Weddingbee Blog

Hello again, hive!

Mrs. Parasol here and back in action! I still can’t believe the day we’ve been building toward for nine months has come and gone, and I’m so thankful to all of you who sent your well wishes to Mr. Parasol and me.

I know I’ve been a bit of a wedding skeptic around these parts. I wanted a romantic elopement in lieu of a big wedding, I struggled with various DIY projects Mr. Parasol and I took on, I had a pretty bad attitude about weddings in general when we reached the one-month mark, and I came down with a case of the bridal crazies in the last two weeks. I didn’t want to think of our wedding as something I just had to get through, but to be honest I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to escape that attitude in the end.

Well, let me tell you, hive. This wedding skeptic has been permanently cured of her cynical ways.

Our wedding was perfect.

And I don’t mean that in the “It was perfect because at least I married the love of my life” sense (though that was awesome!).

I mean that in the “Everything was perfect” sense. Like literally.

Maybe I just had wedding goggles on the whole day but, honestly, I’d be hard-pressed to tell you one thing that could have gone better. The day was absolute perfection: our entire wedding vision came together exactly the way we wanted it to, we had a blast celebrating with our close friends and family, and on top of it all Mr. Parasol and I got married! Seriously, weddings are amazing!

I can’t wait to come back and tell you all about our wedding, but for now here are two of my favorite pictures, taken by Mr. Parasol’s step-mom right after our family-only ceremony, that really capture our day.

There were a lot of smiles and loving glances, and I spent a hilarious amount of time holding up my dress (which still got absolutely filthy!) while Mr. Parasol carried my bouquet like a total champ.

There was also a lot of tomfoolery and shameless behavior, in true Parasol fashion. Just wait until you see the video of our first dance!

I’ll be popping in now and then before starting my official recaps to fill you in on a few wedding-related plans I didn’t have time to blog about, our two mini-moons (that’s right—Mr. Parasol surprised me with a second one!), and how we’re adjusting to newlywed life (spoiler alert: it rocks!). And, of course, I can’t wait to catch up with all of you on what’s been going on since I’ve been away!

Love and hugs,

Mrs. Parasol (!!!)