There was a wedding...

Almost three months ago! *three!* Gosh, time flies! After months of anxiety thinking about how the whole thing would go down, my best friend Becca's wedding ended up going wonderfully (four week old in tow and everything)! For her wedding purposes...Miss Collins making her debut two weeks early ended up being a VERY good thing! Not sure if I would have been nearly as sane had she only been two weeks old. Throughout my pregnancy, I just went with the mindset of "what happens happens" and I will not stress about it as far as this wedding was concerned. I WAS going to BE there no matter what, without a doubt. But, as far as how much FUN/RELAXATION I was going to have during the weekend was going to depend on when Collins entered this world. Before we knew she would be arriving February 17, there was a possibility she could have been late, up to a week and I would have only had about 10 days between giving birth and being in a wedding! YIKES! I am thankful that everything ended up the way it did, a healthy EARLY baby meant that I got to enjoy myself for my best friend's wedding.

To start, I had to PUMP early to get ready for this weekend...I nursed as much as I possibly could during the weekend...but there were just times I couldn't, like the rehearsal dinner, bridal luncheon, wedding, etc. I could NOT have done it without Mikey and my parents help. Thankfully my parents came for the weekend as well and were there to be Collins' babysitters:) How nice of them! I mean can you imagine packing for this OUT OF TOWN wedding with a four week old?? I was IN the wedding...had to have stuff for three events, a newborn, and ALL of the MILLIONS of things she requires, there was SO much to think about! It was kind of a logistical nightmare...milk storage, where to nurse, etc. BUT, in the end...it all just worked out! Were there times I was stressed, of course! But, I tried not to EVER let the bride know it:) Collins got to enjoy her first wedding at four weeks old...and then my parents took her home early so Mikey and I could enjoy ourselves with our friends! I think all in all we did pretty darn good! Of course I wasn't the bridesmaid taking a million pictures (both camera batteries were dead, fail)...and I probably could have been MORE attentive to the beautiful bride...but I know she understood. I am so happy that it worked out where I was able to enjoy ALL of Rebecca and Grant's wedding festivities...cause it sure was a fun one!

The few pictures I could gather...in reverse order, of course.

Beautiful bride with her handsome groom:)

Friends!

Family of three.

Rehearsal dinner.

Can you tell I always pose the same? ha!  Standing on my tippy toes next to my TALL, skinny best friend!

Bridal luncheon.

Bridal party.

I can't believe that was almost three months ago now. It sure was one HELL of a weekend! Good times had by all, even baby Collins:)