Weddingbee Blog

Yoo hooooo! Remember me? If not, I don’t blame you; it’s been almost… gah!… six months since you last heard from me. Where does the time go?!

I’ve missed you guys! And I’m sorry, I have no good excuse for leaving you hanging. Let’s just say that those people who say that things get even busier post-wedding than they were pre-wedding are not kidding. But that’s a post for another day.

It’s hard to believe but this past weekend marked one month until the Breezys’ one year wedding anniversary (can you believe it? I can’t!) and, well, there’s nothing like a looming deadline to get this gal back in the recap saddle. I still have a few stories to share, so I hope you’ll join me as I whisk you back to our destination wedding extravaganza in Punta Cana. If you’d like to get caught up or refresh your memory, please see the bottom of this post for the first half of the DW in the DR recaps.

I last left you with a look at our ugly-but-delicious wedding cake… smushed all over our faces. Though to us, that wasn’t horrific, it was hilarious. I’ll tell you what was horrific though – the time.

As the cake was being passed around, Mr Breezy and I realized––with no thanks to our so-called wedding coordinator who had disappeared, never to be seen again––that we were way behind schedule. Yikes!

After some scurrying, we somehow got everyone moving and installed at the disco we had booked for our private party, ready with a drink in their hands to await our entrance.

Of course, as with many things in this destination wedding, this entrance turned out to be a wholly fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants affair. With our wedding party scattered all over the globe, it had been impossible to do much planning and rehearsing of anything. But we weren’t worried – we knew our friends would step up to the task.

The only thing we planned was the entrance music. It was Mr Breezy’s one request and, well, I was so done with music picking at that point, I said, “OK fine, whatever.” Which is how we ended up walking into our reception party to the lovely musical sounds of… the Austin Powers theme song.

SIL and our opera star Mattie were first and set the bar high with a little spin and twirl action.

Not to be outdone, Miss P and JW did a dramatic dip.

And how do you top that? Well, if you’re MOH Pepperpot, you do it by spankin’ some toosh… to whoops of appreciation from the audience.

If you knew the recipient of that spankin’, you’d be laughing too. It was a sight none of us ever guessed we’d see in our lifetime.

Finally it was our turn. Hooray! Here we come!

As you can see, I had so many other things on my mind, I hadn’t thought to bustle my dress so I was still carrying it around.

Whoa what’s that up on the screen ahead of us? Oh, nothing… just another totally-unplanned-but-somehow-got-thrown-together-at-the-last-second detail: a photo slideshow that had been playing for everyone while they waited for us. I was completely surprised to see it but had no time to think about it just then.

It was time for a spin!

And a dip!

And for a spontaneous jive competition during which we looked like the dorky fools-in-love we are.

The only problem was, we hadn’t edited the song! So the Austin Powers nightmare theme kept going… and going… and going… and so did we, until someone took pity on us and faded it out.

Whew! That was crazy fun but exhausting, yo!

At least our guests were entertained.

Next: Time to say a few words.

Thanks to Photophil Steingard and Michael Steingard for snapping our ridiculousness so that we may remember forever that sometimes, it’s more fun to be spontaneous.

DW in the DR: Pack It Up, Pack It In
DW in the DR: Airport Confessions
DW in the DR: Bienvenidos a Punta Cana
DW in the DR: The Guest List Is In the Bag
DW in the DR: The OOTs in Action
DW in the DR: Planning the Reception
DW in the DR: Planning the Flowers & Cake
DW in the DR: Planning the Ceremony
DW in the DR: Planning the Photography
DW in the DR: Stag and Showerette
DW in the DR: The Meltdown
DW in the DR: Final Touches
DW in the DR: The Guys Get Groomed
DW in the DR: The Girls Get Gorgeous
DW in the DR: We MacGyver the Flowers
DW in the DR: I Finally Get to Wear the DWess
DW in the DR: Girls Gone Wild
DW in the DR: The Reveal and Portraits
DW in the DR: We Are Family
DW in the DR: Here Comes the Bride
DW in the DR: Love Ceremony, West-Coast Style
DW in the DR: Love Ceremony, The Vows
DW in the DR: Mazel Tov!
DW in the DR: Sunset and Sand
DW in the DR: Sto Lat!
DW in the DR: Dinner Game Hijinks
DW in the DR: Cake Wreck