For brides with long distance moms

Yeah, this is going to be rough. I'm in the Bay Area and my mom is in Colorado.

@Nicole just be sure to update her as much as you can! I sent mine pictures of the STD's we picked out, centerpiece ideas, and pictures of the bouquets I'm having made and I took her dress shopping with me! I'm going to ask her to go shopping together for her dress, help pick out invitations, help me put centerpieces together, and I'm sure more as it comes up. We can still keep our mom's highly involved!

Oh yeah. My mom will want to be included in everything. I know she'll fly out for the dress shopping and whatever pre-wedding events we have. Her best friend is my paper guru (she is a scrapbooking goddess. She makes all her own Christmas cards and stuff), so she's leading the way in making my invites, and I know my mom will want to be there for that, too.

I live in Hawaii and my mom was in Colorado, so yeah there was quite the distance between us! But there were lots of Skype calls and she probably was sick of me telling her every detail. For mother's day I had someone go with me to my dress fitting and she took a video of me sending a message to my mom and that way she could see my dress on me (she had only seen pictures up to that point). It was hard for her not seeing me in my dress till the wedding day but she was so happy and emotional watching me put it on the day of for the firs time.

I feel you on this one. I live in Georgia and my mom moved to California last year. Going shopping for my dress for the first time in Wednesday. Really going to miss her being there and I know it will be hard on her since I am an only child.

Talk about long distance! I'm on Maui and Mom is in Charleston SC. She's been very supportive though -- lots of texts with pics and links, lots of great ideas, lots of listening to my babbling. She visited at the beginning of this month, and we went to my local bridal expo together. I'm the youngest of her kids, so she's helped with four weddings already and really knows what she's doing!

My mom (and dad) live in CT and I moved to NC about two years ago. I am not sure if my mom is sick of me calling her yet, but I call her with a bunch of details and try to send as many pictures as I can. I do think that she wishes we could be closer - so she could be even more involved.

I went to visit family (FH and I are from the same hometown, so we went back for a week) and I went dress shopping with both my mom, FMIL, (and my sister). I didn't end up finding the dress I felt comfortable in (though my mom and FMIL thought I did - the dress was very pretty, just VERY uncomfortable to wear). So when my sister came to visit me about 4 months later, we went dress shopping and I found the one -- I think my mom was slightly upset that she wasn't here. However, she won't say that to me. I then went back home to visit about 6 months later (after my sister visited) and helped my mom choose her dress. She is now going to visit in about two weeks, with my dad, (the last time they were here was when they helped me move) and they want to see as much as they can for the wedding (venues, lines, meet as many vendors as possible, etc). So that'll be a fun visit!!

ETA: During our last visit to CT.. our moms (and my sister) threw us our wedding shower. So she was totally excited to be able to plan all that! (It was so amazing, it just blew our minds).

My mom lives in Ohio and I live in Florida. I'm super close with her and askes for updates daily (I call her like 3 times a day)! She's making my dress and next week she's flying to FL and we've got a great list of things to do. Pick out dress fabric, pick out BM dresses, make DIY decorations, and go to a Bridal show. I seriously can't wait!

My mom lives in LA, where we're getting married while FH and I live on the east coast. My mom and I picked out the venue together because DH couldn't make the trip to CA. We went dress shopping together and I will have it altered in LA, so she'll get to go with me for those appointments and keep the dress safe for me.

I'm in Michigan and my parents are in Florida. I basically send her pictures of every tiny thing that I'm considering. She was able to come here for dress shopping and the shower, which was amazing. I wish she was closer though! I do a lot of planning with FMIL, who basically lives across the street from me, and I know that's hard for her too.

Mom and I are three hours apart. I discuss alot of the planning with her and send pictures. She was able to go dress shopping with me and I will go dress shopping with her when she is ready to get her dress :-)

I live in Arizona and my mom is in California. She came out to visit last summer, and I was able to take her to the shop when I was measured for sizing for my dress. She had also been out before that and was able to go dress shopping with me. This is my second marriage, so not as important to have Mom this time around. Not that I don't want or ask for her advice. I've shared with her our plans and she's a least been more excited than FH's parents.