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GTKY: Wedding

Mustard76Mustard76 member
Fifth Anniversary 500 Comments 250 Love Its Name Dropper
edited November 2014 in Getting Pregnant
We got married in January of 2011 after an almost two year engagement. We got married in the lodge at a state park in Illinois. We picked the venue because it's gorgeous every season of the year, and it was really convenient to have our ceremony, reception, and our hotel all in the same place. Our colors were black and red with accents of silver, which went perfectly with the snowy white scenery. It was a wonderful winter day, despite the 4 below zero temperature. After our reception, we changed into our sweats and met our family and friends in the bar. Around midnight, it started to snow, the most perfect, magical kind of snow. Big, fat, wet snowflakes that fell in slow motion. Ted and I went outside on the balcony, just the two of us to get a better look at the view. It was the perfect night, so peacefully quiet like it always is during a snowfall. Sometimes I still get teary-eyed thinking of that night, our own little after party, during the most perfect snowfall.



We spent the next day bar hopping around the town with two sets of our friends and ordering pizza late at night. It was the perfect weekend; I wouldn't change a thing. We had a few issues, but nothing big enough to take up much room in my memory.

Re: GTKY: Wedding

  • brij2006brij2006 member
    5000 Comments Fifth Anniversary 500 Love Its First Answer
    edited November 2014
    Which state park was it at?

    ETA: Nevermind, it was Starved Rock wasn't it?  Gorgeous!

    TTC since 1/13  DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
    Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
    1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system. 
    Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
    Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340  Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
    Riley Elaine born 2/16/15

    TTC 2.0   6/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 9/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
    BFP 9/16  EDD 6/3/17
    Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
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  • @brij2006, it was Starved Rock.  I love it there.  It's such a beautiful place!
  • That place is beautiful.  You can never go wrong at any time of the year that you're there.

    TTC since 1/13  DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
    Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
    1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system. 
    Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
    Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340  Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
    Riley Elaine born 2/16/15

    TTC 2.0   6/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 9/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
    BFP 9/16  EDD 6/3/17
    Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
    www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com 
                        Image and video hosting by TinyPic

  • Beautiful wedding!
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  • Wow- that was beautiful!  I love your dress.
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  • Gorgeous! What's the story with the charm on you bouquet? I love those little special touches. 


    TTC since 3/2012 
    DH - 36; nml swimmers; Me - 36; almost no AMH (last 0.081), low AFC, nml FSH/LH
    Clomid + IUI #1 (6/2013) - BFN; #2 (7/2013) - BFFN
    IVF 1.0 5R/5F/2T (ET 6/11/2014) - no frosties, but BFP 8dp5dt (EDD 3/1/2015) 
    Lost our sweet baby boy, Lincoln Alexander 10/3/2014 (19w)
    IVF 2.0 - ER 3/25/2015 - 3R ZERO mature.
    Ovaries are done...
    DE IVF ER - 12/2/2016 (17R/10F = 8 frosties); FET 1.0 (1/27/2017) - BFP 6dp5dt (EDD 10/16/2017)
  • I have a tattoo on my left shoulder of an open-faced star with my Gramma's birthday running through the middle that I got right after she died. My mom went to a silver smith and asked him to make a star with a 1927 dime in the middle to resemble my tattoo. The morning of my wedding, she gave it to me with a card that said (I'm paraphrasing) that with that star on my bouquet she hoped that I would feel as if my Gramma was there holding my hand. Without question, it was the most thoughtful gift I have ever received. My mom is the sweetest!
  • Mustard76 said:
    I have a tattoo on my left shoulder of an open-faced star with my Gramma's birthday running through the middle that I got right after she died. My mom went to a silver smith and asked him to make a star with a 1927 dime in the middle to resemble my tattoo. The morning of my wedding, she gave it to me with a card that said (I'm paraphrasing) that with that star on my bouquet she hoped that I would feel as if my Gramma was there holding my hand. Without question, it was the most thoughtful gift I have ever received. My mom is the sweetest!
    Aww... that is awesome! What a sweet mama!


    TTC since 3/2012 
    DH - 36; nml swimmers; Me - 36; almost no AMH (last 0.081), low AFC, nml FSH/LH
    Clomid + IUI #1 (6/2013) - BFN; #2 (7/2013) - BFFN
    IVF 1.0 5R/5F/2T (ET 6/11/2014) - no frosties, but BFP 8dp5dt (EDD 3/1/2015) 
    Lost our sweet baby boy, Lincoln Alexander 10/3/2014 (19w)
    IVF 2.0 - ER 3/25/2015 - 3R ZERO mature.
    Ovaries are done...
    DE IVF ER - 12/2/2016 (17R/10F = 8 frosties); FET 1.0 (1/27/2017) - BFP 6dp5dt (EDD 10/16/2017)
  • Beautiful dress and photos! Brrr that's cold though!

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  • You and I had exactly opposite temperature weddings, and even though we loved ours, a wedding with snowfall as a backdrop sounds completely and totally romantic. Glad you had such an amazing day!
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