Stuffing Party!

Invitations are stuffed, sealed and ready to be mailed! Wow, I guess we really have to get married. :) Thank you to my bridesmaid, Ginger, hostesses, Margo and Kimberly and good friend, Stephanie for coming over this evening to help me stuff what seemed like the most complicated mailing I have ever done in my life. Just a reminder, I do a lot of mailings for my job.

Of course I tempted them with pizza and wine and Chris made cookies for all of us. Thanks honey!

Invitations will be put in the mail on Saturday, so be on the lookout for those in your mailboxes and PLEASE send the rsvp cards back! PLEASE!!! It will make my life just a little easier.

Here are a few pictures from the stuffing party...

Bridal Shower

Oh my! The wedding is getting close. My bridal shower was held earlier this month and it was wonderful! Thank you so much to my aunt, Monika Masi, Rehka Auntie, Ginger, Erin, my mom and everyone else who was there. It was such a special day and I felt so loved!

My friends all learned where I get my hostessing skills that day. I take after the women in my life who also love to entertain.

Here are a few pictures from the afternoon.

The entrance to Monika's House

My very cute penguins my aunt made for the party

The hostesses with the mostesses (and Prisha)

Kimberly, Margo and me...my two hostesses for the wedding

Ginger, Erin and Me - Two of my Three Bridesmaids

Dina, Jamie and Me

June Update (in July)

Update time! Sorry I haven't been posting. It has been a busy month.

Let's see...what is going on in the life of Reema and Chris. We celebrated my 29th birthday earlier in the month. My last birthday as a Tandan and of my 20s... kind of a big deal. Chris and I celebrated with my family by going out to dinner at Fadi's and then making our way over to Dessert Gallery for cake. It was a fun evening and I was happy to celebrate with everyone. That Friday we went out with our friends to a great sushi restaurant and then to our favorite wine bar (Block 7).

On June 15th we celebrated our one-year anniversary of being engaged. I still can't believe it has been a year since Chris asked me to marry him. Time certainly has gone by fast. We celebrated by going to dinner at Max's Wine Dive (which is where I actually wanted to go the night he proposed, but for some reason I thought there was an event happening that night. There wasn't, so we could have gone there). I know it isn't where we went last year, but hey, it's owned by the Tasting Room!

At the end of the month Chris and I booked our honeymoon! We will be spending 7 glorious days in Hawaii. We booked 99 days before the wedding and 100 days before the reception. Booking the honeymoon reminded both of us that the wedding is almost here! I cannot wait. We just need to make it through the next 3 months and we will finally be married.

And finally...Chris is finished with his MBA! He finished this week and is an honor graduate. I am so proud of him and all the work that he has done to get this degree. Needless to say, there will be a celebration at the end of the month. I will post pictures once that happens.

Until next time...have a great 4th of July everyone!

Wedding Ring Shopping

One more thing to check off the list! Chris and I bought our wedding bands in the middle of May. Yes, I know it is June and I haven't blogged in a month. Sorry!

Regardless, we drove up to San Antonio on a Saturday morning and after our regular stop at Buckees we made our way to Americus Diamonds.



This is the same store that Chris bought the engagement ring. I had my ring cleaned and tightened and enjoyed a glass of Cristalino. While waiting Chris and I looked at some of the other rings. Of course my eyes went to the 5 karat diamonds. The salesman saw me looking and pulled a beautiful square cut diamond that was about as big as my hand. Maybe in 25 years we can upgrade to that ring, but for now I am satisfied with my ring. :)

Once my ring came back out we started looking for Chris's ring. Mine was already picked out. It matches the band on my engagement ring. I love it!! Chris's took a little while longer, but he found something he liked (and that I was okay with!). I really wanted to wear my ring for the rest of the day, but that was not allowed. Oh well, I just have four more months to wait for it.

Guest Book Added!

We added a guest book down at the bottom of the page. I know you have to sign in on google to write comments and that can be annoying. So, we added this to the bottom of the page! We would to ready your comments.

Reema and Chris

So Thankful...

I am so incredibly thankful for Chris and my relationship. We had a big scare last night, but thankfully everything is okay. I don't feel like going into all of the details but the short story is I ate something that got caught in my throat. I could breathe and was talking and walking, so we knew it was okay for the most part. Chris rushed me into the car and got me to the emergency clinic. Note to all of you, if you have a minor emergency where you aren't bleeding and are still bleeding, go to one of these places. I didn't even have to sit in the waiting room.

They took my vitals, gave me some really good medicine to relax me (I was extremely relaxed). I played be-jeweled on Chris's phone - he said I wouldn't stop. They came and took me for a CT scan, but this point the drugs had hit and I remember looking up and thinking there were a set of eyes staring at me.

Finally they took me back to my room and gave me even more meds to knock me out for the most part, but I was still awake. I have no recollection of being awake. I thought I went to sleep. They also asked Chris to leave the room at this point. That made me sad and I know Chris wasn't to happy to not be there with me.

Regardless, they did get the object out of my throat. They called Chris back in and I was saying something they couldn't asked. They asked Chris what I was saying. He said, she says "I am not going to floss tonight".

They took another x-ray to make sure everything was gone and eventually let us go home. Chris said we were home by midnight. That really isn't a bad amount of time to be at a clinic...8 pm - 12 am. Had we gone to the emergency room I would have gotten home at noon today.

I am so thankful that Chris is on his toes about things like this and knew what he had to do to make sure I was okay. I hope I would be the same for him as well. Though, I hope nothing like this happens again.

...I have the scans from the CT...I can't upload them...but once I look at them I will determine if I want to put them online.

Call Me Bond...James Bond

Nothing makes me happier than checking off a "to do" on our wedding checklist. Today, we got to check off the tux rentals.

Chris and I went over to Men's Warehouse today and picked out what he, the groomsmen and ushers will be wearing the night of the reception. Chris did ask why I needed to go since he has no say in what I or my bridesmaids wear, but in reality I was just there to fill out the paperwork (Chris's handwriting is not the best) and to make sure my email was on there somewhere so I could keep track of who has gone for their fittings. I am leaving it up to Chris to get all of the guys to do this, but I would like to be in the loop about it. I must say, Chris did a great job picking everything out. The guys are going to look so handsome!

We also came up with a great title for our wedding ceremony. It is a Hindapalian Wedding. Thank Chris for that one!

Hooray for another completed task! Now to figure out outfits for my bridesmaids and also what I am going to wear...