Last "Just Girls'" Night with Aunty One-L - Getting Ready!

After Rehearsal dinner, we went back and got the boys all situated in the condo and then Ava and I were on our way to head over to spend the night at the Honeymoon suite with the Bride-To-Be, her last night as an unmarried woman!  Of course we did not get wild and crazy because we were tired and we needed our sleep, but we did have a fun night of talking and anticipating the next BIG DAY that had finally arrived!  Melissa slept with Michele, While Ava and I crashed on the couch in the living room.  The view was amazing and the room was so very cool!  We had fun talking and then once Ava fell asleep, we snuck back and had a little more adult rated conversations. ;)  Andy had written Michele a letter and we all cried as she read it and we discussed how it had finally arrived and was finally really happening!  Very exciting.  Michele gave us each a beautiful pair of earrings and a bracelet and a wrist clutch from COACH!  It was so very nice and we were so excited! 

 

 

The Next morning was so much fun.  Between eating breakfast together in our HUGE suite, and getting ready, we all had a great time.  Michele was excited and relaxed which helped all of us too.  There was steaming of dresses, hair getting done by the hairstylist that came to our room, taking of pictures by the photographer that came to our room, and preparing of make-up.  Ava was a bit frustrated at one point, when the morning got a little long for a 7 year old girl, and she wanted to go get in the ocean that was just outside our window.  We went out to take some pictures of her and here right below us, out on the beach were the rest of our gang yelling and hollering like crazy trying to get our attention.  It was really funny and that made her feel a bit better that she got to see them! 

 

 

The Make-up / Hair artist did all of our hair and Michele's make-up.  :)  Her hair was amazing and it was really cool that she came and did it in the room we were in.  Michelle had a little Tiara for Ava's hair but it ended up being too heavy so we had to us a head band later on instead. :)  However, Ava did need help with getting her shoes buckled and Michele was the one that helped her and it made for  a sweet moment.   We joked a lot about the Hurricane coming. . .the weather was predicting it to be a big one!  Michele kept a good attitude though. :)  I really enjoyed her watching her come together as the beautiful bride she had dreamed of being.  She was so excited and shining so brightly with her beautiful smile as she was anticipating this moment we had been praying for for so many years.