Weddingbee Blog

Right after cutting our cake (and after I managed to gag mine down), we made our way to the dance floor for our first dance as husband and wife.

This is always one of my favorite moments of a wedding reception. My someday-imaginary-first-dance is one of the few wedding-related things I daydreamed about since I was a little girl. I can remember being younger than 10 years old and proclaiming to my aunt in the car one day that “Truly, Madly, Deeply” by Savage Garden was going to be my first dance song at my wedding, and she promised she’d hold me to it. Luckily she broke that promise, and we were able to select a better song.

We stepped onto the dance floor, pulled each other close, and began our dance.

Press play and listen along!

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It’s a little bit funny
This feeling inside
I’m not one of those who can
Easily hide
I don’t have much money, but,
Boy, if I did
I’d buy a big house where we both could live

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If I was a sculptor…
But then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a
Travelin’ show
I know it’s not much
But it’s the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one’s for you

And you can tell everybody
This is your song
It may be quite simple but
Now that it’s done
I hope you don’t mind
I hope you don’t mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you’re in the world

As usual with us, there was laughter. This is everyone’s favorite picture from our wedding.

I sat on the roof
And kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses,
Well, they’ve got me quite cross
But the sun’s been quite kind
While I wrote this song
It’s for people like you that keep it turned on

In between giggles, we sang to each other.

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So excuse me forgetting
But these things I do
You see I’ve forgotten
If they’re green or they’re blue
Anyway, the thing is,
What I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen

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And you can tell everybody
This is your song
It may be quite simple but
Now that it’s done
I hope you don’t mind
I hope you don’t mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you’re in the world

I hope you don’t mind
I hope you don’t mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you’re in the world

Our first dance definitely lived up to all my girlhood dreams and more. Like the ceremony, it was another part of the day where everyone else in the room faded away, and it was just the two of us. And it was perfect.

Miss something? Follow along here!

• First, I kick things off with our wedding video.
• I go stir-crazy, and almost choke to death, the week before our wedding.
• We had a pretty bad venue setup/rehearsal day.
• I’m the bride with the weak stomach.
• The crew arrives, and the ladies get pretty.
• Hairstylist B accidentally shares a little secret!
• Bride and groom exchange cards and a surprise gift.
• Tying bow ties is a comedy of errors.
• Finally, I become a bride!
• All the little details.
• A special lady gets a special gift.
• Here comes the sun, and the bride (AKA our first look).
• We took some family photos.
• We processed, and got married!
• An unexpected guest showed up and made themselves at home…right on Mr. Wiz’s head.
• After the ceremony, we greeted our guests, and then headed outside for some bride and groom photo time (which was not without some shenanigans!).
• The moment of truth: would our guests have water?
• We ate, took photos with our guests, and cut our cake.

All photos by MichaelWill Photography unless otherwise noted. Images market with an (*) are edited by me, with permission from Michael.