codi & joe – part 2: getting ready

so there’s no real day-of coordination or wedding planning advice in this post… but getting ready is one of my faaaaavorite parts of the entire day… getting pampered, fun girl bonding, the anticipation of the rest of the day, the last moments of girl talk pre-nuptials, etc. it’s just a good time. and a good time was definitely had by us bridesmaids with codi and her mom on saturday at revelations in lakewood.

three of the four of us bridesmaids had our nails done. i didn’t get the photos of myself from everyone else yet but here’s bridesmaids nicole and jenn getting purdy:

codi, bridesmaids nicole and jenni, and codi’s mom deena got their hair did, too. codi went for the lower chignon look:

jenni got some fun curly pinups:

nicole went with a simple pull back of her short ‘do:

and deena got this fun criss-cross up the back up-do with foofs on top (yes that’s my technical terminology…)

while we were all finishing up, codi had her makeup done allllll pretty.

then, we headed back to codi and joe’s house where codi’s cousin jessica, who is a stylist, finished up the hair and make up that needed tending to:

somewhere in the middle of all the primping, flower girl grace dressed like a fairy and announced to everyone that she wanted to wear THIS outfit instead of her polka dot flower girl dress. we were luckily able to talk her into the original dress although this is pretty darn cute

i think this is my favorite photo during the getting ready session: whose big day is it?

although i can’t talk much, look who did my make up! 

fiiiiiiiiiiiiinally we were allll ready and the time came to put on The Dress!!!!

i always have to get in photos of the photographershere’s corey ann catching a few shots of the dress hanging in the window.

i was a little busy helping codi get into the dress and tying her sash and such (so you’ll have to wait for corey ann’s photos…) to take photos of the putting on, but i got a couple of cute shots of codi allll ready to go. i was really excited i got to lend codi the pearls and earrings i wore on my wedding day for her “something borrowed.” they matched *perfectly* with her beautiful ivory gown.

quick photo opp of codi’s mom deena, brother eric and codi before we left!

then we got her into soon-to-be sister-in-law jenni’s suv…

as well as the entire girls-side of the bridal party – jenn and me, then gracie and nicole

…and by 2:45 pm we whisked her away to the church for our scheduled 3:00 pm formals at the church. plenty of time before the 4:30 pm ceremony.

by the way, if you were wondering, we jammed to o.a.r.’s crazy game of poker for the short ride from codi’s house to the church

coming up next: pre and post ceremony recaps!

previous posts:
mission moh recap
vendor preview
codi & joe – part 1: rehearsal