The Last Quita Bachelor

In my family, that is :D Last Saturday, my brother bid farewell to the carefree world of bachelorhood and decided to finally tie the knot :D My only regret is that I didn't get to share with them some of their bf-gf kilig moments pero now that Donna's here to stay, for sure dami pang bonding moments, family events we'll be sharing in the future.

It was raining in the past few days before the wedding so I was kind of worried it might spoil the wedding day. Although they do have a covered venue, still a sunny weather will be most appreciated. Good thing, the sun decided to come out that day.

It was an afternoon ceremony ending with a dinner reception. Come morning, mejo relax pa ang lola mo kasi malapit lang ang Island Cove samin diba, since nasa Cavite na kami :p

We left the house before 3pm as we're supposed to be there an hour before the ceremony. Dumating kami i think its about 4:20pm na! Naka-shorts pa ko and all, I still have to dress my little girl and put some makeup on, hala.. stress na ko tapos everyone is kinda tensed na rin. Dami kasing tao din sa room na pinagaayusan namin eh. Andun mga relatives nmin mostly from batangas :D I didn't get to talk with them much kasi nga rush rush diba. I see them all pretty and madeup while ako eh bruhilda with my hair, slippers and everything :p

I just let the yaya dress dani, make her at ease among "strangers" yung iba kasi kilala na ni dani, yung iba kelangan mafamiliarize pa ulit.. as much as possible i wanted to avoid anything that might trigger her to put up a tantrum! she cooperated naman, nabihisan, nalagyan ng pantyhose, nagshoes!

So pagpunta namin ng ceremony hall, nakita ko na yung ibang flowergirls may headdress and baskets and quickly asked for dani's. Salamat sa mga doves, nasimplehan ang anak ko at nalagayan na ng headdress :D Eto na nga, as always, may waiting time pa to complete the entou, ayusin ang march line, etc..etc.. so nainip na ang anak ko at nagpapabuhat, nagpapalabas.. haay.. si daddy busy magpicture haha

Labas-masok kami sa hall kasi baka magstart na, hindi maka-march ang baby ko. Finally nung malapit na mga flower girls, nababa ko sya sabi ko walk kami sa aisle kasi andun sina big bird. Buti hindi sya tumakbo nung nakita nya si dadi nya :D pero eto na pagdating nmin sa front, hinahanap si big bird hehe patay mami! Eh nagdala pa nman ako ng mga cds chka yung portable player eh kaso nakalock yung room at ang susi nakay vince ever since pala nakapwesto na sa harap eh hindi na aalis until matapos ang ceremony :p

Usually, naiiyak ako in most bridal march eh. Pero this time, I was so distracted with Dani that I didn't get to emote hehe Tapos nagharutan kami all through out the ceremony. Nakakahiya man minsan sa iba kasi she'll shriek at shempre mejo maingay diba pero I've no choice kasi two possible sounds lang maririnig mo, either tawa lang yan or iyak so syempre dun na ko sa masaya haha

Fortunately, mas mabilis yata and ceremony nila as compared kina kuya erwin :D I had to laugh when it was my brother's turn to say his personal vows, and I quote:

"Nakakahiya mang sabihin, nakalimutan ko yung personal vows ko (laughs). Pinagpuyatan ko pa naman yun."

So yun na nga, nagimpromptu na lang si kuya, even so i bet in donna's ears it was more than enough kasi it was indeed heartfelt.

It was a light (no heavy drama), solemn ceremony, save for our ingay :D My brother was finally given the go signal to kiss his new bride and off we went to the reception hall :D

BTW, they gave out custom printed calendars with their asia photos on it :D