Piper is perfect!

Piper is the perfect name for our new baby. She's definitely got a set of pipes on her. I think her name shall be...Piper Pavarotti Pinga. lol. But we're going to keep her. She's just too darn cute, and we're acting like two lovesick parents who are getting very little sleep but enjoying every minute.

Piper has blue eyes, and they're even prettier now than when we first got her. I've been wanting to videotape her, but haven't gotten around to charging the batteries on the camera.

As for the wedding, I found a dress! I bought it on Saturday, and I kinda flipped out on Sunday...worrying about whether I paid too much, whether it will be too big/fancy for a beach wedding, etc. My mom helped me get a very good deal on it...40% off! It's a designer dress, but it's a sample so it helped to get the price down.

Now, we just need to find a venue. Found a couple of places we LOVE, but they're all quite expensive. Everything is getting closer to $50,000!!! I would buy the loft next door and use that for a down payment before I'd drop that on a wedding!!! And since we're paying for this wedding on our own, it really doesn't make sense. There's got to be a place that's just as beautiful, elegant, not too stuffy, not too casual, and way under 50-grand!!??!!!