RECAP! :)
RECAP TIME!
Wow this wedding thing was crazy, but in the best ways…well a little crappy ones, but I got over them.
Friday –
The day started out crazy getting together last minute things. My mom headed to the reception location with her friend who has a truck to transport everything, my cousin and my DH. My cousin’s FI and I headed down a little later with one of my BMs who had made it down. My mom forgot the tablecloths at home so they couldn’t start until we made it down. We decorated, but we felt something was missing. My mom’s friend had the idea to use mirrors on the table so my mom was going to pick some up.
I was instructed to go home so I did. I hung around with my hostess and more BMs showing up at my house. My mom suddenly calls saying she wants to move the Rehearsal BBQ from the park to my house so we didn’t have to transport stuff. I sent a mass text making sure people came to my house.
We were out of charcoal apparently and so the guys couldn’t BBQ. My aunt took a year at the store getting some. The guys took FOREVER cooking. My mom headed to the church to decorate.
My grandma got on my last nerve as we tried to leave to Rehearsal because she wanted me to take her by her friend’s house to get some nail polish. I yelled a bit and finally we were only 7 minutes late to the church and Pastor hadn’t even made it so we were cool.
The lady doing to the music at the church was just not on point. It took a bit, but we had everything down. People kept asking me questions about how they should walk, stand, etc. I was annoyed because I had a whole coordination crew there to help them out.
I made it to my house with my FI and I told him I needed quiet so we went out on a before wedding date and had Thai food together…it was GREAT!
Two of my BMs had went to the airport to pick up a friend arriving from Scotland and they were going to stay with me at my God sister’s place.
I get to my God sister’s place and she basically wants to go clubbing so she is going to leave me with her 9 year old who is a HANDFULL!
My BMs and Scottish friend make it near midnight. The little girl drives us INSANE. One of my BMs wanted to choke her. I finally had to lay down the law and get her to go to sleep.
SATURDAY –
I woke up pretty early and my God sister provided doughnuts and orange juice. I took a shower and while I was in the shower my mom’s voice came out of nowhere. I turned around and my mom was there in the bathroom telling me that I was going to go with my God sister’s daughter and her hair dresser was going to do my hair instead.
Apparently they guessed it would take an hour and a half for her to do both of our hair…WRONG. It took her nearly 2 hours just on mine so I had to leave my Jr. BM with the lady as I rushed to my God sister’s house where my make-up artist was going to meet me.
My make-up was wonderful and my photographer was there getting it all.
My BMs were getting ready and my wonderful gay groomsman was doing their hair. One BM had the idea of making green flower hairclips and they looked fantastic on all the girls. The flower girls arrived dressed. Sadly everyone else was dressed, but I as I was waiting on my mom who was taught by the bridal shop owner how to do my dress.
My mom arrived and she wasn’t dressed. She had to bring safety pins for my MOH who’s bra was busting out of her dress. My mom and I got dressed upstairs.
I looked at my cell phone right before walking out of the door at it was 1:59pm and the wedding was to start at 2. We took pics outside of the condo and then in the limo. We had champagne on the way to the church. We arrived 20 minutes late which was decent.
They had me wait in the limo and then I was taken to the front of the church. I stood outside and I could hear that the woman was playing the wrong song. I was alone for my Bridezilla moment where I stood outside with my bouquet shaking it in the air yelling under my breath. “SHE IS FREAKING PLAYING THE WRONG FREAKING SONG!” They pretty much started that song over for me to walk.
The ceremony was perfect. I was surprised my overly emotional DH held it together as I walked. I nearly cried during my vows, but I held it in. After the recessional we were lead to the back of the church and into the foyer while guests were ushered out a side door so they could head to the reception. My younger cousin gave me a hug and that is when I broke down in tears mostly because he is my uncle’s oldest son and my uncle would have walked me down the aisle if he hadn’t passed in 2006. The videographer’s wife was in the room with us so she got my whole crying thing on tape.
We took pictures in the church…there was some drama (I will talk about it later). My mom wanted to get out of the church as soon as possible because the pastor of the church was driving her insane. We ended up skipping our park pictures.
The limo took myself, my DH, and the BMs to the museum where the reception was. Most of the guys were not there so we took a little tour of our downtown and waterfront before going back. We stayed in the limo until like 4:28pm because our time was up at 4:30. The bridal party entered and they lined up blowing bubbles as we entered…it was cute.
We had cheese, crackers, and fruit. We took some pics in the museum. We did our first dace and then we ate. The DJ didn’t start he party music soon enough so people started leaving right after they ate. There ended up not being much dancing because he never really got the party started. We ended up not doing the dance with my escort and my DH with my mom. The reception was fun, but just so-so. I wanted more of a party, but the DJ really wasn’t bringing it and so people left.
Sooooo the drama!
Drama started on Friday when we went to rehearsal and the Pastor of the church was just being creepy and my mom felt uncomfortable and then he kept saying how it was a bad neighborhood and to watch your kids…etc. Luckily my Pastor got there and was able to keep things moving.
I ended up baby sitting for my God sister and her daughter drove us nuts…it was the night before my wedding and I should have not been watching anyone’s kid. I ended up making the little girl cry because I had to get stern with her.
My hostess texted me and 2 BMs while we were getting ready to say she got in a car accident on the way to the church. Luckily she was fine. I told her to not worry and if she couldn’t come it wasn’t a big deal as long as we knew she was okay, but she made it.
In the limo going to the church we had champagne so the little girl pouted because she didn’t have cider for her. The other little girls were cool. Her attitude carried through the service. One of my BMs had a talk with her and then she had more of an attitude. During pictures she kept shoving her flowers in that BMs face. That BM went to move and stepped on another BMs foot causing her to bleed and the pain was crazy bad, she had to stop and cry for a sec. The gay GM had a talk with the girl and he laid down the law.
The head table at the reception was short 2 chairs and so we had to grab 2 chairs for my little cousin who was a GM and another BM. The little kids apparently were mad they didn’t have a spot at the table and throw tempers.
People kept asking me when we were going to do stuff…ask my coordinating people…NOT ME! I was annoyed.
OVERALL
The wedding night was wonderful at a hotel in the Napa Valley. We spent the whole next day in the Valley going to see the Geyser and so the Petrified Forrest. My FI had strawberries and champagne waiting for us in the hotel. It was just so relaxing.
At the moment we are packing to leave to Florida tonight. Overall the wedding was beautiful, but there were some things that I worked so hard on and then I was irked when they didn’t come out right.
I talked to my photographer and pics should be avaliable soon.
Janae & Olivier
Re: RECAP! :)
BTW...when are you heading to Belgium??
[QUOTE]Loved your recap!! It was very entertaining. Babysitting the night before the wedding....smh? She would've ended up at the club with her momma.....lol. Glad you held it together & enjoyed your day girl. Can't wait to see pics!! BTW...<strong>when are you heading to Belgium??</strong>
Posted by lil01[/QUOTE]
<div>We head back there on the 25th.</div>
Janae & Olivier
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: RECAP! :) : We head back there on the 25th.
Posted by JKeyes2011[/QUOTE]
Keep us posted!! Your move to Belgium seems so interesting to me...lol.
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OVERALL The wedding night was wonderful at a hotel in the Napa Valley. We spent the whole next day in the Valley going to see the Geyser and so the Petrified Forrest. My <strong>FI </strong>had strawberries and champagne waiting for us in the hotel. It was just so relaxing. At the moment we are packing to leave to Florida tonight.
Posted by JKeyes2011[/QUOTE]
ah,ah,ah, not FI anymore! Congratulations and have fun in Florida!
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