Miss Hydrangea, Dallas
Age and Occupation: 26, Administrative Assistant
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Network Analyst
Engagement Date: June 2007
Wedding Date: September 2008
Blogging Since: January 14, 2008
Venue: Catholic Church and Reception at The W Hotel
About Me: Mr. H and I come from very different cultures and backgrounds so I'm excited to plan our wedding with a balance of both traditions. My mom has always been a DIY queen, and I'm just now starting to get into it with a new house and a wedding to plan!
It’s Our Wedding!
January 23rd, 2008 @ 1:47 pm by Miss Hydrangea
You’ll notice that I talk about Mom Hydrangea a lot in my posts. There are several reasons for this, so I’ll try to condense the full story.
Mom H was married to my father when they were really young. As most of us would say now, it was a shotgun wedding. From that came my parents’ first family: my two brothers. When my brothers were 15 and 17, Mom H became pregnant with yours truly.
My parents like to call me their second family. For most of my life my brothers were out of the house and off doing their own thing. Sure they came home for holidays and occasionally moved in for a short amount of time, but we didn’t grow up with each other as most siblings do. Because of this, I became very close to my mom. I always had her undivided attention and we did everything together.
When I got engaged, the question of who would be my Maid of Honor was not a hard one: I wanted Mom H. After meeting with our soon to be wedding planners one evening, Mom H and I went to dinner and the discussion of what she would wear came up. She really wanted to wear navy blue as it’s her favorite color and really looks good on her. At this point, I had to let her know.
I was hoping to plan something special to ask my mom to be in my wedding, but, unfortunately, this was not to be. I asked her then and there if she would be my Matron of Honor. After all, no matter how great some of my best girlfriends are, they have never been through as much with me - watched me grow up, talked to me at least several times daily and put up with me for 26 years like Mom H has (and that’s no easy thing)!
So I broke the news that navy was not an option…but that black was.
Last weekend, Mom H and I went shopping for her dress. We looked and looked and were about to give up in frustration, when we found this:
As she debated whether or not she should get it, and I told her it was worth it, she turned to me and said, “Well this is OUR wedding!” It couldn’t be more true. Because she never got to have a wedding of her own, because she is my Matron of Honor, because she helps me with everything and because I love her so much, it really is our wedding. 
17 Responses to “It’s Our Wedding!”
Very sweet!!! Sounds a lot like the relationship I have with my mom!
And also.. that dress is smokin!
that was very sweet of you to include your mom in the wedding, not just as mother of the bride.
Like you, I feel so lucky to consider my mom a true friend.
And send me some of the water she’s drinking because I can’t believe she has a 43-yr-old son!
Hugs to you and your mom! I fee the same way about my mom! Whe I told her I was engaged she blurted out “I get to plan our wedding!” I couldn’t have been happier!
your mom is a hottie in that dress! haha so cute! i love that you asked her to be your MOH =)
You are so lucky to have such an amazing relationship with your mother and from the sounds it you know just how special that is!
I love the dress! Your mom looks great in it! 
That almost brings a tear to my eye. I bet your mom is thrilled!
I am so glad you’ve posted this. I’ve been having a lot of trouble with one of my friends, whom i hastily asked to be my MOH when i first got engaged. Since then, we’ve hardly spoken at all (she recently had pretty major surgery and i found out through her myspace!!!! wth?)
So ive tossed around the idea of asking my mom to be MOH and going with it. No one knows me better than she does (not even FH!) and there isn’t really anyone i can think that i’d rather have up there fixing my veil!
Anyway, your mom looks awesome in that dress! Again, thanks for posting this!
The bonus is that that’s a totally classic dress. Change it up with a jacket or wrap, and she’s got formal wear for life.
If you guys aren’t adorable then Idk who is? More then anything, if she had to wear a black dress again, this would be perfect for a more then once occasion!
What a sweet story! And the dress looks wonderful on her!
that is so sweet…it makes me really happy to hear of such close relationships between mothers and daughters.
That is an awesome dress! My mother is also my MOH, where did you find it?
that is the sweetest thing! it seems like u and your mom have a very special relationship… it’s great of you to honor her in this way.
