Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage

Andrew and I were married on the 19th June 2011 in what I can only describe as the best day of my life.
I am a big stress freak and the days leading up until our wedding I stressed over every little detail of our wedding. I went to the florist daily, sent lengthy emails to the photographer, I even emailed the cake decorator about my nightmare about having a miniature sized cake and just wanted to make sure she knew I wanted a life size cake! 

On the day of our wedding I was so nervous and so excited. At every moment of the day I was either giggling or crying. The night before our wedding I stayed at my mums house and had a "slumber party" with my youngest sister. We stayed up and watched Doctor who until the wee hours of the morning and just chatted about life with the odd "ohmygoodness! Your getting married tomorrow" Oh and we nearly consumed and entire tin of milo that night! 

In the morning the hairdresser, a good friend of my mums arrived and started doing our hair. Not long after the make up artist arrived with a hilarious story of how her car broke down, just down the road because she was early so she waited down the road with her lights on (something I would do!!) It was too funny! My Dad saved the day by charger her battery while we got all pretty! :)
Lillia my niece (1 1/2) was incredibly amusing and kept as all entertained! I believe she only posed for one photo with the hair clip in her hair and then swiftly ripped it out but she was incredibly cute! 

In what felt like minutes (in reality hours of getting ready!) the limo driver, Murray arrived to take us to the church! The hysterical crying almost started but Murray swiftly stepped in and kept my emotions in check by playing the "going to the chapel" song. I will never forget sitting in the back of the limo for those last few moments alone as an unmarried woman. Before you knew it the limo was filled with my parents, my bridesmaids (two of my sisters and my friend annaliese) and my brother and our exchange student michiru! And off we went to meet everyone at the church! 

By the time we arrived at the church I was well and truly panicking! My sister and Dad were trying to calm me down. The last few things I was told before my walk down the aisle "Breathe and walk slowly." Neither of which I did :)

I bolted down the aisle, I didn't breathe the entire time, I couldn't hear a thing. I have no idea who was there and for those for seconds all I could think about was getting up there with my husband! We had a friend and his string quartet play "All I want is you"by U2. Although I don't remember it being played, after watching our wedding video it was definitely played and it was amazing :)

Now for the next half hour whilst my grandfather married us I don't remember much. I remember squeezing my husbands hand, refusing to look at him because I knew that if I looked him in the eye I would cry. I remember listening to my husband say his vows, I remember saying my vows. I remember turning around to hear my youngest brother read out a bible verse and catching a glimpse of my gorgeous bridesmaids standing there behind me. I remember catching quick glances at my parents watching us get married. I remember singing a hymn and wishing I could tell my grandpa his microphone was on so his singing was incredibly loud in comparison to everyone else. I remember trying to hold back giggles and squeezing my husbands hand when he started to chuckle. I remember our first kiss as husband and wife and wishing that we could just jump in the limo and ride off into the sunset so we could just chat enjoy each others company.