Meet the Parent

Yesterday was a big day for me and Brad...our parents met. Well, to be more exact, his parents met my mother. My mom has graciously given up hours of her study time (she's back in school) in order to come and help me pick out my wedding dress (See previous blog). Thanks Mom for not studying for two whole days to help me out! She's a nerd. Now I know where I get it from. Unfortunately, my father had to stay back in Colorado. Boo. I miss you Dad. I hope the foot of snow and the 60 degree weather doesn't keep you in the house. Gotta love Colorado weather. Sorry, I digress, back to the story...so yesterday morning I fetched my mother from the airport and we were going to have lunch with Brad and his parents. It's always a little nerve racking having your parents meet. I know my mother is great and I know Brad's parents are wonderful, you just hope that they like each other. I mean, lets face it, we're each becoming apart of the other person's family. Brad will be the first "son" in my family. My poor father has had to put up with really dramatic and high maintenance women his entire life. He's gotten pretty good at tuning us out, and I don't blame him, so Brad is a welcomed addition to my family, especially for my dad. He now has more testosterone in the family to help balance things out. I will be the first and only daughter in-law on Brad's side of the family. Luckily, Brad's parents have plenty of experience with girls, they have three of them. I am super excited to be apart of their family and cannot wait to get to know them better. Again, I digress...sorry. So Brad's parents came over to my apartment (our future apartment), saw the place and met my mother. I wish it was more dramatic, like the skies cleared and a rainbow came bursting through the clouds as the birds sang outside the window. Unfortunately, that did not happen. (Although, another side note, I really wish life were like a musical and lovely things happened like that all the time. Better yet, I wish life were like the television show, Glee. More on this later.) Anyway, they met, we went to lunch, it was lovely. I am so excited that they have met each other, and they like each other! I'm really excited for my dad to meet them in May for graduation. That will be awesome.

Well, I'm T-minus one hour until we're on our way to find a wedding dress! Keep your fingers crossed!