After an excellent night's sleep I woke up early and very excited. We had a date with Gina to go swimming at 9, but it turned out we were all up and awake so we went down at 8. Being able to swim first thing a luxury that is very easy to get used to, especially when it's 27 degrees at 8 in the morning. Hannah met us down there and we all had a splash about and a sunbathe. It was a marvellous start to the day, very relaxed. George and I had planned to do the traditional thing and spend the night apart, but we decided against it in the end. Partly because George didn't want to miss out on a night in our suite, and I was claiming bride privilages which meant I needed more space to get ready.
We both said how relaxed and not nervous we were that morning, and congratulated ourselves on chosing such a stress fres way to get married. After a couple of hours by the pool we split up, George and I for breakfast, arranging to meet everyone in our room for 12. George went to go get his shoes cleaned and his suit pressed so I went back to the suite to encounter possibly the most enjoyable first world problem I've ever had. Namely that I needed to wash after all the swimming, so I would be clean for my hair and make up lady Krystle who was coming to make Gina, Hannah and I less ugly for the wedding. But the room service lady was cleaning both of our bathrooms, so I had to wait.. I think the refrain for this wedding/holiday must be 'it's a tough life
So at 12 everyone arrived in our room, the boys and Emma splitting off to go to Jon's room to get ready/watch the England match which helpfully started at around 12noon Vegas time. Jon was spending most of the afternoon with the boys but coming to see me at half 3 ish to suit up and prepare for his Daddy Vegas role.
Krystle turned up promptly and did Hannah and Gina's make-up first. We were having 'airbrush' make up which is a cool new type of make-up which looks more natural and sticks for about 12 hours. I had previously had a littlw fantasy that to apply it she would have stencils and spray it like that, but sadly that wasn't true. It is amazing stuff though, we looked fantastic and didn't have that heavy, sticky feeling you can get. Anyway, I had some fairly impressive spots pre wedding and had been stressing a bit about them, but had said to Jess that Krystle should hopefully sort out all the stuff on my face. She replied asking if Krystle was a wizard to be able to do that.. Turns out she must have been, she even got rid of the mole scar on my back.
Hannah and Gina looked amazeballs all dolled up. I was a little worried just after Krystle had curled Hannah's hair because it was HUGE and she looked a little bit crazy, but then she did some kind of wizardry with hair pins and it turned into some kind of glam Mad Men-esque side sweep thing.
Just as Krystle left Jon turned up, and we realised that suddenly it was very close to wedding time. He reported that George was getting steadily more nervous and had begun pacing. I still felt very calm and relaxed. Jon went for a shower as I was assisted by H and G-Rah into my underwear and dress, so I didn't mess up my face, hair or veil. I then had a quick facetime with Jess who had stayed up way past bed time to chat. Suddenly I was really freaking nervous. This could have been due to lack of oxygen, or the fact that if I breathed in too hard my ribbon/sash popped open. Something I hadn't checked. Luckily there was a needle and thread and the girls managed to fix it, only to find out there were no scissors. I think Gina took the picture of Jon biting the thread off, which should be well worth a look when it surfaces..
H and Gina went off to put their stuff back in their rooms and Jon and I were on our own for half an hour. At this point I pretty much fell apart, which I'm sure was hilarious for Jon, but alarming for me.
Looking back I'm not sure why the nerves kicked in, it isn't like George is unknown to me. Of course maybe that was why..
We got the lift downstairs and had to walk through the casino to get to the terrace, we recieved a lot of congratulations and I got lots of compliments on my dress which was lovely. Once we reached the terrace there was a member of staff stopping people going past - it was here I discovered that American's really don't get sarcasm as the following conversation proves:
"Are you here for the wedding?"
(me) "No I just wore this dress for fun"
"Oh, then I'm sorry but you can't go past this is a private wedding"
I had to wait for about 15minutes before I could go through the doors. Luckily Jon had been paying attention at the rehearsal because I couldn't remember a thing we had to do. I don't really remember much of the wedding, apart from the officiant was mega confused about our gender switching best people and he said a poem, which we laughed at him all the way through. It was a lovely ceremony and we're both lookong forward to seeing the video to remind us of what happened. Having the fountains play just for us was so special, and the photographer and videographer were both very friendly and didn't mind us having fun with the group photos. They took dibs pretending to be the bride with my bouquet in their stride..
I feel very happy as Mrs Austin-Webster, we're joining names as soon as we've worked out how to do it..
We had some 'premium sparkling wine' part of the wedding package back at the room, then limo to Panevino - a restaurant I'd found through a Vegas vegan and vegy website. There we found out that Gina really loves a limo..
The restaurant was fantastic, they do a mean cocktail and really looked after us, our table had an amazing view of the sun setting over Vegas. They also made a surprise pudding plate for George and I, painted with fruit juices to have hearts, doves, flowers and a union jack on it.
Jon had a message from mum and dad which was wonderful to hear, and a total surprise as we'd spoken pre wedding and I wasn't expecting anything else from them.
All in all we had a fabulous wedding day and I'm hoping that the entrance music (thank you to Paul for organising that for me last mintue) from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers will prove to be prophetic.
Thank you to everyone who sent us messages, we miss you and can't wait for the Wivenhoe party to celebrate with you all. Xx
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