Jan. 3
Day before the wedding - This was the day that I booked for the NASA experience for the guys (and my daughter and niece) and also the day that I was getting my nails done at The Woodhouse. We were also going shopping after the spa. Edward dropped me off at his parents resort at 7am. We had to go and pick up my sisters and be at the spa for 8:50am, which was about 30 minutes away. I was very pleased with the spa that I choose. I liked the name of it so that is why I chose it. The place was beautiful and the girls were great. We were there for about an hour and as we went to pay my older sister said she would pay for all three of us.
That was a nice surprise. Meant that I had more money to go shopping with.
http://img535.imageshack.us/i/kidsatnasa.jpg/ My nephew, my daughter and my niece
We then headed to the Florida mall and were suppose to meet my mother, aunt, cousin's wife and my nephew. My favorite place in the mall would be the M&M store. OMG I was in heaven. I bought some things, but wanted to save some money for a purse & wallet at Disney. The others that were meeting us were a bit longer than we thought and we were leaving when they arrived. My older sister stayed with them to watch my nephew while my MIL, and younger sister went to some flea markets. At one point I had to call Edward, just before his tour was about to start. But as I was talking to him he told me some of them couldn't do the tour as it required their passport.!!!
It did not state on the sheet that we had that you needed it but it was a new rule that came into place and they couldn't do the one that I originally booked for them. But in the end it worked out and they did another tour and loved it. Edward actually said that he was nervous for the first time ever because he wanted to buy everything.
Edward's mother dropped me off at AKL around 4ish and I thought Edward would be home shortly since I had to go to my parents house where I was staying the night. He didn't arrive home until 8ish. We then headed over to his parents resort (Carribbean Beach) to have something to eat. As we were headed to the restaurant my phone rang and it was Crystal, the one who would be doing my hair. Now I may not have mentioned before but I was very nervous about her for a few reasons. 1. She didn't use credit card and I had to send a money order ($50) to secure her services. 2. I sent her the address to my parents place with a link that showed the map and she still had questions about the location. 3. It was only her doing all of our hair/makeup (total of 4 of us). So Crystal was telling me that she would be running late and that she wouldn't arrive until 9:30 but would be bringing an assistant. Meanwhile, my phone keeps beeping because it's about to die
So once I say that is fine she proceeds to ask again where the house is located.
In my head I was thinking "print the damn map I sent". But I explained yet again where it was and praying my phone doesn't die. After about 10 minutes all is good. But I say to Edward, "I knew I should have switched". Then we go off and eat.
As we were driving to my parents I kept saying to Edward, im not nervous about the wedding, or even excited and that I felt bad because I have no feelings.
I was very confused. But he agreed that he had no anxiety about it either. By the time I arrived at my parents it was 10pm. Edward left about 10 minutes later and I stayed up until 11:30.
Jan. 4 -
The Big Day - As we had to downsize to a 5 bedroom house I ended up sleeping in the living room on a cot. Which was fine with me, it was actually quite comfy and I was having a great sleep. That was until I heard my uncle up at 4:45am!!!!
So I try going back to sleep even though him eating cereal kept me awake for a bit.
But at 7am I was back up along with everyone else. Blah and I had to wait another 2.5 hours till Crystal hopefully showed up. I am a very impatient person and just wanted to get started. I still wasn't nervous but I was bored walking around and waiting. So after awhile I decided to go and play pool in the games room when my younger sister said that someone was on my cell phone for me. Thank goodness I found my charger since I thought I forgot it at the AKL. I didn't think it would be Edward....but can you guess who was calling me saying that they thought they were lost!!!!!
Yep Crystal thought she passed it and wanted to know how far it was from some road she was at. In my mind im thinking "im not even from here, I don't know the roads". Where the heck was her map?!?!?!
Anyways, turns out she wasn't past it she was almost to the road. So at 9:45am she and her assistant (who came in her own car) arrived at the same time.
So as she comes in she asks me what I want so I pull out the pictures that I had and showed her the one that I really loved. Her response "Nope won't work, your calic won't go that way, you have to be realistic. These girls are not in a wedding, there models." Meanwhile she is pulling at the front of my hair and it hurts because I have it thrown up in a bun. This women's attitude stunk more than S@%t. But I didn't want or need a fight so I kept my mouth shut. Her assistant however was awesome. She only did makeup, but of course Crystal did my hair and makeup. Which at the end the makeup was beautiful. Wasn't overly happy with my hair but the other girls looked great. The other thing was Crystal is allergic to EVERYTHING. Not her fault I know but we had to blow out the candle open the door, shut the back door because some were smoking, not spray perfume (until after she left). But overall it turned out fine. She started to loosen up and she even did my mother's hair/makeup.
After about 2 hours they were done! And off they went, and off I went to put my dress on.
Here are some pics:
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At this point I just wanted to go. Again me being impatient. But still not nervous. We all piled into 3 cars to head over to the AKL where the limo was going to pick us up. I did forget to mention that Tanis called and gave me the run down of what was going to happen. She told me that I was to stay in the limo until she came and got me so that Edward and his family would be gone from the lobby. Meanwhile, as my BIL drove the van I was in while the other 2 cars followed someone almost ran into the side of us.
But we made it in one peace and then all went inside to resort lobby to wait for the limo. Here are some pics while we waited:
http://img406.imageshack.us/i/sammax.jpg/ My younger sister and her son Max
http://img687.imageshack.us/i/sydbri.jpg/ My niece Sydney and my daughter Brianna
http://img341.imageshack.us/i/wedding14.jpg/ My mother & I
http://img208.imageshack.us/i/nannygrandkids.jpg/ my nephew, niece, mother and daughter
Finally my BIL said that it was time to go. And out we all went. My mother, niece, nephew, 2 sisters and myself jumped into the limo while the others followed in the cars. My cousin was video taping and my gosh he was everywheres. I haven't seen the video but he seemed like a pro. When we arrived at the Boardwalk I waited in the limo as I was told. About 5 minutes later Tanis came out to get me. My immediate familly stayed with me for pictures while the others went down to get seated. Mike was our photographer (I can't remember his last name) but he was so funny. As we started walking they showed us the sign with our name on it. That was so awesome to see. But again still no nervousness....grrr I was getting mad at myself for not having any feelings. Then we took the elevator down and as I hit the Boardwalk I had a couple of butterflies.
Then as fast as they came they were gone. My bestfriend came up to me and asked for the video camera as I asked her to tape it but of course that is the only thing that I forgot. But again, my cousin was taping away. Rev. Day came down as we were getting situated. I was very thankful for the little bit of breeze that we had. I am always so hot. And the day was about 71 with cloudy periods. Then the girls were told to start walking. I had both my parents walk me down and it was awesome. Edward turned around and he was so handsome!!! I couldn't believe how great he looked, and I couldn't take my eyes off him. I just wanted to give him a big kiss
and realized why I fell in love with him.
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http://img143.imageshack.us/i/wedding7.jpg/ this is one of my fav
Alright I am off for now.