I am so happy to announce that we are no longer WAITING on a wedding! The wedding has come and gone and it was, by far, the most incredible day of my life. Everything was perfect. The weather was incredible for April (low 60s and a little windy), everyone looked gorgeous, and all my little details ended up perfectly in place despite my worrying.
When I woke up on Friday I rolled over to my sister Morgan (with whom I was sharing my bed) and said, "I'm not getting married today, right?" She disagreed, told me to get my lazy butt out of bed and went to make me coffee. I called my Godmama who also told me that YES, I was indeed getting married but to stay in bed as long as I needed. :-)
Morgan, LA and I headed over to the Hilton where we had rented a room to get ready. My stylist Suzanne was already there and Barry had made a morning run to Bodos for us. I was so calm but even more so when Suzie showed up with Baby Grey. I just walked around with him the rest of the morning waiting for my turn for hair and makeup. Nothing is better than a sleeping baby (and an adorable one at that!) The room at the Hilton was awesome. We had a lot of space, a door outside, and all the girls had room to get ready. My aunts were all at the same hotel so they could come and go as they pleased. We ended up riding to the ceremony in the Hilton Garden Inn shuttle (every bride's DREAM getaway car!) driven by my main man Milton. Milton stayed on call for us the entire day and night - driving people back and forth to the reception/hotel.
The ceremony was gorgeous. I was so excited when I came around the corner and saw my big Seth waiting to open the church doors for me and daddy. And then when he did it all became very surreal. I just remember looking at everyone on the bride's side of the church and thinking, all of these people came here for ME. How blessed I am.
Half way down the aisle Daddy said, "He better stop crying before I start," and I looked up to see Christopher tearing. Had to be the best moment of my life. Normally I'm quite the slob around the house. Since I teach kindergarten I rarely dress up/apply makeup, so to think that he was that overwhelmed was really pretty great.
We went and got a ton of photos taken between the ceremony and the reception. It was chilly outside so we had to wear pashminas for a lot of them or just stick out the wind. We took photos on the downtown mall where a man was playing a fiddle (we all got to dance along) and on the UVA lawn. During the lawn session a "brigade" of bagpipers walked behind us - such an amazing spontaneous event!
Once we got to the reception things only got better. Everyone seemed to have an INCREDIBLE time, the food was great, the service was amazing, and my man Tyke was a fabulous DJ.
I tried so hard to take in every moment as it happened because I knew it would be over too soon. The bridal dance was a blast and I polka'ed until I literally fell on the floor.
Watching Christopher try to break through the crowd of guests to "rescue" me was hilarious. No one suspected he'd get sneaky and hit the floor. I think Lindsey's husband Tyler body-checked him more than once.
Now we are back from our little mini-honeymoon in Virginia Beach and it's back to the real world tomorrow. I slept a LOT during vacation - I had no idea how exhausted I was from planning the big affair. :-) I'm ready to see my kids tomorrow but not ready to be out of wedding mode!
WE ARE FINALLY MARRIED! WOOHOO! Thank you to everyone who was a part of our day and so graciously gave their time to drive to Virginia to be with us. A special thanks to the bridal party and especially my parents without whom we would still be waiting on a wedding.
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When I woke up on Friday I rolled over to my sister Morgan (with whom I was sharing my bed) and said, "I'm not getting married today, right?" She disagreed, told me to get my lazy butt out of bed and went to make me coffee. I called my Godmama who also told me that YES, I was indeed getting married but to stay in bed as long as I needed. :-)
Morgan, LA and I headed over to the Hilton where we had rented a room to get ready. My stylist Suzanne was already there and Barry had made a morning run to Bodos for us. I was so calm but even more so when Suzie showed up with Baby Grey. I just walked around with him the rest of the morning waiting for my turn for hair and makeup. Nothing is better than a sleeping baby (and an adorable one at that!) The room at the Hilton was awesome. We had a lot of space, a door outside, and all the girls had room to get ready. My aunts were all at the same hotel so they could come and go as they pleased. We ended up riding to the ceremony in the Hilton Garden Inn shuttle (every bride's DREAM getaway car!) driven by my main man Milton. Milton stayed on call for us the entire day and night - driving people back and forth to the reception/hotel.
Half way down the aisle Daddy said, "He better stop crying before I start," and I looked up to see Christopher tearing. Had to be the best moment of my life. Normally I'm quite the slob around the house. Since I teach kindergarten I rarely dress up/apply makeup, so to think that he was that overwhelmed was really pretty great.
We went and got a ton of photos taken between the ceremony and the reception. It was chilly outside so we had to wear pashminas for a lot of them or just stick out the wind. We took photos on the downtown mall where a man was playing a fiddle (we all got to dance along) and on the UVA lawn. During the lawn session a "brigade" of bagpipers walked behind us - such an amazing spontaneous event!
WE ARE FINALLY MARRIED! WOOHOO! Thank you to everyone who was a part of our day and so graciously gave their time to drive to Virginia to be with us. A special thanks to the bridal party and especially my parents without whom we would still be waiting on a wedding.
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