Weddingbee Blog

Hey, hive? Through this whole process of recapping and writing and remembering and also trying to be a good wife in real life, I haven’t been the best about being timely with my recaps or even responding to many of your comments. So I just want to say: 1. the recaps are for sure coming, and they will be complete! And 2. your comments are really awesome, heartwarming, and make me really happy. I’m sorry I’m bad at responding to them, but I promise that I read and love every single one.

Now, onto more Seahorse Wedding!

Our bridal brigade kind of rocked, and it was super fun spending time with them after the ceremony.

At that point, we were both all kinds of wrapped up in each other, and, as I remember it, drifting through our photographer’s instructions and laughing a lot. These people were exactly the right people to understand that, to get that we were a little out of it, riding on this Marriage High, and enjoying it right alongside us.

Here’s a note: if your photographer tells you to do something that sounds a little silly, like, “Hey, everyone walk towards me up this sandy and possibly dangerous slope and don’t fall!”—she knows what she’s talking about. Some of these pictures felt a little ridiculous while we were doing them, but we were thrilled with how they came out. Let it be known to the world, we love Ellie Leonardsmith.

Here’s another note: having a second, secret photographer taking the same pictures from another perspective is kind of awesome. A lot of our photos were fantastic surprises, and it was really fun to see what our guests were probably seeing!

Finally, we got a few shots with our “sisters”—mine biological, and my wife’s as close as you can get.

Next up, I get out of my dress (ooh la la) and the two of us sneak off into the woods…

Before this, we:

• Had a chaotic evening before the wedding and an early morning rehearsal.
• Got ready together, got ready some more separately, and then had a first look.
• Watched our family and friends process in and met each other in front of all of our guests.
• Listened as our minister welcomed our guests and some of our best friends gave some lovely readings.
• Watched our rings traveled among our guests while more poems were read.
• Said our big words and were blessed by the universe.
• Breathed a sigh of relief as our rings returned, not only unscathed, but also blessed, and we exchanged them and heard another reading. Oh yeah, and then we danced up the aisle.
• Were for serious married! We took off in a canoe and returned for family pictures.