Today I had my wedding dress altered!!! My friend, Allison, met us at my house this morning and rode with us to meet my grandmother in Rogersville. Once we got there we were also met by my future mother in law and future sister in law. My mom, me, Allison and my sister, Emily all hopped into my grandmothers car as Connie and Tessa followed behind us. One of my other bridesmaids was to meet us as well but got stuck in traffic in Killen and had to drive straight through to the bridal shop. Once we got there we were so excited to see my flower girl, Anna Kate (my cousin), as well her her mother, aunt and grandmother! I was so happy they all came to share in this special day with me as well Anna Kate's excitement! When we got in I send Emily and Allison to look at shoes. I have been to every shoe store in Florence and almost Huntsville and could not find a white, fancy shoe to wear on my wedding day! Of course, Alli and Emma came through for me and found the most gorgeous shoe in the whole store! Next we moved on to look at flower girl dresses. I knew of a dress I liked from when I first went to David's to look at dresses. I immediately when to it and found out that Anna Kata's aunt (my cousin) had picked that one out as her favorite as well. Anna Kata couldn't wait to get into the dress. Her mom and I talked about the sizes because at her age it is highly possible that she will grow before our wedding in January. We made sure the dress went up a few extra sizes just in case and luckily it did! Tessa came out in her bridesmaid dress first. I was really worried that she would have to wear a junior bridesmaid style of the dress instead of the same one as everyone else due to her being so much younger than everyone else. Lucky for me the dress I picked out for the bridesmaids ran small and Tessa was not only able to fit into the dress but needed a size above what I had originally planned. Then out came Anna Kate. This was when I about lost it today. Her dress is white, has a full beautiful bottom and looks almost identical to my dress. She was too adorable! She twirled around in it and stood on the stage admiring herself in the big mirrors. I wanted a sash to go around her dress in the color of bridesmaid dresses so we spent some time figuring out what type of sash looked right with the dress. She didn't even want to take it off. Next was Morgan, then Allison and Emma decided to re-try on their dresses to be sure about the size and fit. We spent several minutes taking pictures with each other and talking about the style of the dresses. Next it was my turn. I could not wait to see my dress! The anticipation was killing me. They took me back to the alterations room where my sister and I got to see my dress together for the first time. It was really strange because this was MY dress. Not a dress on a hanger on the sales floor used as a sample, this was MINE. The dress I am going to walk down the aisle in and marry the man of my dreams. My sister helped me into the dress and then Allison brought me my new shoes to put on. Alli and Emma each grabbed a foot and shoved them onto me. Just like true bridesmaids, they flared out my train and prepared me to look beautiful for everyone to see. I was so nervous before everyone came in to see my dress. "What were they going to think?" My mom was the first to walk in, and even though she has seen my dress before and looked at pictures of it a million times, she immediately burst into tears. It was such an amazing feeling to have everyone telling me how beautiful the dress looked and how it looked like it was made just for me. As I stood there I asked Chris' mom if this made it feel more real for her to see me standing here in my wedding dress. Then she immediately started crying, no matter she might have told Chris haha. Chris is completely unaware of what my dress looks like and will be unaware until the day of the wedding. He will not even see a picture. He has no idea about any of the details of the dress at all. All it knows is it is big, which was one thing he told me not to get before I left the day I went looking. I just hope he says how gorgeous I look instead of how big the dress is when he sees me haha. According to his mother he won't even be looking how the size, yet how beautiful I look in the dress. I didn't have to have alot done to the dress except I know my wonderful bridesmaid are going to kill me with all the bustling they will have to help put together after the ceremony :) Sorry girls but I love you! My grandmother did not cry one time, until we went to finish paying the last bit of my dress for the alterations. I could not be doing this wedding with out my mother, grandmother, sister and bridesmaids. My mom is the most amazing woman and is truly excited for my wedding. My sister has been my back bone every since we got engaged. All I have to do is ask and she jumps right in to help. I definitely would not make it through this wedding without her as my maid of honor. Today was an exciting and emotional day. It made me realize this is actually happening, in 6 months I will be marrying Chris in this dress. I am so happy and can not wait to be Mrs. Hughes!
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