Love Under the Moon: Here Comes the Sun

I woke up on Saturday morning feeling well rested and ready to conquer the world. HAH! Just kidding. In reality I woke up around 5 AM after a solid four hours of sleep and was too anxious to lay in bed any longer. I crept into the living room to write my last post as a miss and went over some last minute deets. I could feel the adrenaline bubbling under my skin. The day held so much promise! The sun was shining and it already looked like it was going to be a beautiful day, but how would it all play out? Would I dance a lot? Would I eat enough? Would I trip over my dress? After pacing around the room for a while I decided to hop into the shower and clear my head. As soon as I walked out I was instantly pummeled by MOH D.

"You're getting married todaaaaaaay!"

I gulped. Was this really happening? I felt my heart pounding and decided I should try to keep myself busy for the next few hours. It was only 7 AM and the hair stylists, makeup artist and all of my bridesmaids were not due to arrive until 9. I grabbed MOH D and we headed out to Dunkin Donuts to pick up coffee and bagels for all the ladies. (Poor MOH A had worked a super long shift at the hospital the day before and then drove two hours to our venue so we let her sneak in as much sleep as she could.)

We poured ourselves some coffee, laid out everything out and before we knew it there was a knock at the door. The hair stylists and makeup artist had arrived! My bridesmaids, Momma Coyote and FMIL Coyote trickled in shortly after and it was time to get to work!

It wasn't quite my turn to get prettified yet so I wandered around chatting with everyone and sipping on mimosas. At one point my phone buzzed. It was Mr. Coyote! And he had sent me a... YouTube link?

Video via YouTube

I should explain here that Mr. Coyote is a die-hard Beetlejuice fan and practically begged me to let him dress up like Beetlejuice for the wedding. While I am all about having the groom involved in wedding planning this was a little too much for me. I quickly put the kibosh on that one and gently suggested that it might make a better Halloween costume instead. To this day I am not quite sure if this video was Mr. Coyote's last ditch, passive aggressive attempt to change my mind or if he was just trying to be cute and was excited about the fact that it was our wedding day. I'm going to go with the latter. ;)

Other than a few random text messages I did not see or talk to Mr. Coyote until our first look. Did you talk to your groom before your first look or ceremony?

Miss a recap?

• I babble about being married and share our wedding video.
• We finish up some last-minute wedding tasks and I have complete breakdown.
• 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 wind down with our families back at the hotel.