Back and Married!
As most of you already know, Mitch and I got married on Friday, September 12th.
It was an awesome day. I was not nervous at all until the morning of the wedding. That morning I woke up at 6am after going to bed at 1am and had a giant knot in my stomach (apparently Mitch did too). I was all of a sudden terrified. Terrified that I had to read my vows (which I had written myself and I am not at all confident in my writing skills) in front of 85 people. Terrified that I would trip and fall. Terrified that HOLY CRAP all eyes would be on ME! This has NEVER been a problem for me. I LOVE being the center of attention, but some how the weight of how big this was hit me. At 6am.
I couldn't eat all day, my stomach was just full of butterflies. My parents, my bridesmaids, and my amazing friend Becky made sure to take care of me all morning. We got nails, hair and makeup taken care of while distracting me with movies such as The Wedding Crashers. I finally ate half of a sandwich, got dressed and started pictures at 3pm.
Mitch and I decided to take formal pictures before the ceremony. We're not much for wedding traditions, and I think it was one of the best decisions we could have made for our wedding. We staged a "first sight" set up for Mitch and I to see each other with the photographers in tow. He stood facing away from me at the end of a long hallway lined with windows. I walked up behind him and had him turn just before I got to him. At that moment I felt fine. I was no longer nervous, my stomach instantly relaxed and the rest of the day I was just a huge smile from ear to ear. Had we waited until after the ceremony to do this, not only would we have missed half of our wedding, I would have been a mess. Seeing Mitch put me right at ease, and I really think it was because I couldn't imagine facing something so important and life changing without him by my side. We are SO glad we chose to do it this way.
The pictures and the ceremony had to be moved inside due to the rain. Yes, it rained on my wedding day. How ironic? I really thought I would be more upset about it, but I was really bummed for like 5 seconds and then we just went with it. My quote was "I'm already in the dress, we're gonna do this thing either way". You know what, I think it may have even turned out better being inside. Obviously I have nothing to compare it to, but we ended up getting married in front of a fireplace lined with candles, in front of wedding pictures of our parents and grandparents - most of mine who are no longer living - and it felt very romantic and intimate to me. Granted, I'm biased, and maybe it was a little cramped for the guests, but luckily it wasn't a very long ceremony so hopefully no one was too uncomfortable. We wrote our own vows. Our friend Patrick married us and wrote the entire ceremony with only a rough outline from us of how we wanted it to flow. It was perfect. Especially the part when my Dad gave me away and handed Mitch a bank bag (filled with bottle caps that I've collected for years) with a giant dollar sign my Mom had embroidered on the front as my Dowry. HA! Mitch had mentioned doing this as a joke to my parents back when we first started planning and my Dad really went with it. He actually found an actual cloth bank bag, which they apparently don't even use anymore. It was awesome. I hope someone has a picture of it, because it happened quickly. I'm pretty sure he said "Please, take my daughter" when he handed it to him as well. LOVE IT. If nothing else it was totally "US" and I think that's the most important part.
Then the party started, and it is mostly a blur. I danced, I sang, I had an ice cream sundae. I had a great time and I was so happy to have everyone we cared about in one room. How often does that ever happen?
Then we went on our honeymoon to the Excellence Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This post is already long enough so I wont go into detail. It was wonderful weather, we had a lot of food and some drinks. There were a few bumps including some sickness that made it a little less enjoyable then we would have hoped, but it was good to get away and sit in the sun for hours each day. We are certainly happy to be home however. Feels like we've been gone for months.
If you're interested in looking at pictures of the wedding there are some up on our wedding Flickr account.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchandmolly2008
There are a bunch up there already from our guests, and we will be posting the professional ones there once we get them back as well. I suggest clicking on the "wedding" set to the right hand side of the page, they are in better order in there. Also Bachelorette photos (what did they do to me?) and various other events if you're interested.
:)
Happy as a clam.
It was an awesome day. I was not nervous at all until the morning of the wedding. That morning I woke up at 6am after going to bed at 1am and had a giant knot in my stomach (apparently Mitch did too). I was all of a sudden terrified. Terrified that I had to read my vows (which I had written myself and I am not at all confident in my writing skills) in front of 85 people. Terrified that I would trip and fall. Terrified that HOLY CRAP all eyes would be on ME! This has NEVER been a problem for me. I LOVE being the center of attention, but some how the weight of how big this was hit me. At 6am.
I couldn't eat all day, my stomach was just full of butterflies. My parents, my bridesmaids, and my amazing friend Becky made sure to take care of me all morning. We got nails, hair and makeup taken care of while distracting me with movies such as The Wedding Crashers. I finally ate half of a sandwich, got dressed and started pictures at 3pm.
Mitch and I decided to take formal pictures before the ceremony. We're not much for wedding traditions, and I think it was one of the best decisions we could have made for our wedding. We staged a "first sight" set up for Mitch and I to see each other with the photographers in tow. He stood facing away from me at the end of a long hallway lined with windows. I walked up behind him and had him turn just before I got to him. At that moment I felt fine. I was no longer nervous, my stomach instantly relaxed and the rest of the day I was just a huge smile from ear to ear. Had we waited until after the ceremony to do this, not only would we have missed half of our wedding, I would have been a mess. Seeing Mitch put me right at ease, and I really think it was because I couldn't imagine facing something so important and life changing without him by my side. We are SO glad we chose to do it this way.
The pictures and the ceremony had to be moved inside due to the rain. Yes, it rained on my wedding day. How ironic? I really thought I would be more upset about it, but I was really bummed for like 5 seconds and then we just went with it. My quote was "I'm already in the dress, we're gonna do this thing either way". You know what, I think it may have even turned out better being inside. Obviously I have nothing to compare it to, but we ended up getting married in front of a fireplace lined with candles, in front of wedding pictures of our parents and grandparents - most of mine who are no longer living - and it felt very romantic and intimate to me. Granted, I'm biased, and maybe it was a little cramped for the guests, but luckily it wasn't a very long ceremony so hopefully no one was too uncomfortable. We wrote our own vows. Our friend Patrick married us and wrote the entire ceremony with only a rough outline from us of how we wanted it to flow. It was perfect. Especially the part when my Dad gave me away and handed Mitch a bank bag (filled with bottle caps that I've collected for years) with a giant dollar sign my Mom had embroidered on the front as my Dowry. HA! Mitch had mentioned doing this as a joke to my parents back when we first started planning and my Dad really went with it. He actually found an actual cloth bank bag, which they apparently don't even use anymore. It was awesome. I hope someone has a picture of it, because it happened quickly. I'm pretty sure he said "Please, take my daughter" when he handed it to him as well. LOVE IT. If nothing else it was totally "US" and I think that's the most important part.
Then the party started, and it is mostly a blur. I danced, I sang, I had an ice cream sundae. I had a great time and I was so happy to have everyone we cared about in one room. How often does that ever happen?
Then we went on our honeymoon to the Excellence Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This post is already long enough so I wont go into detail. It was wonderful weather, we had a lot of food and some drinks. There were a few bumps including some sickness that made it a little less enjoyable then we would have hoped, but it was good to get away and sit in the sun for hours each day. We are certainly happy to be home however. Feels like we've been gone for months.
If you're interested in looking at pictures of the wedding there are some up on our wedding Flickr account.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchandmolly2008
There are a bunch up there already from our guests, and we will be posting the professional ones there once we get them back as well. I suggest clicking on the "wedding" set to the right hand side of the page, they are in better order in there. Also Bachelorette photos (what did they do to me?) and various other events if you're interested.
:)
Happy as a clam.