Because 2 is better then 1.

I've had a couple requests for wedding pictures on my blog. It was just a month after our Jamaica wedding that we found out we were expecting little Baby W and many people don't realize that was our second wedding. By second wedding we don't mean we divorced or separated and then married again. We decided after already making arrangements for our destination wedding to marry before hand at the JoP for our family and friends who couldn't make the trip with us to Jamaica.

So to make sure we still had a special day we decided to marry on our 4 year dating anniversary which we celebrated each year on Halloween, so we originally married on Oct 31, 2011 at the Justice of the Peace but we went in to it saying it was just paperwork, and although it was special we don't consider that our actual wedding date which confuses a lot of people. We scheduled and planned everything for the JOP wedding in a one month time frame. FYI finding a white dress in October is a hellish task. We kept our spur of the moment wedding under wraps except to our family and a couple of close friends who we wanted to attend, no one else found out until after we had swapped our vows. It was one of the happiest days for both of us, but as when we were finally alone that evening we repeated to ourselves that it was just our paperwork since legally we had to marry in our county anyways because they wouldn't except a Jamaican marriage license.

October 31, 2011

If you ask either Mr. W or me when our wedding anniversary is we will both say June 7th, it was on June 7, 2012 that we wed in front of 4 witnesses, Andy & Shannon Bell and Dominque & Julia Kasindi (both newlyweds on their honeymoons) in Montego Bay, Jamaica under a gazebo overlooking the ocean. Getting ready that day was casual and relaxed. I wore minimal makeup (humidity was so thick it would melt right off in a matter of minutes anyways) and Shannon did my hair for me. I walked down the "aisle" to steel drums playing Pachelbel's Canon in D, Mr. W may or may not have shed some tears when I walked around the corner. :) Honestly we both agree this was our wedding, especially afterwards we could agree that the October trip to the Justice of the Peace was merely paperwork. Jamaica was a trip of a lifetime and we are both so thankful we had the opportunity to go. It was utterly amazing and unforgettable  We got to cut our wedding cake, have a first dance to Robin Thick's 'Angels' and got to sit overlooking the ocean and enjoy champagne and cake before going and taking pictures.

June 7, 2012