The long-awaited union of Randy and Rachel has finally arrived. They were a genuinely happy couple. Rachel was as calm as can be (she said Randy was the "Bridezilla") which made me totally jealous. I was a basket-case the entire week leading up to my wedding... Anywho, despite a weekend with virtually NO sleep for any of us (Isabella insisted on sleeping nowhere but my chest the entire time) we all had a wonderful time. It may sound adorable, but it stops being cute after an hour. Trust me.
Mom and Dad (aka Mimi and Papa) flew into Dallas Thursday night and we caravaned down to San Antonio Friday morning. The drives were long (about 6 hours each way), but all things considered, Isabella did extremely well. There was only about 30 miles of driving on Friday where she cried - that was it for both legs of the trip! Impressive, if you ask me.
Saturday Faye (Grammy) and I met Rachel at a cute salon where we had spa pedicures. (I'd done an airbrush tan Thursday night, so there was to be no spa pedi for me - just a paint job :).) After that I met up with my parents and Isabella and headed off to spend a few hours with our wonderful cousins, Edward, Brenda and Michael. Brenda fixed a lunch that could've easily made the cover of a culinary magazine. It was quite a spread. Since David was playing golf with the groom that day, he didn't get to enjoy it. That night we went to La Fonda Mexican Restaurant for the rehearsal dinner. It was so much fun. I really got to hang out with a lot of David's cousins and we all had a really good time. (so did Isabella as you'll see in a later video)
Sunday was a full day. Sandy, Faye and I went to Yolanda to have our hair done. My hair was frighteningly similar to that out of a scene from hairspray (see the photo from the make-up counter), but fortunately it calmed itself just in the nick of time (literally about 15 minutes before I had to walk down the aisle). My parents picked up Isabella around noon, fed her lunch, bathed her and got her ready for the wedding (they did a great job - she was clean and adorable). The wedding was beautiful. Rachel and her mom did a fantastic job. We all had a great time.
Monday was travel day, but we couldn't leave without an incredible brunch at Honey's (a last minute addition to the day). Nothing like Popeye's fried chicken before a long drive home :-). Really, it was delicious. My dad was in heaven - BEEF, fried chicken and salami and eggs (none of which he gets at home). We left from there. The drive back was awful (Isabella was great though) and we were all exhausted when we got home.
My parents flew out the next morning. David and I really appreciated their help this weekend watching Isabella since we had a million wedding-related things planned. Isabella is so lucky. Not only did she get to spend a lot of time with her Mimi and Papa last weekend, she gets to do the same next weekend with her Grammy and Jiddo. David is in another wedding (yes, another one) in Austin next weekend, so Faye is driving up to meet us and taking Isabella back with her. Hopefully it'll be easier for me this time than it was last time - it was beyond difficult to let Isabella go.
Here are a few pictures and some footage from the weekend. Enjoy:
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