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What to say, what to say.

I’ve been on this wedding blogging journey for well over a year now. My goal was to finish this adventure in a year, but alas, my heart wouldn’t let me finish my recaps. So I set my goal to finish by Feb 2010.

I’ve been married for almost eight months and I’ve shared my ups, my downs and a lot of…

Mama and Papa Peep loved that we had a small wedding in S.F., but Papa Peep loves a good party and he wanted to celebrate with every one of his friends.

So, right after our big day, Mama Peep sent out invites for an LA reception:

After our amazing time in the hills, we jetted off to the East Coast of Panama:

To Bocas del Toro, or Bocas:

Are you addicted to daily roasted coffee and adventure?

If so, head to the hills:

I'm so, so sorry for the long absence. Eek. It’s been two months. Does anyone remember little old me?

I have been inspired to start (and finish) our honeymoon recaps by the new year, and the fact that a year ago today I wrote this, and eight months ago today, I was here:

I was never planning on doing this post. It seemed less evasive to show you a picture of Mr. Peep in bed the day after our wedding than showing you the nitty-gritty details of our budget.

BUT a few weeks ago, Mama Peep commented that every penny spent on our wedding seemed well spent. So maybe this post is an ode to our good work—the hours…

I’ve probably read thousands of posts on Weddingbee, but one post that always stood out to me was Mrs. Flamingo’s post-wedding post on her inspiration vs. reality.

I think one of the very best things you can do as a bride is choose a color scheme and a feel for your wedding, and then stick to it!!! I really think sticking to my guns made the…

Hi, I am Mrs. Peep Toe, and I am spoiled rotten.

A few months before our wedding, I *might* have mentioned under my breath (which might have also been ridden with alcohol) that my engagement ring would look even more perfect flanked by not just one band, but two. Yep, I was that girl that asked for it all up front.

Oops, did I do that??

So the…

We began our registry over 15 months ago at Williams-Sonoma; fought our way through registering at Crate and Barrel; and jumped for joy when we found some common interests at Bloomingdale’s.

I spent a lot of time getting our registries just right before the wedding. And over the last four months, I have spent even more time returning, exchanging and re-thinking our registry—seriously, why did I…

Eek. It’s been almost a month since my last recap. I have to admit, I’ve been avoiding this recap. It was the end of the night, we just finished cutting the “cake”, and it was time for the Best Man’s and Papa Peep’s speeches.

Best Man J was with us when we met and has been Mr. Peep’s friend for almost 30 years!!

So obviously, he means…

Our reception felt like a whirlwind. I can say I enjoyed every moment, but the moments went by WAY too quickly. I also so wish I could show you pictures of the food, but no can do. I will say that it was amazing, and our friends are still talking about it.

Before I dive into the reception, let’s put some music to the party to…

After our ridiculously fantastic entrance, we walked straight onto the dance floor and had our first dance.

Our first song was a hit; everyone loved it:

I promise the day is progressing quickly and the wedding day recaps are almost* over. But I must say, we are finally at my very very very FAVORITE part of the day - joining the party.

Before I get ahead of myself, let’s set the scene. Our amazingly talented DJ started the music:

(You might have heard this song recently here)

The guests had signed our guestbook:

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I was really bummed that we had to leave our cocktail party. In fact, it might be my biggest regret of the day. BUT, it did mean that I got some alone time with my new husband (that is, if you call being followed by a photographer and her assistant being alone).

Out of all the shots that were taken, my favorite ones were the ones…

Are you sick of our mugs yet?? Well, keep holding on, because we are just getting to the party!! Woo hoo.

Of course, we had to take a couple super quick extended family portraits…