That's Life

Our wedding album arrived today and it's amazing. We had a fantastic photographer who captured everything about the day that we want to remember... and graciously past over the parts that were, well... less than perfect.

For any brides out there take a tip from me - do not spend the entire day of you wedding locked in one room. "But why would anyone spend a whole day in one room!?" you might ask. We got married at an Inn and thought, "Okay, Danny will spend the day on the first floor, and I'll spend the day on the second floor". Well... the second floor was all bedrooms, meaning, I spent the whole day in one bedroom. I woke up at 7am with my sister, and did not leave the bridal suite for more than 20 minutes the entire day (and when I did leave it was in a rushed panic to make sure Danny and I didn't see each other - what's with the "bad luck if you see each other the day of the wedding" rule?). A room with one bride, 5 bridesmaids, a mother of the bride, mother of the groom, and two hair people is a crowded room. The fact that it was crowded became frighteningly apparent when I started freaking out about my hair and (okay I swear it was my only crazy moment) kicked everyone out of the room. My photographer upon seeing the signs of a meltdown brewing had already left. Thankfully, none of this moment is immortalized in photos.

Brides, here's another tip - confirm your wedding cake. My husband and I found a design of a cake that we loved. It was sleek, it was clean, it was exactly what we wanted. On our wedding day I anxiously awaited the arrival of our wedding cake. When it arrived - womp womp... not the design we'd ordered. (The explanation from the venue was priceless, and I quote "my bad". Oh, I wish I was kidding). But thankfully, our photographer was wonderfully absent as this moment sunk in and my face, as it usually does, probably told all.

And thank goodness the entire wedding process does not end up in your album. If it did, there would be pictures of me standing in my wedding gown with my hands over my mouth in total shock as the seamstress who was altering it told me "no, you brought it to me with holes in it and that rust spot too." Again, wish I was kidding, but alas, I am not.

Here's the thing though - our album captures everything as we want to remember it. It omits anything that was stressful and shows our beautiful, serene, fun, memorable, important and amazing day. And the other memories... well we're already laughing about them... to quote Frank Sinatra "that's life", and I love ours.