Mike and Maggie's Wedding

On Saturday, my brother Mike got married. We left my parents on Friday to drive up to Youngstown, Ohio to check into the hotel and go to the rehersal and rehersal dinner. Joe and I were both in the wedding and Joey was the ring bearer. After the church rehersal, we went back to the hotel for the rehersal dinner. Luckily, my friend is from Youngstown and her family still lives there. My friends neice, Lindsay, babysat Joey for us so that we could enjoy the evening. Joey loved her and went to sleep great for her.


On Saturday, we got up and I left to go get my hair done and then I stayed with Maggie and the rest of her bridesmaids. The wedding was at 2:30 and the reception followed. We tried to get Joey in the pictures but he only made it into one. It was more of a hassle trying to get him to stand still in the picture. Wait, no, let me rephrase that...it was more of a hassle trying to get him to look at the camera when all he wanted to do was to stand infront of the flower girl and stare at her. My little flirt.


We had a great time at the reception and Joey did AWESOME. Unfortunately, the babysitter couldn't babysit again on Saturday night so we had to keep him at the reception. Joe and I both tried to get him to sleep but he just wouldn't. He ran around a little, ate a bunch of cookies, and danced a little. Finally, he laid down in his stroller and watched his dvd player. And he was so happy doing that. At 11:00pm, his eyes closed and he went to sleep. We were at the reception until after midnight. We all had a great time and are still tired from the lack of sleep on Saturday night.


Yesterday, we went to my aunt's house to say goodbye to some family members and then over to Mike and Maggie's house to say goodbye to them. They left for Hawaii this morning and yes, I did think about hiding in their suitcase so that I could go along!


Tomorrow we head home to California to unpack and get back into our routine. Luckily Joey and I have a trip to Shreveport planned in a few weeks!!!


Oh, and here are the pictures from the wedding: Mike and Maggie's Wedding.