It started out a cold, wintery day. Wedding bliss was in the air as we decorated the Heights Historic Firestation Ballroom. They had just informed us the night before that the heater was out, but we weren't going to let that get in the way...it was already warming up as we hung little silver ornaments and pink jewels from the branches of silver tree limbs.
None of us could've guessed what was going to happen next...
dum Dum DUMMM.
Okay, but really. It started out a great day. Decorating, plan making, breakfast eating, and then lunch came. Mom didn't feel good and was the first (of the day) to get sick. She got through her little sick-spell and we kept on with the day, making sure not to mention to Leslie that mom was sick so that she didn't come down with any psychosomatic illness right before the ceremony. Efforts were wasted, Bride got sick. It hit her about two hours before the ceremony, and it hit her hard. She managed to get dressed and emerge from the dressing room long enough for some pictures, then went back to the bathroom. We mentioned to Pastor Tom that he may want to wait until we gave him the "go ahead" for the ceremony if he wanted the Bride to be present. I'm not sure if we even had to delay the ceremony...maybe by a few minutes? But there she was, fully dressed and smiling as it if had never happened (minus the candy cane she was sucking on through the ceremony, reception, etc...) I started getting cold sweats and shaking about halfway through the ceremony, made it through some post-ceremony pictures, and then could barely stand. I truly have no idea how Leslie was able to do it.
My poor, poor sister!
Here are some pictures of the reception that morning after we had decorated...
Maybe someday this will be funny, but right now, it still feels like a bad dream! I remember very little of the ceremony, and even less of the reception. My apologies to everyone who caught this bug....it is really the most contagious bug I have ever heard of. The official count is up to 17 people right now, and counting as the sick ones spread it even further.
Here are a few gems I captured in the Bridal Room waiting for her to recover...
how did her hair stay so perfect??
how about a little smile?
There now! That's better!
(maybe the smile's a little too big? kinda scary? oh well.)
How someone SO sick was still so beautiful is a mystery to me.
Leslie and Chris- it can only go up from here!
(and everyone, once again, on behalf of Lorelai....or Shawn....or even maybe me....SORRY!)
4 comments:
So sad :( but you were all very beautiful and Leslie did amazing considering how she was feeling!
Oh you poot things! How awful!!! BUt as the old saying go, at the end of the day they got married, so it is a good day!
BTW- the pictures are great! I love the one with Leslie giving Lorelai the necklace. SO sweet.
For those of you afflicted....sorry
for those of us who were'nt...rejoice!
Inspite of the illness, the bride was beautiful, the groom handsome,the ceremony was perfect, and the father of the bride even shed a tear!
are you sure that wasn't vomit hitting your face dad? muahahaha
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