Because It Was a Big, Important Day

So, we got married six months ago tomorrow.

 

I know, six months already! I can barely believe that it's been that long, and at the same time I can hardly believe that I haven't known him my entire life *insert dry heaving noises here* Yes, I realize we're vomitrocious, but we're still all icky in love.

 

I did realize that I never blogged about the whole entire process of putting together the wedding, so I think I'll do that now, with six to eleven months of separation from the events. And we shall start In The Beginning...

 

We got engaged on a Wednesday night, June 16. For me, it was out of the blue. Of course, he'd planned everything to the most minute detail, but I pretty much had no idea. I might have caught on a little by the end of the workday on Wednesday, and I knew we were headed in that direction eventually, but he did pull off an amazing surprise, complete with our immediate families at dinner. Because of the big surprise, we hadn't really discussed the whens, wheres, and general details of the getting married process. As we drove around that night telling people and showing off my freaking awesome engagement ring that Bird picked out all by himself, we started to discuss dates. By the end of the night, we had decided sometime in April to avoid OU football season and any winter ice storms.

 

By the next day, I didn't want to wait that long. And Bird just wanted to get married when I did. So we looked at February. Ok, that might work. Then that creeping voice said, "No, just find a bye weekend in the OU schedule and do it in the fall! You can get it all planned!" So, we looked. And the bye weekends were waaaaay to soon. Next best choice--Baylor away game (apologies, Dr. LaBouff)! Thus, November 20, 2010 became the day of all days. Of course, this leads to the inevitable, " You know you're an Okie when you plan your wedding around the Sooner football schedule" comment. Later we learned it was the opening day of deer season. Sorry, boys!

 

This gave us five months to plan an extravaganza. Now, I wasn't really concerned with planning some day centered on me--I just wanted to have an awesome party to celebrate the fact that we are spending the rest of our lives together. It was our goal for everyone to have fun. The ceremony was VERY important and we included some very meaningful elements in it, but whatever we did for the reception, we just wanted to have fun with our friends and family. And fun turned into dancing with the mammoth at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

 

But before all that, I had to pick a dress.

 

To be continued...