that was Friday.


On Saturday we left to begin a day full of last minute wedding errands! Danny and I had just gotten paid and were determined to pay everything else we hadn't paid yet. First was the caterer. We get to the restaurant only to find out that we overbudgeted for it! Well not in so many words, but what I mean to say is that the remained balance was $100 less than we expected. So that was a good beginning. .

Audrey and I then left to McAllen to go pay the florist, and take the address of the day-of pickup for the limo to the company. We picked up some Quiznos (a couple of sammies - yum!) and then headed back to Donna to meet at my Godmother's house to work on the centerpieces for the tables! It was a productive afternoon! And I really think they're gonna look great! But I suck and forgot to take a picture yet again! :(

Just after 3PM we headed back to Edinburg to go to the salon for a hair trial appointment for the wedding day! LOL. A couple of the stylists misunderstood and thought I was getting married that day. Silly. I think it went pretty well. I didn't really know what I wanted, and I still kinda don't, but I had my little sis there with me and she would never say it looked good if it didn't. More to come on that later! After that we went to go make the final payments on the cakes and then to pick up Audrey's shoes. Unfortunately we made it to the bridal boutique just after they'd closed! :( So that was gonna have to wait.

We then left to HEB to pick up a couple of items Danny and I will need for this weekend, and some ingrediants for dinner. We wanted to have grilled chicken wraps - or as my dad likes to call it "chicken tacos", although they look more like burritos than tacos . . .


On Sunday Danny had to be at Best Buy by 8AM for a meeting and then didn't go into work until 2. So we met up at church. It was a good service. Then we went to go waste come time looking around Pier 1. I am lucky that I have a guy that loves to shop! Even if it's window shopping! So we were in there and of course I think we need 1 of everything in there, sometimes 2 of them. Most of the things I want are dishes, glasses, bakeware/cookware, etc. And Danny's response is the same all the time: "Don't you already have one of those!" Which is probably true . . . but not for all I know :)

We parted ways at about 1:20 and then I came back home and vegged out on the couch for a couple of hours. Around 5 we left to meet my mom for a little dinner and then returned home. I was determined to put away all my clean clothes and while doing that, clear out an entire dresser (about 6 drawers) for Danny. I was successful! And you know what?! He hasn't even used them! He still insisted on putting his things in one of my drawers! lol. I guess it will come with time.


Now we're down to the week of the wedding! It's this Saturday. This weekend! I can't wait :-)

Wedding Wednesday!

We have 24 days to go people! There's really not much going on to tell you the truth.

I just had my bridal shower this past Saturday and due some extremely bi-polar weather, the turn out was pretty low. Significantly lower than expected. I'm glad at least a handful showed up. Later we learned some people forgot, and some actually got lost - which we found quite odd because we included the address on the invite as well as a map with a phone number to call if they got lost. But that's another rant . . . It was nice and quaint, aside from the weather of course. I'm so glad my family was all there to help. Thank you guys!

The guys are getting fit for their tuxes, I hope.

Balances are being paid, or we are working hard to pay them.

Everything had been picked out and details have been more or less finalized.

The only thing that we need to do is finish making the wedding favors, and put the centerpieces together.

We were finally able to see our engagement photos [some of them at least]. I liked a lot of them! And RGV Photography is going to put together a guest sign in book for us using some of those pictures we took. 20-25 I think. I'm really looking forward to it! More on that to come once I get more details!

Other than that that I've mentioned above, we're just taking it one day at a time while we can. It's coming up and will be here before we know it! There's so much to be excited for, I can't wait!

Wedding Wednesday!

45 days till the Wedding! Did you hear that? 45!!! That's insanely close! And I couldn't be more excited.

To be honest, we haven't done any wedding errands . . not really. We're just making payments and getting it all paid off.
Lets see . . .last Thursday we had our Engagement Pictures, which I already blogged about here. No wedding errands on Friday . . . none on Saturday . . . oooh on Sunday I finished up printing the rest of the invitations, finally! Now I don't know when they'll all go out because as I was reading them off to Danny he kept saying "I'll take it .. I'll take it ..etc." So I'm going to trust that he'll get it done.

Before he didn't really care who was going to come or not, but now that he's invited people from work I can see the excitement coming from him. And in turn, that makes me more excited!

I've already blogged about some of the wonderful presents we've received. Both things that we wanted and things that we are going to need.

I really don't have much else to say other than I cannot wait! I know I've mentioned before to my MOH, that at times it felt like we were just planning this big party and not a wedding. But now I'm totally getting the wedding vibe and it feels pretty cool. 

I'll be going in, hopefully this weekend, back to the tux shop because I forgot to pick out colors/styles for the dad's tuxes! I know! I can't believe it! LOL. It'll get done, don't worry.

And hopefully soon we'll be getting to see our engagement pictures! I was super excited right after we took them and now I'm extrememly anvxious! I think I've spread all the anxiousness throughout the house. Danny will call periodically throughout the day and ask "Are our pictures up yet?" I love that he's looking forward to things like this :) That's who he is.

I'm a BBB Predator...

This is the new name that I've been dubbed by Daddy Dearest. lol. Clever isn't it.
For those of you who might be wondering what BBB means, it stands for Bed, Bath & Beyond!

How it happened you're wondering? Well I'll tell you! Yesterday (Monday), Danny was here at the house doing some laundry and scraping off some paint on the side of the house so that we can repaint it before the Bridal Shower - whole 'nother story ... but anyway, Fed Ex [?] made a delivery and Danny sent me a text sayuing "We got more gifts!" lol. And I thought he didn't really care if we got anything or not. So I guess that answers that question. Mean punk didn't want to tell me what we got! All he would tell me was that we received 4 presents from one of my Tia's and her boyfriend.

I don't know how many text messages later but he said nothing! So I took a stab at it while recalling the registry I check daily, and I guessed that it was a stir fry pan, a blender, a grater and a paring knife. And you know what his response was? "I'll give you a hint later." So at that point I gave up until . . . Danny sent me another message saying my dad was home and maybe he'd tell me if I asked.

So I did.

And you know what? He wouldn't tell either! So I went ahead and tried my guess again since Danny didn't say whether I was right or wrong. And he said "How'd you know?" LOL! So I told him I check the registry daily and his response: "You bbb predator." lol.

Later in the day I explained the story about the gifts to my sister, and her response was "You know you're not supposed to open the gifts until your wedding day." And I told her if they were not wrapped, as the first gift we received wasn't, then it was a free for all. And to my amazement, when I got to my bedroom the gifts were gift wrapped! Yeah I know, unbelievable. It's not like I was gonna use them.

I'm just gonna keep them stacked in a corner in my room :)

An Eventful Thursday

Ok I tried the mobile blogging thing. Didn’t quite work out the way I initially wanted to.


Yesterday we had our engagement session and it turns out that we didn’t just have 1, but we had 2 photographers and a videographer! Now if that doesn’t make you feel like the center of attention I don’t know what will. We had the amazing David Pezzat accompanied by the talented Jay Caballero… and I feel bad because I didn’t catch the videographer’s name! [BAD Jessica! I know!

I was nervous! Sometimes I don’t feel like I’m photogenic until I see the pictures and then I’m like “Oh! Those didn’t turn out too bad!”

Anyway, the day started off with errands:

1. Pick up Daisy from the spay/neuter clinic by 9 AM.

We almost didn’t make it! The West Bound traffic was a nightmare! First, we thought it was an accident. Then when we finally made our way around it we saw that it was just highway construction that had a portion of the expressway shut down so they could finish the job, whatever that was. I swear – we pulled in to the clinic at about 8:53 AM! But the important thing is that we made it! Daisy was so happy to see us, she semi-jumped on my lap and gave me a few kisses! Which she never does, the kisses I mean. LOL.

2. Take Daisy home and iron my dress for the engagement pictures!

This took a little longer than I would’ve liked but it got done. Then we got the Kia all packed up and ready to go seeing as we’d be driving over to the location for pictures just as soon as I got out of the salon.

3. Go to Zales to pick up/pay off Danny’s wedding ring!!

I hoped he would like the one I picked out for him, poor Danny was working when I went to go buy them. He LOVES it! It’s his style and he loves the color! I was so pleased. Points for me! :)

4. Go to the salon and get all done up for the pictures!

My initial appointment was at 9:30 AM. But then it was made known to me that we wouldn’t be taking pictures till 3:30 PM. So I rescheduled for 12 noon. But then the worry-wart in me got panicky and thought that that wouldn’t be enough time to get ready and be at the location in time! Luckily, it took just the right amount of time: 1 hour for the hair and 1 hour for makeup. I was unsure about the amount of makeup because anything more than what I normally wear, which isn’t much, is drastic for me! But Danny could not stop smiling at me and kept telling me how pretty I looked!

Here’s me right after my hair was done:

Here I am in the car on the way to take pictures:

And to be honest, after this picture I could see the resemblance:

I used thsi picture of Ziyi Zhang from "Memoirs of a Geisha" for that Dopplegangermabob thing on Facebook a few weeks ago.

So we arrive to Los Ebanos Preserve in San Benito and are amazed at how we never noticed it before. Right as you exit the highway to go to South Padre Island, right on the left hand corner as you pass through the underpass of the expressway there is the entrance! It seems so secluded and you cannot even hear the vehicles passing by on the highway, which was amazing to me seeing as it is so close to the highway!

The land was BEAUTIFUL! It was an old plantation style type house with a resaca for a front view. Not bad at all! The house inside was beautiful as well. It was apparent that it had history but it has been so well maintained.

We had an awesome time shooting our pictures. It was a little awkward at first, but we got used to it. And I really think we got a lot of great shots in. I'm so excited and cannot wait to see the proofs!

It was a really good day! I'm eager to take my bridals already!

Wedding Wednesday!

Well it seems another Wednesday is upon us, and as a matter of fact - it's almost over! But as a last attempt to continue these posts, here I am!

So I haven't really done much wedding errands! Nothing compared to the past couple of weekends.

This past Saturday Danny and I went to finalize all the details for the tuxes and then we went to buy his jeans for our casual outfit. Once that was done we were done! Lol. We really had a low key weekend. Well I did, poor Danny had to work all weekend - the crappy hours too.

Then on Sunday I went out with my mom in the afternoon with my mom for a couple of things. Mainly I needed to go to Michael's to inquire the price about getting a custom frame done for my diploma - only to find out it cost to freaking much! And that was with a 50% discount!! Crazy I know! But then we bought some lights to wind around the stair case rails at the ballroom the day of the wedding. And then we were on the hunt for some greenery/beading to wrap around our candle filled glasses for the centerpieces. Unfortunately we didn't find much and ended up at Wal-Mart because my mom was still looking for some mirrors to use as the base for the centerpieces. I'd been searching for the toasting glasses for some time now, just whenever we were out and about and I remembered really. We'd seen some plastic ones downtown - but they looked awful! And they also had some glass ones as well with gold or silver trim. Those I considered but didnt' committ to, mostly because of the price. But at Wal-Mart ... they had them in sets of 4 for $5!! Downtown they were priced at 6 for $15.99! Wasn't a big steal, but hey even a little goes a long way right!

So this week I hope to finish off addressing and labeling the rest of the invitations - and [cross your fingers here] maybe go out and deliver them with the help of my future sister-in-law! So I need to get them all ready to go and stop wasting time!

That will probably be my Friday Night/Saturday Morning project since tomorrow Danny and I are going to be taking our Engagement Photos! I hope they turn out well! Tonight I went to Spago Spa & Salon to get a hair cut and a manicure! Tomorrow I will go in and get my hair done and get my face put on! The stylist and I started discussing it {he was the one who cut my hair} and he started to mention something about color and fake eyelashes ... hmmm. IDK about that! LoL! I'm sure he will do a great job! Pictures to come!

We will also be going to Zales to pick up Danny's Wedding Band! It is in!!! I'm so excited for him to see it and I really hope he likes it!

Wish us luck and great photos tomorrow!

Wedding Wednesday!

So this post is a little late, but hey better late than never huh?!

Saturday:
1. Went to pay off the balance for the limo! That's all taken care of :)
2. Went to make a payment to the florist, and briefly spoke about making a future appointment to finalize the bouquet details!
3. Delivered a few invitations after venturing to downtown McAllen to look for centerpiece items - to which we were unsuccessful :(
4. Met Danny for lunch and discussed possible engagement outfit ideas.
5. Went out to shop for said ideas! It was fun, it's always fun to shop for Danny especially when he isn't there! ;) JK DANNY!
6. Went [window]-shopping for wedding bands! I actually bought mine and ordered Danny's!

It was a long day!

Then on Sunday ... lol. No really we went out and did more wedding errands! We found some ammo for the centerpieces at the flea market - glasses, lots of glasses that's all I will say!

We then went on in search of more clothes to complete the outfits we started to put together on Saturday and finished the day with a trip to Sam's that went on longer than it probably should've. But oh well what can you do?!

Now I'm just focusing on getting the rest of the invitations out! I dont't have that much more to go but those that I do have left, from the guest list  need to be mailed out - so hopefully I can get them out no later than Monday of next week.

I also hope to go to the tux shop this Saturday morning to finalize the details for the tuxedos and get that set. That followed with a possible attempt at going to downtown McAllen again to look for some tulle and Christmas lights to decorate the stairwell at the Villa de Cortez Ballroom, if we find something.

Until next time!