Happy Valentine's Day!

Time to Say Goodbye....

It's been a roller coaster year and now as hard as this may be for me it's time I put my bridezilla crown down and walk away...

Thanks for all the love and support!

To see our wedding pictures and to follow me on my new endeavours and adventures as a Mrs read my new blog... THE ADVENTURES OF A MRS

LOVE ALWAYS,

Mrs. G.

Husband. Wow. That's such a weird word. Husband. Hello. This is my Husband.  Nice to meet you. This is my Husband.  Oh yes, the other day my Husband. ... Weeeeirrrd. Ha! I thought 'Fiancé' was a weird word.

 

DH and I were pillow talking last night about how strange it is to be married. Our life feels very much the same. Me...check. DH...Check... Baby James...Check. same apartment...Check. Yep. Everything is pretty much the same except now I get to say things like "Friday I'm having lunch with my Husband".

 

I won't lie it's weird but it's still pretty cool. 

 

In other news I'm impatiently waiting to see some teasers from our photographer. I simply can not wait anymore. She must be getting a million hits a day coming from my computer. I'm like a child. No pictures yet? Click. How about now? Click. Now? Click.... Now? How about now? Click. Maybe now? Click... 

 

Yea I don't have a life. I mean without wedding planning what else am I supposed to do? 

 

My adventures as a new wife are already proving to be more excitement then what I had originally signed up for. I tuned on my car today and this is what I saw.

 

 

 

Dear run flat tires,  

 

I hate you with a passion. Why the hell are you so freaking expensive? Don't you know I'm a newlywed? Can't I get a break? Please? Seriously. I need one.

 

Love Always,

 

Mrs. G

 

 

 

 

 

Wedding Recap...

That's it. I can't believe the wedding planning monster is gone and I am now a married lady! The wedding was amazing and I now understand why people kept telling me "enjoy every minute of it, because it will go by so fast!" I've been married for two days and I'm still in shock and can't believe I've already had my wedding. Ummm... Can I please go back and do it again in slow motion?

 

I've been dying to come back and share all the little details with you girls!

 

First let me start off by saying that I sooo did not live up to my name. I should have been called "chillzilla" because honestly I was just so calm and didn't let anything get to me. (Minus, one itsy bitsy, tiny little incident but you'll read about that later) I'm very proud of myself. I got comments all day long about how relaxed I was.

 

Did something go wrong? Absolutely. Was it a big deal? Nope. Did I care? Not at all. So I think the lesson learned here is yes something (and sometimes A LOT of things) may go wrong on your day but as long as your groom show up there's nothing worth crying and ruining your make-up for. (Hell, I paid good money to look this good, and I'm going to keep it that way)

 

Here are some highlights/lowlights of the weekend. Keep in mind some of the things I'm writing about here may sound really awful now but I swear in all honestly the day of I didn't even flinch.

 

The Lowlights

 

The weekend started off pretty fabulous, everything was going according to plan until DH and I got to our hotel rooms and realized we couldn't check in because we forgot to work out details of who we would be staying with the night before the wedding. After some thought and realizing that if we didn't get a room together I would have no where to get ready for our rehearsal which started in 15 minutes. So yes ladies DH and I shared a room the night before our wedding. It wasn't what I had originally planned but you know what? I don't care, and it was not the end of the world. He's my best friend and the only person who has really helped me through out this planning process so the hell with it! We woke up the next morning had breakfast together then went our separate ways. Him to the pool to lounge and me off to my venue to put together my aisle decor, table settings, and bridesmaid bouquets.

 

So the beginning of my wedding day wasn't as glamorous as I had pictured it to be. No biggie. After a few hours of sweating and hard work I had to run back to the hotel room so I can finally shower and get ready for hair and make-up. After a 10 minute shower I run over to hair and make-up only to realize that they're running behind for a few reasons..

 

1.) They had a really hard time getting everyone out of the pool and into hair/make-up.

2.) My Sister in Law had washed her hair and so she had to have the hair stylist dry her hair before he could put it up. {PS- she also "forgot" to pay for her updo so my mom had to}

 

Yep. There I was. Ms. Bride. Waiting for my turn in hair and make-up because my sister in law was not happy with her updo. Was I fuming? Yes. Absolutely. Did I let it get to me? Thankfully not. To make matters worse it was 3 p.m. and one of my sisters and bridesmaids was still driving down from Miami.

 

The Highlights

 

1.) The first look was absolutely my favorite part of the day. I felt like a princess and I couldn't be happier to finally see my DH and give him a kiss. I guess he liked my dress because he did shed a few tears! That and that alone made up for anything that could have ever gone wrong.

 

2.) My bartenders were right on cue with my patron shot and tic tic before walking down the aisle. (hee hee. My little secret)

 

3.) We started the ceremony 30 minutes late (yep, the bride was ready and her family was not) in the end we didn't mind because it made for a cooler ceremony because the sun was going down.

 

3.) Our ceremony was absolutely beautiful from the pictures I've seen so far. (seriously, I didn't even notice my aisle decor while walking down the aisle because I was so nervous)

 

4.) The best man had the rings and the marriage license (phew)

 

5.) We both said I do!

 

After that it was all pretty much smooth sailing. We had our champagne, and spent an hour taking some more pictures. This was the shortest hour of my life! I was a little sad we missed our own cocktail hour but I guess it will be worth it when we see our pictures.

 

I know you're all waiting for my "zilla" moment so here it is...

 

As we're taking our pictures our photographer tells us "ok we need to wrap it up NOW because we're losing day light" I still did not have a picture with my mom/family or my bridesmaids and at the same time I have my brother in law and his wife telling the photographers to take a picture of them with their baby. They take the picture and then say "ok, let's have one with the groom". (ummm.. hi. Bride here. My wedding. Remember? My photographer?) So I say "we don't have time right now" You think that would be the cue to stop. Nope. So after they take their pictures my brother is law invites me into the shot. (Gee thanks for letting me join) So when he says "oh come on Lorena take a picture with us" I couldn't help but respond with "really? no, come on. You want me in your picture? I mean I'm just the bride! You don't really want me in that picture do you. It looks to me like it's a family photo.. hmmmmm...." Yea. I could see the jaws drop as the words came out of my mouth but it was too late. I was too peeved to keep my mouth shut. No shame here because I still don't think I was out of line.

 

Anyways, enough about that. Dinner was amazing. The cake was great, and our first dance and sparkler send off couldn't have been more beautiful.

 

It's true, your wedding day will be the best day of your life. Glitches and all, and at the end of the day all that really mattered was that we're married.

 

I'm a very lucky girl.

Ever wonder what $200 worth of hydrangeas and calla lillys looked like? Well enjoy. Because right now I'm definitely not.