more magic from 3/31/12!

Little things I remember:
*My legs shaking as I walked down the aisle, but feeling surprisingly calm while up on the bimah
*Telling myself to smile the entire time I walked down the aisle, and actually doing so
*Being in the bridal suite for seclusion with Sean following the ceremony, and having a plate of cocktail hour food in front of us, and an entire bottle of champagne. I tried to eat but was too overwhelmed. I wanted to drink champagne, but my body told me I needed water. I kept saying over and over again, between bites of pigs in a blanket and sushi: "Omig-d! I can't believe it! We did it!"
*Eating dinner and looking around the room and saying to Sean: "can you believe this is our wedding?!"
*My throat literally feeling like it was on fire from talking (loudly at times) for 12 hours straight
*Toasting mimosas at the salon with my mothers and bridal party, and getting teary-eyed because it was "finally here."
*Laughing all day at the salon
*During the hora trying to take in the blur of people surrounding us, and loving every moment
*Asking people if they were enjoying the Marjie-tinis
*Seeing my bridesmaids for the first time in their black dresses and pink pashminas as we were leaving the hotel
*Feeling uncomfortable because my dress was heavy, but telling myself - and believing it - how insanely worth it it was. My dress was made for me. There was no other dress I could have gotten married in. I knew, the moment I tried it on and nicknamed it "keyhole" that it was the one for me. I knew in July and wore it in March. And in between those months, I dreamed about myself in it. I dreamed about walking down the aisle in it, and having people gasp. And they told me they did. I dreamed about showing it to Sean for the first time. And he had tears in his eyes. I looked at that dress on my computer for months. Couldn't wait to wear it. Couldn't wait to be a bride in it.
*Our first dance, to "Marry Me" by Train, and having mobs of people join us on the dance floor for the end of it. So many people surrounded us, I didn't know where to look. It was the best feeling.
*Knowing, all night long, it was a dream. My dream wedding. Our dream wedding. Only it wasn't a dream. It was real. Every moment was magic. So magical, I'm still experiencing it. Still .... still smiling :)