One month

One month of being married and things are great in the Peterson house hold. People say that you won't remember much from your wedding day, that it'll all be a huge blur, but I am determined that I won't forget the day! I try to write in my journal to remember life (because I seem to have an awful memory of things and I want to always remember the big moments and the little ones). But I want to share some moments that now stand out in my mind when I look back on our special day.

• Being restless in the morning. I had too much time on my hands before it was time to get ready and go to the temple!
• The short time I got to spend with just me and Josh in the temple before our marriage ceremony. 
• The feeling of being surrounded by all of our closet friends and family in our marriage ceremony.
• The way I didn't cry during the ceremony and I was so proud of myself, until my sweet Grandpa Sal gave me a hug with tears in his eyes. I lost it after that. 
• How affectionate my Grandma Alice was to me that whole day. How happy she looked.
• The little butterfly feelings I got when I was about to walk out of the temple and everyone was going to see me.
• When my mom had to hold up my dress for me in the bathroom so that I could pee.
• My precious "baby boy" (me neighbor who I have babysat since he was born, who is now 3 years old). He saw me for the first time, ran to me and yelled out "Miss Emmy you're getting married!!!" and then later told me "Miss Emmy you look fabulous." My. Heart. Melted. 
• My "baby girl" (baby boy's older sister who is 7) and how she just danced the night away! She is a much better dancer than me. I love how excited she was. And she was so beautiful. I love that family.
• The blur of meeting all new people! I probably won't remember all the people that I met that day, but the excitement of it all was just fabulous. 
• Cutting the cake... and feeling like, now what? Because I know people probably wished we had smeared cake in each others' faces but me and Josh had a talk about how that wouldn't happen. :) sorry folks!
• All the pictures! I just loved our photographer. She was seriously SO great and so much fun. We had a blast taking pictures together, I wished we had more time to take more. 
• My bridesmaids. I remember how beautiful they all were. Just looking at them reminded me of how far I have come in life and how I have had some great friends to help me along the way. 
• How Carissa (one of my bridesmaids) cried as she saw me for the first time outside of the temple. I had to tell us, no crying! I would have just lost it again. I was so glad that she was there.
• Getting ready in the morning with all of the girls in bathroom, painting nails while Chels did my hair and make up. Girl time is always awesome.
• Taking pictures with my grandma (dad's side) and grandpa (mom's side). I will always cherish all the moments that I get with them. Grandpa is from Puerto Rico so it really was such a treat for him to be able to be here with me. I am so grateful to have gotten pictures with him. And my Grandma, who lives close by when we are in UT. I have so loved having her so close to me through my college years and have been through some incredible experiences with her. I was so grateful that she was healthy enough to come out and share my special time.
• It was hard to dance in my dress!
• The photo booth person... boy or girl... I am still unsure.
• Leaving the reception WAY later than we were supposed to. But thoroughly enjoying all the time that we had there.
• Hardly eating any of the food that we had. But I heard it was good at least!
• The centerpieces. I was in love with them.
• Having a lunch packed for us from Heidi's Brooklyn Deli by our dear friends, the Omanson's. I absolutely love their sandwiches and I was starving in transition from the temple to taking pictures before the reception. It was a (delicious) lifesaver.
• Buying a new pair of flip flops to wear when I wasn't wearing my heels, and forgetting them in the car, so I got to use them more after the wedding day than on the actual day. (any excuse for new shoes right? :))
• Getting in the car to leave to the hotel and feeling so incredibly happy that I just married my best friend. While at the same time, feeling like not much had changed for us. (Even now i feel like I'm not actually married sometimes! I think that might last a while)
• How on the ride to the temple to get married my dad looks back at me and says "you're awfully calm back there for getting married today!" I thought this was pretty funny. And it was true. I was just SO ready that I wasn't nervous, jittery, or anything like that. I was just calm and ready. 

It was such a perfect day. Not even an unexpected pimple that showed up that morning! We had an amazing day, surrounding by amazing people and we couldn't have asked for anything more! One month down, eternity to go.