After I first met, and to be honest, even after I first started dating Tyler, I never once would have imagined that we end up married. Now, my opinion changed a few months in, but I just thought that we were such polar opposites that the relationship wouldn't ever bloom. What did I know?
Our wedding day was one of the best days of my life. I was completely stress free, I was able to enjoy my whole day and I felt great. My bridal party was amazing and fun, and they really helped to make the day complete.
My day started off early, waking up before the crack of dawn because I was worried that I would over sleep for my hair appointment. Rachel had spent the night with me, and so I tried to wake her up about 9 times before finally accepting that it wasn't going to happen. My sister came over and drank coffee on the couch while we waited for Lindsey to arrive. Once we collected Amanda we piled into my little Hyundai accent (Nancy and Bailey would meet us later). Turns out, I was boxed in, because I was parked on the street and this may or may not have resulted in me backing in to Tyler's truck. No damage!
We picked up some breakfast, got our hair and makeup done at Eclipse (I think it was still called E3 then) and then headed over to my parent's house. I was in my dress and corseted up lickity split, but it turns out the 5 bridesmaids dresses were not already laced. Meaning, we had to thread the lace through 5 full corsets and then do each girl up. It was kind of a funny scene, where one girl would get finished and then go to help the rest. I just went and got some pictures done while I was waiting, ate some fruit, and told my Dad that he needed to relax, because regardless of if we were late or not, they couldn't start the wedding without us.
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| All dolled up! |
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| You're up Nancy! |
We arrived at the church and got assembled, and only had a minor skirmish when Bailey decided that she might not want to walk down the aisle by herself (she was my flower girl). We presented her with 3 options: Go by yourself, go with Sara, or we would get Uncle Mike to come back up the aisle and walk down with her. In the end, she pulled it together, told us she was 5 now and was brave, and walked down with an angelic look on her face. It was only before I walked down the aisle that I really started to get emotional, but a few words of wisdom from my dad and we were on our way.
The ceremony....well, it was looooooonnngg. And to be honest, it was boring. I feel bad that my guests had to sit through that, as it was well over an hour. After we were pronounced husband and wife, Fr. Dennis neglected to inform us to kiss, so that resulted in a bit of an awkward moment. Oh well!
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| It's official! And as an aside, does my husband not look AMAZING in a suit? |
Hours and hours of pictures, and then we were off to the reception where the food was amazing, drinks were plentiful, and the band was rocking. I am still told to this day that people had the best food, or the best time or thought we had the best band (my friend Niki even booked them for her upcoming wedding this August). I just had an amazing time all together. In total, we had about 400 guests, so it was a busy night, but a fun one. At the end of the night, Ty and I decided that we just needed to leave without trying to say goodbye to everyone, otherwise we would never get out. So we did!
We spent the night in our honeymoon suite, and then went to brunch at my parent's house the next day with all of our out of town guests. This was a nice chance to spend a little more one on one time with the people who had travelled to be there with us. Then, we went back to the suite for another night, and had an amazingly relaxing time. We drank Coronas, ate pizza and watched great movies that were on TV like Father of the Bride (parts 1 and 2!).
Weddings are for one night only, but marriages are for life. I feel as though our wedding day was the perfect send off into our new life together. Tyler and I lived together before we were married, so people told us that nothing would really change after we made it official. I wholeheartedly disagree with that though. I definitely feel as though something changed when we were married. I felt closer to Ty, and we felt like more of a family. I just felt more complete, I guess.
Throughout our 4 years of marriage, we have had a ton of happy times and some challenging times, but never has it compromised the integrity of our relationship. I feel so incredibly lucky to have found my perfect match, and I can say without any doubt that there is no one in this world that could make me happier, or that I could love more. We have a happy life together, and there is no price tag that could ever be put on that.
And all because of that day 4 years ago, I am listening to an endless stream of chatter from the most beautiful baby in the world. Thank you hun, for everything you do and everything you are. I love you more than I can ever explain.
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