So it has been a busy two days, enough so that blogging has been at the bottom of my list! I know, astounding! Anyway, Wednesday was a big day in the grand plan off Chris and Chris’ wedding. THE DRESS FITTING! I can show a couple pictures here as (he)Chris is aware of some (not all) of the details of the dress. This seamstress is amazing, willing to do TONS of hand stitching and tailoring to suit (she)Chris’ tastes and body shape.

The train

In order to not have you have to come over and over she creates a body form using a t-shirt and duct tape. This way she is able to create a true to the individual shape that she then stuffs and mounts to put the dress on! AND it is entertainment for those not being fitted for the dress honestly!

Creating the body form

The other bridesmaid Mae was there with us, and Echo. Mae is ALSO getting her dress done by the same woman, it will have some of the same fabric I have in my dress. After the seamstress (which was a bit time consuming), we headed to The Mall for a leisurely lunch and then shopping for make-up for the bride. We settled on the Body Shop (a favourite of mine), to get her started on a few key items. With all the sales and such going on she also treated Mae and myself to a body butter! So sweet!!!

Smells so nummy

Best seat for shopping

By the time we got back to the house it was right around supper time. Mom and Uncle Wayne were there for a visit. Well, Mom to drop off Uncle Wayne after cataract surgery and then head home. He stayed the night here so that he could go to his eye appointment afterwards to clear himself for driving home. The kids were in HEAVEN. They love their Great Uncle dearly and having him overnight was a huge treat.

With the Great Uncle

One of the incentives to moving to where we are planning to IS the closer proximity to my uncle. Add to that cousins, my brother and some dear friends and it is just a great place for us to be… if we can FIND a RENTAL. I am trying my best starting today especially to be patient… we are in a rather special situation here. The owners are not back until July 1st, but we want to be out June 1st. Worst worst worst case scenario we stay here longer, Ken is rather sure this won’t happen but it is disheartening how many SCAM ads are out there for rentals. People who are attempting to steal money from people with false promises.

We had something rather special come in the mail yesterday as well – I had gone onto eBay a while ago and ordered a little Hello Kitty necklace for Trinity so that she could start wearing some real jewellery, It was under 2.00 and is absolutely adorable. I figure it is a cheap enough chain that if she got caught somewhere it would snap easily as well. I am tempted to get one of my own it is so cute!

So pretty

Wearing her newest pretty

So with Uncle Wayne here past lunch and the kids in TERRIBLE moods we skipped the school stuff and instead spent quality uncle time and then – NAP TIME! For the first time in forever all 5 kids were sleeping at the same time. Attitudes were MUCH improved when they woke up. Just in time for the boys to move more stuff to the trailer. This weekend we have to bring up desks, etc. from the basement and put them in there too… regardless of the rental situation we have to keep progressing with the cleaning.

Bed head

The weather has been lovely but the mosquitoes have been horrible. Both Trinity and Emanuel have a bad reaction to them with the bites swelling up and itching horribly. Already Trinity has TWO on on arm. They look horrible and take up so much space. I am doing my best to keep her from scratching.

Tomorrow the plan is to head to Echo’s appointment, and then back home for Echo, Chris (she) and I to head down to the venue and measure the area. We need to figure out how many bunches of balloons we are going to need and measure the tables. I figure we will stop in and see mom at work AND stop by the baby store. It will be nice to have another girly day. Today she had her trial hair styling but didn’t take any pictures to ensure it will be a surprise. Time is passing so quickly we are in the thick of it now.

Fat Sheep has been busy as well. You can check our her new photos right here.

I got some more sewing in. All of the cross stitching is done, now I just need to backstitch (I am planning on doing it all in black for simplicity). And then… well that stocking IS calling to me!

All but the backstitching

This upcoming weekend is a long one… the plan is to keep us all VERY busy. The boys want a chance to try mowing and there are desks to move out. And I need to work on my patience… wish me luck.

HUGE smiles