I am officially a Kanka now! The whole month of April flew by and now May is almost over too! Where in the world does the time go? A lot of people may be wondering how the wedding went.... Well the wedding was perfect but there was definitely some craziness!
I went home in April about 3 weeks before the wedding just to get some things done and organized and I am so glad that I did. 1 week before the wedding James came to help out with wedding stuff too. Well... About 3 days before the wedding James comes out of the bathroom and says "My arm is really swollen!". I was like, "are you kidding me?!!!" So I drove James to the ready care who sent us to the E.R. at the hospital where we stayed from 7pm till 10am the next morning!!!! They ran lots of tests and even called in a specialist but they just couldn't figure it out. Finally the specialist had a name for it, he called it cellulitis. Which is what it's called when random parts of your body swell up at the blink of an eye. So they decided to start James on I.V. treatment right away and had him come into the hospital every 6 hours for I.V. treatments that took forever to give. Well the day before our wedding they decided to switch the antibiotics because James wasn't taking to one of the earlier ones and so James spent the whole day before the wedding in the E.R. and we didn't know if he was going to make it to the rehearsal or not :(
I was so worried for him and in the meantime trying to set up for the wedding that I was praying would still happen without any problems. We had the rehearsal dinner before the wedding rehearsal and there were so many out of town guests it was wonderful! But I had to go to it without James :( With about 40 minutes left at the dinner James made it!!!! He came straight from the hospital!!! He was so bummed, and felt like he had missed so much. I think we all did a good job of cheering him up though! :) So the rehearsal went great and I had to drive James back to the hospital afterwards for another treatment and his friends went with him and then took him out for some bachelor fun. So I stayed up fairly late getting last minute stuff done since we were so behind from all the hospital visits. My brother and sister-in-law were amazing!!! They got everything done for me and helped me with so much! I wouldn't have made it without them :) And my friend Devon came over the night before and helped us make some flower arrangements for the pews! The help was so much appreciated! :) I was all set and ready for bed by 12am.
The next morning I woke up at 5:30am and casually got ready, my friend Lauren joined me at 7:45 and my friend Devon at 8. I knew it was going to be a wonderful day!!! I did my own hair and makeup and loved it!!! We got to the church and everything was in bloom and the sun was shining! It was beautiful and then all my bridesmaids and friends that came to the church helped to set up the flowers and line the isle with flower petals! They were amazing and helped so much!!! The florists had also decorated the doors with wreaths and the alter with flowers. It really was breathtaking and looked exactly the way I'd always pictured it! I got news that my groom had made it to the chapel and I was thrilled, now there was no stopping this wonderful day!
The wedding was amazing and so beautiful and the reception was perfect too! We had a wonderful time and James and I felt so honored and blessed by all the support from our friends and family over the week. Although some minor setbacks (like James' arm being swollen, having to cancel our honeymoon trip to Mexico, and having to go to the hospital right after the reception for another treatment) we made it through!!!! And we had so much fun regardless of circumstances!
After the wedding we were able to take a trip to Virginia Beach at James' grandparents place and enjoy a little honeymoon there although it was no Cabo San Lucas, it was very romantic and wonderful! James' arm is fine now and he's feeling great. We were able to switch to oral antibiotics shortly after the wedding so we didn't have to go into the hospital every 6 hours. And now were are just having fun being newlyweds and living together. We are still planning to take our trip to Cabo at some point. We've been back in Virginia for a week now and we're going to a bed and breakfast this weekend to celebrate James' birthday and have some fun! God has blessed James and I so much and we praise Him for all the wonderful people and experiences He gives to us :) Thanks everyone that made our day so special and for those of you who couldn't make it we are having a reception in Virginia at a later date! :) I'll post pictures soon of all the festivities!!!
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