The Wedding

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Monday was a crazy day! Things were hectic, but by 6:45 all was fairly settled down and we were ready for it to begin.

Once everyone was in the room, "Do You Love Me?" from Fiddler on the Roof began playing. (Have you ever heard the song I'm talking about? If you haven't, you should. And if you don't know my family, then you should know that the humor of that movie and of the song fit us all very well, and you should know that Fiddler on the Roof is my all-time favorite movie.)
After the song ended the sound clip from my dad's proposal was played.
http://www.bestsharing.com/files/4o1pL387159/Mike%20Bigby%20audio.mp3.html


Then I walked in, followed by my brothers, and my parents. The ceremony was beautiful. He talked reread the verses from the original ceremony and then they recommitted themselves to each other and God.

Kairi played and talked and giggled through the whole thing. :) She was adorable. And someone (don't ask me who, but I'm fairly certain it was a female family member ... lol) was holding Alex for me.

As we walked out Shania Twain's "You're Still the One" played in the background.

Afterwards there were a lot pictures and chatting w/ the family. The wedding cake looked just like the original. :) We all had a great time -- it was a very special day.

Here's the few pictures that I took myself.
Center pieces:



The Cake:


The Preacher and His Wife:


Mimi and Grandad (Daddy's Parents):


Maw-Maw and Grandad (Mama's Parents):


Mama:


Enjoy the pictures that the photog took! They're great!

3 days before the "wedding" ....

3 days before my parents renew their vows and four of us are sick. The pediatrician's office was so booked that they couldn't see the babies. My new doctor (replacing the dr that I've seen since I was born who retired Dec 31, 2007) would have seen me, if he hadn't had eye surgery yesterday.

My mom, daughter, son and I trudged our way into the secondary hospital campus's e.r. We were there from 10:30am until 4:45pm. Here are the results:

~Kairi has an ear infection in her left ear. She is recovering from a cold.
~Alex has an upper respiratory infection, but is not being treated b/c he is too young. If he gets worse I'm to take him back and have him retested for RSV.
~Mama has an upper respiratory infection.
~I have a severe cold. I don't believe him. I think that I have the same upper respiratory infection that they have, but that I'm just not as far along. If I'm still sick on Monday, I'm calling my new doctor and seeing if he will take a look at me.

I have new pictures to post, but I honestly feel too bad to do so. Instead, I'm curling up on the couch with Alex and going to sleep. Goodnight!

Almost done

We're almost done. Really and truly almost done. With the wedding plans, that is. Here's what's left:

~Order party trays for the reception.
~Pay for the wedding cake.
~Finish paying for the chocolate cake.
~Buy the last of the reception foods (mints, chocolates, nuts, etc.) and decorations.
~Make a song cd for the reception.

All else gets done that day. We even got a photographer today! I'm really excited about him. He's super good and gave us an amazing deal. If these pictures turn out as well as I'm hoping they will, he'll become my babies photographer for anytime I'm in town! :D

Here's a few pictures from today.

Bed Head!


A Warm Winter Day Makes Kairi Want to Play!

25 Years

On January 14, 2008, my parents will have been married for 25 years. They've been through a lot in those years, and I can attest to the fact that it hasn't always been easy for them, but they made it! To celebrate, my dad and I have been planning a surprise vow renewal for my mom. He proposed to her (on the radio!) last Friday. :) We spent today looking for dresses for the wedding! Here's what we found:

My mother's wedding dress:




The dress is too small, but the alterations lady promised that it'd be easy to fix! :D It was a great price and a beautiful dress on her. This is really exciting b/c she wasn't able to wear a real wedding dress, or even a white dress, when she got married the first time.

Here's the dress I'm going to wear. Please excuse the black socks, bra showing, static-y hair and how large I am. I did just have a baby, and am excited to be down to this size! I think that I will look much better in it once I have a decent bra and heels.




Kairi's dress was a 2T!!! It's the only blue dress we found, and it's gorgeous!




We had quite an adventure as Kairi should have been laying down for a nap about the time we finally got out the door. In order to keep her happy, we allowed her to push Alex around in the stroller.




What Alex thought of Kairi pushing him:


Alex finally calmed down, but only once he was in my arms.



And by the time we left, Kairi was sound asleep.




We still have a lot to do over the next couple of weeks, so I may not be able to blog regularly. But I'll continue to post about the upcoming wedding! :D