I took Monday off and Neeley, Kelsey, Aunt Tammy and I all drove to Lubbock because Neeley's wedding dress came in! We went down thinking she would try it on and leave it for alterations but "Bella" as we named her fit like a glove. It was a very surreal moment seeing Neeley in her actual wedding dress and not just one she was trying on. I tried to hide behind my camera and snap some photos of the moment.... none of which I can show now because it would ruin the big reveal.... but it was a moment of going "Oh ok you really are going to get married, ok ok we can do this!" My Aunt Tammy cried and I know that moment was realization for her as well. So we packed "Bella" up and went to lunch then decided to stop by Dillard's to see if their selection of shoes and accessories had what Amarillo didn't.
Neeley got her wedding shoes and jewelery.... it is AMAZING and very Neeley! Kelsey got some heels she can walk in and wear with her dress and I got some awesome shoes to go with mine!
I was so thankful to be able to take the day off to spend doing wedding stuff with them! Sometimes you just need a day to run around town with your people.
We got home way late and after thinking about leaving "Bella" in the car overnight Neeley and I decided we should bring her in. If any of our neighbors had been looking outside at midnight monday night they may have thought we were stuffing a dead body in our house because "Bella" is a big ole girl in her body bag.
As much as Drew and I have tried to get out of our best man/maid of honor speeches I know we will be faced with that task come wedding time... there is no gettting out of anything in this family. It's not at all that I don't want to give a little speech, it is just that I know with complete certainity I will not be able to express the relationship Neeley and I share and how much she means to me. I would fail at this task on a lazy night in our house on the couch so I know that standing in front of a room full of people I will fail miserably. I have started preparing for that moment though.... thinking ahead about what I may want to say... maybe thinking about it 3 months ahead of time will get me completely prepared. Who am I kidding we will all be a blubbering mess at that time.
