MRS.

Mic check... one..two...testing.

HOLA, I'm back! and I'm married! (WAHH!!!)

I had every intention of posting again before last Saturday, but clearly that never happened. I'm here now though, and while I want to wait to start the official wedding recaps until I get our professional photos back (I always used to find this so annoying..when others did it... but let's be honest. I paid the nice lady a lot of money for pretty pictures, so I'm waiting for the pretty pictures. :) ).

In the meantime, I've come to provide you a sneak peak, and a short list of things I learned in the last week. Ready? Here we go:

1.) If you invite a sloth to your wedding, he WILL delay your first dances and inevitably steal the show. Especially when his name is Stefano.

 

2.) I will never be able to thank these 3 enough. I walked into the reception space and could not have imagined it any more perfectly. They went above and beyond and that aspect of the wedding was just flawless. 

3.) The "zipper merge" does NOT exist in Mexico. In fact, driving on the shoulder to avoid merging at all, is apparently totally acceptable. Also, terrifying.

4.) I'm way more of a drinker than previously thought..especially when the drinks are blended, free, and available at any time of the day. 

5.) That no matter how generous you are.. (uhh free meal, free beer/wine all night), people will find something to whine about. I.e. "my table is at the very end" and/or "the couple didn't talk to everyone, or come around to the tables".... yes, these things were actually told to me, through my dad. Srsly.

6.) That when wearing a wedding dress, using the restroom will be a group effort..and you'll get more acquainted with your sister-in-law, and MOH, than you ever previously expected. 

6a.) That it will still be a perfect night even if (and this may be TMI) "aunt flo" shows up, unexpectedly, right before dinner... which requires you to get even further acquainted with your sister-in-law... who will have to run to the car and drive to target for tampons and underwear and still make it back before dinner. #holla

They always tell you that your wedding day will go by SO fast, and I nodded my head and swore I'd remember every second. But it's true, it goes by so fast. It was both the longest (as I was experiencing it..soaking it all in), and the fastest, day of my life. I want to really be as detailed as possible with my recaps, because this is the only place I have to remember all the things that photos haven't captured.

So, be patient with me, it may be long and detailed and drawn out.. but I don't want to forget a second of the day.

Some bonus photos:

{first dance}

{reading my card from Matt}