Weddingbee Blog

I had two loves with me on our wedding day. The first was Mr. Hamster. The second was our cake.

Oh lovely cake, how I longed to eat thee. Ever since I came home with a take-out container from my Sylvia Weinstock meeting (yeah, you know you would too!), I was looking forward to seeing and tasting our cake on our wedding day.

As you may recall, at my meeting with Sylvia, she sketched out a design for our cake. I was so curious to see how it would turn out in real life. How would it look? (Fantabulous.) How would it taste? (Get your paws of my grub.) I was not disappointed.

I’m not ashamed to admit that when it came time to cut the cake, I did a little cake-cutting dance (thank you, Erica, for capturing my excitement on film):

Mr. Hamster: “That’s one big cake.” Mrs. Hamster: “Caaaaake! Caaaaaaaaake!”

Chris, our maitre d’/coordinator extraordinaire, gave detailed directions on how to cut the first slice, but I was just too excited to pay attention.

“Heehee. Cake.”

I mean seriously, we had this big cake knife in hand, and I wasn’t even looking at the darn thing.

Good thing Mr. Hamster led the way, and I was just resigned to making big smiles and general giddiness.

“Cut it properly! Don’t mess up the cake!”

Mr. Hamster: “OMG, this girl is crazy for her cake.”

And finally, some “we’re not crazy” pictures:

Then it was time for the feeding. We had agreed to no cake-smashing; not only is it messy, but in my opinion it’s a waste of good cake. I gave Mr. Hamster a tiny bite - okay maybe I could have been a little more generous:

Whereas he knew that if he gave me a tiny bite - well, let’s just say hell hath no fury like a Hammy starved. I am slightly embarrassed to say that my “Better be a big bite!” look was also captured for eternity:

“Bigger bite, hon. Bigger bite.”

And how was it?

Let’s just say there were eyes to the sky:

And giggles of delight:

All photos by Erica Lyn

Oh cakey. I love you.

What have we done so far?

• Poured tea
• Bumbled our way through a rehearsal.
• Rewarded ourselves surviving the rehearsal with some food.
• I teased you.
• The ladies got beauteous.
• We put on our party clothes.
• We had our first look.
• We sweated it out in the park.
• The bridal party set the stage.
• I made Mr. Hamster cry.
• We stuffed ourselves silly at the cocktail hour.
• Mr. Hamster and I showed off our dancing skills.
• I danced with Daddy Hamster.

Tell me about your cake and/or dessert spread!