The Bachelorette alum Andi Dorfman has celebrated her bridal shower as she anticipates marrying her fiance Blaine Hart.
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"The most La Dolce Vita shower today! Love my family so much for putting this on!" Andi captioned a slideshow of pictures. "Getting close!!! Drop some wedding advice below."
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In the photos, Andi, rocking a red lip and wearing a conservative white dress with pearl embellishments, posed with family and friends, including her mother and fellow The Bachelor 18 alum Kelly Travis.
"Loved loving on you today!!" commented Kelly, who competed against Andi for Juan Pablo Galavis' affection on The Bachelor in 2014.
Andi, who starred on The Bachelorette's tenth season, also showed off her cake -- which looked like a wedding gown -- blue and yellow favors and decorations, a large bouquet of yellow tulips, and a beautiful white flower arrangement.
Blaine had sent the white flower arrangement comprised of roses and hydrangeas to Andi.
The commercial real estate professional apparently wrote in the card, "Andi, Have the best shower. You more than deserve it. Absolutely cannot wait to marry you. Love always, Blaine."
Andi and Blaine recently bought a house together in Greenville, SC, and they're planning to get married this year.
"We've said a lot of things, a lot of cliche phrases like, 'Timing is everything,' [and] 'When you know, you know,'" Blaine told Us Weekly last year.
Andi admitted to the world she was in love in February 2022, and then one month later, she announced her engagement to Blaine. Andi wrote on Instagram in March 2022 that it was well "worth the wait."
Blaine popped the question on a beach in Los Angeles, CA, which just so happens to be the pair's special "spot" where often enjoy sunset cocktails.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWBlaine proposed with a ring designed by the same jeweler who had created Andi's mother's engagement ring nearly 40 years ago. Andi told People last year that her ring "symbolizes so much love and happiness."
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Andi told the magazine at the time that she and Blaine would love a summer wedding in Italy, where they had rekindled their romance in Summer 2021.
"I'll be honest," Andi said, "the idea of planning a wedding is overwhelming for me, but I joke with Blaine that I want to play the role of the groom during the wedding process and maybe he can narrow every option down to three and I'll choose from there. We'll see if that happens."
Andi initially revealed on Instagram in November 2021 that she was dating someone special, but she didn't disclose his identity at the time. She even posted photos on Instagram without showing his face.
But Andi officially introduced Blaine to the world via Instagram on New Year's Eve, ringing in 2022 in a big way.
And then on New Year's Day, Andi uploaded a photo of the pair posing side by side in formal attire outside of the swanky hotel.
"Cheers to a year filled with love and sparkles. 2022... I have a feeling you might very well be the best one yet! Happy New Year," Andi wrote alongside her post.
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"But it's fun for me to share it now, and it makes me feel good to see that people are truly happy that I finally found love," she said at the time.
Andi insisted her love for Blaine is different from what she had felt in past relationships.
"Not only do we love each other tremendously, but we like being with each other. We both just want to make the other happy and in turn our relationship is a lot of fun. That's the word I'd use to describe our relationship: fun," Andi boasted.
"It's not about it being easy or hard; that's not our barometer. I knew Blaine was different and I remember just hoping that the shoe wouldn't drop and this was the real deal and it turned out it was!"
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It turns out Andi and Blaine -- who claims he didn't watch her The Bachelorette season -- actually met 15 years ago and reunited in Summer 2021.
"He was kind of hitting me up a little bit," Andi explained of how she and Blaine exited the friend zone.
"And then we were both in Italy [on separate vacations]... And he basically said, 'I want to take you out for drinks' [and we've] been together ever since!"
Andi recalled meeting up with Blaine and having "no expectations," but she couldn't deny his good looks.
"When he walked into the bar... I was like, 'Dang, he's so cute,'" Andi gushed to Us last year.
Andi then tried to convince Blaine to move to Los Angeles, but he apparently won that debate.
Andi, a former assistant district attorney from Atlanta, GA, found fame when she appeared on The Bachelor's 18th season starring Juan Pablo.
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Andi and Josh announced their split on January 8, 2015. Almost two months later, Andi took to Twitter to reveal she had decided to move to New York City. She then relocated to California in June 2020.
Andi has written two tell-all memoirs, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After as well as Single State of Mind, the first of which bashes Josh and how he had treated her during their short-lived relationship.
Andi had accused Josh of being verbally abusive, temperamental and controlling in her book -- which Josh in turn called "fiction."
"I was disgusted with myself for what I put up with. I was a strong, independent woman and I allowed [Josh] to be [emotionally abusive]. Now, I know I don't want someone jealous or controlling. I know what won't make me happy in [the future]," Andi told People in 2016.
"We all have red flags in our relationships that we don't see. Looking back and seeing those red flags was very cathartic for me. I realized our relationship wasn't the highlight of my life like I thought it was. So I took it off the pedestal and realized all was not lost."
Andi admitted in January 2021 that she would have made very different choices on The Bachelorette if she could go back and do it all over again.
"Honestly, if I had to pick a different person from my season it would not have been Nick, who was second. It would have been Chris Soules, who was third," Andi said on the Dax Holt and Adam Glyn's "Hollywood Raw" podcast.
"He was my buddy, my friend. I really liked Nick and Josh... Chris was like my safety blanket. He was the guy I could go on a date with and I knew that we would have a good time. There wasn't a ton of pressure."
Andi, who was single at the time, said she wouldn't want to do the show again, even though she really enjoyed starring on The Bachelorette.
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