yuandmi's married!!!

recap of our wedding day

I am happily married for 2 weeks now. My update about the wedding is late because I didn’t do photoshare cards, and I decided not to post anything until I get at least something to show. Well finally we set up a photoshare website, and received a couple of shots that I can share with you.

I have to say that I loved my wedding. There were glitches here and there, and a couple of disappointments, but pretty much everything went smoothly.

I bless the day when we decided to have a first look; it was so wonderful that we could share this moment privately (well, only our photographer and her assistant were present, with maid of honour and best man far away). I loved the look on my hubby’s face when he first saw me, and couldn’t be more happy myself to see his sparkly eyes (because of the sunshine probably ;). We held each other, and it became all real all of a sudden: we were getting married in 2 hrs. We got our bridals done in the park,

When I got to the venue after a quick stop at the house to freshen up, I loved the way my decorator/DOC set everything up with my husband’s help, because he spent the night at the hotel. He later told me that we organized everything pretty well, and it was easy for him to convey to DOC what exactly should be or shouldn’t be done. They run into a minor disagreement which was easily assisted with by our venue coordinator. I couldn’t be more pleased with our venue coordinator as well; she was amazing, very professional and accommodating.

I did get a bit choked up seeing the photo of my parents getting married displayed on one of the receiving tables, because I really wanted them to be able to see me and Mike getting married. I swallowed my tears, because I knew that they will be able to see the webcast of the ceremony.

I walked down the aisle by myself, and tried to take everything in. It was beautiful, I noticed my beautiful brass birdcages with flowers, that looked amazing, our ceremony backdrop and, the most important, my darling, impatiently waiting, soon-to-be-husband. I saw him, and all else seemed suddenly not important and kind of ethereal actually. We were there to unite our lives into one, and share it with the closest people in the world either present or via webcast. When I approached Mike, I saw that crease between his eyebrows that he gets when he tries to contain his emotions, but we smiled to each other and kind of nodded acknowledging the moment. It was it!

I wrote the ceremony myself, with the help of the internet resources obviously, but I put it so that it flowed. We were approached by the guests later on saying that they loved its personal touch. Everyone was vowed by Mike’s vows, not only me. I was explained later as well, that it’s kinda expected from a woman to be romantic and passionate in her vows and stuff, but when a man says the same words, it’s different. It’s sexist but sort of true :).

We decided not to go to another location for family photos, and had them done in like 20 minutes or so. We then joined our guests for the cocktails, we mingled, and I noticed that I kept on looking for Mike all the time. We tried to stay together, it was sometimes absolutely impossible, but we tried our best. We also checked our reception room, that the staff was still working on setting up (one third of the room was turned into our ceremony site). I gasped when I walked in; I loved how our vision came together with the triple flowing centerpieces, our lovebirds theme throughout. Our florist did excellent job bringing our ideas to life, from my bouquet to our centerpieces. We had only white vases and bowls throughout on our reception table, but they were put on brown and blue runners and looked gorgeous. We had a different backdrop for the reception, and it turned out great as well complimenting to the overall theme. Our cake was so cute, especially the cake topper – bride and groom lovebirds and our kitties, and the whole stand with the cheesecakes made me very hungry (I did not have lunch at all). Mike was explaining lots of stuff that was changed or made a bit different, but I couldn’t care about these small details. He worked so hard that morning, and I was so grateful that he’s wonderful and all mine :), I completely fell in love with him all over again.

We chose not to have a grand entrance, the music was supposed to do it for us. The song was kind of totally us, You and me (or yuandmi if you will :) by the Wannadies, and just walked in waving and smiling to our guests. The reception flowed as well as the ceremony. The speeches were hilarious, and touching at the same time. The meal was excellent, the chef at our venue did an amazing job. People raved about our beef after, some couples that ordered both beef and salmon regretted afterwards that they didn’t go just for beef. Me included! I ate half of Mike’s steak :)

The photobooth in the hall was a hit, and all DIY too. With exception of photographer’s assistant who was taking the pictures ;)) The dance floor was a bit empty in the beginning, but then it started filling up. We mingled, ate, danced, made funny pictures and enjoyed the night. It was everything and more than I have ever hoped for.

The day flew by, but I was kind of happy to finally go to our suite and just look at Mike, my husband, and have him all to myself. I snatched a couple of macaroons from our late night buffet, and we enjoyed them while remembering our wedding.

I don’t feel at all different I might say, we’ve been together for a long time. But I like saying to myself now and then, I’m married, I have a family of my own. It’s a wonderful feeling. I love my husband and see only bright future in front of us.