In case you missed it, Ronnie and I got married last Friday!!! :) About time!

I apologize in advance for this novel... Ok so for anyone who's new here or forgotten, in early 2011 we cancelled our "big" November 2011 wedding. I was actually relieved (I haaated wedding planning) and then a few months after cancelling - I got pregnant. I felt a little guilty that we wouldn't be married by the time we had our baby but it didn't bother either of us all that much. We already FELT like a family and marriage was never really a necessity for me. I was also relieved that I wouldn't be getting married that November, 6 months pregnant! Not drinking at my own wedding was not an option. ha!

Fast forward to late 2013. Ronnie and I decided we just needed to do it already. We just felt like it was time for us to legally be a family and for me to finally share my daughter's last name. I hated not sharing that with her! So we decided to just elope and planned on December 30th since I was off work all that week. We'd get married and then go on our honeymoon! But then, Ronnie got a job in early December so we had to forget about him taking off any time to get married! When that didn't work out, I didn't choose a second date. I'm sure my friends were tired of hearing about my plot to elope but I kept putting it off - mostly because of nerves. Ronnie's parents knew it would be happening at some point and were thrilled. My parents however were not and that's been stressful. Finally, my good friend/coworker said "I'm going to help you plan this and you're gonna make it happen." That was April 2nd. The week before I actually got married! 

So there I was, making calls, making an appointment with a JP, ordering a dress online. That weekend we bought Ronnie's clothes and Violet's dress. The week OF the wedding, we ordered our rings on Amazon (yay Amazon Prime 2 day shipping!), I bought shoes and accessories and booked a photographer. The night before my wedding, I painted my nails, colored my hair (probably shouldn't have done that one. ugh.), made a couple props for our pictures, and made my bouquet! It all happened so fast and I was sick to my stomach nervous! ha

Then, Friday morning. THE WEDDING DAY :) We rushed all morning to get ready, ran late and even forgot the wedding license and had to turn back for it...But we finally made it to New Braunfels, in time for our 11 am wedding! NB is an area we've spent a lot of time in as a couple and Ronnie grew up near there and his grandfather's picture is even up in the courthouse so it's always meant a lot to him. We were married in the adorable gazebo in their Main Plaza. It was windy and cool and just a totally gorgeous spring morning. It was just me, Ronnie, Violet, the JP and our photographer - and it was perfect. The ceremony itself lasted maybe 5 minutes and then we were married! After that, we took some pictures then walked over to our favorite bakery across the street where I surprised Ronnie with a small wedding cake I'd ordered. We ate cake, took more pictures and by 11:45 or so, our little wedding was over. Aaaah! We headed to the coast afterwards for a quick family trip and had fun for a bit but the two year old wasn't having it so we cut the trip short and just had a really quiet weekend at home. It wasn't our honeymoon anyway so at least we have a fun trip to look forward to later this year. ALONE! haha

I'm just so excited we finally made it happen. I should have our pictures from the photographer next week and will share some then! Thank you again for all the sweet comments on IG and here on the blog. It feels good to finally be a Mrs! 

Excuse my excessive exclamation points and smileys :)

Thanks again ladies for all your tips on dealing with my mom drama! You have no idea how much that really means to me..Y'all are the BEST!

So I noticed recently that my Mom had been acting strange when I shared ideas for venue, food, etc. She'd say something like "Oh that's nice" or some random "I'm being a pouty baby so I'm gonna act like I don't care" kinda saying. Yeah it sounds mean to say that about my mom but she is seriously like that - she's also the queen of guilt trips...Love her to death but she really is.

So I finally sat down with her last night and confronted her. I finally just asked "Do you want to help me with this or not? If not, we're getting married in Vegas.". Kinda mean but it needed to be said with all the weirdness she'd been giving. She finally said "Of course I want to, you're my daughter and I want to share this with you. I just stopped giving you ideas because you want what you want and nothing I say even matters." (remember that guilt trip thing I mentioned?) So I finally told her to snap out of it so she can help me and I think it worked. For now :)

And not to turn this into just another venue post but SERIOUSLY y'all, I found a venue yesterday that I'd never even heard of and I truly think this may be it!! It's in a little town called New Braunfels which is north of San Antonio kind of inbetween here and Austin. Ronnie actually grew up right next to this area so finding a place in his "hometown" sounds perfect right? I love it and I think I'm going to stand my ground on it - even if I have to pay for it myself! It's called Seekatz Opera House and is right next to the town square which is always decorated beautifully for Christmas! AAGH! :) I seriously got chills when I found it and it felt REAL when I finally talked to someone who works there and got all the details which seem to be PERFECT. And my date of 12-11-10 is available! I think this may be the ONE! Of course my mom wasn't thrilled with it - she doesn't like the idea of making my in-town family drive 45 minutes away and then back late at night. I get that but no one said I'm making them stay that late, you know? They can leave when they feel is safest for them, right? Right! :) So I'm truly in love with this place and am making an appointment to see it with Ronnie next week. So excited!

Happy New Year!! Enjoy the time with your loved ones and I hope 2010 is absolutely wonderful for you because y'all deserve it!