3 months ago today...

3 months ago today my life changed forever. I made one of the biggest commitments and decisions of my life....
I walked down the aisle at Watercolor Inn and Resorts and married my best friend! Its a day I will NEVER forget! I am going to take a moment and recap my days events..
First it started off with me going and getting my hair and make up done. I made an appointment with a spa in Destin. I didn't have time to go in for a bridal consultation and boy do I wish I would had! I had my one and only BRIDEZILLA moment in the salon. Anyone who knows me, knows I'm VERY VERY funny about my hair. I spent a LOT of time on my hair TRYING to make it look perfect! :) Well, I went to a place I knew nothing about showed them a picture of what I wanted and I will say it looked NOTHING like the picture. As I sat in the seat I was getting more and more upset over my hair. (Emily has the pictures to prove that!) I didn't want to say anything to the girl because I didn't want to hurt her feelings. She even LOVED it so much that she took a picture for her CLIENT BOOK. I had pretty much decided that as soon as I got back to the house I was going to wash it and just do it myself.
I still had to get my make up done. I could tell even the girl who was doing my make up didn't like my hair! I know this because she NEVER said a word about my hair. All of a sudden she looks at me and says "You hate your hair dont you?" I couldn't help it..I BUSTED into tears! I HATED my hair! There was NOT one thing that I liked about it. Luckily, the girl who did mine was off on break! Another girl came over and FIXED it for me. While I will still say to this day, it was NOT the way I had planned on wearing my hair I still think it looked pretty. I will never forget Meghan my sweet sweet bridesmaid told me I looked like Belle. Thats all she had to say, that I looked like a Princess! :)
After I got back my mom and I had a special moment together. She gave me something that I will cherish forever. Her ROLEX. I still can't believe she gave it to me! I almost felt guilty taking it from her because it is the one piece of jewelry (other than her rings) that she wears DAILY! :) Thank you mama!
I changed into my dress and made a few alterations to it. HAH! It had little cap sleeves on it but they kept falling off and I just decided to CUT them off at the last minute! I will say it looks MUCH better without the cap sleeves!
My moms amazing Cousin, Jimmy, came all the way down from Virgina to make Jon and I's picture for FREE! He was there ALL weekend and made a TON of pictures. More than a wedding photographer from Destin or anywhere for that matter would have made. (Once again, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU JIMMY!)
I never thought my dad would be as emotional as he was. I still get teary when I think about it. I will never forget standing in his room getting dressed and Natalie walked in and says "Dad, doesn't she look pretty?" and he says "No, she looks GOREGOUS!" and starts crying. Ah. My sweet daddy. Then, once we got to the Inn before I walked down the aisle we shared a moment. He just hugged me and we looked out at the crowd and we both just cried.
The words I will never forget that my dad spoke to me after he gave me away were "Fly my little dragonfly, fly!" He and my mom both call me their dragonfly. I never would have thought he would have said that to me, and it really touched me and meant a lot!
I can honestly say I dont remember a whole lot from the actual service. I do remember looking around and seeing people all around. People looking out from their balconies, from the bridge, and of course my dear friends and family. I remember Jon and I taking communion for the first time as a married couple. Something that was very special to me.
After the ceremony we had a cocktail hour with appetizers, sushi, a raw bar, and drinks. I am still sad that I never got to have any sushi! It looked sooooooo yummy.
After that it was time to go inside for dinner and dancing!
The dinner looked amazing! (I can honestly say I didn't have ANYTHING!) I was to busy making sure I talked to everyone!
My cakes turned out adorably! Jons surprise was a pirate cake! Anyone who knows Jon knows he likes anything Pirate. Odd, yes I know! But, his cake turned out REALLY cute!
Of course I had to have something different. So, I chose a mad hatter style cake!! It turned out sooo stinkin cute!
Jon and I danced to "You are so beautiful" by Joe Crocker. Its a song that Jon sings to me daily and I couldn't have picked a better song for us to dance to.
Then, daddy and I danced to "I loved her first" by Heartland. Beautiful song and perfect for me and my daddy!
To get the fun started I had arranged for "She get it from her mama" by Will.I.Am to be played for my mom, sister, and I! It was soooo much fun!
While, things didn't go perfectly at the reception, everything else was beautiful. I don't look at what happened at the reception as "ruining" my wedding. While yes it did put a damper on things, it didn't ruin it. I honestly don't know if there was anything that could have ruined it for us. We were both just so excited to have married each other that nothing else in the world seemed to matter.
All in all you could say I had my Fairy Tale wedding! I don't think there are enough words I can use to thank my parents for what they did for Jon and I. Because frankly, without them, we would NOT have been able to have gotten married at Watercolor. (I guess I should throw a shout out to Michael for selling that extra carpet to make it happen!) But, I do thank you OVER AND OVER OVER AND OVER AGAIN my precious parents for giving me a simply beautiful wedding!
Thank you, Jon for choosing me as your wife! I can't wait to see what 2009 holds for us! I love you more than anything in my life! You are my soul mate and I am so blessed to have married such an amazing man.
Heres to the next 50 years of our lives! ;-)