They had already gone shopping one night, and Alex emailed me pictures, so I had an idea of what style she likes. She tried on four dresses tonight at the store, where we met her mom and her other sister, Paige. I'm not going to describe the dresses in detail because she still hasn't bought the dress, but there was one dress that she tried on that, when she came out, we all went "wow." I think that's a pretty good reaction. She had said the first time she tried it on only her sister was there and the reaction wasn't what she was hoping for. I like the dress a lot - her mom, her two sisters and Alex, too, but she has another store to check out. If this is the one she gets, Paige is the one to mention it - I can't wait to see the look in Josh's eyes the first time he sees her in this dress. It really reflects her personality. She looks beautiful in it.
We finished up and headed back to J&A's house. Kelsey's car was there, and I stayed to hang out for a little while. Josh helped me by fixing my iPod nano which tends to just shut down as I use it in the car. I brought it back to life one time, and he did tonight. Alex downloaded the pics I took of her in the different dresses so I don't have to worry about how to email them (I use hi res) and we talked about blogs we have been reading. I mentioned Stuff White People Like, which I read about on CNN and checked out - it's pretty funny. And it turns out that Alex had checked it out just lately, too. Only she got there through the blog site passive-aggressivenotes.com. That's a funny site. I've been reading it since she left after bringing me home.
When she did bring me home, we stopped at Arby's and got dinner, since Josh had already eaten, and brought it back to my house and we ate together and just talked. We hadn't spent a lot of time together for a while so it was great just to sit and catch up, and, as always with Alex, it's so easy and time flies so fast. Josh called three times before Alex actually left. I have such a good time when I talk with her. I love her so much and am so happy and lucky that Josh made such a good choice of partner. I have to admit that I didn't need a wedding ceremony, or a ceremony of any kind to feel like Alex was family, Josh's partner, or my daughter-in-law. I've felt that way for years. It seems so odd to think of women who think their sons pick women that they don't like (well, not so hard - that was my mother-in-law) or that put the son in an emotional tug of war. I'm so glad there is none of that. Whew - life is too short to have to live it that way. Josh and I are so lucky that he found Alex and her entire family. They're keepers!!
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