Hi ladies I've missed you guys. Here's my recap the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Friday-I got up early and went with my mom to the reception venue to pay for an an extra hour to allow for setup. After paying we ran into the guy who would be setting up our tables and he told me mom that she could come in the next morning to do whatever she needed to do in order to setup for the reception. Then we went and I picked up my wedding dress I got to try it on for the first time with my mom there she loved it. On the way to the rehearsal dinner got a call from my coordinator saying she had talked to the pastor who was still mad from our meeting earlier in the week with the music. He told her if there was any drama he would not perform our wedding. I was like are you serious what kind of people do he think we would bring. Can you say pissed? To me he should have told us earlier in the week when we met that he just did not want to do our wedding. I did not tell my fi this because he would have been livid. Rehearsal went well and we had a good time. Then when we went to eat dinner the pastor gonna say he was glad there was no drama.I spent my last night as a single woman with my mom we shared a hotel room together it was nice to have one-on-one time with my mom.
Saturday-I get up early 6:30 to head to the salon with my girls. We all got our hair done a few days before (Thursday and Friday) so we all just had to get our hair curled. The ladies at the salon had drinks and muffins for us. We had a nice time. The hairdresser was like you are extremely calm and I was. I had nothing to do that day but get my hair curled and get my makeup done then head to the church to get dressed. While we were there FI sent me a text about our day and beginning our lives together as one and it made me tear up. He also told me how nervous he he was. I responded babe don't be it just me!! Poor thing, he told me after the wedding he cried 4 times before it even began! After getting our hair done we left and all got our makeup done by MAC. Everyone looked beautiful. We head to the church in a limo and when we get there the photographer is there but the church is not open. Had to call someone to open it up. I wanted the wedding to start on time but it did not (We were so happy that both his parents were able to make it to the wedding. FI cried when they came down the aisle.) The people bringing fiance's parents did not leave their house until 4pm and it's about a 20 min drive. So instead of 4 it started at 4:30. Once it started things went fast. I was calm when they first opened the doors and was smiling until I got half way and I began to tear up but did not cry all the way. I got to the front and saw FI and he looked so handsome. The ceremony went quick and pastor continued to call me by my middle name then try to correct it with my first name Princess. They forgot to have the mothers light the unity candle but I didn't stress I told my coordinator to have someone sneak up there during the ceremony and light them while we were doing our vows. It worked! We finished around 4:50 took family pics then headed to the reception to take bridal party pics and to party..
Reception: The reception was nice we had a good time I love my now husband so much we just danced and enjoyed family and friends. I didn't eat much. The dj his dj buddy/partner did a great job he played every song. Everyone loved our venue.
Both the church and the reception venue were packed, we actually had to get more tables and chairs at the reception venue because people were lined up against the wall and standing. We did have a few pans of food left over and asked people to take them home after the caterer left. The end was pretty crazy fi got into with the security guard because he tried to give his cousin a ticket for music when he wasn't doing anything and fi knew this security guard/cop and that he was a bad cop so I had to get him out of there before he ended up in jail. We had so much cake left over because we cut it late so we practically gave it away. We ended the night with New Orleans Second Line music and dancing. We got to our room around 11pm and had to get up at 2am to head to the airport so we stayed up for a few minutes opening the cards that were in our card box and talking about the wedding. My husband kept saying Babe we are married and I kept saying yes babe we are!!! Then we.......went straight sleep we had to be up early to leave for the honeymoon!! Yeah about that so before I left I told you guys that we were taking a 7 day cruise all a lie!!! FI really surprised me. While we were taking pics at the reception venue he told me that we were really going to my dream honeymoon spot Sandal's Beach Montego Bay, Jamaica. I broke down in tears. This man is amazing!!! Every dream that I have had that I have told him he has literally made come true!
The Not so good: So we got back yesterday and found out today by one of my MOH that the day after the wedding the pastor proceeded to preach his entire sermon about our wedding. Saying that we had people there with their breasts out with tats all over them, I mean he talked really bad about us. The entire time we were at the church we were respectful and we changed our music. I feel like once we reached our reception site we could do what we wanted any church members that chose to come and stay beyond that point did so on their own. To me every negative thing he had to say he should have said in our faces and to strengthen our point his own nephew got married yesterday but sent me a message on wednesday saying they had a similiar issue with the music. So we are now looking for a new church home. My MOH friend left her shoes in the car that we had the accident in 45 mins away and didn't realize it until the day before the wedding then texted me to tell me she had a busted weave (not my problem and there was nothing I could do about it) I gave everybody the info for the girl that the bulk of us were using and she chose to go with someone else. We are missing some cards with money in them we gave like 4 or 5 to his mom to hold and some drama unfolded after the wedding at her home with his uncle and several others that we just found out about and now our cards are missing well over $500. We still had people trying to RSVP the day before the wedding. Overall it was great though.
Honeymoon: was amazing we did not make a jamaican baby!!! We got ate up by mosquitos and drank alot. My husband won a bottle of rum and became Mr. Jamaica after imitating a pastor singing I will survive and Michael Jackson singing little boy blue.
Enough talking here are some non pro-pics!
