Bachelorette Weekend

Last weekend six of my closest girlfriends and I headed down to Savannah for my bachelorette weekend. A girls weekend was just what I needed to take my mind off of all the last minute wedding to-dos. We had a blast! Five of us arrived in Savannah around six on Friday evening, and two more were about an hour behind flying/driving in from Indianapolis & Knoxville. We stayed in the Mulberry Inn right on Bay Street.

On Friday night, we had dinner reservations at Rocks on the River in the Bohemian Hotel. Dinner was delicious-- I had the crab cakes. We had so much fun catching up over food and wine. After dinner, we headed up to the top floor of the hotel to a roof top bar called Rocks on the Roof. As soon as we got there we headed straight for the dance floor and didn't leave until the lights came on.

Saturday morning, we all tried our best to sleep in, but ended up getting up around 9.... oh the joys of being grown-ups. Once we all got ready for the day we did a trolley tour of Savannah and stopped at a Mexican restaurant for lunch. Then we walked down River Street, stopping in the open air market and of course, River Street Sweets.

We had dinner reservations at a tapas restaurant called Jazz'd on Saturday night, which was another delicious meal. After dinner at Jazz'd we headed to Savannah Smiles, the dueling piano bar. There were so many bachelorettes there-- at one point they called us up on stage. I'm pretty sure there were like eight of us. Most of the brides-to-be were also getting married on April 30th. Sadly, the weekend had to come to an end. On Sunday we packed up, went to breakfast and headed back to Atlanta.

1 week from today I will be Mrs. Ostenson!! (I'm pretty sure the first time someone calls me that I am going to look around the room for James' mom)

Savannah Bound

It's finally here! The much anticipated bachelorette weekend in Savannah. I am so excited and can't wait to spend all weekend with my best girlfriends! It is bound to be a weekend full of fun. I'll be sure to blog and post pictures upon our return!

Spring Showers!

In addition to the Monograms and Mimosas shower in February, there were three other wedding showers this spring. On March 13th, my flower girl, Lila and her mom Linda threw a kitchen shower in my honor. I have known Linda for years. She and her husband lived across from my parents house as newlyweds and I went over to hold each of her three children as they were born. Growing up, I babysat for the Grass kids and they all feel like family to us. Here is a picture with the sweet hostesses and a few more pictures from the lovely kitchen shower/bridal tea at the Grass's house:

The next shower was a couples shower on March 19th. The shower was St Patricks Day themed and it was so much fun for James to get the whole "shower experience". Although I would say the couples shower was much more of a party than a shower--either way we had a blast! The shower was hosted by some of our closest friends and was held at James' friend, Fareed's, house in Virginia Highlands. Here are some pictures from the St. Paddys Day shower:

The fourth and final shower was hosted by my Aunts Mary Ellen and Dee Jay. This shower was a bridal tea, and the theme was "Tea and Tiaras". My extremely creative Aunts made little tiaras for everyone to wear and a special bridal tiara for me. It was definitely a verryyy girly shower, with a good time had by all. The shower was the first time Lydia and Lila, my flower girls, got to meet each other. At first Lydia was a little shy, but in no time, her and Lila were in the backyard playing on the swing set. It was so adorable. Here are a few pictures from the tea and tiaras shower:

And now, for the scariest picture of this blogs history thus far....

Can anyone say crazy eyes? James is so lucky that in just 20 short days he gets to wake up to this face for the rest of his life...