Married Melodies: We Rehearse

The morning of our rehearsal I woke up to the sound of a bride's worst fear: rain. The week of our wedding, it rained nearly every day. Heavy rain. The forecast showed a slight chance of rain on the days of our rehearsal and wedding, so I went to bed Thursday night confident that the weather would cut us a break. But literally the second I woke up, I was filled with dread. I just knew our wedding would get rained out.

The weather was so intense that we were forced to hold the rehearsal indoors because the grounds were flooded. The rain didn't look like it was letting up any time soon. As you can imagine I was freaking out.

Ha, look at our faces!

Sadly, that was the only salvage photo from the rehearsal. At one point we decided to line up outside when the rain was a bit lighter, but we ended up rained out almost as soon as we started. Eventually, we got all of the logistics down and headed back to get ready for the best part of the day: dinner!

MOH J5 is just waiting to dive into that pizza.

By the time the rehearsal dinner rolled around, the rain had stopped. And (spoiler alert) it didn't start again. Bridal freak out averted! We celebrated by stuffing our faces with delicious pizza and pasta from Buca di Beppo. We feasted, we drank..

Annnnd Mr. Warbs and I were drunkenly out of sync.

Seriously?

Happily thanking our family and friends.

After the dinner, one of our guests surprised us by taking care of the bill. Our waitress brought us a note from the generous person that simply said "congratulations". We definitely were not expecting that. We still don't know to this day who paid and I am still moved by their generosity. Little did we know we were in for more surprises!

When Mr. Warbs and I got back to our hotel room, everyone from the rehearsal dinner was waiting for us. BM Tata had a gift for us...a slideshow!

Let me tell you, that girl is resourceful! I had never even seen some of those photos she threw in there (stalker). Again, it was kind of overwhelming seeing all the love everyone was throwing our way. Weddings are great that way, in that you feel the love from all sides, not just from your partner. You just feel happy. Like Santa Claus. On Prozac. At Disneyland. Getting laid. Ten points for the reference!

After the slideshow we toasted with more wine and champagne. Mr. Warbs and his family turned in for the night (aka went in search of hard liquor) so I decided to give the bridal party their gifts.

The ladies received bracelets.

BM Tata's mama made them. She's so crafty.

 MOH J5's gift was a little less conventional...

Back in February, I shared the details of MOH J5's awesome RSVP in which he confirmed his attendance in the grandest of fashions. He also included his list of demands and a reader commented that it would make a great gift. One demand was for four hundred and twenty six Reese's peanut butter cups. Be careful what you wish for, MOH J5!

Not pictured: cheesecake scented Post-it notes, a pint of water from the dead sea and an invisibility cloak. Oh, excuse me the cloak is pictured, my mistake.

After a few more hours of laughter, reminiscing, drinks and vow writing (totally waited until the last minute), it was time for me to get some much needed beauty sleep. Big things were ahead!

Catch Up!

• Check out our super fly wedding video.

Sing It Out Loud: I'm a Bee!

First of all, eeeeek eeeek! Second, let me just say that it is such an honor to be among all of the amazing women I have admired for almost a year now. Oh man, I cannot wait to share my wedding with the Hive! So why did I choose Miss Warbler for my character? Well, it was tough, all of the other ones are so cute! I seriously considered the Doe because of the abundance of Harry Potter references I could have pulled from. I'm looking at you, Miss Magic! In the end I chose my character because I have a musical name. And no, it's not treble clef.

*All photos are personal

So, who the heck are the Warblers?

We're tall. Mr. Warbs is 6'4 and I'm 5'9. I'm wearing heels here so I look taller than I actually am. The person taking this photo is a shrimp, the Warblers fit comfortably under door frames.

We're silly. Mr. Warbs will do pretty much anything to get a laugh. Including a Harry Potter impersonation that consists of glasses, a fake wand, a towel and a "phew, phew!" incantation. Hive, I love this man.

We're lucky! Before we even got engaged, Mr. Warbs won a trip to Hawaii though his job! He just entered a raffle once and won. Hawaiian honeymoon anyone?

We love to eat. If eating was an Olympic sport, we'd both have gold medals.

We I love to eat cheesecake. Mr. Warbs and I agree on about 90% of things, but he just doesn't share my love for cheesecake. Yes, cheesecake is 10% of my life. Despite this, we are still going through with this marriage. Will it last? As long as there is chocolate mousse in the house I think we'll be fine! Let the wedding planning commence!