Prayer Request

G'Pa & G'Ma Davidson with my MIL

I just wanted to request a small favor. Please keep G'ma Davidson in your prayers! She is currently undergoing a mastectomy to help remove the evil breast cancer that has entered her body. We know she will make it through as this is the 3rd time she was diagnosed with breast cancer. We are hoping and praying that this is the final time she has to go through this.

So please keep her and G'Pa Davidson in your thoughts and prayers!

Thanks!

The Thank You Cards

The benefits about having my blog sponsored by UPrinting.com is that when I host a giveaway I have the opportunity to participate and receive the same prize. So it was a no brainer to take advantage of the 200 custom postcards that I was given.

So what do you think?

I will use these postcards as our Thank You cards for the wedding. Shame on me...I haven't even written or sent out the TY cards for the Shower yet!

Anyway, I added a black & white border and the word, "Gracias" meaning Thank You in Spanish.

I HOPE they come out OK. Worst case scenario is that I actually have to go out and purchase TY cards :P

What are you doing for your TY cards? Are you slacking like me?

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes what?

Ah yes, I remember...Then comes baby with a baby carriage!

Since my Mom and my MIL read this blog I need to clarify that there is no baby yet!

OK. Now I can start.

So this past Friday we got to spend time with our newest nephew, Ayden. OMG - he is just soo perfect in every little way. He was so soft and still had the new baby smell :). Oh and while I was holding him, he fell asleep. This was also the day when I received my only "Aw" moment from my FIL. It was when I was upstairs, I overheard him telling my hubby that I am going to be an excellent Mom and doesn't need practice at all... say it with me, AW!!

So guess what?!?!

I'm having baby fever - AGAIN!

I think it is funny how when I was growing up I didn't dream of getting married and having kids. That was the furthest from my mind. My thoughts were filled with goals of graduating college and having a career way before a family was even thought of. My thoughts weren't the norm where I was living. There were kids having kids and in my culture it is very normal to be married and start a family in your early 20's. I always wanted to be different then the norm so that is what I did.

Now that I am married, I am constantly thinking about babies. It's crazy how one's sex life has become less personal and more public after you get married. Just when all the questions about "when are you getting married?" have stopped the next question is, "when are you having a baby?" or when you you mention starting a family the next question is "OMG - are you pregnant?." I know everyone is excited for Mr. Roddy and I and so are we. We are just hoping to be blessed with a little one some day. We'd love to give baby Ayden a playmate but until that happens we just have to wait and see what's in store for us.

I am just hoping this baby fever can subside for a little while until it really happens. :)

Have any of you had a bit of baby fever before? How did you learn to control it?

The Gifts - Attendants

Because we purchased the gifts so close to the wedding and some of the attendants actually read my blog I couldn't reveal what we got for them. Sorry.

For cutting is so close, I think we did one heck of a job. OK, well my hubby found and picked out most of the gifts. I can say that I picked my parents (coming soon) and my MOH's gifts :)...

The gifts below were for the MOH, BM, Usher, FOG, MIL and her hubby. The gifts can be found at Things Remembered and Barnes and Noble.

For my MIL:

(Inscription - Thank you for giving me Life)

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For my MIL's Hubby:

(This isn't the exact replica but a similar version)

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For the FOG:

(Inscription - Thank you for giving me Life)

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For the Best Man:
(Inscription - Don't lose faith brother)

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For the Usher:

(Inscription - May love be your armor - or something like that)

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For the MOH:

(Matching Vera Bradley notebook and tote)

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What did you decide to get your attendants? Did you find something already in the store or were you crafty enough to do something DIY?

Vendor Review - The Dessert

Vendor:
Titi L
(Titi is our spanish way of saying Aunt)

Grade: A+

My aunt is in the blue dress in the pic below.

OK, so how can I not give my aunt an A+ with the kind of dessert spread that she kindly provided for our wedding?! Not only did the desserts look amazing but when we went to say our hellos to our guests the majority of them had at least two desserts at their seat. Unfortunately, I was not able to eat any of the fine desserts but just about everyone raved about them. Luckily, I was able to get a taste test at my shower so I knew they were delish!

My Auntie worked her bootie off to get this dessert table accomplished so she deserves all the credit. This may be the last dessert table she'll ever do, lol... All her efforts did not go unnoticed and was greatly appreciated by the Mister and I. If she has the strength, she can create a dessert table for us anytime :)

Some Teasers...

In the meantime while I develop more of my vendor reviews I wanted to provide some more non-pro teasers... This time its for the dessert table and the candy station.

Below are two pictures of the dessert spread that my FABULOUS aunt L generously made for the wedding. This was a HUGE hit! Sadly, I didn't get to eat any of these delicious desserts :(

There she is...My fab Aunt L posing with her masterpieces!

Here's the candy station. This was also a HUGE hit. Apparently, the first batch of candy which you see below was devoured in 15 minutes. What's funny is that some of my adult guests didn't know that this was for them too. They assumed the candy was for the kids so they had their kids fill up a bag for them secretly, lol... but the other adults did fill up their own bag.

So if you are thinking about it...I say do it!

Here are the candy bags that I made.

The mini boxes below have Hershey Kisses in them.

Below is the candy station all ready to go.

THANKS to my bf A for helping me with the set-up.