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Brilliant_Rock
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At long last, I’m back ladies! First, I owe everyone a sincere apology. I had meant to post right after the wedding, but then felt that I never had enough time to truly devote to the post, and I really didn’t have any great pics, etc. Then I really just needed some time after all of the wedding planning to just….be married! I needed a break from all the wedding “stuff” maybe. Anyway, all excuses! I know some of you must have wondered where I’ve gone! I still lurk, that’s for sure I’d really like to become a more active poster.
I have been tempted to write quick posts in “Newlyweds” but I know I needed to start here!
One hundred thousand thank yous to all of you who have helped me through the LIW and wedding planning process for these almost 2 years since I joined PS. You are amazing, each of you! I’m thrilled to have found this community.
I hope all the posters I got to know in the very beginning that have “graduated” from BIW still lurk on occasion (sunnyd, elledizzy, meresal, and many others!) So many helped me so very much! Of course, mer is about to give birth, so it may be awhile before she makes it to these parts!
Ok, I know you all just want PICS! Here are some! When you scroll back to actually read this part, here’s the recap of the day:
We were married January 2 in mid-Michigan – on the coldest day of the year. I think when we said our vows it was 5 degrees, with a windchill well below zero! We had just under 200 guests. We were married in a Roman Catholic ceremony at 1 pm, and had a dinner and dancing reception that evening in an old 1920s theater ballroom, which was beautiful. Our colors were black and white and ivory, with a little gold in there. Flowers were mostly callas, and the BMs wore any black dress of their choosing. I absolutely adored how everything turned out.
My husband lost his voice during the rehearsal dinner, and it didn’t come back until Tuesday after the wedding! Turns out he had pneumonia! We didn’t find this out until that next Wednesday after his cough wasn’t getting better and we finally went in for an xray. But I think all the adrenaline let him rally and he felt ok on the big day.
Everything really went perfectly well. Things that could have been better:
• My flowers froze to death! Notice in the later pics they are brown! Oh, well! Flowers freeze, after all, and the outdoor photo shoot didn’t help.
• I forgot to assign someone to distribute boutonnieres and corsages until about 4 minutes before the ceremony. Oops! So it was a scramble, but somebody (probably my AMAZING MOH) made it happen.
Funny story:
• My husband lost his voice and therefore couldn’t deliver the toast he had written and memorized. His sister and my maid of honor offered to do it on his behalf (so sweet) but he needed to type it up. So he actually left during dinner for about 20 minutes to a random office in the back of the facility to do so. While he was gone, my bridesmaids best friend (an adorable 20-year-old who, frankly, is pretty wild but a total blast) came to sit next to me. I’ve known her for 15 years, we’re fairly close. So she’s sitting there and we’re chatting and I’m eating and some guests (who do not see or notice that DH is not next to me) start to do the whole glass-clinking thing to get the bride and groom to kiss. So she and I look at one another and, without missing a beat, give each other a smooch on the lips! We both crack up, and my dad, who is fairly reserved, says to the table “Now it’s a party!” So funny.
Beautiful moments/advice/other ponderings:
• NOTHING MATTERS the day of the wedding, except that your FI will be there waiting for you. Honestly, it’s as if the whole world just fades away. When DH whispered his vows to me (because he literally couldn’t talk!), it was one of the most beautiful and precious moments of my life. I replay those few seconds over and over in my head nearly every day. What an amazing thing.
• It helped so much to have assigned my hostesses several duties beforehand. They took care of so much and I was amazed by it. Then I remembered I had planned all of that, and realized how worth it that was. Example: distribute programs to the bridal parties seats so they’ll know the words to the opening song. Done! They did a great job.
Ok, I’ll try to comment on the pics to give you the rest of the story – enjoy!!
ETA: And I didn't comment on the first pic! Ok, so we wanted to honor those who have passed in our families, so we lit a small votive candle for each of them. I printed labels for each that say "In honor of" and then their names. We allowed folks who were close to those people to take them home. A lot of guests commented on how nice that was. It made me happy to see the candles glowing during the ceremony.
I have been tempted to write quick posts in “Newlyweds” but I know I needed to start here!
One hundred thousand thank yous to all of you who have helped me through the LIW and wedding planning process for these almost 2 years since I joined PS. You are amazing, each of you! I’m thrilled to have found this community.
I hope all the posters I got to know in the very beginning that have “graduated” from BIW still lurk on occasion (sunnyd, elledizzy, meresal, and many others!) So many helped me so very much! Of course, mer is about to give birth, so it may be awhile before she makes it to these parts!
Ok, I know you all just want PICS! Here are some! When you scroll back to actually read this part, here’s the recap of the day:
We were married January 2 in mid-Michigan – on the coldest day of the year. I think when we said our vows it was 5 degrees, with a windchill well below zero! We had just under 200 guests. We were married in a Roman Catholic ceremony at 1 pm, and had a dinner and dancing reception that evening in an old 1920s theater ballroom, which was beautiful. Our colors were black and white and ivory, with a little gold in there. Flowers were mostly callas, and the BMs wore any black dress of their choosing. I absolutely adored how everything turned out.
My husband lost his voice during the rehearsal dinner, and it didn’t come back until Tuesday after the wedding! Turns out he had pneumonia! We didn’t find this out until that next Wednesday after his cough wasn’t getting better and we finally went in for an xray. But I think all the adrenaline let him rally and he felt ok on the big day.
Everything really went perfectly well. Things that could have been better:
• My flowers froze to death! Notice in the later pics they are brown! Oh, well! Flowers freeze, after all, and the outdoor photo shoot didn’t help.
• I forgot to assign someone to distribute boutonnieres and corsages until about 4 minutes before the ceremony. Oops! So it was a scramble, but somebody (probably my AMAZING MOH) made it happen.
Funny story:
• My husband lost his voice and therefore couldn’t deliver the toast he had written and memorized. His sister and my maid of honor offered to do it on his behalf (so sweet) but he needed to type it up. So he actually left during dinner for about 20 minutes to a random office in the back of the facility to do so. While he was gone, my bridesmaids best friend (an adorable 20-year-old who, frankly, is pretty wild but a total blast) came to sit next to me. I’ve known her for 15 years, we’re fairly close. So she’s sitting there and we’re chatting and I’m eating and some guests (who do not see or notice that DH is not next to me) start to do the whole glass-clinking thing to get the bride and groom to kiss. So she and I look at one another and, without missing a beat, give each other a smooch on the lips! We both crack up, and my dad, who is fairly reserved, says to the table “Now it’s a party!” So funny.
Beautiful moments/advice/other ponderings:
• NOTHING MATTERS the day of the wedding, except that your FI will be there waiting for you. Honestly, it’s as if the whole world just fades away. When DH whispered his vows to me (because he literally couldn’t talk!), it was one of the most beautiful and precious moments of my life. I replay those few seconds over and over in my head nearly every day. What an amazing thing.
• It helped so much to have assigned my hostesses several duties beforehand. They took care of so much and I was amazed by it. Then I remembered I had planned all of that, and realized how worth it that was. Example: distribute programs to the bridal parties seats so they’ll know the words to the opening song. Done! They did a great job.
Ok, I’ll try to comment on the pics to give you the rest of the story – enjoy!!
ETA: And I didn't comment on the first pic! Ok, so we wanted to honor those who have passed in our families, so we lit a small votive candle for each of them. I printed labels for each that say "In honor of" and then their names. We allowed folks who were close to those people to take them home. A lot of guests commented on how nice that was. It made me happy to see the candles glowing during the ceremony.
congrats 
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