Wedding day part three

We had plenty of time to kill before everybody got to the reception so we went up to our room for a few minutes to relax, check makeup, take off the veil etc. Once in the room we could look out the window and see the guests meandering on the patio - it was so neat!!!! We waved and a few people looked up, I think Evan got a few photos of us in the window.

Speaking of Evan, our photographer was so awesome and I am DYING to see the photos. In this world of instant gratification, waiting a month seems like an eternity!

The one thing about the wedding that was not necessarily perfect was the fact that we had too much room! With the patio open and the weather perfect there were always a good chuck of the crowd outside so there were not a whole lot of people around for our announcement and cake cutting but I would gladly have too much room as the only critique of the day.

The covered part of the patio had the raw bar, bartender and dip etc. They had strung twinkly lights and greenery so it looked like a move set from some romantic comedy. My description pales in comparison to how it looked. We had the Star Wars cake topper at the head table so nobody sat there but when dinner was served we didn't want to sit at a big table by ourselves. We would up sitting with the best man, a mutual friend who went to high school with and friends of the family that knew me when I was an infant. It was a great table of friends from different eras who have one thing in common - us, and they were having a great time. It warms my heart to see my friends and family having a good time with Rob's friends and family.

Our first dance went so well, we did it while everybody was finishing dinner so we KNEW that we had everybody in the main room and we had their undivided attention. We started the dance and everybody was sitting and all of a sudden everybody was standing and whooping and hollering. The dance went so well, we did our little pauses, spins and dips with only a minor flub or two. I saw the video and we looked professional. It was so much fun also. That's the other thing, everything about the reception was fun.

Once we got to the party Rob and I went off in different directions greeting everybody and it was fun to say "excuse me, I need to find my husband", and it was fun to look around and see Rob in his tux, looking incredibly handsome talking to somebody. It was fun to watch him. He looked so damn handsome, we need to find another reason for him to wear a tux.

The cannoli cake was the talk of the evening - everybody wanted to complement us on it. When we 'cut the cake' we pulled a cannoli off the top and cut it in 1/2. Rob looked at me and mouthed the words "shove the whole thing in my mouth" I shook my head and he nodded so I held up the 1/2 piece of cannoli and he inhaled it! It was too funny. After the fact I found out that all the Italian relatives had grabbed a few extra cannolis and had brought them back to the hotel and the next day at brunch they were pulling cannolis out of thin air like magicians! Too funny.

I loved dancing with everybody, the DJ did a great job with the music we gave him. We had the floor packed off and on all night. I loved dancing in the big dress, when I spun I felt like Cinderella at the ball. The ironic thing of it all was that I was NOT going to have a conga line but for the last song I wound up in a conga line. It was actually fun.