Last Saturday, Justin and I attended a friends' wedding. We have known the groom for many many years and met the bride when they first started dating 8 years ago!!!! Everyone knew they would get married, but we all wondered when! Finally after many years of dating this couple finally tied the knot.
I had personally been looking forward to this wedding since we received the save-the-date card back in August. We planned to get a babysitter and reserve a hotel room down in LA so we could really enjoy the wedding.
Since being pregnant and not feeling well physically and emotionally, I'm thrilled to be writing about something that brought a lot of joy to my life.
Anyways...... the ceremony and reception were beautiful. Justin and I felt so honored to be a guest at this wedding. These friends don't live terribly far, but now living in Ojai with a kid, we just don't have the same time to hang out like we once did.
My favorite part about the wedding was getting to see all of our old friends again. Almost all of them are married now or engaged, and one even has a baby on the way! It was nice not to be the only pregnant lady at the wedding. :)
It was like old times again. I haven't laughed or smiled that much in....GOD....I can't remember how long. By the end of the night my cheeks were hurting. We drank, celebrated, talked and reminisced about old times. See I'm one of the only wives that knows almost all of the stories of these guys. Our group of friends have never know Justin without me, so I got to hang out like one of the guys. I mean, I traveled to Amsterdam with these guys. YEAH!!!! I've seen it all.
Once these guys got a few drinks in them it was hard to stop them from talking about the good old days. So many funny things that I had forgotten about. And it was kind of funny to see their wives taking an interest in what their husbands were like back in college.
Everyone was so nice and warm to Justin and I. I got so many hugs and congratulations for this second pregnancy. It felt really great to be around really good friends that really care. Lately there has been drama in my life and I just don't do well with it. I hate drama. I don't even like to watch it on TV. So it was refreshing to be around all the girls and laugh and have fun. They all are still really close and welcomed me back with open arms. Us girls chatted about marriage, families and having babies.
The guys that Justin is the closest with, unfortunately live out of state. We want to make plans to visit them....but it looks like it will have to wait till after the baby.
All in all we had a wonderful weekend celebrating with old friends.
