Valentine's Eve Wedding Update

Exclusive to the blog from the Bridal Frontlines:

While Portia and her Fiance were here this weekend for the baptism (see post below for details), we had a chance to review the wedding plans and make some more decisions. In honor of Valentine's Day tomorrow, here is a Mother of the Bride update.

* We engaged a string quartet and harp for the ceremony and the reception. Portia and Fiance did not want a band, DJ or dancing at the reception. "That's so NOT us," she explained. She wants classical music and a nice relaxed atmosphere so they can visit with all the guests. I'm one happy MOTB about that! It will be fun to help choose the music!

* We are not having a videographer, either. As Portia said, "we're not video people, we're book people. I want a nice album and we don't want video cameras in our faces. I don't think we'd look at that as much as we would a wedding album." Great!

* We have hired a photographer and he's going to take their engagement pictures in Hermann Park in Houston in a couple of weeks when they are back in town for Fiance to interview with the UT Health Science Center.

* They chose a "save the date" card which will be sent to everyone on the invitation list who lives out-of-state. Apparently "save the date" magnets are the trendy thing for young couples right now, but they decided they didn't want to do that.

* We looked at wedding invitations and they chose 3 favorites and decided to think about it and maybe make a decision on their next visit home. There's plenty of time to make that decision.

* Moeller's Bakery in Houston has been our family tradition for all our birthday and other celebration cakes. Portia had the brilliant idea of ordering petit fours from them to give as favors at the reception since the people who run the reception hall do all the catering, including the cakes. My resourceful SIL has already found cute individual pastry boxes online and arranged for the bakery to use them so all we have to do is pick them up the morning of the wedding.

It will all be SO Portia!