Sarah’s Wedding Reception

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Last weekend, Jonathon and I drove down past Rolla to a small town for my good friend’s wedding reception. She actually got married over the summer in Virginia and this is the day her wedding was originally supposed to be. So instead, her parents had a dinner reception for her. I was glad we were able to go celebrate with her. Since she is living in Alaska now, we aren’t going to get to see her very often. It was so good getting to visit and hug at the reception. My friend Paige was there, too, and we sat with her and her boyfriend. I forgot that he has two kids, so he really didn’t seem to mind having dinner with a one year old. Bailey was behaving fairly well, but you just never know how people are going to react- especially an unmarried 20-something guy!

Here are the three girls. We used to be inseparable. Time and life and location has changed that, but I still love both of these girls! (Sarah is the one in the black dress and pearls. Unfortunately I didn’t get a picture of her new husband).

Jonathon and Bailey, I think this was in the hallway outside the reception

Family picture- Bailey was actually almost cooperating! Ha. Sarah gave Bailey her bride teddy bear that was on the head table. She was too busy to pay attention to it that night, but since then she has decided she loves it!

Oh and here’s the part where Jonathon decided it was a good idea to keep Bailey quiet by letting her eat Hershey’s Kisses off the table where they were scattered for decoration. She was bouncing off the walls even more than usual after that.

Once Sarah was done with her required mingling, we started getting goofy. She got the idea to start eating the center of the wedding cake because it was just a little underbaked. It was SOOOO good. So here we are shoving our fingers into the cake and eating bites of it out of our hands. I’m sure we looked so classy.

I love this baby.

The Wedding- last weekend

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Here are some pictures from the wedding we went to in Nashville last weekend. The drive was about six hours, so it was much better than the drive to Oklahoma but it still had its moments. Thankfully, on the way home Bailey slept most of the way, except for maybe an hour or so.

When we got into Nashville we went straight to the rehearsal dinner, which was at Buca di Beppo (which I guess is a chain of Italian restaurants but I hadn’t heard of it before). The food was all served family style so that was kind of fun. We sat at a table with Jonathon’s parents and his Aunt Grace and Uncle Marvin. We had a nice time at the dinner and then afterwards we went to the church for the rehearsal. I had never been to a rehearsal where the dinner was before the church part. But Bailey had a great time running up and down the aisles as fast as possible. They slanted downward toward the front of the church so she would get going faster and faster and then crash. She also liked chasing after the two flower girls, who were amused by her at first and then I think they got annoyed.

Saturday morning, Jonathon drove me around Nashville to show me where he used to work and live and stuff like that. We let Bailey take her morning nap in the car since we weren’t sure how it would work at the hotel. Also we found Cadbury eggs on clearance for 12 cents each at Walgreens! Then we went back and got ready for the wedding (and I had to iron all our clothes!) and headed to the church. It was raining and the parking lot was so full by the time we got there, so Jonathon dropped us off and then met us inside later. Bailey made it through the wedding long enough to see the bride come in and then for about three minutes after that. I spent the rest of the time wandering the church with her and then I found the nursery and took her in there to play.

The reception was at the church right after the ceremony. It was really the first “cake and punch” reception I had ever been to. They had all kinds of hors d’oeuvres and desserts and stuff too. Here are some pictures of the bride and groom, and then everyone at our table (Jonathon’s parents, aunt, uncle, cousins).

Once again, Bailey had a great time running around. She helped rearrange some chairs and also tried to get everyone’s attention. She got lots of compliments. She was a very good baby all day and I was so impressed. Especially since she completely missed her afternoon nap!

That night met up in the groom’s parents hotel room for leftovers (from the rehearsal dinner) and to visit with Jonathon’s family. They are all so normal, except for his parents. They really sat there and didn’t say much the whole time. I wonder if they feel like they don’t fit in, or if they just don’t have anything to say. Sunday morning we were going to spend more time at Opryland but we were just kind of anxious to get on the road and get home. Plus we thought that way Bailey would take her morning nap in the car instead of at The Grand Ole Opry!

Aaron and Mo’s Wedding

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A@ron and M@ureen’s wedding, October 2007
-Jonathon was a groomsman. Bailey stayed with Jen during the ceremony and then came to the reception with us. The reception was at the City Museum, which turned out to be a really cool place for a reception.

Faith and I went to Starbucks to kill time between the wedding and reception, while Jonathon was off doing groomsman things. Bailey “tried” her first Starbucks drink

Big girl at the dinner table!

Jonathon did a great job entertaining Bailey at dinner. Somehow we got stuck at the “groomsmen with kids” table instead of at the table where all of our friends were seated. That was a big bummer. We didn’t know the other people we were sitting with because they were all from New York. Sometimes you really get screwed for having a kid.


Jonathon and the groom, Aaron

I thought the back of her dress was really cool. It was SO sparkly during the ceremony!

Maureen and Me- ug, this is NOT a good picture of me but I couldn’t leave out the picture of the bride, so here it is…