Love Under the Moon: Becoming a Bride

After I dried my tears, I opened the door to a whirlwind of activity. The videographer had already arrived, the photographer was on her way in and the bouquets and boutonnieres were entering the room in shifts. I apologized to everyone for my outburst and then spent some time pinning and pulling my curls down. Most of my bridesmaids were munching on sandwiches (courtesy of Momma Coyote) and BM P quickly pulled one out for me. Even though I didn't have much of an appetite (I literally took about three bites) I am so glad we decided to bring some food in. Huge tip for future brides: Even if you're not hungry just remember that your bridal party will be! A well-fed bridal party is a happy bridal party. :)

I had moved past the whole hair and makeup debacle (and even managed to fix it up a bit myself!), but that didn't stop the tears from coming. Honestly, I didn't even know why I was crying anymore, but the second someone directed a comment or a question toward me I started to cry.

Random Person in the Room: "Hey Miss Coyote, aren't puppies cute?"

Miss Coyote, sobbing: "Oh my gosh! Puppies?! I love puppies so much. Can we talk about something else? Just thinking about how cute puppies are is making me cry."

It was pathetic. So pathetic that when Dennis, our videographer, noticed the charms on my bouquet and asked me about them I only got about halfway through explaining how the bee charms are passed from bride to bride, how the coyote charms reflect my unique avatar and how amazing the community is before I became totally overwhelmed and started crying again. That's right. I cried over Weddingbee. I hope you're happy.

I did what I could to keep myself distracted while my bridesmaids finished getting ready and soon enough, it was time.

I've done enough yapping in my last few posts so I'm just going to let the photos tell the rest of this story. 

When scheduling out a timeline of the day with our photographers one of the first things they asked me was if I had a corset dress. When I responded yes they immediately told me to tack on another 30 minutes of "getting ready" time.

I thought they were joking, but you guys, you would not believe how long it took to get that damn dress on.

I know this sounds strange, but looking back, it was one of my favorite parts of the day.

I had some of the best ladies in the world surrounding me and had finally reached some zen-like state that is unattainable on any other day than your wedding day.

 

While I was busy becoming a bride, the men were in a hotel room upstairs having their own fun...

*All photos are by the fabulous Upstate Photographers, unless otherwise noted.*

Miss a recap?

• I babble about being married and share our wedding video.
• We finish up some last-minute wedding tasks and pre-wedding jitters set in the day before the wedding.
• We practice getting married and then head to our rehearsal dinner where I shed my first tears of the weekend. We later wind down with our families back at the hotel.
• My bridesmaids get pretty and I get a special message from Mr. Coyote.
• I try to cope when things don't go quite as planned.