~ Song of the day ~ Amazed by Lonestar

Recently I've been listening to love songs. There are so many that describe just how I feel for my FI. I decided the once a week I'll be posting a "song of the week" to share with the world how in love I am. Today's song will be Amazed by Lonestar.

I feel the love in the air today. I can't wait to go home and hug my Fiance.

He completes me :)

"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."
— Marilyn Monroe

2 bridal shower ruined in less than 6 hours =(

On Tuesday I had a very interesting day. My day started early morning with me waking up and talking a shower. I then put my son in the shower and when he was done I told him to go to his room and start getting dress that I would be right there. A few minutes later he calls me and shouts "Mom! Mom! come over here, I have an urgency". I'm sure he meant "emergency" lol. So I go to his room and say "what's your urgency baby" and he says "I can't pop this pimple. Can you help me?". I laugh out loud and tell him that that's not really an "urgency" that that's normal. As I get closer I realize that that's not a pimple. Is a tick stuck or trying to get inside his skin :( I've never seen or dealt with a tick up close, so I did what I do best. Panic.

I took him to my room, grab my tweezer and with shaky hands I tried to pull it out. Embarrassingly I only pulled off a few of its leg. Then I started to panic a little more. I call FI's mother (who lives upstairs from us) and she came down rushing. She grabs the tick with her fingers and pulls the whole thing out. Did I already say how embarrassed I was? Well yes I was even more embarrassed now because I could of done that. He's skin was red and swollen so I decided to take him to the doctors.

He ended up not going to school and spending the day with me at work. Good thing it wasn't a busy day. As the day went on so did the story of the tick.

Right before going home I was talking to the doctor in her office. Then the nurse walks in and we all start to talk. Then out of no where the doctor says to the nurse "So what's going to happen with her bridal shower, did we decide on anything?" I was a bit confused at first. The nurse gave the doctor a look that gave her away right away. She tried to play it off by saying "O yea, Steven came by the other day to drop off the invtations". I knew what she meant because I knew that FI had taken over the invitations last week. The doctor however was so confused and said "I'm confused. It she having 2 bridal showers?" lol Now don't forget that I was standing right there and both bridal showers are suppose to be a surprise. I knew I would be having one but I didn't know when it would be. The nurse gives up and says "yes, she's having 2 and they were a surprise". So the doctor says "Oops. I'm sorry" and we all started to laugh lol. I didn't even know what to say so I just walked out and let them two to work things out. In my head I'm thinking well that was wierd. At least I still don't know dates.

I left work at 5pm and I had planned to finish delivering all the invitations by that day. I called FI and ask him where he wanted to meet and he says "well the day is nice out. I was thinking of taking my bike out". Great! let my nightmares begin. I was a bit upset because this is our wedding. We both should be delivering the invitations together. And the invitations were suppose to be delivered 2 months ago. But whatever, I told him to do as he pleased that I would be delivering the invitations.

I head out to the first house with my son and drop off the 1st invitation. Then I go to the second house, my aunt, and we start talking a little. Can you guess what happened next? Well, She tells me that she's sorry that she can't make the wedding in DR but that she's going to the one here. Again I was confused because we decided not to have an AHR after the wedding. I just figured she didn't know that. And then she says "is this Saturday right?" Grrrrrr! Seriously?! I just looked at her and said ok well I have to go. It was an innocent mistake but I really wanted it to be a surprise.

After leaving her house all I can think about is what should I do? Should I tell FI? my friends that are planning the bridal shower? should I just prentend I don't know anything and act surprise when I walk through the door? I was going crazy thinking about what I should do. Things were ruined and now I didn't know what to do. Then I remembered that I was going to NY on Saturday so I had to cancelled? But I was looking forward on hanging with my cousin Saturday night and meeting Caritza and Gabriel on Sunday. I didn't want to change my plans :(

Eventually I met up with FI. I decided to tell him that I knew about the BS and he flipped. He's all like "What? How? Why? Who told you? Dam I have everything so well arranged you were going to be super surprised. Wow! that really sucks". He said "I had figured out everything in minutes and you ruined my happiness in a millisecond". :( how rude! it wasn't even my fault. As a matter of fact if he would of went with me maybe she wouldn't have said anything.

The rest of the night I was sad. I have never been able to have a surprise anything because somehow someone always messes up and I figure it out. So yeah, that's how my Tuesday was. So today I will catch up on things I have to do, get my hair done, and put an outfit together for tomorrow. I'm still pretty excited so I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

Happy Friday! =)

Aisle Runner Part 1

Our monogrammed aisle runner has been officially started! About time. It was really hard deciding on the "middle" to start tracing. I sure hope that is the middle because there cannot be any erasing afterwards. Not to mention that because so many people backed out of going to the wedding now I'm stuck with a super long aisle runner that I'm sure will have to be cut some more. So hopefully my judgement on where to put our monogram is right.

Good Night!

The Proposal

Today started very... ummm... what's the word I'm looking for? I'm not sure even how to describe it. My poor son has been to hell and back the past few months. And that my friend will be a story for another day. Right now, even though my day was very long and exhausting I just want to reminisce on the past. Lets go back to April 2009. To our vacation to California that has been life changing.

Welcome to San Pedro, California.

It was April 16, 2009 when we arrived at LAX with the purpose of celebrating our 4 year anniversary, visit old friends that had recently moved to Cali, and the city where I would sometime during our vacation get engaged on.

After arriving at our very good friend's house late on April 16, 2009 the guys decided to go out to a bar and catch up and us girl decided to stay in and catch up while babysitting the kids. Also during this time my friend Tatiana and I decided on activities we should do on the days to come. We seemed to come up with a very good plan on things to do and how to have a good time just like we've done many times before.

On the day of the proposal which was April 18th we had decided to go to Universal Studios for the day. Early that morning FI left early morning with Felix, Tatiana's husband. I repeatedly told him not to go anywhere because we wanted to leave the house early. Like always he didn't listen to me. I remembered being ready and having to wait for them to get back for almost an hour. When they arrived FI and I got into it. It wasn't a big deal but I was mad at the fact that he never listens to me. So we kind of started to give each other the silent treatment.

When we arrived at the park my friend Tatiana pulled me to the side and said "Pam, while I was putting the kids bags in the car I noticed a jewelry bag in the front seat. I think Steven got you earrings for your anniversary so stop acting up and go hug him or you won't be getting nothing". I felt horrible. Why was I being so mean to him when he probably had just went out to buy me a gift. I needed to find the right time to just apologize and make things right again. So as he was walking I went behind him and hugged him and apologized. I guess he was already over it because he didn't give me a hard time about it. Things were back to normal and I was just enjoying my day hoping that he would give me my gift soon. But I knew he would probably give it to me over dinner or before we got into bed so I paid no mind to it the rest of the day.

The hours passed and we were having a great time. I felt like a kid at Disney and even got in the picture with my goddaughter, Dora, and Diego from Nickelodeon :) As we were getting ready to be going home we stopped at the red carpet to take some pictures. I handed over the camera to FI to take pictures of Tatiana and I. Then he said something (that I really don't remember) and pointed at the Universal Studio sign. We turned around but didn't notice anything out of the ordinary so we turn back around. At that point I turned back around to face FI to find him on one knee with a small box opened in his hand with the shiniest diamond I've ever seen. I honestly can't tell you if he said anything before those 4 little words every girl dream of some day hearing. All I remember him saying is "Will you marry me?" I stood in shock with my jaw touching my chest. I looked up and around to see what I've feared the most, people watching us. I walked closer to him trying to let out the words "please get up, please get up'. I looked up again and see my friend and her husband standing next to the kids hugging and smiling. Then I hear "So... Will you?" lol I didn't really forget to answer him, I was just focused on what was happening around me/us. Eventually I grabbed his faced with my hands and said "OMG YES!".

I helped him get up, and we kissed. Unfortunately I had giving him the camera just moments before so we got no pictures what so ever of the event. We didn't even take anymore pictures after that. We just got up and kept walking towards the door. I was so excited and I had no idea how to act. I kept looking at my gorgeous ring and I still couldn't believe that he had just proposed. I wasn't sure if I should be calling my mom, friends, the Morning Call lol. I was, simply put, beyond happy! After getting in the van to go back home I sat all the way in the last row with my goddaughter and I was texing everyone in my cell. There was nothing that could of happened that would of ruined my day. Steven had just made me the happiest woman alive that very second.

This picture was right before the proposal, I call it our proposal signature picture =)

This is where all the magic happened!

Here we are the following day with our goddaughter.

Here we took a boat ride along the.... well you know. I don't even want to say it. I was almost in tears :(

Kisses, kisses for the newly engaged couple.

jajaja, how funny does he look? He will be really mad if he sees that I uploaded this picture.

And I am enjoying our last few days left.

Being engaged has been an unforgettable experienced. I'm sure going to miss it. But I'll have this day to always remember it.

Thanks for stopping by and reading this. God Bless!

2 months to go??? What?! Since when?

I just realized I only have 2 months to go till the wedding. Where the heck has the time gone to? I can't have 2 months o go, I'm not ready. I still have so much to do, little stuff but still a lot. I need to finish the aisle runner, the barefoot sandals, menu, escort cards, shopping for some decoration for reception, shopping for more weddingmoon clothes :), and the list goes on and on.

OMG I can't believe that in just a couple of months I will be a MRS. *eyes widen and jaw drops in disbelieve* It's been a little over 2 years since FI proposed. WOW! time has really flown by. And now that I think about it I don't think I've talked about the proposal. Umm... I guess I should reminisce on the past tomorrow =)

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from my family to yours.

God bless you all =)

I can't believe I did Boudoir!

I'm still in shock.
I've been looking forward on doing boudoir since I first saw on The Knot, big surprise, what boudoir was. I wanted to give my Fiance an album as his wedding gift on the wedding day, right before the ceremony. You know, to get him all worked up before he sees me in my wedding dress which by the way I know he will absolutely love. Is really tight to my body and it makes all his favorite features of me really stand out =)


Anyways, so Tuesday I headed to NYC with my MOH and BM to meet my cousin, drop my car at her house, get on the train and meet up with my photographer Julia and Caritza, the makeup artist. Like always I got there late, but this time it wasn't that bad only 20 mins. What can I say, is the Dominican in me lol Julia knows what I mean and lets not forget NYC's traffic too.

As soon as I walked in my body started to twitch lol seriously though I was twitching all over. My eyes, cheeks, lips, legs, and my hands were super cold. I was just so nervous. I sipped on a beer to help the nerves calm down but what I really wanted was a shot of Tequila, Jose Cuevo to be exact. I knew that would of done the trick lol unfortunately for me there was none and I didn't think ahead to take some with me in FI's flask.

Caritza started to work on my makeup and my friends along with Julia were getting my outfits ready. Shortly after it was time to change into itty bitty tiny clothes and start shooting pictures. I was super nervous at first specially when Julia would say "give me sexy". I was just so embarrassed to be sexy in front all them lol I don't know why, I blame it on the shyness in me. Eventually I got more comfortable and it seemed to get easier. I got on the stripper pole, swing, bench, bed and so on. I have to admit, I kind of liked all the attention on me lol. I had an amazing time. We used all of the outfits that I had taken with me. I wasn't sure which ones to take so I took them all. That was very sweet of Julia.

Time went by so fast that it made me sad when I realized it was time to stop posing. I was really enjoying myself. I can't believe it was over that fast.

Julia had gotten a loft with a rooftop for the shoot. It was really really nice. Unfortunately, mother nature made sure that we didn't use the rooftop. It was raining the entire time. I guess that can be considered the ugly of my boudoir day.

After the shoot we got ready to go. We had to get back on the train, go to the Bronx, say bye to my cousin, pick up the car, and drive back to Allentown. But it wasn't that simple. My friends and I wasted a lot of time just swiping that darn train card through lol. Each time and even though we saw how it was done 3 times we still didn't get it right lol. Now mind you that it was 5ish pm in NYC and there were people coming and going from every direction. And there we were, 3 girls who obviously were not from the city holding up traffic lol. Then we almost lost my BM lol. She, thinking she knows her way got in front and kept walking and walking. We were calling her name and nothing so we just stopped there and waited to see how long it would take her to realize that we weren't behind her. That was hilarious. Then being in a crowed train with no where to sit or nothing to hold on to made us just literally LOL. We couldn't believe we were that clueless on New York's way of living.

After about 40 minutes of being in the train we reached our destination. We headed to my cousin's place and sadly we couldn't stay and wait for dinner to be done. It was almost 7pm and he had to hit the road or we were going to have a lot of explaining to do to our other half.

In between it all, the craziness, nervousness, and weather, we had a great time and I can't wait to see those pictures. I hope my twitching didn't mess up a lot of pictures. Julia says she'll have them really to view for me next week so you already know that this weekend is going to be very very long for me. I'll be sure to post a few teasers here so be in the lookout for some boudoir teasers next week.

Happy Friday!
=)

FI's New Toy

So FI came to me on Friday and told me he bought this.

I was so upset. For starter, how greedy is he for getting himself something for our anniversary and not getting me nothing. How rude!!!! lol ok ok I admit its my fault, I was the one who said no gifts due to the wedding. But that didn't mean he had to go out and get this. He had been talking about getting one for awhile now but I thought it was just a phase and that soon he was going to get over it like usual. Well joke's on me because it was no phase, no phase at all.

I don't know how I feel about him owning a bike. I always thought that they were sexy, especially the colors. Just look a it, look at that red. Ain't it just sexy? I could already see myself on the back of it holding FI across his waist while we cruise around town... Oohh yeah! lol Stop it. lol

I also think that they are dangerous, very dangerous and that's why I'm not so happy about it. I drives me crazy to think that FI can get hurt. I love him so much. O God please take care of my future husband. He's so happy and I wish I could be happy with him but I'm stuck at the "what if" intersection. Hopefully soon I get over this fear I have so that I can share his happiness. In the meantime I guess I just have to deal with it =(

Garter

I love love love my garter! These pictures does them no justice, you know, because I'm not a real photographer lol. Anyways, I wanted something to mach my sexy and fabulous shoes but I didn't want it to be all blue because I felt like it was going to be too much. So I asked the etsy seller luly612 to make it like this. Originally all the white that you see was blue and the blue was white. Let me tell you, it does look a lot different. I really wasn't expecting it today but it made my day. Especially after the rough and long day I had. Now I'm looking forward for tomorrow :) do you remember what tomorrow is? No! shame on you. Tomorrow is boudoir day for me Ahhhhhhh! I'm so nervous. I have so much to do yet and I'm still sick :( I can't do sexy while sick. I hope I feel so much better tomorrow.

Well here it is. My garter =)

Ring Holder

I ordered this clam from Hansonellis.com

I wanted something cute to use for our rings. And when I saw this and saw that I was able to personalize it that was it. It was a winner =)

So there you have it, ring holder... check! I plan on adding some sand or blue pebbles inside but we'll see how it looks once we pick up the rings. Did I mentioned that they're in. Ummm I don't recall it. Well yes they are finally here I just haven't gotten the chance to go see them and bring them home if they turned out how we want them so wish us luck :)

6 years down, the rest of our lives to go!

On April 15, 2005 FI and I made it official.

Today it has been six years in the making with many more years to come with the guidance of god. I feel blessed to have found such an amazing guy and a great father. I am more than positive that FI is my soul mate. I could not see myself spending the rest of my life with anyone else besides him. Yes he can drive me crazy at times but sometimes a little crazy is good lol shhh don't tell him.

Lets take a few minutes to reminisce on the past few years. These pictures are from 2007-201o with many pictures missing.

Mr. & Mrs. Hangers

I ordered these hangers from an etsy seller to use on our wedding day. I got them as a set and gave FI one as a gift. Every time I give him something he looks at me weird, like what crazy idea did you get now lol. You got to love him lol :)

He said "a hanger?, thanks babe." with a confused face. Then he said "but why did you get one? what should I use it for? I have so much clothes" lol when I explained he just laughed and said "Ohhh" "you are too much babe" lol. I couldn't stop laughing, it was a priceless moment lol.

Bad blogger with 75 days to go.

I have been horrible horrible horrible! You would think that with 75 days to go I would have so much to blog about and infact I do. The problem is that with 75 days to go and with all that is happening and all I have to do I hardly have any time to blog. That really makes me sad. I want to be able to cherish every moment of my engagement however it seems like that is almost impossible to do. No wonder brides have their Bridezilla phases. I don't blame them, us. This is not a walk in the park there's so much more that goes with planning a wedding besides searching online for ideas ;) Not only have I been super busy finalizing rooms and flights, finishing DIY projects, shopping (for the wedding of course), and with school but to make matter worse my computer at home and our 2 laptops got messed up all at the same time. So I've had no connection with the cyber world for about a week and a half to two. I had not realized how much technology impacts my life on a day to day basis. How would I had planned my wedding in the 1800s, ohh noooo :( lol I'm back now and everything seems to be going good. With the exception of 5 guests everyone who is joining us in PC is paid off, room and flight. Most major details are complete. I have a boudoir session next Tuesday :). So exciting! Ok so I won't say all my checks here so look forward to awesome check posts => Happy Monday!