Skeptickle

This whole wedding thing sure did break down a lot of my old preconceived notions of how weddings are “supposed” to be. You know those sayings out there that the bride should wear white (I wore ivory), wear shoes that match the dress color (didn’t happen), and the biggie- the groom should not see the bride in her wedding dress until the ceremony. We decided to see each other before the ceremony for practical reasons. We have an hour to kill before the ceremony, what else are we going to do? Also, I was beginning to get tired of all the superstitious bull-hocky surrounding weddings. Do you know why this “rule” was made up in the first place? It was traditionally a preventative measure for those in arranged marriages. It prevented the groom from seeing his bride before they were official and run out because he didn’t like what he saw. Rob and I had been with each other for over three years at this point and he has seen it all: the bad, the worse, and the ugly. So something tells me he wasn’t going to run out on me just because he sees me in my wedding dress.

Our photographer was to pick the location at Nestldown for our first meeting and subsequent bride and groom photo session that day. The bottom deck behind the bridal changing room was to be our meeting place. We waited awhile for the signal from Brooke that the Rob has arrived. Rob was running late for a variety of reasons (which will be explained in a future post). Once he arrived outside the bridal changing area, Junshien took over and directed him to the bottom deck where he was to face away from where I would enter.

Looking down at him from the top deck. Also, a nice shot of my veil.

Carefully making my way down to him.

Butterflies the size of Mothra were in my stomach!

As you can see, all that pent up nervous excitement bursted forth in the form of giggles.

Annnd he turns around...

He likes!

He loves!

We don’t regret seeing each other before the ceremony one bit. It helped dissipate the pre-wedding nervousness and it’s really nice to have an intimate moment or two before you’re swept up into the social aspects of the day.