Last month, my
cousin Morgan got married and Evie was the flower girl. Evie was pretty excited about the whole
thing, but I think her excitement stemmed more from getting to actually go to
the wedding than getting to be in it. I
don’t think she quite understood what was going on most of the time.
She got to go to
the Bridal Shower with me back in May.
She loved that it was just girls.
And she loved playing the games (thanks to everyone who let her win the
bouquet!).
The night before
the wedding, I took Evie over to Xavier for rehearsal and she met Emmett, the
ring bearer. They hit it off right away
and marched down the aisle like they’d done it million times before. They were so good at marching that they
passed everyone up and marched right up the steps to where the alter was. That got a big laugh. Dinner was at New Riff Distillery in
Newport. It is such a neat venue!! Pat
had just driven down from Columbus after work that evening so he met Evie and I
there with my parents. While we waited,
Evie and I had a little happy hour, just us girls. I relished getting to spend this time with
her because it doesn’t happen all that often.
It struck me how old she is now as I watched her nibbling her snacks and
sipping her drink. She kept looking up
at me and grinning. I think she liked
having me all to herself too. I was
particularly glad to have to this time once my parents got there and she mostly
ignored me in favor of Kiki and Pops.
Dinner was fantastic and we all enjoyed turning our tongues blue with
the icing from the Xavier cake. Evie was
thrilled when Morgan gave her silver jewelry box and a heart-shaped locket with
her name engraved on it.
The next morning,
Evie and I headed over to the Dorsey’s house to get her ready for the
wedding. Evie was nervous around so many
new people, but everyone treated her like a little princess. She got a silky, flowered robe to wear and
she got her hair done. She even got to
wear a tiny bit of make-up. She loved
getting her picture taken with all of the bridesmaids and Morgan. They were so sweet to her.
Evie couldn’t wait to see Morgan in her
dress. She thought it was the prettiest
thing she’d ever seen and she’s told me more than once since that day that
Morgan was the most beautiful ‘wedding lady’ ever. I had one moment of panic when Evie decided
to get blue crayon on the sash of her dress, but, thankfully, cooler heads
prevailed and one of Morgan’s bridesmaids helped me to flip the sash so it
didn’t show. One of the most exciting
parts of the wedding for Evie was getting to ride on the party bus to the
ceremony. She was so happy she was
bouncing in her seat, and when the music started playing and everyone was
singing, she was in heaven.
The ceremony
itself went off without a hitch. Evie
and Emmett did great and everyone in the wedding party looked wonderful. Unfortunately Mitchell decided to freak out
as soon as he saw me so I didn’t get to see Evie walk down the aisle because I
was too busy grabbing him from Pat and trying to calm him down. Pat ended up taking him out of the church for
the rest of mass to prevent any more incidents.
After the ceremony was over, we had a few hours to kill before the
reception started so we went to Arthur’s in Hyde Park for some food.
Then we headed over to The Monastery in Mt.
Adams to party the night away. The kids
stressed me out a little during the speeches and dinner because they didn’t
want to sit still. Regardless, the food
was really good and, once the dancing started, I didn’t worry as much about
them being disruptive. We’ve never taken
the kids to a wedding and it was a little nerve-racking for me. I was very, very grateful for the help my family
gave to us. They were seriously
wonderful and I can’t thank them enough. We all had a blast dancing. The kids were hilarious. Mitch was break dancing and Evie joined in
the Cupid Shuffle. Pat and Evie even
shared a Daddy Daughter Dance. So cute!
It was a great day. The wedding was beautiful. The reception was fun. And a wonderful time was had by all!
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